Adrift in Manhattan (
2007) | IMDb:
5.5
The lives of three lonely strangers intersect while commuting on New York's 1 and 9 subway lines.
Starring:
Heather Graham
,
Victor Rasuk
,
Dominic Chianese
,
Erika Michels
,
Marlene Forte
,
Richard Petrocelli
Crash (
2005) | IMDb:
7.7
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
Starring:
Sandra Bullock
,
Don Cheadle
,
Matt Dillon
,
Michael Peña
,
Jennifer Esposito
,
Brendan Fraser
Empire (
2002) | IMDb:
5.9
Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top, Victor soon finds out that he's been double crossed and his last option is to get revenge.
Starring:
John Leguizamo
,
Peter Sarsgaard
,
Denise Richards
,
Vincent Laresca
,
Isabella Rossellini
,
Delilah Cotto
Flawless (
1999) | IMDb:
6.4
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Barry Miller
,
Chris Bauer
,
Skipp Sudduth
,
Wilson Jermaine Heredia
In Too Deep (
1999) | IMDb:
6.2
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
Directed by:
Michael Rymer
One Eight Seven (
1997) | IMDb:
6.6
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
,
John Heard
,
Kelly Rowan
,
Clifton Collins Jr.
,
Tony Plana
,
Karina Arroyave
Directed by:
Kevin Reynolds
Dangerous Minds (
1995) | IMDb:
6.5
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.
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
George Dzundza
,
Courtney B. Vance
,
Robin Bartlett
,
Beatrice Winde
,
John Neville
Falling Down (
1993) | IMDb:
7.6
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Robert Duvall
,
Barbara Hershey
,
Rachel Ticotin
,
Tuesday Weld
,
Frederic Forrest
Lean On Me (
1989) | IMDb:
7.4
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
Starring:
Morgan Freeman
,
Beverly Todd
,
Robert Guillaume
,
Ethan Phillips
,
Lynne Thigpen
,
Michael Beach
Directed by:
John G. Avildsen