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The Ballad of Little Jo

1993

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993
5.8
After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.
Forget Me Not

2011

Forget Me Not

2011
5.4
The film follows Will Fletcher, a musician, and Eve Fisher, who works in a pub where he is performing, during one night in London. After Will has saved Eve from a drunken customer at closing time, they stay up all night together, meandering through the streets of London and forging a relationship. Next morning, Eve takes him to see her Alzheimer's-suffering grandmother. The film is often compared to Richard Linklater's films "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset", as the style is very similar.
The Missing Person

2009

The Missing Person

2009
5.8
John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles.
Christmas in My Heart

2021

Christmas in My Heart

2021
5.9
With Christmas fast approaching, concert violinist Beth returns to her hometown after the recent death of her mother, the elementary school’s beloved music department head.
All Things Fall Apart

2011

All Things Fall Apart

2011
5.8
50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his professional ambitions -- and causes him to look at himself and his life in a new way.
A Price Above Rubies

1998

A Price Above Rubies

1998
5.4
About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her life.
A Unicorn for Christmas

2022

A Unicorn for Christmas

2022
4.3
A heartwarming tale about young Izzy who is not happy about having to move from the big city to the country when her family takes over an old farm. Things change for Izzy when she finds a small white pony named Snowflake and becomes convinced that the horse is a real unicorn.
Sensoria

2015

Sensoria

2015
4
Caroline, a woman in her late thirties, has lost everything and is searching for a new beginning. She moves into an old apartment and starts to realize that she is not as alone as she thought she was. Just as she is searching for something new, something old is searching for her.
Almost Love

2019

Almost Love

2019
6.1
Adam and Marklin’s 5-year relationship has gone from a passionate flame to a simmer, forcing them to reconcile with each other’s shortcomings while their friends endlessly search for love in New York City.
The Gospel of John

2014

The Gospel of John

2014
7
John’s gospel is depicted, complete with Aramaic narration, highlighting Christ’s life including birth, baptism, first miracle, healing the blind man, walking on water, feeding the multitude, raising Lazarus from the dead, the Last Supper, his flogging and crucifixion, and most importantly his resurrection.
Rhymes for Young Ghouls

2013

Rhymes for Young Ghouls

2013
6.6
In 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are common.
Bottom of the World

2017

Bottom of the World

2017
5.3
On their road trip through the southwestern desert, Alex and his girlfriend Scarlett arrive in a town in the middle of nowhere and take a room in a mysterious hotel so that Scarlett, who is feeling increasingly ill, can get some rest.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970
6.7
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.
Electrick Children

2012

Electrick Children

2012
6.4
Rachel is a rambunctious girl from a polygamist colony in southern Utah. On Rachel’s 15th birthday, she finds a forbidden cassette tape. Having never seen anything like it before, Rachel plays the cassette tape, and finds glorious rock & roll thereupon. Weeks later, Rachel realizes a miracle has occurred - and the cassette tape must have something to do with it. She leaves her family and runs away to the closest city: Las Vegas. There she searches for the singer of the band on the cassette tape.
The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977
6
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Where the Red Fern Grows

1974

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974
6.8
Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
Gorgo

2023

Gorgo

2023
Medousa, an arranged Greek bride bound for Australia, discovers a monstrous secret that threatens to tear apart her best friend’s promise of sisterhood.
Holiday Hotline

2023

Holiday Hotline

2023
6.8
Upon leaving London and working at a cooking hotline, Abby connects with an anonymous caller — a single dad who Abby unknowingly is also smitten with in real life.
Dam 999

2011

Dam 999

2011
3.6
After many years two mariners return to homeland with the hope of a new beginning, little did they know about a disaster that would change their destiny.
Stolen Summer

2002

Stolen Summer

2002
6.2
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. Perhaps taking this message a bit too seriously, Pete decides it's his goal for the summer to help someone get into heaven - by trying to convert a Jew to Catholicism.