Chicago Cab (
1998) | IMDb:
6.4
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.
Eight Men Out (
1988) | IMDb:
7.2
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
Starring:
John Cusack
,
Clifton James
,
Michael Lerner
,
Christopher Lloyd
,
John Mahoney
,
Charlie Sheen
Matewan (
1987) | IMDb:
7.9
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Starring:
Chris Cooper
,
James Earl Jones
,
Mary McDonnell
,
Will Oldham
,
David Strathairn
,
Ken Jenkins
Baby It's You (
1983) | IMDb:
6.4
In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.
Starring:
Rosanna Arquette
,
Vincent Spano
,
Joanna Merlin
,
Jack Davidson
,
Nick Ferrari
,
Dolores Messina