Manderlay (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
Starring:
Bryce Dallas Howard
,
Isaach De Bankolé
,
Danny Glover
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Michaël Abiteboul
,
Lauren Bacall
Dogville (
2003) | IMDb:
8
When beautiful young Grace arrives in the isolated township of Dogville, the small community agrees to hide her from a gang of ruthless gangsters, and, in return, Grace agrees to do odd jobs for the townspeople.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman
,
Harriet Andersson
,
Lauren Bacall
,
Jean-Marc Barr
,
Paul Bettany
,
Blair Brown
Dancer in the Dark (
2000) | IMDb:
7.9
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles – even if just for a moment – by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.