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...

In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selb...

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...

Adam is a young boy living with his family in dark catacombs below the ground. One day he discovers ...

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides...

A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage ru...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange fo...

Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, El...

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. I...

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To dis...

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their ti...

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam ...