First They Killed My Father

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

Runtime

2h 7m

Director

Mike Newell

Cast

Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Michael Apted

Cast

Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Gus Van Sant

Cast

Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely...

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Jim Sheridan

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Spike Lee

Cast

John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino