A violated girl is trapped in an underworld of shame. As a child, she was exploited by her father and his friends, and then thrown to the streets as a vulnerable teenager. Despite life going against Mel at every turn, she is determined to see the good in people and find hope before her past catches up with her.
A Home of Our Own
1993
7.0/10
Boy A
2008
7.1/10
The Salt Path
2025
6.7/10
Same Kind of Different as Me
2017
6.8/10
The Color Purple
2023
7.0/10
Mr. Church
2016
7.4/10
Women Talking
2022
6.8/10
The Hours
2002
7.3/10
Lion
2016
8.0/10
Short Term 12
2013
7.7/10
Sing Sing
2024
7.4/10
Unconditional
2012
6.6/10
Sweetness in the Belly
2019
6.2/10
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
2003
7.3/10
Fatima
2020
7.2/10
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
2024
7.1/10
Leave No Trace
2018
6.8/10
Skin
2009
6.4/10
Adopt a Highway
2019
6.7/10
Evelyn
2002
6.5/10
Drei Tage im April
1995
8/10
