1977 drama films

Brothers

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakou...

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One on One

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Expected...

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Greased Lightning

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.4

This film is based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first Black NASCAR race winner and, later, a 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee.

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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.4

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

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September 30, 1955

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.2

A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.

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Riddles of the Sphinx

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.2

Mulvey's readings of the myth of Oedipus and the sphinx are layered atop 360º panning shots of various locales; the protagonist appears in elliptically-edited sequences.

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Soldier's Home

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6

Harold Krebs went off to fight in World War I, "the war to end all wars." But when he comes home, Harold finds that he doesn't fit in any more. He needs peace and quiet to figure out what has happened...

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Heroes

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6

A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.

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For the Love of Benji

Film Age rating: 1 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 5.9

Benji gets lost after a flight overseas and becomes a stray in Athens, Greece. He then tries everyday to reunite with his family while mysterious people pursue him, in a race to get a code which was s...

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