Films like Ghosts of Mississippi
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
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Till
Film · 2022 · also drama and historyThe true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississi...
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Just Mercy
Film · 2019 · also drama and historyThe powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian,...
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Sergeant Rutledge
Film · 1960 · also dramaRespected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
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American Violet
Film · 2008 · also dramaA young single mother of four living in a small Texas town. Arrested during a drug raid and accused of a crime she didn't commit, Dee goes against the wishes of her mothe...
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Origin
Film · 2023 · also drama and historyWhile investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resil...
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The Defiant Ones
Film · 1958 · also dramaTwo convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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No Way Out
Film · 1950 · also dramaTwo hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
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Richard Jewell
Film · 2019 · also drama and historyRichard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a co...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Film · 1962 · also dramaScout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious...
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The Enforcer
Film · 1951 · also dramaAfter years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to t...
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