Drama
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Common Man
How Much Do You Love Me?
Boys Don't Cry
Shaina
Volver
Summer in Berlin
Distant Lights
Leaving Las Vegas
Monster
Killing Zoe
Once Were Warriors
Live Flesh
Strange Days
Once Upon a Time in America
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Monsieur Ibrahim
Wild Seed
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Demolition
1 Buck
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Common Man
IMDB 7 | Feb , 1975
Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher family (whose father is a bailiff) and the Colin family (who sells bras in the markets). This year, their peace is slightly disturbed by the proximity of a construction site where foreign workers are employed. Xenophobic comments are made. One evening at the ball, a fight breaks out between Lajoie, Albert Schumacher and two algerian immigrant workers...How Much Do You Love Me?
IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 2005
After winning the lottery, François goes to a bar in Pigalle and offers one hundred thousand Euros per month to a prostitute named Daniela to live with him as his wife until his money runs out.Boys Don't Cry
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1999
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.Shaina
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2020
Shine is a teenager in Zimbabwe who doesn't believe in herself. In the face of life-altering events, she is forced to rely on her own ingenuity and determination to face her future.Volver
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 2006
Raimunda, a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents in her native village in La Mancha. Raimunda's life is further complicated when her deceased mother, Irene, returns as a ghost to resolve unfinished family business, including a murder and other buried truths.Summer in Berlin
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2005
An intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based on their ideas.Distant Lights
IMDB 7.4 | Feb , 2003
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.Leaving Las Vegas
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 1995
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.Monster
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 2003
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.Killing Zoe
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1993
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.Once Were Warriors
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1994
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.Live Flesh
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1997
When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means revenge, for Elena has married David, the cop who sent him to prison!Strange Days
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1995
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.Once Upon a Time in America
IMDB 8.4 | May , 1984
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2006
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.Monsieur Ibrahim
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2003
Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship with Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly Muslim who owns a small grocery store.Wild Seed
IMDB 4.4 | Mar , 1967
A man who escaped from a prison comes to his inmate's village to find his wife, after having been told how wonderful she is. He hides at her place only to find out that she receives "night visits" from the village men. He starts a killing spree, causing panic among the locals.Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
IMDB 5.3 | Oct , 1991
Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the headmistress at a brothel, talks her into living and working at her establishment. She decides to leave the business and lead a normal life. Elle is hellbent to see that she never has one.Demolition
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 2016
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.1 Buck
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2017
Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill, 'one buck' takes us on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.