One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Movie1975 • Drama
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, dom…
Similar themes: Drama
Matewan
Movie1987 • Drama • History
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Cloth…
Similar themes: Drama, History
Medium Cool
Movie1969 • Drama
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is help…
Similar themes: Drama
The Conversation
Movie1974 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Similar themes: Drama, Mystery
In the Heat of the Night
Movie1967 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibb…
Similar themes: Drama, Thriller
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie1966 • Drama
A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload o…
Similar themes: Drama
Mulholland Falls
Movie1996 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Similar themes: Drama, Thriller
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie1968 • Romance • Crime
Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet…
Similar themes: Romance, Crime
Bound for Glory
Movie1976 • Music • Drama
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of…
Similar themes: Music, Drama
Faces
Movie1968 • Drama
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her…
Similar themes: Drama
America America
Movie1963 • Drama • History
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.
Similar themes: Drama, History
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Movie1982 • Comedy • Documentary
Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.
Similar themes: Comedy, Documentary