Hotel Rwanda (8.7/10)

This 2004 war/thriller about the Rwandan genocide, starring Don Cheadle, is powerful, heartbreaking, and impactful. It’s difficult to watch at times; something the director handles effectively, yet it also has moments of hope and humanity. I tend to rate true stories higher when they’re told well, and this is one of them. "Hutu Paul Rusesabagina manages the Hôtel des Mille Collines and lives a happy life with his Tutsi wife and their three children, but when Hutu military forces initiate a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Tutsi minority, Paul is compelled to allow refugees to take shelter in his hotel. As the U.N. pulls out, Paul must struggle alone to protect the Tutsi refugees in the face of the escalating violence later known as the Rwandan genocide."