Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years...

Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of...

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

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

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride...

A young woman stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.

Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her...

Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated....

1942 Paris. Annette is 20 years old, Jean is barely older, they love each other and the future is bright for them. But the deportation of the Jews of...

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.

Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship...

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When...

While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow...

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar...

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds...

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.

The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An...

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined...