CrissCross

1992

English

5.8

♡ 17

23%

Chris Menges Director

David Arnott as Chris Cross

Arliss Howard as Joe

Steve Buscemi as Louis

Deirdre O'Connell as Shelly

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.

The Lost Son

1999

English

6.4

♡ 5

43%

Chris Menges Director

Ciarán Hinds as Carlos

Nastassja Kinski as Deborah

Bruce Greenwood as Friedman

Cyril Shaps as Mr. Spitz

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.

A World Apart

1988

English

7.0

♡ 3

91%

johannesburg south africa

johannesburg, south africa

south africa

Chris Menges Director

Tim Roth as Harold

Adrian Dunbar as Le Roux

Jodhi May as Molly Roth

Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Harris

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?