Ju Dou (1990)

During the Joseon Dynasty, lowborn Chae-sun challenges the rule that states only men allowed to sing while navigating devotion to her teacher and the demands of the king’s father.

When a hard-working single mother, Sara Diaz, has her children taken from her after she is suspected of injuring her son, Ally Fisher, a recent law school graduate, is assigned…

Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers…

After the Mantis Fist school attacks the Eagle’s Claw school and leaves their teacher for dead, the dying master passes over his senior student, Chen Tien Chun, to anoint his…

Born in the generational Los Angeles street culture a 19-year-old father seeks a better life in the midst of a turf war.

Gerardo, a 17-year old guy has just finished his relationship with Bruno and starts wandering hopeless through the streets of the city. In his wandering he’s tortured by images: each…

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town…

Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with…

Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building.

In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town’s banker (Jack’s mom’s high school sweetheart). Ginny’s been at boarding school;…

Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.

After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the…