Empathetic Movies

When Layla, a struggling Arab drag queen, falls in love for the first time, they lose and find themself in a transformative relationship that tests...

In the occupied Netherlands near the end of WWII, a young teenager, Jeroen Boman (Maarten Smit) is sent to the Dutch countryside to avoid the war in...

A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay...

Meeting while on vacation, Ved and Tara sense a connection but vow to keep their real identities a secret. Years later, their paths cross again.

In the summer of 2015, former US Marine and world record weightlifter Janae Marie Kroczaleski was publicly outed as being transgender. The reaction...

RJ and Chris were both born and raised in the Mormon Church. Both have pretty girlfriends, were Eagle Scouts at a young age and have perfect academic...

When free-spirited Rickey suddenly reappears in father-to-be Glenn’s life, the two former best friends embark on a spontaneous road trip from...

A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.

A pickpocket assumes various identities to steal from the aristocracy in early-20th-century Rio de Janeiro.

Two young brothers are abandoned by their mother during summer of 1948, they run into the forest and survive there for seven years.

A thirty-something aspiring children's author, labeled "meskina" (pity case) by her Moroccan-Dutch community for still being career-less and single,...

Explore the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight through the lens of some of the world’s most famous former child stars. Through...

Picking up five years after the doomed romance between Mormon missionaries RJ and Chris, though their lives have taken radically different paths, the...

Four siblings on the verge of coming-of-age try to build their independent lives without losing the bonds that connect them.

Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life: his foreign father, his...

Bob Spit, a comic book character, lives in a post-apocalyptic desert inside the mind of his creator, the legendary Brazilian cartoonist Angeli. When...

Disowned by her Romani community for having a child out of wedlock, a former boxing prodigy returns to the ring to build a new life for her children.

After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

Everything is going well in the relationship between Tony and his nephews until his sister's new suitor appears and becomes the trio's new favorite,...