Hidden Gems
These are movies that didn't get a lot of buzz, but are still great to watch.
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- DirectorAngel Kristi WilliamsStarsKofi SiriboeYootha Wong-Loi-SingUzo AdubaSet in contemporary Washington D.C., a rising black painter strives to break into the competitive art world, while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expected.
- DirectorKat CandlerStarsAaron PaulJuliette LewisJosh WigginsWhen motocross and heavy metal obsessed thirteen-year-old Jacob's increasing delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother, Wes, with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father, Hollis, must finally take responsibility for their actions and for each other in order to bring Wes home.
- DirectorDaniel Patrick CarboneStarsRyan JonesNathan VarnsonColm O'LearyAfter a neighborhood tragedy, two adolescent brothers confront changing relationships, the mystery of nature, and their own mortality.
- DirectorJacob VaughanStarsKadeem HardisonAnne RamsayJudah FriedlanderMurder, memory and Saturday morning television collide in THE CASSIDY KIDS. 25 years ago five suburban kids stumbled on a murder in their sleepy hometown and led police to the killer. Two years later The Cassidy Kids Mysteries, a Saturday morning TV show based on their story, made its premiere. A terrifying real-life story became a brightly-lit colorful world of adventure. A bloodless kidnapping replaced the murder. The kids personalities were reduced to ridiculous stereotypes. And the show was a huge hit. It ran for four years and spawned lunch boxes, a line of childrens underwear and a set of action figures still in demand today. Now, in preparation for the shows DVD release, a documentary team has invited all five of the real Cassidy Kids back home to talk about how it all began. Lewis Gaylord now owns a direct mail business. Norman Peabody struggles to make it in Hollywood as an actor. Max Cassidy, the vicious bully credited for solving the crime, still trades on his pseudo-fame while not doing much of anything. And Rebecca Vanderpool, the only one of the group actually cast in the show, now squanders her writing talent on run-of-the-mill adventure books. However the reunion is not complete without Dennis Peabody - Rebeccas first love, Normans adopted brother and the only black kid in their neighborhood. Dennis pulled away from his family and friends after the murder and virtually disappeared from their lives when the TV show became a cultural phenomenon. His delayed arrival turns a bland special feature on the DVD box set into an exhumation of long-buried trauma and truth. The reunion cracks open the memories of that fateful summer when the kids investigated the disappearance of a no-good teen just to stave off boredom. Innocent curiosity ultimately brought them face-to-face with real death and terror. Rebecca and Dennis saw the worst and it scarred them badly, ending a childhood romance and sending them on a path toward bitterness and alienation. They watched as the truth of what happened was perverted, first by Max Cassidy, then by Hollywood and now by a clueless DVD team. But, there is another layer of truth under it all. A terrible secret that Dennis has kept for 25 years. A secret that threatens to shatter their lives and bring down a pop culture empire. But the truth must come out...
- DirectorGeorgina LightningStarsAdam BeachTantoo CardinalBradley CooperA Native American woman is haunted by visions that compel her to seek the truth about a residential school.
- DirectorJeff BarnabyStarsDevery JacobsGlen GouldBrandon OakesRed Crow Mi'kmaq reservation, 1976: By government decree, every Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's. That means being at the mercy of "Popper", the sadistic Indian agent who runs the school.From Canada.
- DirectorAdam LeonStarsCallum TurnerGrace Van PattenMichal VondelA young man and woman find love in an unlikely place while carrying out a shady deal.
- DirectorRyan KooStarsMichael Rainey Jr.Tekola CornetetHanna LongoA young basketball future star struggles with his personal life in pursuit of his dream.
- DirectorAmman AbbasiStarsDevin BlackmonDontrell BrightLachion BuckinghamIn the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsConor DonovanJesse CamachoZoe WeizenbaumAfter his twin brother is accidentally killed by vengeful bullies, a 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, teenage hormones, and family dysfunction.
- DirectorMischa WebleyStarsChadwick BosemanTory KittlesBilly ZaneThe shadow of war follows a troubled Iraq War vet as he is forced to pursue one of his own into the Pacific Northwest wilderness to finally confront a war crime that has haunted them both.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsEmayatzy CorinealdiDavid OyelowoLorraine ToussaintRuby goes on a journey of self-discovery when she drops out of medical school in order to focus on her incarcerated husband's well-being.
- DirectorJulie DashStarsCora Lee DayAlva RogersBarbara OA languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.
- DirectorEliza HittmanStarsGina PiersantiNyck CautionGiovanna SalimeniLila wants to emulate the sexual exploits of her more experienced best friend. She fixates on a tough older guy who will "sleep with anyone" and tries to insert herself into his world, putting herself in a dangerously vulnerable situation.
- DirectorChris SmithStarsNana PatekarVenkatesh ChavanJhangir BadshahA boy in abject poverty works in a hotel and becomes obsessed with a swimming pool in the opulent hills of Panjim, Goa, India. His life gets turned upside-down when he attempts to meet the mysterious family who lives at the house.From India.
- DirectorFaraday OkoroStarsAntonio J BellChinaza UcheTina MbaAfter being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an Internet scammer in order to return to the United States.
- DirectorChristopher NolenStarsNoree VictoriaBrad JamesRobert Christopher RileyWALK AWAY FROM LOVE is the story of Micah (Noree Victoria), a single attorney who hasn't been in a committed relationship in three years. After having her heart broken, Micah has no plans of falling in love again any time soon. But after an unexpected encounter with her ex (Robert Christopher Riley), Micah is forced to face her truths and make the biggest decision of her life.
- DirectorArthur MuhammadStarsLisa ArrindellSheronda BlantonLes BrownVERNON RICHARDSON and IMANI TOWNSEND meet unexpectedly at a cozy Jazz club, unpretentious, and unaware, they're a match made for heaven on a popular internet dating website.
- DirectorOlivia NewmanStarsElvire EmanuelleYahya Abdul-Mateen IIColman DomingoHardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood decides that joining the boys' wrestling team is the only way back to her estranged father.
- DirectorJeremiah ZagarStarsEvan RosadoRaúl CastilloSheila VandManny, 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 dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
- DirectorAnthony LuceroStarsDiana Elizabeth TorresYutaka TakeuchiRodrigo Duarte ClarkAn immigrant single mother disenfranchised by her regular life decides to take a chance working at a Japanese restaurant and realises her dreams to become a sushi chef to provide a better future to her family.
- DirectorGeremy JasperStarsDanielle MacdonaldSahr NgaujahBridget EverettPATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
- DirectorBill DukeStarsMorris ChestnutTaraji P. HensonMaeve QuinlanA car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
- DirectorPrentice PennyStarsCourtney B. VanceLashun PollardMichael MobleyElijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
- DirectorRob MeyerStarsMelanie LynskeyNelsan EllisArmani JacksonAn interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.
- DirectorIra SachsStarsGreg KinnearJennifer EhlePaulina GarcíaA new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
- DirectorRashaad Ernesto GreenStarsZora HowardJoshua BooneMichelle WilsonSeventeen year-old Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious Isaiah in her path toward self-discovery. Her entire world is turned upside down as she travails on the rigorous terrain of young love in the summer before she leaves for college.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsMichael BrodieTeresa LynnFrancesca PintoA look at the lives of a group of teenagers who ride the same bus route and how their relationships change and evolve on the last day of school.
- DirectorFrank WhaleyStarsNoah FleissKaren YoungCamryn ManheimA disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.
- DirectorMarshall HerskovitzStarsDanny DeVitoGary SiniseRobert J. Steinmiller Jr.Danny DeVito is John Leary, a professional clown, whose wife's death in a car accident has left him to care for his two young boys.
- DirectorJonathan KahnStarsDominique SwainSean Patrick FlanerySummer PhoenixA straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.
- DirectorJim StrouseStarsJessica WilliamsChris O'DowdLaKeith StanfieldAn aspiring playwright in New York strikes up a friendship with a guy while on the rebound from a break-up.
- DirectorBilly LutherStarsKeir TallmanCharley HoganSarah H. NataniTwo adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch in Arizona while learning more about their family's past and themselves.