Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up ...
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's...
Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses o...
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two ...
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bun...
When she was in high school, Ainun was known as a smart girl and became the target of many male stud...
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a you...
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California ...
After a serious sport accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a...
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe...
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her fami...
Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedd...
In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and invest...
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth H...
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac...
Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his d...
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlik...
A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Mar...