Drama
Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
First Man into Space
Blackboards
Firmin
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
XTC Just Don't Do It
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Suburbia
SubUrbia
Morgen gehört der Himmel dir
Yuma Crossing
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre
Veneno Cura
Los peloteros
A Hard Rain
Dillinger
The Dark Sea
Wie buchstabiert man Liebe?
Voilà l'enchaînement
The Dressmaker
Behind Closed Doors
SIMILAR MOVIES
First Man into Space
IMDB 5 | Feb , 1959
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...Blackboards
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2000
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?Firmin
IMDB 5.3 | Feb , 2007
After almost thirty years, Germaine, Firmin's great love, suddenly returns to her hometown. Firmin is overjoyed and determined to win Germaine's heart back, but Germaine rejects his advances. Then Mohammed Boutrous, a young and talented boxer, seeks out Firmin. He wants Firmin to train him. Firmin accepts, hoping to regain his honor and the love of his life...Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 1997
Tara and Maya are inseparable, with the same tastes, habits, and hobbies. Years later, the two have matured but have maintained their friendship. Tara marries local prince Raj Singh, who succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj seeks another female to satisfy his sexual desires, with his sights settling on Maya, putting a perhaps unforgivable strain on a longtime friendship.XTC Just Don't Do It
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2006
Melissa is a 15-year-old girl who loves to dance. Her parents think she is taking classes in classical ballet, but once at the dance school she devotes herself to the hip-hop dance classes. Melissa is good friends with Jordi and he is very happy for Melissa when she is asked to dance in the music video of the famous rapper Brainpower. But because of bad influences, her life becomes a nightmare. Until her real friends decide to get her out of there.If These Walls Could Talk 2
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2000
The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, in 2000, Kal and Fran try to have a baby with the help of sperm donor.Suburbia
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 1984
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.SubUrbia
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 1997
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.Morgen gehört der Himmel dir
IMDB 2.7 | Nov , 1999
Yuma Crossing
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1990
The story of the Yuma Crossing, the place where centuries of travelers crossed the Colorado River as told in a series of reenacted vignettes by colorful characters from the Quechan tribe, the conquistadores, Father Kino, Olive Oatman and others up until the first bridge was built in the 1920's.Duck! The Carbine High Massacre
IMDB 4.1 | Oct , 1999
Derwin and Derick, Neo-Nazis, plan to commit a school shooting and kill themselves after a sick joke by school jocks.Veneno Cura
IMDB 4.6 | Oct , 2008
In oPorto there is a club, Imperatriz, where everything is permitted. A moment in which all intersect in the dark night.Los peloteros
IMDB 6 | May , 1951
A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.A Hard Rain
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1994
A Hard Rain is the story of a revenge killing in a small Pacific NW island community.Dillinger
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 1973
After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.The Dark Sea
IMDB 3.6 | Aug , 2006
While investigating the murder of a woman that occurred in the sado-masochistic club scene, Inspector Luca Moccia discovers fantasies that threaten his relationship. Will he overcome them?Wie buchstabiert man Liebe?
IMDB 5.3 | Nov , 2001
Anna is illiterate. Her patronizing husband Rolf has always taken advantage of this to patronize his wife. But that is over now. Anna took the difficult step and moved into her own apartment with the children. Fortunately, her best friend Maria lives next door to help Anna read important forms. Anna also found a job through Maria's mediation. Anna waits in a bistro in which the eccentric best-selling author Tom Dellwig is one of the regulars. The vain writer always expects everyone to dance to his tune.Voilà l'enchaînement
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2014
With two actors and no sets, master filmmaker Claire Denis traces the arc of a strained relationship, with a focus on race and language. In this fraught arena, words omitted can be as potentially devastating as words used, and what is not seen can have greater political consequences than what is.The Dressmaker
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2015
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.Behind Closed Doors
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2014
Nathalie, 32 years old, is an ordinary woman of her age totally in love with her boyfriend. But her life will totally change when her co-worker rape her after a party. Life is now a struggle where every detail is a fight to get back a normal life. Through this 'ordinary' story, Natalie will turn into an example for all those women who had chosen to remain silent.