Bessie Allen, a girl of the slums, dances in the streets of the Lower East Side of New York to the delight of the crowds. She becomes an orphan when her father, in a drunken stupor, kills her mother, and then himself. Bessie is knocked down by the car of Mrs. Latham, a society matron, who takes an interest in the girl and procures her a job as a dress model.
Rated 7.3 on TMDB
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
Rated 7.7 on TMDB
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
