The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaQeVnN6pUc Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War. The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans…
Empire of the Sun (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_WiDVA1kLY Jamie Graham (Christian Bale), a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American…
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
https://youtu.be/iUM9Hkvf0Co Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor (Robert Townsend) catches the ire of his grandmother (Helen Martin) for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film…
Empire of the Sun (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_WiDVA1kLY A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. Jamie Graham (Christian Bale), a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese…
Crimes of the Heart (1986)
https://youtu.be/KkA27bsLt1A In this tearjerker based on a successful stage drama, an untimely death haunts a trio of sisters, yet their love proves stronger than any familial tragedy. Meg (Jessica Lange),…
Come and See (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHaSQU-4wss The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya (Aleksey Kravchenko) into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There…
Kaddish (1984)
https://vimeo.com/540878966 Yossi Klein’s life was shaped by an event he never experienced. His father, Zoltan, a Hungarian Jew, survived the Holocaust in part by hiding in a hole in the…
Barefoot Gen (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olFmklCCccE Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is a 1983 Japanese adult animated war drama film loosely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Keiji Nakazawa. Directed by Mori Masaki and starring Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kōda and Tatsuya Jo, it…
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGjs5HJ09UY Original title: La maman et la putain, 3h 30m, 1973 In this sexually frank French drama, the aimless young Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud) juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie (Bernadette Lafont),…
Soylent Green (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jGOKYHxaQ A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.