The Young and the Damned

P for Pelican

1972 · ★ 6.8

An old hermit lives in a slum and wants to teach the alphabet to the children who regularly go there to play. When a child proposes he use the word “Pelican” for the letter ‘P’, the hermit goes to the nearby park to see this animal he has never heard of.

Sleepers

1996 · ★ 7.6

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Tsotsi

2005 · ★ 6.9

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.

Emanon

1987 · ★ 8

A crippled child watches the world go by from the window of his limo. He befriends a homeless man, whom he believes to be Christ.

Mahogany

1975 · ★ 5.9

An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.

Drop-Outs

2020

A group of youths terrorise their local town by torturing and killing random people. A group of mercenaries attempt to intervene.

The Matador

2005 · ★ 6.3

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.

Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002 · ★ 7

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.

Mommy

2014 · ★ 8.2

A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

Children of the Bride

1990 · ★ 7

A middle-aged woman tries to get married to her younger finance but is hindered by her four grown children who come bearing grudges.

Lady D

Rejected by their family, school and society, three teenagers wind up defenseless on the mean streets of Tirana.

Female Trouble

1976 · ★ 6.9

Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery, she's enticed into a life of crime when the owners of her husband's salon promise her fame and fortune.