Films like Higher Learning
African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes frien...
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The Hate U Give
Film · 2018 · also crime and dramaRaised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend,...
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The Lords of Discipline
Film · 1983 · also drama and thrillerWill arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked...
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My Friend Dahmer
Film · 2017 · also crime and dramaJeffrey 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.
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Dear Mr. Gacy
Film · 2010 · also crime and dramaA chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
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Bully
Film · 2001 · also crime and dramaA 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.
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Above the Rim
Film · 1994 · also crime and dramaStory 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 an...
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The Forgiven
Film · 2018 · also drama and thrillerAfter the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
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Run
Film · 1991 · also drama and thrillerWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
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Boys Don't Cry
Film · 1999 · also crime and dramaA young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
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Bomb City
Film · 2017 · also crime and dramaAn ongoing feud between punk rockers and a more affluent clique in a small Texas town leads to a hate crime.
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