Harriet (
2019) | IMDb:
6.7
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Starring:
Cynthia Erivo
,
Leslie Odom Jr.
,
Joe Alwyn
,
Clarke Peters
,
Vanessa Bell Calloway
,
Omar J. Dorsey
Honey Boy (
2019) | IMDb:
7.2
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
Beasts of No Nation (
2015) | IMDb:
7.7
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
Starring:
Abraham Attah
,
Idris Elba
,
Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye
,
Opeyemi Fagbohungbe
,
Emmanuel Affadzi
,
Richard Pepple
Trucker (
2008) | IMDb:
6.6
Loner Diane Ford is a truck driver with an 11-year-old son, Peter, whom she never sees, and that's fine with her. But, when Peter's father, Len, falls ill, he asks Diane to take care of their son for a while. Eventually, Diane reluctantly agrees, but she quickly realizes that caring for a child interferes with her independent lifestyle - and Peter isn't all that thrilled with the arrangement, either.
Starring:
Michelle Monaghan
,
Nathan Fillion
,
Benjamin Bratt
,
Joey Lauren Adams
,
Jimmy Bennett
,
Bryce Johnson
Directed by:
James Mottern
Watching the Detectives (
2007) | IMDb:
6.2
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Starring:
Cillian Murphy
,
Lucy Liu
,
Jason Sudeikis
,
Michael Panes
,
Callie Thorne
,
Michael Yurchak