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Lena: My 100 Children

1987

Lena: My 100 Children

1987
7
Lena Kuchler, a Holocaust survivor, searches a Polish refugee camp for lost family members in the months after the war but instead finds 100 starving children with nowhere to go and nobody who wants them. She takes it upon herself to care for them, leading first to an isolated retreat, where they encounter antisemitic violence, and ultimately, to an exodus to Palestine.
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

1970

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

1970
4.2
In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.
Christmas by Design

2023

Christmas by Design

2023
5.9
During a Christmas challenge to create a holiday-theme clothing line, a designer looks closer at most important in life.
Lost Fare

2018

Lost Fare

2018
5.3
Based on true events and characters. An 11 year old disabled girl, routinely pimped out by her prostitute mother, is saved by a suicidal cab driver. Together, they go on a journey of redemption that forever changes their lives.
Blank Slate

2008

Blank Slate

2008
6.9
An amnesiac, sentenced to Death Row for a murder she can't remember committing, is given a second chance at freedom by the FBI: recruited as part of the secret experimental unit of the FBI's unsolved crimes division, she's implanted with the final memories of murder victims. But while she pursues the leads of other peoples' memories, she is haunted by the distant echoes of her own life... a life she can't remember.
Blackout

2024

Blackout

2024
A young woman suffers from blackouts, begins to document her everyday life in the form of a video diary and comes across discoveries that she would never have expected.
Nirgendwo

2016

Nirgendwo

2016
4
Young Danny has left his home town in the middle of nowhere (="Nirgendwo") behind and moved to Berlin to study business. The twentysomething enjoys big city life and independence. When his father dies unexpectedly, however, Danny has to return to the Bavarian hinterlands for better or worse. He reunites with friends from his youth, Kirsten, Rob and Fresi, and the eternal couple of Tom and Mischa. Moreover, Danny's feelings for his first love Susu are rekindled. Everything seems like it used to be. It soon turns out, however, that Danny's friends are all still searching and have not found their places in life yet.
The Reagans

2003

The Reagans

2003
5.6
The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as President in 1989.
No Alternative

2018

No Alternative

2018
5.8
Thomas Harrison is determined to start his own alternative band after the suicide of Kurt Cobain—it's an obsession that blinds him to what's either the mental collapse, or the eruption of musical genius, of his little sister, Bridget. Bridget boldly rejects her brother's music, and the music of an entire generation of slackers, by taking on the persona of a gangsta' rapper.
Two Steps from Hope

2017

Two Steps from Hope

2017
7
When tragedy strikes, a teen struggles to keep her once perfect family from falling apart.
The Brave Lion

1974

The Brave Lion

1974
3.5
During Japan's invasion of China in World War II, two disgraced Japanese soldiers are given a second chance. Facing execution for various infractions, the two men are offered a reprieve if they take a special assignment. Since they can speak Chinese and know the territory, the men are assigned to the task of running a Chinese labor camp the Japanese operate in occupied territory. After the men take over, they work the prisoner's so hard the labor force rises up in revolt of their treatment.
God's Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story

2023

God's Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story

2023
10
Based on the life of Sheila Johnson who retired from the Air Force after being diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer and later went on to found an advocacy group to support Black women and men diagnosed with the disease.
Pursuit of Freedom

2022

Pursuit of Freedom

2022
4.5
Inspired by the incredible true story of a woman who was abducted in the night, torn from her children, and sold into trafficking after her husband lost her in a night of gambling.
In Emma's Footsteps

2018

In Emma's Footsteps

2018
4.5
After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, Jr., his wife Emma Hale Smith was left with much to shoulder: salvaging Joseph’s estate, the safety of her family, her own grief, and growing isolation as danger and rumors increased. Through the eyes of one of her sons and Lucy Mack Smith, Emma’s struggles are shown with new light and understanding, revealing a courageous woman who stood as a pillar of strength for her family.
Schultze Gets the Blues

2003

Schultze Gets the Blues

2003
6.5
Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.
Forsaken Son

2017

Forsaken Son

2017
Kylie Morgan is a private eye on the hunt for a heartless killer. With nothing but sheer will she soon finds help in a detective, Anthony Woods.
Our Dream Christmas

2017

Our Dream Christmas

2017
4
It's Christmas Eve in Los Angeles, and hardworking Gabby, her husband and their two kids, Amber and TJ, are fresh from Mississippi to spend Christmas with her mother and brother. With her mother dying, the family wanted to spend one last Christmas together. Over the course of two days, Gabby uncovers the truth about her wayward husband, defends herself against her sick, judgmental mom, widens the gap between her pre-teen daughter and herself, and faces a potential job loss.
Fault

2015

Fault

2015
A jealous mother, a community theatre and an act of passive aggression thirty years in the making drive this coming of age drama about passion and loneliness. When Georgia accepts the lead role in her town's summer play, her social life blossoms while her home life wilts due to her erratic and increasingly resentful mother. Down the road, a 12-year-old befriends a reclusive woman with a secret kept for decades.
Stealing Chaplin

2020

Stealing Chaplin

2020
4
Two brothers steal Charlie Chaplin's body and hold it to ransom.
All Joking Aside

2020

All Joking Aside

2020
7
A young woman pursuing her dream of becoming a stand-up comic, forms an unlikely friendship with a jaded, former comedian after he heckles her off the stage at her first open mic.