Fruitvale Station (Coogler, 2013)

     2008. New Year's Eve. 22-year-old Oscar Grant III and his friends go out to celebrate the new year in the city. 2009. New Year's Day. Oscar Grant is killed at Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland, California. The incident shocked the nation in the aftermath of New Year's Day 2009, and that incident is the ending of director Ryan Coogler's feature film debut, Fruitvale Station. Knowing the ending of a film usually prevents most people from wanting to see it, but Fruitvale Station isn't the typical Hollywood film that leads to an unexpected, unpredictable finale. Much like Titanic, most people going into this know exactly how it ends, but that doesn't lessen its impact or make the ending any less horrifying. Fruitvale Station ultimately becomes about the journey of Oscar Grant's life leading to that incident.