The Measure of a Man

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The Measure of a Man (2015)

Drama

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2017 ★ 7.3

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Home Run

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2013 ★ 6.2

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team

I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake

2016 ★ 7.7

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Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019 ★ 6.7

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

Chaos

Chaos

2001 ★ 6.4

A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.

Souleymane's Story

Souleymane's Story

2024 ★ 7.5

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane recounts his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers, but Souleymane is not ready.

Two Days, One Night

Two Days, One Night

2014 ★ 6.9

Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.

Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018 ★ 5.8

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

Young Mothers

Young Mothers

2025 ★ 6.5

Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and NaĂŻma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.

It's a Free World...

It's a Free World...

2007 ★ 6.6

Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the desperation of immigrants, Angie builds a successful business extremely quickly.

Les Indésirables

Les Indésirables

2023 ★ 6.2

A local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.

Another World

Another World

2022 ★ 6.8

An executive manager, his wife and his family, at the point when his professional choices are about to overturn all their lives. Philippe Lemesle and his wife are separating, their love irretrievably damaged by pressures of work. A successful executive in industrial conglomerate, Philippe no longer knows how to respond to the contradictory demands of his bosses. Yesterday they wanted a manager, today an enforcer. Now he must decide what his life really means.

Full Time

Full Time

2022 ★ 7.0

Julie finally gets an interview for a job where she can raise her children better only to run into a national transit strike.

The Old Oak

The Old Oak

2023 ★ 7.2

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.

The Son

The Son

2002 ★ 7.5

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Sleep Dealer

Sleep Dealer

2008 ★ 5.9

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

Paris 36

Paris 36

2008 ★ 6.1

A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.

Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022 ★ 7.5

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

2022 ★ 6.9

Marianne Winckler relocates to the port city of Caen in order to pass herself off as a member of a large community of itinerant workers desperate to make ends meet. She gains employment as a cleaner on a ferry travelling between Ouistreham and Portsmouth, recording the drudgery of the work she and her colleagues are required to do.

Declaration of War

Declaration of War

2011 ★ 7.0

Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they cannot delude themselves anymore: their son has a problem. From now on, war is declared. A war against illness. A war against Death. A war against despair.

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