Recommended Movies

If anybody watches a movie they feel is a noteworthy recommendation they would like to share with the club membership, please send them to firststatemovieclub@gmail.com. They will be listed here. 

Note: These movies are not intended to be suggestions for future meeting discussions (though they could be). This page is intended to be a place for us to share general recommendations of notable films that we feel other members of the club may enjoy seeing. 

When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.

Follows the iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro and his editor, the literary giant Robert Gottlieb, in this chronicle of a unique 50-year professional relationship.

As white nationalist violence surges in America and across the world, this documentary represents an urgent warning about the power of extremism, and where it's going next. 

A young author takes a tutoring position at the estate of a legendary writer. 

The incredible true story of a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from sex traffickers.