Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made 2004

7.70

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

2004

A Passage to India

A Passage to India 1984

6.78

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

1984

The Many Saints of Newark

The Many Saints of Newark 2021

6.30

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, whose influence over his nephew will help shape the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss, Tony Soprano.

2021

Elephant

Elephant 2003

7.06

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

2003

Last Days

Last Days 2005

5.54

The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.

2005

Gia

Gia 1998

7.10

Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

1998

The Normal Heart

The Normal Heart 2014

7.78

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.

2014

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 2018

5.42

In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

2018

Sometimes in April

Sometimes in April 2005

7.10

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

2005

Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards 2007

7.41

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

2007

The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page 2005

6.33

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.

2005

Starter for 10

Starter for 10 2006

6.42

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.

2006

Recount

Recount 2008

6.81

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

2008

The Wizard of Lies

The Wizard of Lies 2017

6.65

A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.

2017

If These Walls Could Talk 2

If These Walls Could Talk 2 2000

6.55

The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, in 2000, Kal and Fran try to have a baby with the help of sperm donor.

2000

Big Driver

Big Driver 2014

5.76

Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.

2014

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007

6.50

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.

2007

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail 2011

7.00

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

2011

Strip Search

Strip Search 2004

6.18

Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.

2004

Hysterical Blindness

Hysterical Blindness 2002

6.10

Two friends lament their unhappy single lives while searching for Mr. Right in 1980s New Jersey.

2002