Disheartening Movies

A near-fatal accident involving their teen daughters upends the lives of two families as they consider how far they're willing to go to save their...

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a...

This moving documentary chronicles the last year in the life of Robert Eads, a trans man dying of ovarian cancer. We're introduced to several...

An act of kindness met with deception leads to Layla's abduction and descent into a life of human trafficking hidden in an ordinary neighborhood.

Sutekh, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, sends his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest to kill Rick and steal the magic which animates...

A couple of elderlies try to survive in Los Andes of Peru while they wait for their son.

In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one...

Haunted by her past, a talented singer with a rising career copes with the pressure of success, a mother's disdain and the voices of doubt within her.

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of...

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and...

When Laura Harris's kidnapped son returns after eleven devastating years, what she thinks will be a dream come true turns out to be a family...

The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

Laid off due to the viral illness sweeping the globe, Byron is barely holding his life together. With eviction looming and his marriage crumbling, he...

Peach Plum Pear is the story of Jesse, a troubled young man from Los Angeles, and his friend Will, who find themselves stranded in small- town...

When Duncan destroys the school using a hazardous app, Chef ends up with a big cash settlement, but rather than rebuilding the school, he takes the...

Hasan (33), who works as a sales manager in a construction company, and his wife Farida (30) have not been able to have children for a long time....

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot....

Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the...

Celess and Tina play the game too well to be considered your average gold diggers. And they're winning too. But when the jaw-dropping secret they...

At 35, Laura leads a monotonous life between work, caring for her father,and an unstable relationship.Everything changes when a former colleague...