Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step (1959)

December 1st, 19591h 40min

Drama
49%

Overview

After African-American teenager Spence Scott gets expelled from his private school for arguing with a teacher, he turns to his grandmother for advice. Spence, who lives in a genteel white area and has mostly white friends, feels like an outsider. He visits a bar in a black neighborhood, where he meets a few prostitutes, which doesn't help. Eventually, Spence starts a friendship with the housekeeper, Christine, who tells him her own difficult story.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Soredia

Soredia


Released on: 2022-09-13
Drama

During an improvised trip to the California mountains, a self-conscious French girl studying in the ...

My Tutor

My Tutor


Released on: 1983-03-04
Comedy, Drama, Romance

High school senior Bobby Chrystal fails his French class, which will block him from entering Yale. H...

Big

Big


Released on: 1988-06-03
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Family

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to f...

Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust


Released on: 2006-02-02
Romance, Drama

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is compl...

Paranoid Park

Paranoid Park


Released on: 2007-07-12
Drama, Crime, Mystery

A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a bru...

In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom


Released on: 2001-11-23
Drama, Thriller

Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in tran...

Persepolis

Persepolis


Released on: 2007-06-27
Animation, Drama

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic fami...

A Few Days with Me

A Few Days with Me


Released on: 1988-08-14
Comedy, Drama

After being discharged from a mental institution, a man is tasked by his mother to revive a struggli...

Say Anything...

Say Anything...


Released on: 1989-04-14
Romance, Comedy, Drama

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty ...

Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus


Released on: 1995-12-29
Drama, Music

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced...

Children of the Bride

Children of the Bride


Released on: 1990-10-05
Drama, TV Movie, Comedy

A middle-aged woman tries to get married to her younger finance but is hindered by her four grown ch...

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club


Released on: 1985-02-15
Comedy, Drama

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hun...

I Love You More

I Love You More


Released on: 2024-05-23
Romance, Drama

After a year of online pillow-talk, Ben, a shy Kosovar teen, is exhilarated to finally meet his firs...

Friends Games: The Movie

Friends Games: The Movie


Released on: 2017-06-03
Drama, Mystery

This is a continuation of Friends Games. Now the group of friends realises they have fallen into thi...

Wonderwell

Wonderwell


Released on: 2023-06-23
Fantasy, Family, Drama

In an idyllic Italian village, a young American girl on the threshold of adolescence is swept into a...

2:37

2:37


Released on: 2006-05-26
Drama

A contemporary, ensemble drama that tells the complex tale of six high school students whose lives a...

The Silent Landscape

The Silent Landscape


Released on: 2003-06-12
Drama

Hamid is an Iranian teenage boy whose sexuality brings him into conflict with his family's Muslim be...

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner


Released on: 1967-12-11
Drama, Romance

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid


Released on: 1984-06-22
Action, Adventure, Drama, Family

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relations...

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha


Released on: 2005-12-06
Drama, Romance, History

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...