Realism Movies

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers,...

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential...

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they...

An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts...

At the end of a tangled relation- ship, Myra and Percy begin to feel the anxiety of the everyday creep in.

Making his way home in the Bronx, a young boy plays basketball in his backyard after hearing people talk about a kid who passed away in his...

Hard-partying young woman Effi lives in rural Wales, whose life largely revolves around drinking vodka with her friends and eating instant noodles to...

Using verite conventions, a young couple with a baby and a child are worn away by the monotony of their lives.

'The Statement’ is a wedge of realism; cold and current. A one-act play, with four characters locked in their own battle for control, and with...

In a summer’s sweltering heat, 20-something Fei begins to suspect her boyfriend is cheating. As doubt takes root for Fei, she searches for...

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

How have the changing views on children been reflected in their representation in art? From Baby Jesus to the first photographic portraits, an...

A quiet coming-of-age story about friendship, uncertainty, and the moments that change everything. As three young men navigate love, loss, and the...

Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.

The film was originally conceived as a portrait of Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, the well-known Egyptian doctor, writer, and women’s rights activist....

'Le cas Perrot' depicts a dreamlike world in a realist manner. It was shot with amateur teenagers in the style of a documentary in order to make...

Part work of ethereal realism, part dance film, this contemporary-set short follows a young man facing the probability of an HIV+ diagnosis.

Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel,...

This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and...