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Familyhood

2016

Familyhood

2016
6
An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her career but then threatens to grow out of control and destroy everything she cares about.
Lionhead

2013

Lionhead

2013
4
In this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy, Frank is an angst-ridden, young man who desperately wants to marry his girlfriend, Darlene, against the wishes of her father.
Babylon

1980

Babylon

1980
6.9
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
Plaza Suite

1971

Plaza Suite

1971
6.1
Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role. In the first, Karen Nash tries to get her inattentive husband Sam's attention and help save their failing marriage. In the second, brash film producer Jesse Kiplinger tries to seduce his former one-time flame Muriel. In the third, Roy Hubley and his wife Norma try and persuade their daughter, a bride to-be with cold feet, out of the bathroom before her approaching wedding ceremony.
The Wedding Veil

2022

The Wedding Veil

2022
7.2
Three longtime college friends who discover a mysterious, antique veil fabled to unite its bearer with her true love. After discovering a long-lost painting, museum curator Avery and successful, new board member Peter investigate the artwork's origins as they plan a charity fundraiser to unveil its restoration.
Eddie.

2024

Eddie.

2024
3
A man that runs a gas station in the deserts of Arizona finds an opportunity to win over the love of his most loyal customer. His opportunity is murder.
Sanzaru

2020

Sanzaru

2020
5.7
As dementia engulfs her employer, a fragile home health aide begins to question her own sanity.
This World, Then the Fireworks

1997

This World, Then the Fireworks

1997
5
In 1950s, two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder.
The Returned

2013

The Returned

2013
6
In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.
Deadly Vows

1994

Deadly Vows

1994
5
Tom Weston is a short tempered truck driver who has always aspired to live big. He begins dating Bobbi Gilbert, who is half his age and plans on marrying her, which is a problem since he's already married to Nancy. Now to achieve the life he's always wanted, Tom begins to concoct a web of lies that lead to betrayal, deceit, arson and murder. Based on a shocking true story.
Beneath the Harvest Sky

2013

Beneath the Harvest Sky

2013
6
During harvest break, Casper is drawn into smuggling drugs across the Canadian border with his outlaw father, Clayton. Meanwhile, Dominic works his final potato harvest, hoping to earn the money he needs to buy a car and take them away towards a better future. But with Casper’s life unraveling before their eyes, their friendship and loyalty are put to the test as they are forced to mature and make very adult decisions that will forever alter the course of their lives.
Bad Behaviour

2023

Bad Behaviour

2023
4.8
Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan.
1 Mile To You

2017

1 Mile To You

2017
6.5
After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety. He is caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
Finding Love in Mountain View

2020

Finding Love in Mountain View

2020
6.5
After learning she's been entrusted to take care of her deceased cousin's children, an architect is torn between focusing on her career and honoring her cousin's wish.
Marie and Bruce

2004

Marie and Bruce

2004
4.1
A day in the life of a couple trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship. When Marie decides to break up with Bruce, their conversation devolves into a torrent of foul-mouthed rippings and ferociously humorous musings on their marriage, love, hate and committment.
Ways to Live Forever

2010

Ways to Live Forever

2010
7
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer.
The Russian Specialist

2005

The Russian Specialist

2005
5
A Russian ex-hit man is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.
Teacher

2019

Teacher

2019
6.3
A high school English teacher goes to disturbing lengths to protect his favorite students from bullies, and challenge the power of a wealthy patron within the community.
Margot at the Wedding

2007

Margot at the Wedding

2007
5.8
Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed musician/artist/depressive Malcolm at the family seaside home, Margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support. What ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics.
Song for a Raggy Boy

2003

Song for a Raggy Boy

2003
7.3
William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. Franklin becomes the first non-cleric instructor at St. Jude's, a school for wayward boys run by Brother John, who is a firm believer in strong discipline.