The Trial of the Chicago 7

Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 25 Sept 2020 · English

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Panther

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 3 May 1995 · English

In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.

Detroit

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 28 Jul 2017 · English

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

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.

Nickel Boys

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 13 Dec 2024 · English

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

The Negotiator

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 29 Jul 1998 · English

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

The Man with the Iron Heart

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 25 May 2017 · English

With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, the Gestapo and the architect of the Final Solution.

In the Heat of the Night

Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 2 Aug 1967 · English

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

The Untouchables

Movie · 7.8 / 10 · 3 Jun 1987 · English

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

The Alto Knights

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 19 Mar 2025 · English

Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.

The Outfit

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 19 Oct 1973 · English

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.

My Friend Dahmer

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 3 Nov 2017 · English

Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.