To Kill a Mockingbird
Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton
A widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man against a false rape charge while teaching his young children about the sad reality of prejudice.
Why you'll love it
The film addresses racial injustice and the destruction of innocence.
The Help
Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily b...
Why you'll love it
The film explores the civil rights movement and racial inequality in the 1960s.
12 Years a Slave
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Why you'll love it
The film is a historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Philadelphia
Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small-time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Why you'll love it
The film tackles the social issue of discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS.
Selma
David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
Why you'll love it
The film depicts the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr.