Palmer

8.1

2021

110 mins

Drama

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

Wasteman

Year : 2026Rating : ⭐ 7.3

Taylor's hopes for a fresh start post-parole are jeopardised by cellmate Dee's arrival. As Dee takes Taylor under his wing, a vicious attack tests their bond, forcing Taylor to choose between protecting Dee and his own chances at freedom.

My Friend Dahmer

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.

Moonlight

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 7.4

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

The Basketball Diaries

Year : 1995Rating : ⭐ 7.4

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Mammal

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 6.3

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

Ken Park

Year : 2003Rating : ⭐ 6.0

Teen skater Ken Park (nicknamed Krap Nek; his name spelled and pronounced backward) kills himself at a Visalia skate park; his death bookends the lives of four other young people who knew him: Shawn, the most conventional; Tate brims with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother; and Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim.

Starred Up

Year : 2014Rating : ⭐ 7.1

19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.

Bully

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 6.7

A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

Honey Boy

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 7.0

The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.

Life as a House

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 7.1

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

Home Run

Year : 2013Rating : ⭐ 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

Closet Monster

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 7.0

A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.

Ben Is Back

Year : 2018Rating : ⭐ 6.6

19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.

Embattled

Year : 2020Rating : ⭐ 6.7

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

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.

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.

Dead Man's Shoes

Year : 2004Rating : ⭐ 7.1

A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.

Luce

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 6.4

A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.

Above the Rim

Year : 1994Rating : ⭐ 7.1

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

Winter's Bone

Year : 2010Rating : ⭐ 6.8

After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.