A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances.

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle...

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus str...

An intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life...

A character study of a family on vacation. The emotional abyss and problems are behind the seemingly...

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized so...

Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but als...

An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes...

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and parol...

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth H...

When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is prope...

Hapless office worker Alfi needs help from his pals when he unexpectedly falls for the daughter of h...

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his ...

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his schedul...

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after hi...

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with ...

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...

After the death of his mother, Jesse, a teenage boy living with his alcoholic father, will begin to ...

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being releas...

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting,...

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially...