Foxfire

Foxfire (1996) is a drama with a thriller edge you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Annette Haywood-Carter and adapted from a Joyce Carol Oates novel, it follows five high-school girls in a quiet town who turn into a makeshift gang after they corner a teacher who had been groping students for years.

The spark is Legs, a drifter with no home and no rules, played by a very young Angelina Jolie. Maddie keeps a camera running, Rita stays quiet, Goldie pushes too hard — and together they feel untouchable. For a while it's just loyalty and nerve. Then comes a stolen car, the police, a courtroom, and a freedom that gets very expensive.

This is Jolie before the fame, and her raw energy is what carries the picture. The teen-rebellion story stays unglamorous: anger, sisterhood, and the bill that always comes due. Worth a look to catch an actress two years away from an Oscar. Stream Foxfire (1996) online on iFILM.