Ossos

An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.

In Vanda's Room

2001

6.7

Colossal Youth

2006

After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.

Colossal Youth

2006

7.2

Horse Money

2014

While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.

Horse Money

2014

7.2

Vitalina Varela

6.6

2019

A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.

Vitalina Varela

2019

6.6

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

The Safety of Objects

2002

6.5

Mammal

2016

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

Mammal

2016

6.2

Strange Weather

5.8

2016

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

Strange Weather

2016

5.8

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996

7.2

Adulthood

2008

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.

Adulthood

2008

6.2

The Girl in the Book

5.8

2015

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

The Girl in the Book

2015

5.8

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

7.3

2003

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003

7.3

The Poker House

2008

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.

The Poker House

2008

6.2

Knock on Any Door

1949

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Knock on Any Door

1949

6.2

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6.3

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Pepi, Luci, Bom

1980

6.3

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1996

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7.2

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2007

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

7.4

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

7.4

Nightwatch

6.1

1997

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Nightwatch

1997

6.1

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1982

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Veronika Voss

1982

7.2

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