90. Tsotsi
“Tsotsi” is a movie about grace, as Flannery O’Connor would define it. It concerns a slum gangster (“Totsi” means “thug”) who accidentally steals a car with a baby inside of it; what happens next changes his life. And that makes it sound like Hallmark channel material, which it emphatically isn’t. It’s a story of redemption, told with restraint and a vivid sense of character and setting. “Tsotsi” is proof that it’s possible to tell stories “with a message” without sacrificing respectability and craft. Anyone interested in making movies on religious topics: watch “Tsotsi” first, and take notes.
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