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Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

1994

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

1994
5.6
Chicago police detective Jack Reed investigates the brutal murder of a stripper while he deals with corruption and bureaucracy within his own department.
Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge

1999

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge

1999
5.5
In 1989, a group of well-known high school athletes in Glen Ridge, New Jersey were accused of the gang rape of a teen girl. When the town rallies to protect their stars, a detective and the prosecutor have to unravel the cover-up by the school board and the police.
Ordinary Magic

1993

Ordinary Magic

1993
5.3
When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
A Short History of Decay

2014

A Short History of Decay

2014
5.2
A failed Brooklyn writer, Nathan Fisher, visits his ailing parents in Florida. His mother has Alzheimer's and his father has recently had a stroke and his girlfriend has recently broken up with him.
Blinder

2013

Blinder

2013
4.8
An ex footballer, embroiled in a scandal, returns to his hometown to clear his name and reignite an old flame.
Brother's Keeper

2013

Brother's Keeper

2013
5.1
Identical twins Andy and Pete Goodwynn have been side-by-side since the womb. But that’s about to change… As their high school graduation nears, Pete plans to marry Maggie, the love of his life, and head off to school to become a preacher. Andy, who wants nothing to do with God, has no plans, no direction, and seemingly no future. But in a cruel twist of fate—orchestrated by a rival for Maggie’s heart—their lives are forever altered. Can the brothers gain vengeance on those who have taken away from them all that matters?
Christmas for a Dollar

2013

Christmas for a Dollar

2013
6.5
America is in the midst of the Great Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially since Mrs. Kamp’s untimely death nearly a year ago. The older children do their best to take care of the family, but it’s the younger children—Hopalong Cassidy fan Norman and straight-talking little Ruthie—who struggle most. Now, with their mother gone and their father overwhelmed by doctor bills from young Norman’s battle with polio, the Kamp siblings fully expect a Christmas without presents. But when William scrapes together a dollar in coins to use for Christmas gifts, everything begins to change.
Nishant

1975

Nishant

1975
7
A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife—abused and berated by her abductors—cannot bring herself to face her husband.
Bernice Bobs Her Hair

1976

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

1976
5.2
Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.
Beau Geste

1926

Beau Geste

1926
6.1
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
See You Next Tuesday

2013

See You Next Tuesday

2013
4.3
An odd pregnant girl disrupts the lives of her campy recovering alcoholic mother and vulgar lesbian sister during a nervous breakdown.
Consent

2010

Consent

2010
5.1
A wealthy Manhattan family's inability to cope with the suicide of their eldest daughter sends them into a downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and sexual taboos that threatens to destroy them.
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

2014

Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

2014
6.2
When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, these parallel stories of mother and son take the viewer on a touching journey of community and connection in and below New York City.
Complicit

2013

Complicit

2013
5.3
An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?
Anna Lucasta

1958

Anna Lucasta

1958
5.8
The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent acquaintance out of greed.
Crossed Over

2002

Crossed Over

2002
4.7
After her son dies in a hit-and-run accident, a woman forms an unusual friendship with a convicted killer awaiting execution.
The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939
5.6
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
Le Paradis des bêtes

2012

Le Paradis des bêtes

2012
4.8
Dominique, a formidable and possessive husband and father, manages a large pet store, the Paradis des Bêtes, with his sister. One day he goes too far and disrupts his family.
The 9/11 Commission Report

2006

The 9/11 Commission Report

2006
5.1
Independent writer-director Leigh Slawner helms this chilling dramatization of the findings laid out in the best-selling 9/11 Commission Report, a document that sought to analyze the circumstances surrounding coordinated terrorist attacks against American civilians on Sept 11 2001.
Lions

2012

Lions

2012
4.5
Deep in the forest a group of ﬁve friends wander around like a lion herd. Lost in their word games, they play and seduce each other while going back and forth into adulthood territory, in a desperate search to avoid their already written story.