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.

Straw Dogs

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 25 Nov 1971 · English

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.

Hillbilly Elegy

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 9 Nov 2020 · English

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

Lawless

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 29 Aug 2012 · English

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

The Power of the Dog

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 25 Oct 2021 · English

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

Hellion

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 13 Jun 2014 · English

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home.

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.

Lady Macbeth

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 12 Dec 2016 · English

Rural England, 1865. Katherine, suffocated by her loveless marriage to a bitter man and restrained by his father's tyranny, unleashes an irresistible force within her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

The Revenant

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 25 Dec 2015 · English

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

The Joy Luck Club

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 8 Sept 1993 · English

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

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 Road

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 25 Nov 2009 · English

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.