A kindergarten teacher's life collapses after a student with a crush on him implies he committed a lewd act. A group of teenagers falsely accuse a teacher of molesting them. A transgender woman falls for a woman in Nebraska but her secret is discovered and things take a violent turn. Many college students face retaliation for reporting being raped on campus. A leaked video from a high school throws a community into turmoil over what it shows. A woman revisits her childhood and a relationship with her coaches that was documented in a story she wrote. A teen abused by her father seeks help from an organization. Two boys are impacted by a childhood trauma, with one becoming obsessed with UFOs and the other becoming a hust
2. A kindergarten teacher's
(Mads Mikkelsen) world
collapses around him after
one of his students (Annika
Wedderkopp), who has a
crush on him, implies that
he committed a lewd act in
front of her.
3. A manipulative
teenager (Evan Rachel
Wood) and her two
friends conspire to
falsely accuse a
teacher (Ron
Livingston) of molesting
them
4. Young female-to-male transgender
Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) leaves his
hometown under threat when his ex-
girlfriend's brother discovers that he's
biologically female. Resettling in the small
town of Falls City, Nebraska, Brandon
falls for Lana (Chloë Sevigny), an aspiring
singer, and begins to plan for their future
together. But when her ex-convict friends,
John (Peter Sarsgaard) and Tom
(Brendan Sexton III), learn Brandon's
secret, things change very quickly
5. Many college
students who have
been raped on
campus face
retaliation and
harassment as they
fight for justice
6. A disturbing video leaked
from a local high school
throws a Long Island
community into chaos
and the national spotlight
as it tries to unravel the
story behind it
7. Jennifer has it all, with a loving
boyfriend and a great career as a
journalist and professor. But when her
mother discovers a story - "The Tale" -
that Jennifer wrote when she was 13,
detailing a special relationship Jennifer
had with two adult coaches, Jennifer
returns to the Carolina horse farm
where the events transpired to try to
reconcile her version of events with the
truth.
8. Set up as a prostitute by
her father, a sexually
abused teen (Brooke
Kinsella) seeks haven
with an organization that
helps her deal with the
trauma.
9. One youth (Brady Corbet) becomes
obsessed with UFOs, while another
(Joseph Gordon-Levitt) becomes a gay
hustler in the years following a childhood
trauma
10. At the height of his stardom, Michael Jackson
began long-running relationships with two boys,
aged 7 and 10, and their families. Now in their 30s,
they tell the story of how they were sexually
abused by Jackson
11. Pregnant by her own father for the
second time, 16-year-old Claireece
"Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe)
can neither read nor write and suffers
constant abuse at the hands of her
vicious mother (Mo'Nique). Precious
instinctively sees a chance to turn
her life around when she is offered
the opportunity to transfer to an
alternative school. Under the patient,
firm guidance of her new teacher,
Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious
begins the journey from oppression
to self-determination.
12. With his mother dead and his father, Marty (Bruce Altman), busy at
work, Howie (Paul Franklin Dano) feels adrift in his New York suburb.
He and his friend Gary (Billy Kay) spend their time burglarizing their
neighbors' homes -- until they make the mistake of robbing the house
of Big John (Brian Cox), a macho former Marine who is also an
unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the
two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship