The Human Stain (2003)

Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.

Genres: Drama, Romance

What to watch after The Human Stain

• Proof (2005) — Same feel: dramatic, complex
• The Interpreter (2005)
• Malice (1993)
• Levity (2003) — Same feel: dramatic, reflective
• Just Cause (1995)
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)