Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Good Lie
The Good Lie

The Good Lie

Miracles are made by people who refuse to stop believing.

Genres

Drama

OverView

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

Others

Budget

$20000000

Revenue

$3396345

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

7.384/10

Release Date

10 September 2014

Country

India

Cast

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Carrie Davis

Corey Stoll

Corey Stoll

Jack

Thad Luckinbill

Thad Luckinbill

Matt

Sarah Baker

Sarah Baker

Pamela Lowi

Maria Howell

Maria Howell

INS Agent

Joshua Mikel

Joshua Mikel

Dave

Mike Pniewski

Mike Pniewski

Nick Costas

Arnold Oceng

Arnold Oceng

Mamere

Ger Duany

Ger Duany

Jeremiah

Emmanuel Jal

Emmanuel Jal

Paul

Kuoth Wiel

Kuoth Wiel

Abital

Femi Oguns

Femi Oguns

Theo

Lindsey Garrett

Lindsey Garrett

Jenny

Peterdeng Mongok

Peterdeng Mongok

Young Mamere

Okwar Jale

Okwar Jale

Young Theo

Thon Kueth

Thon Kueth

Young Jeremiah

Deng Ajuet

Deng Ajuet

Young Paul

Keji Jale

Keji Jale

Young Abital

David Madingi

David Madingi

Young Gabriel

Kon Akoue Auok

Kon Akoue Auok

Young Daniel

Sibusisu Moyo

Sibusisu Moyo

Young Simon

Antoine Wonder Kalambay

Antoine Wonder Kalambay

Boy (River of Children)

Elikana Jale

Elikana Jale

James

Afemo Omilami

Afemo Omilami

Dr. Monyang

Michael H. Cole

Michael H. Cole

Reverend Trutner

Brian Kurlander

Brian Kurlander

Frank

Jimi Kocina

Jimi Kocina

Karl

Vince Pisani

Vince Pisani

INS Boston

Kimberly Banta

Kimberly Banta

INS Kansas City

Travis Smith

Travis Smith

Roger

Sharon Conley

Sharon Conley

Erin Sullivan

Raj Kala

Raj Kala

Man in English Class

Parisa Johnston

Parisa Johnston

Sari Woman in English Class

Heather Lyda

Heather Lyda

Homeless Woman

Clifton Guterman

Clifton Guterman

INS Clerk

Kenny Alfonso

Kenny Alfonso

Police Officer

Victor McCay

Victor McCay

Reed

Jacob Kuol Alier

Jacob Kuol Alier

Fargo Boy

Berglind Jonsdottir

Berglind Jonsdottir

Swedish Official

Dhan Kueth

Dhan Kueth

Majok

Israel Makoe

Israel Makoe

Bracelet Soldier

Keith Woulard

Keith Woulard

Soldier

John Prendergast

John Prendergast

Toby

Tiffany Jones

Tiffany Jones

Refugee Worker

Nathaniel Ramabulana

Nathaniel Ramabulana

U.N. Worker

Lavine Dimo

Lavine Dimo

Guinea Worm Girl

Julia Ayiol

Julia Ayiol

Village Mother

Sope Aluko

Sope Aluko

Processing Office Woman

Suehyla El-Attar Young

Suehyla El-Attar Young

Immigration Official

Abena Ayivor

Abena Ayivor

Immigration Official #2

Levi Burdick

Levi Burdick

INS Official

Lele Ledwaba

Lele Ledwaba

Food Worker

Mari Malek

Mari Malek

Party Guest

Flora Peter Deng

Flora Peter Deng

Abital's Mother

Cara Mantella

Cara Mantella

Becky

Similar Movies

7.0

Capote

September 2005 •English

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

6.5

The House by the Sea

November 2017 •French

By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.

5.8

Arch of Triumph

February 1948 •English

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover's sudden death. Against Ravic's better judgment, they become involved in a doomed affair.

7.6

Kannathil Muthamittal

February 2002 •Tamil

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

6.3

Picnic

November 1955 •English

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.

0.0

All That’s Left of You

September 2025 •Arabic

After a Palestinian teen confronts Israeli soldiers at a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the series of events that led him to that fateful moment, starting with his grandfather’s forced displacement.

6.1

Sounds of Sand

May 2007 •French

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats, and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality.

6.9

Tears of the Sun

March 2003 •English

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

7.9

Paper Moon

May 1973 •English

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

5.8

Leap of Faith

December 1992 •English

Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage.

7.7

Turtles Can Fly

January 2005 •Kurdish

Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

0.0

I Was a Stranger

December 2025 •Arabic

Set against the backdrop of the Syrian Civil War, the lives of pediatric surgeon Amira and her daughter intertwine with five families across four continents in a chain reaction of tragedy, resilience, and hope.

0.0

The City of Dried Fountains

Invalid date •English

A feature documentary about Kansas City, as its people tell us how they got through the pandemic and look back at what they lost.

7.7

Mysterious Skin

March 2005 •English

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

6.6

Tigerland

October 2000 •English

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

6.2

All Saints

August 2017 •English

Michael Spurlock decides to trade in his corporate sales career to become a pastor. Unfortunately, his first assignment is to close a country church and sell the prime piece of land where it sits. He soon has a change of heart when the church starts to welcome refugees from Burma. Spurlock now finds himself working with the refugees to turn the land into a working farm to pay the church's bills.

6.7

The Day After

November 1983 •English

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

6.8

Night Shapes

August 1999 •German

The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city.

6.5

Infamous

October 2006 •English

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

5.0

Kansas

July 1995 •English

When a single mother and high-powered Chicago ad executive returns to her home town in Kansas to care for her ailing father, she rediscovers the joys and hardships of farm life.