An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have...

On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent...

A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding...

George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings...

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined...

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

When her bossy socialite mother-in-law moves in, a soap opera writer’s life becomes real-life drama and a crisis forces them to choose: pride...

The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the...

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

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

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...

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.

An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.

Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground...

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past,...

A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must...