Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.

When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation...

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residen...

An ex-convict is tracked down by his estranged teenage son, and the pair try to build a relationship...

Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines...

A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con...

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, high schooler Kei...

A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at th...

Paris, France, 2001. Octave Parango, a young advertiser working at the Ross & Witchcraft advertising...

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be t...

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his ...

A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.

In the dark middle ages, young unruly Goldmund is sent to a monastery by his father to atone for the...

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and...

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using ...

Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African dese...

Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an al...

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar r...

A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to re...

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 7...