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Homeless for the Holidays

2009

Homeless for the Holidays

2009
2.7
A smug executive enjoys the perfect life - until he loses his job, and finds himself working at a burger joint. Now he's falling behind on his bills, and if something doesn't change soon, his family could lose everything by Christmas.
Luna: Spirit of the Whale

2007

Luna: Spirit of the Whale

2007
6.3
When a government representative announces that he intends to reunite an orphaned orca with his pod by transporting him hundreds of miles over dry land, the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nations Band, which believes that the spirit of their late chief resides in the majestic ocean mammal, does everything within their power to thwart the controversial plan. As the community grows increasingly divided over how to handle the situation, a young aboriginal boy wrestles with his own identity and new Band chief Mike Maquinna prepares for the trial by fire that could shape his entire future.
Albert Schweitzer

2009

Albert Schweitzer

2009
5.7
1949 the early years of the Cold War. Albert Schweitzer has become one of the most admired men in the world. The "jungle doctor" Albert Schweitzer tells the story of a philosopher and physician who promoted peace during the Cold War, built a hospital in what is now Gabon and proved stronger than the CIA.
December Horses

2024

December Horses

2024
A young female artist who is struggling with her failing vision gets her Christmas wish: "a horse". With hopes that the new companion will help her daughter on her road to becoming blind, the mother rescues a blind Belgian draft horse. They will get help from a trainer who will not only teach the girl how to take care of her new horse, but how to move forward in life with a disability.
Durango

1999

Durango

1999
6.3
In 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his cattle to an unscrupulous local buyer.
The Marriage Fool

1998

The Marriage Fool

1998
7.2
Recently widowed after 41 years of marriage, Frank Walsh meets the outgoing Florence, sparking joy back into his life again. However, there is clear disapproval of her from his grown children, especially his eldest son Robert. As Frank and Florence grow closer in their relationship, Robert begins to change his perspective on their commitment and devotion to one another.
El que con niños se acuesta...

1959

El que con niños se acuesta...

1959
5.3
Chón is rejected by his girlfriend Rosario's parents, so they both escape to the capital in search of his friend Manny, a millionaire philanthropist, who helps him but makes him adopt four children from his orphanage.
Cipher Bureau

1938

Cipher Bureau

1938
5.3
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
Book of Days

2003

Book of Days

2003
6.7
A grief-struck life insurance salesman rails at God for not stepping in to save his bride; but the tables are turned when a mysterious book is delivered to him, an ancient volume listing names and death dates, dates which are yet to occur.
Chasing Trouble

1940

Chasing Trouble

1940
5
A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.
Gair

1999

Gair

1999
8.2
A child left on the steps of a temple is adopted by a rich man. The child grows up to be rich and successful and generates hatred and envy by others.
Truth

2006

Truth

2006
6.3
A reporter is killed whilst investigating a story & her college friend and former professor join forces to try and find out who killed her.
A Holiday Romance

1999

A Holiday Romance

1999
3.7
A superintendent, trying to save his high school's troubled finances, falls in love with a teacher whose music program he must cut.
Barn Red

2004

Barn Red

2004
5.7
An elderly farmer finds out that he owes a huge inheritance tax. Land developers show up to offer him a predatory deal. His neighbors are having similar problems. That's when an old acquaintance of his arrives for a visit and lends a hand.
Swing

1999

Swing

1999
5
When Martin Luxford (Hugo Speer) leaves jail, he decides to form a swing band, having been taught to play the saxophone by his cellmate Jack. Returning to his native Liverpool, Martin pulls together a backing band of misfits and loners, and recruits his ex-girlfriend Joan (Lisa Stansfield) as a singer. Things are complicated somewhat by the fact that Joan is now married to the policeman who arrested Martin, and when the band's first gig - at a heavy metal pub - goes badly, it seems as though the road to musical success may be a rocky one.
Timber Queen

1944

Timber Queen

1944
5.7
Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his, Elaine Graham. The logging company she inherited is doing poorly, but Elaine gets an order in for a huge shipment of lumber. Russ and his friend Squirrel volunteer to help her cut the timber for the shipment, along with her friends Smacksie Golden and his girlfriend Lil Boggs, who are not used to doing physical labor. Russ pilots the plane to deliver the lumber before the company falls to a slimy businessman.
Secret Lives

2005

Secret Lives

2005
5.3
An art professor is informed that the husband she thought died ten years before has just been murdered. So she starts to research her husband's secret life in search of the reason he disappeared and who might have killed him.
Assignment Berlin

1998

Assignment Berlin

1998
5.5
Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they were out having dinner, her father's shot. She is then informed by the German inspector assigned to her father's case that her father's a CIA operative. She then decides to investigate the case...
Murder in the Mirror

2000

Murder in the Mirror

2000
7
Mary meets Paul, marries Paul and when Paul is murdered becomes the number one suspect. While the police are preparing their case against her she begins her own investigation which takes her to the seedy parts of town and begins to expose her husbands very secret double life.
Herod the Great

1959

Herod the Great

1959
5
Angry at his wife and defeated in battle, the king of Judea is taken prisoner. After being spared by the Romans, King Herod comes to believe he's been a victim of court plotting.