You Were Never Really Here (
2017) | IMDb:
6.7
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares begin to overtake him, and a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Judith Roberts
,
Ekaterina Samsonov
,
John Doman
,
Alex Manette
,
Dante Pereira-Olson
Jane Got a Gun (
2015) | IMDb:
5.9
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.
Starring:
Natalie Portman
,
Joel Edgerton
,
Ewan McGregor
,
Noah Emmerich
,
Boyd Holbrook
,
Rodrigo Santoro
The Butler (
2013) | IMDb:
7.2
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Starring:
Forest Whitaker
,
Oprah Winfrey
,
Mariah Carey
,
John Cusack
,
Jane Fonda
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Disconnect (
2013) | IMDb:
7.5
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
Directed by:
Henry Alex Rubin
2 Days in New York (
2012) | IMDb:
6
Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.
Shame (
2011) | IMDb:
7.2
Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender
,
Carey Mulligan
,
James Badge Dale
,
Nicole Beharie
,
Lucy Walters
,
Mari-Ange Ramirez
We Need to Talk About Kevin (
2011) | IMDb:
7.5
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Starring:
Tilda Swinton
,
Ezra Miller
,
John C. Reilly
,
Jasper Newell
,
Rock Duer
,
Ashley Gerasimovich
Precious (
2009) | IMDb:
7.3
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.
Starring:
Gabourey Sidibe
,
Mo'Nique
,
Paula Patton
,
Mariah Carey
,
Lenny Kravitz
,
Sherri Shepherd
Directed by:
Lee Daniels
Che: Part One (
2008) | IMDb:
7.2
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Starring:
Benicio del Toro
,
Demián Bichir
,
Santiago Cabrera
,
Vladimir Cruz
,
Alfredo de Quesada
,
Jsu Garcia
Never Forever (
2007) | IMDb:
6.4
When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self.
Starring:
Vera Farmiga
,
Ha Jung-woo
,
David Lee McInnis
,
Shirley Roeca
,
Marceline Hugot
,
Trisha LaFache