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.

1992

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 29 Aug 2024 · English

In 1992, Mercer is desperately trying to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son amidst the turbulent Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict. Across town, another father and son put their own strained relationship to the test as they plot a dangerous heist to steal catalytic converters, which contain valuable platinum from the factory where Mercer works. As tensions rise and chaos erupts, both families reach their boiling points when their worlds collide.

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.

Boyz n the Hood

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 12 Jul 1991 · English

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

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.

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.

The Fallout

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 17 Mar 2021 · English

In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.

New Jersey Drive

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 19 Apr 1995 · English

Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects.

Speak

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 20 Jan 2004 · English

Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to hide her secret: that star senior Andy raped her at the party. But Melinda does manage to find solace in her art class headed by Mr. Freeman.

Lean On Me

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 3 Mar 1989 · English

When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 28 Sept 2011 · English

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

I'm Not Ashamed

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 21 Oct 2016 · English

Based on the journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.