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The Tenants

2006

The Tenants

2006
4.7
The story of a Jewish novelist, Harry Lesser, struggling to complete his latest work, and his antagonistic relationship with a black writer who moves in down the hall.
The Water Is Wide

2006

The Water Is Wide

2006
6.8
Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw Island. Staffless 'head' mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind rule obedience, her didactic skills consisting in scolding and spanking her students. Pat moves heaven and earth to motivate and educate, but after finally getting trough to pupils and parents is refused contract renewal by the arch-conservative authorities.
Punching at the Sun

2006

Punching at the Sun

2006
In the aftermath of 9/11 and his brother's murder, a South Asian teen living in Queens struggles to keep his anger in check.
Half Light

2006

Half Light

2006
6
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.
Truth

2006

Truth

2006
6.3
A reporter is killed whilst investigating a story & her college friend and former professor join forces to try and find out who killed her.
Jesse Stone: Night Passage

2006

Jesse Stone: Night Passage

2006
6.9
A prequel to "Stone Cold", the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He becomes an unlikely candidate recruited by a town council to become police chief of Paradise, MA, a small fishing town on Boston's North Shore. The board hopes his failed experience will keep him from digging too deep into the town's secrets. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of his predecessor whose death may be tied to a local domestic disturbance case, with connections to money laundering and murder involving some of the town's most affluent names as possible suspects.
Last Holiday

2006

Last Holiday

2006
7.2
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Matthews.
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006
5.9
Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.
Come Early Morning

2006

Come Early Morning

2006
5.4
A thirty-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.
For the Love of a Child

2006

For the Love of a Child

2006
7.2
1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary centers for abused and/or neglected children in the States. Among them is bright Jacob Fletcher, whose stepfather, a lawyer, terrorized him into utter trauma and reclaims him shortly after 10 months in jail. Jacob's peers have distressing stories of their own, but competent, devoted staff helps most of them decisively on the former farm, using animal therapy.
Who Loves the Sun

2006

Who Loves the Sun

2006
5.2
A man encounters a childhood friend who had an affair with his wife five years earlier.
Sweeney Todd

2006

Sweeney Todd

2006
6.3
A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 19th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.
Las vecinas

2006

Las vecinas

2006
5
The Wild Reporter

2006

The Wild Reporter

2006
2.8
48 Angels

2006

48 Angels

2006
4.4
Seamus is a 9 year old boy who has been diagnosed with a serious illness. In search of a miracle, he sets off to find God before God comes for him. Inspired by Saint Columcille, Seamus sets out in a small boat without oars or sail.
The System Within

2006

The System Within

2006
1.7
Tony "Wise" Good, is an internationally famous model. He fought his way out of the inner city and rocketed straight to the top. He had it all... The career, the trophy wife, fame, fortune and all the luxuries that come with success. But his swift rise to the top did not take him high enough to protect him from the sudden fall he was about to experience. The corrupt corporate world, the government's support and participation in that corruption, and the jealousy and greed of people he knew best, all lead to a rapid downward spiral into a living hell.
Midnight Clear

2006

Midnight Clear

2006
5.1
On Christmas Eve in the Arizona desert, a middle-aged man and an old woman contemplate suicide. But through chance run-ins with strangers and perhaps some divine intervention, they cross paths and change each other's lives forever.
Secreto de amor

2005

Secreto de amor

2005
3
El Lamento De Un Mojado

2005

El Lamento De Un Mojado

2005
5
Undocumented immigrants cross the border woth the help of a man they call Coyote. Little do they know who they're actually dealing with.
Blue Swallow

2005

Blue Swallow

2005
6.8
Park Kyung-won, who aspired to become a pilot since a young age, enrolls at an aviation academy in Japan. There she meets a charming exchange student from Korea who she is destined to be with.