Girlfriends

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 11 Aug 1978 · English

A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.

White Men Can't Jump

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 27 Mar 1992 · English

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

Synecdoche, New York

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 24 Oct 2008 · English

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

A Chorus Line

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 10 Dec 1985 · English

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.

Beaches

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 21 Dec 1988 · English

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Bootmen

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 5 Oct 2000 · English

Sean Odkin loves to dance—much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love, he goes in search of the only thing that can make him whole again—dancing.

My Own Love Song

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 7 Apr 2010 · English

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Passing

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 27 Oct 2021 · English

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

The Station Agent

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 5 Dec 2003 · English

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.

Billy Elliot

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 28 Sept 2000 · English

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

Young Adult

Movie · 5.8 / 10 · 11 Nov 2011 · English

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

The Jazz Singer

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 6 Oct 1927 · English

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.