Sometimes in April

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 17 Feb 2005 · English

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Casualties of War

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 18 Aug 1989 · English

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

The Glorias

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 18 Dec 2020 · English

An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life.

Cheaters

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 20 May 2000 · English

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

Farming

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 8 Sept 2018 · English

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.

Pork Chop Hill

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 29 May 1959 · English

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

Escape from Sobibor

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 12 Apr 1987 · English

The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

Born on the Fourth of July

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 20 Dec 1989 · English

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Luckiest Girl Alive

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 30 Sept 2022 · English

A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

Stop-Loss

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 28 Mar 2008 · English

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 19 Feb 1998 · English

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

Stuart: A Life Backwards

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 23 Sept 2007 · English

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.