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Goodbye, Hello

2024

Goodbye, Hello

2024
4
Nate Ryan returns home to Bundy Canyon to visit his dying father. With the help of Amal, a compulsively unfiltered hospice nurse, Nate opens old wounds in an attempt to make peace with his incredibly unpeaceful father. A comedy about family trauma, ill-timed romance and cancer.
The Forest Hills

2024

The Forest Hills

2024
Rico is tormented by nightmarish visions after enduring head trauma while camping in the Catskill Mountains. Billy creates a reality of horror for him by persuading Rico to go along with his beliefs which delve him deeper into despair.
Mixed Signals

1997

Mixed Signals

1997
5.8
Judy, Alex and Nick are three friends in their early twenties who haven't quite figured things out. Judy is stuck at a dead-end job and is about to make a big move in her life when her boyfriend unexpectedly proposes to her via voicemail. The engagement ring is coming via express mail and she goes to her best friends to help her decide what to do. Alex is a spendthrift who lives way above his means. Nick, secretly in love with Judy, is a writer who can never quite finish his novel. MIXED SIGNALS is a story about love, friendship, loyalty and the choices we all face.
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

2000

Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story

2000
7
The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity status.
The Desperate Mission

1969

The Desperate Mission

1969
4.5
A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy man's wife - and a mysterious treasure - to safety in San Francisco.
A Royal Scandal

1997

A Royal Scandal

1997
7
The doomed marriage of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick.
The Limb Salesman

2004

The Limb Salesman

2004
5
Gabriel Goode is the Limb Salesman, a disgraced doctor who regenerates limbs on the black market. When Goode travels to the water mining regions of the north to heal the cherished daughter of a wealthy water miner, dark family secrets are revealed, and Goode is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice. A story of forbidden love in a dystopian future.
The Last Best Sunday

1999

The Last Best Sunday

1999
5
A Hispanic teenager hides out from the law in the home of a good-natured, but rebellious, Caucasian teenage girl after killing two rednecks whom beat him up and left him for dead, leading to a collision of cultures between the two youths.
2BPerfectlyHonest

2004

2BPerfectlyHonest

2004
4.5
Business partners Frank and Josh go bankrupt after their dot-com start-up collapses before it goes online. Frank, a bachelor and broke, reluctantly moves back home to live with his parents while Josh, a hippie computer wiz who's married and has a son, is forced to consider the unthinkable - getting a real job.
Jennie: Wife/Child

1968

Jennie: Wife/Child

1968
4.2
The story of a young girl saved from desperation by an older farmer who makes her his wife. The old man cannot fulfill his young bride's desires or keep pace with her youth. What is a girl to do? Naturally, pursue the farmhand.
Such a Long Journey

1998

Such a Long Journey

1998
5.8
The story, set in 1971 at the time of the war between India and Pakistan, is based on the novel of the same name by Rohinton Mistry, an Indian now living in Toronto. "Such a Long Journey" takes place mostly in and around a large apartment complex, its courtyard and the street, which the municipal authorities want to widen so that even more choking diesel fumes can cloud the air. We meet the hero, Gustad (Roshan Seth), in the process of defending the old concrete wall that protects his courtyard from the street, and later he strikes a bargain with an itinerant artist (Ranjit Chowdhry), who covers the wall with paintings from every conceivable religious tradition, with the thought that all of the groups represented will join in defending the wall.
We Live Again

1934

We Live Again

1934
6.5
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
You Can Thank Me Later

1998

You Can Thank Me Later

1998
5.9
In this Canadian comedy-drama, Shirley Cooperberg heads a Montreal Jewish family. During her husband's operation, her brood arrives at the hospital -- failed writer Eli, neurotic Susan, and successful theatrical producer Edward. An onslaught of one-liners find targets amid sibling rivalries and angst-ridden animosities.
Heater

1999

Heater

1999
6.5
In wintry Winnipeg a man struggling to keep the poor lodging he can find meets a homeless man lugging around an unopened electric heater. They cook up plots to get some money for the heater and survive the cold.
Sons of Matthew

1949

Sons of Matthew

1949
5.5
The story of five brothers who homestead, with other settlers, on the virgin plateaus of the Australian bush country.
FBI: Negotiator

2005

FBI: Negotiator

2005
4.8
An FBI agent must negotiate with a woman holding a hospital hostage in order to get her hands on an experimental drug.
Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux

2004

Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux

2004
8.1
The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of modern times.
Lighthouse

1947

Lighthouse

1947
4.5
Two men and a woman form a triangle confined by a lighthouse.
The Walking Target

1960

The Walking Target

1960
5
An ex-con finds unexpected romance with the widow of his former accomplice as he tries to collect his hidden loot.
Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969

Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969
7.9
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.