When a washed-up boxer invites a British priest to minister in his South Chicago neighborhood, he never suspects that the priest is not who he says he is.
Walter is HIV positive and is leading a promiscuis life in Rome. He does this so that he won’t infect his wife. Walter’s wife is also cheating on him. In a decidedly dull subplot, Walter’s father is a senator who wants to use his son’s illness to promote his own political career by calling for more AIDS research.
La ragnatela del silenzio – A.I.D.S.
1994
2
The 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 Mississippi.
Till
2022
7
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
Waking the Dead
2000
6
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.
Unconditional Love
2002
5
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
Priest
1995
6
A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.
Kulkurin masurkka
1958
3
Ellie is determined to save Hotel Silver, the struggling hotel she inherited from her father. On a storm-ravaged night, the hotel unexpectedly fills with a group of mysterious guests, each with their own shadowy past. As the night unfolds, Ellie becomes entangled in a web of secrets, lies, and sinister motives.
Hotel Midnight
2024
0
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Derailed
2005
6
A priest wakes repeatedly from a dream in which he sees attractive, partially-disrobed man in his room. The hypnotic repetition and anxiety of his vision gains tension from the minimalist score.
A Man in Your Room
1984
0
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
Young Fugitives
1938
1
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Kate, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
6
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986
6
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Barbershop
2002
6
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.
Going My Way
1944
6
Martin Luther inspires a breakaway from the Roman Catholic church and is the founder of Protestantism.
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983
0
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
7
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Gran Torino
2008
7
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
Butterfly on a Wheel
2007
6
A brilliant but socially inept 14-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends – Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love – fall for each other.
Lucas
1986
6
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
Ordinary People
1980
7