Knock 'Em Dead, Kid

7 Miles Out

After her father's suicide in 1977, 11-year-old Ann struggles with grief, alcoholism, and promiscuity. Exploring her sexuality and self-destruction, she finds solace in art, overcomes family secrets, and achieves acclaim as a filmmaker.

The Bodyguard

1992 · ★ 6.7

A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.

Boyz n the Hood

1991 · ★ 7.6

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

City of God

2002 · ★ 8.4

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

The Tin Drum

1979 · ★ 6.9

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

2023 · ★ 5.8

Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.

The Bug Killer

1971 · ★ 5

A teenager fails to find (and keep) jobs which makes his father doubt the reason might be the boy's lack of sexual experience. As all his efforts prove to be unsuccessful, the father gives up, but not the boy's aunt.

Scarface

1932 · ★ 7.4

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

American Graffiti

1973 · ★ 7

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

Policewoman

2000 · ★ 6.8

A young police woman is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 · ★ 7.4

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Dog Day Afternoon

1975 · ★ 7.8

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.