Films like Liberty Heights
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, B...
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School Ties
Film · 1992 · also dramaWhen David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and...
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Freedom Writers
Film · 2007 · also dramaA young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
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American History X
Film · 1998 · also dramaDerek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before goin...
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The Believer
Film · 2001 · also dramaA hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. Howe...
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We the Animals
Film · 2018 · also dramaManny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dr...
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My Friend Dahmer
Film · 2017 · also 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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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Film · 2012 · also dramaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother...
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The Hate U Give
Film · 2018 · also 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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Sweet Smell of Success
Film · 1957 · also dramaNew York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sis...
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Marshall
Film · 2017 · also dramaThurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
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