Moonlight

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 21 Oct 2016 · English

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 25 Sept 2020 · English

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Bully

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 15 Jun 2001 · English

A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

The Great Debaters

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 25 Dec 2007 · English

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

Once Upon a Time in America

Movie · 8.4 / 10 · 23 May 1984 · English

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Raging Bull

Movie · 7.9 / 10 · 14 Nov 1980 · English

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Midnight Cowboy

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 25 May 1969 · English

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

12 Years a Slave

Movie · 7.9 / 10 · 18 Oct 2013 · English

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

The Hate U Give

Movie · 8.1 / 10 · 19 Oct 2018 · English

Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.

The Basketball Diaries

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 21 Apr 1995 · English

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

The Shawshank Redemption

Movie · 8.7 / 10 · 23 Sept 1994 · English

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

The Power of One

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 27 Mar 1992 · English

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.