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Harsh Times (2006)
An unstable Gulf War veteran (Christian Bale) incites confrontation and violence through the streets...
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The Postman (1997)
Seeking refuge from a post-apocalypse dictator (Will Patton), a wayfarer (Kevin Costner) gives...
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House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Mistakenly evicted from her house, a woman (Jennifer Connelly) tries to reobtain it from the new...
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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Childhood friends, a gangster (James Cagney) and a priest (Pat O'Brien), meet as adults in...
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Death of a Salesman
Middle-aged Willy Loman (Fredric March) reflects on lost opportunites, shattered dreams and his...
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Someone Else's America (1996)
Alonso is a Spanish emigre who has moved to America full of hopes and dreams for a better life. Now...
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Anthem (1997)
When two twenty-somethings, Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn, quit their Hollywoood jobs, packed up a...
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Dear Mr. Wonderful
This off-kilter German film attempts to tell a purely American story as filtered through European...
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Lana's Rain (2004)
Longing for a family, a young Bosnian woman escapes to America with her long-lost brother, a wanted...
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Stroszek (1977)
In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a...
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Waging a Living (2005)
More than 30 million Americans--one in four workers--are stuck in low wage jobs that do not provide...
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Windy City (1984)
The lives of a group of young Chicago men, as seen through the eyes of one of them, a writer.
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
The lives of high schoolers (Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges), a debutante (Cybill Shepherd) and...
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Jerusalem (1997)
When a charismatic and messianic preacher arrives in a small Swedish village, the lives of the two...
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An American Tail (1986)
A Russian immigrant mouse finds himself alone in New York City after being separated from his...
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Popi (1969)
A Puerto Rican widower (Alan Arkin) launches a reckless scheme to get his two sons out of Spanish...
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Salesman
Filmmakers Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin show four door-to-door Bible salesmen...
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Rosalie Goes Shopping (1990)
A woman living in a small Arkansas town tries to balance her family budget.
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Nueba Yol (1996)
Nueba Yol (Dominican slang for New York) is the ever-elusive goal of the eccentric Balbuena, whose...
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Color Adjustment (1992)
An examination of the relationship between prime-time television and America's racial...
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Split Decision (2001)
Filmmaker Marcy Garriott chronicles rising boxer Jesus Chavez, who is deported back to Mexico for a...
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El Norte (1984)
The story of two Central American political refugees who flee the coffee fields of Guatemala when...
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A Fan's Notes
Football is the focus of this drama, adapted from Frederick Exley's famous novel. It tells the...
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Mister Brown
In this drama, a Louisiana black man has brought his family to Los Angeles to fulfill his dream of...
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Crowded Paradise (1956)
All but forgotten today, Crowded Paradise was one of the first in-depth studies of racial tensions...
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