To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

A father must expose his children to a small town's outraged passions… and can only protect them with his love.

1962129 min8.0 / 10

A compassionate courtroom drama about a father's moral courage and his children's coming-of-age amid the injustice and intolerance of Depression-era racism.

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

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