Dad

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 27 Oct 1989 · English

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.

Dangerous Minds

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 11 Aug 1995 · English

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

East of Eden

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 10 Apr 1955 · English

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Bravetown

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 8 May 2015 · English

After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.

The Fabelmans

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 11 Nov 2022 · English

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

Of Mice and Men

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 24 Dec 1939 · English

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

A Few Good Men

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 11 Dec 1992 · English

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

High Crimes

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 5 Apr 2002 · English

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer who has been AWOL for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

Rebel Without a Cause

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 27 Oct 1955 · English

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

The Long, Hot Summer

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 17 May 1958 · English

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Testament

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 4 Nov 1983 · English

It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.

Chasing Mavericks

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 25 Oct 2012 · English

Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.