Where The Tracks End in Mexico
This coming-of-age Mexican movie is about a group of school children who fulfill their dreams.

Teresa is an attractive 30-year-old doctor. She divides her stable life between work, caring for her younger sister Ania, a high school student, and her romance with Jan, a well-off lawyer who wants to marry her. However, Teresa postpones her decision to marry until Ania becomes independent. One day, she unexpectedly meets Tomek, a young photographer, who soon confesses his love to her, making her question her loyalty to Jan.
This coming-of-age Mexican movie is about a group of school children who fulfill their dreams.
Court TV shows offer uncritical eyes on the systemic inequalities of the legal world.
A group of criminal animals tries their best to reform themselves into good citizens to avoid serving time in prison.
This Comedy-Drama set in Nazi Germany, shows a young boy, Jojo who wants to be Hitler's personal guard and even conjures up Hitler to be his imaginary friend. His nationalism and prejudices of Jews change when he discovers a Jewish girl hiding in his attic.
Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.