An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.

The Color Purple
1985
7.7/10

May December
2023
6.6/10

Mildred Pierce
1945
7.6/10

Othello
1951
7.4/10

A Thousand and One
2023
6.6/10

Acrimony
2018
6.8/10

The Place Beyond the Pines
2013
7.0/10

What Maisie Knew
2013
7.1/10

The Killing
1956
7.6/10

Careful What You Wish For
2015
6.1/10

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
7.1/10

Short Term 12
2013
7.7/10

Pimp
2018
6.2/10

Butterfly on a Wheel
2007
6.5/10

Mommie Dearest
1981
6.4/10

The Color Purple
2023
7.0/10

The Young One
1960
7.0/10

White Heat
1949
7.7/10

Priscilla
2023
6.7/10

Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
7.6/10
Far from Heaven
2002
7.1/10