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 Marsh King's Daughter

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 28 Sept 2023 · English

Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret—her father is the infamous 'Marsh King', the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. After a lifetime of trying to escape her past, Helena is forced to face her demons when her father unexpectedly escapes from prison.

Boxcar Bertha

Movie · 5.8 / 10 · 14 Jun 1972 · English

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment.

Escape from Pretoria

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 6 Mar 2020 · English

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.

Freedom Writers

Movie · 7.9 / 10 · 5 Jan 2007 · English

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

The Unforgivable

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 24 Nov 2021 · English

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

American Pastoral

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 20 Oct 2016 · English

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

Cass

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 8 Jan 2008 · English

The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.

Siberian Education

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 27 Feb 2013 · English

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.

Suburbicon

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 26 Oct 2017 · English

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.

Belly

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 4 Nov 1998 · English

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?

Panic

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 1 Dec 2000 · English

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.