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Eight Days to Live

2006

Eight Days to Live

2006
5.4
A mother searches for her lost son, who after four days still has not returned from a party at a friend's house a day's drive away.
For One Night

2006

For One Night

2006
7.5
Their town always had two proms, one for the whites and one for the blacks. When both proms wanted the same DJ, Brianna McCallister suggested combining the proms, which would also mean more money for decorations. However, her idea shook the town up, especially after a white student was let off for the same offense that a black student was suspended for. Can the town overcome racial tensions and finally combine the two proms?
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.
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.
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.
The Accidental Witness

2006

The Accidental Witness

2006
2.5
A murderer goes after a female attorney when he thinks that she has witnessed one of his killings.
My Family and Other Animals

2005

My Family and Other Animals

2005
6.3
Escaping the dreary wet weather of 1930s England, an eccentric family uproot and ship themselves to the sunnier climes of the Greek island of Corfu.
Under The Greenwood Tree

2005

Under The Greenwood Tree

2005
5.8
Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of a poor young man who falls for a middle-class schoolteacher and attempts to win her over.
Crazy for Christmas

2005

Crazy for Christmas

2005
5.5
A girl loses her parents and husband and is left driving a limo trying to get by raising her young son. An interesting but strange rich man hires her limo on Christmas eve and has her drive him to various ice rinks where he gives out $100 bills to the people there. The news media catches on and starts following him.
A View from a Hill

2005

A View from a Hill

2005
7.2
On holiday, a young man borrows a pair of binoculars when his own are broken. But they seem somehow bewitched, showing things that could only be seen with dead men's eyes... visions from the past. And using them could lead to a sinister rendezvous on Gallow's Hill.
His and Her Christmas

2005

His and Her Christmas

2005
4.8
Tom Lane is the star columnist for the media conglomerate owned San Francisco Sun newspaper. The company is thinking about increasing Tom's exposure by producing a new television show around him. Liz Madison is the advice columnist for the little read community newspaper, the Marin County Voice, which is a throwback to gentler times. Besides their journalistic occupations, one other similar aspect between Tom and Liz is that they are both currently single, with their friends and family doing whatever they can to find that special someone for their personal life. On November 2, the staff at the Voice learn that the Sun ownership has bought their newspaper, with the probable goal of folding it into the operations of the Sun. If this move does happen, the staff at the Voice will lose their jobs. To fight back, Liz decides to change her column to an editorial espousing the meaning of Christmas and the newspaper to the community...
Home for the Holidays

2005

Home for the Holidays

2005
5.9
After their parents are killed in a terrible accident, the four McMurrin children live with their loving Aunt Martha. Martha wants to adopt the children but the town's bitter old banker stands in their way. However, the children's courage and ingenuity triumph and they become a family just before the holidays.
Swarmed

2005

Swarmed

2005
4.2
Residents of a small town find themselves battling a swarm of wasps which has been sprayed by a super pesticide.
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas

2005

Recipe for a Perfect Christmas

2005
5
The holiday season is turned upside down for a neophyte food critic JJ (Pope) when her uninhibited mother (Baranski) shows up unannounced. In an attempt to occupy her mom's time, JJ works out a deal with a young chef (Cannavale) that stirs up some matters of the heart.
Chasing Christmas

2005

Chasing Christmas

2005
4.4
Jack Cameron is a single dad that decides not to observe Christmas because his wife left him around that time. The ghosts of Christmas past and present try and get Jack to relent, but they screw up their jobs and send themselves on a wild ride through time showing up at various times in Jack's past. As they try and rectify the timeline and get back to the real present, some things are not what they used to be.
Three Wise Guys

2005

Three Wise Guys

2005
3.9
On Christmas Eve, three hired killers give chase after unwittingly aiding the pregnant girlfriend of one of their targets.
Vampire Bats

2005

Vampire Bats

2005
4.4
A biology professor discovers a deadly species of vampire bats are responsible for a series of bizarre murders and now she must find a way to stop them before they are completely out of control.
Haunting Sarah

2005

Haunting Sarah

2005
5.5
A mother dealing with the death of her young son learns that her niece is in contact with his spirit.
Crimes of Passion

2005

Crimes of Passion

2005
5.6
While in competition for a job promotion, the female competitor sues her male counterpart for sexual harassment. Blackmail and murder follow closely behind.
Ambulance Girl

2005

Ambulance Girl

2005
4.8
The story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.