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.

Of Mice and Men

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 16 Sept 1992 · English

Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.

The Lost Bus

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 19 Sept 2025 · English

A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.

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.

Disgrace

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 6 Sept 2008 · English

Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect his cherished daughter. After having an affair with a student, he moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.

The Day of the Locust

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 7 May 1975 · English

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

The Safety of Objects

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 25 Oct 2002 · English

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

12 Mighty Orphans

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 18 Jun 2021 · English

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.

Mexicali

Movie · 7.8 / 10 · 13 Mar 2026 · English

A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.

Cloud Atlas

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 26 Oct 2012 · English

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

This Boy's Life

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 9 Apr 1993 · English

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

Bastard Out of Carolina

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 15 Dec 1996 · English

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.