Welcome to the Rileys

6.6

2010

110 mins

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.

The Poker House

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.2

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Year : 2004Rating : ⭐ 5.8

Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.

Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story

Year : 2020Rating : ⭐ 5.9

Interweaving stories of four different women involved in the sex industry offers a glimpse into the dark underbelly of Los Angeles and the taboo lifestyle of a sex worker. A teen runaway, single mother and two career escorts interconnect through their own personal journeys filled with loss, betrayal and the struggle to survive.

The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story

Year : 2023Rating : ⭐ 7.1

Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape from the serial killer and leads police to his apartment.

Cape Fear

Year : 1991Rating : ⭐ 7.3

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

The Dead Girl

Year : 2006Rating : ⭐ 6.0

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.

Gardens of the Night

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.2

After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.

Exotica

Year : 1994Rating : ⭐ 6.6

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

Pimp

Year : 2018Rating : ⭐ 6.2

An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

Kids

Year : 1995Rating : ⭐ 6.9

A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

The Crush

Year : 1993Rating : ⭐ 6.7

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

Alpha Dog

Year : 2006Rating : ⭐ 6.7

Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his 'gang' kidnap Jake's 15 year old brother and hold him hostage.

Girl in the Bunker

Year : 2018Rating : ⭐ 7.1

When Elizabeth is abducted by a fugitive sexual predator, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands and plot her escape. Based on a true story.

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Year : 1977Rating : ⭐ 5.9

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

Out of the Blue

Year : 1981Rating : ⭐ 7.0

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.

American Honey

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 6.8

A restless teenager escapes her troubled home and joins a traveling crew of young drifters selling magazines across the American Midwest. Immersed in a world of reckless partying, risky hustles, and fleeting romances, she searches for freedom and belonging on the open road.

Hounddog

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.5

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

Klute

Year : 1971Rating : ⭐ 6.8

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

The Nines

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 6.0

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

Kicks

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 6.7

When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.