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Candy

2019

Candy

2019
7
Struggling after the recent death of her mother, Candy becomes involved in an underground scene of chaos.
Defining Moments

2021

Defining Moments

2021
5
A touching story of eight very different people who are at a crossroads in life and must make decisions that will forever change who they are. Jack must decide to spend the rest of his life with his girlfriend Terri. Marina must reconnect with her aging father. Laurel must embrace her new pregnancy and come to terms with her father’s early Alzheimer's. And Dave must learn why life is worth living.
The House Across the Bay

1940

The House Across the Bay

1940
5.5
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
So Cold the River

2022

So Cold the River

2022
5.4
A documentary filmmaker's research on a town's mysterious benefactor unearths an unexplained evil while staying at a local resort.
Astrakan

2022

Astrakan

2022
5.5
Samuel is a wild-looking twelve-year-old orphan who has been placed with a nanny, Marie, for several weeks. Marie, who is struggling between her feelings and her need for money, is married to Clément with whom she has two sons, Alexis and Dimitri. Very quickly Samuel will have to get to know this new family and their possible secrets.
Pinamar

2016

Pinamar

2016
6.6
Two brothers return to Pinamar off-season to scatter the ashes of their mother and sell the family apartment. There, they are received by Laura, a beautiful young local who was Miguel's childhood friend. Among music, drinks and games, she awakens the desire of the brothers and turns what seemed like a trip that revolves around death into an adventure that connects them to the memory of those summers.
Harlequin

1980

Harlequin

1980
6.4
Up-and-coming senator Nick Rast's young son is terminally ill with leukemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy falls in love with Wolfe, but the powerful interests behind Rast's career, represented by geriatric monster Doc Wheelan are less happy with events.
A Boy Called Sailboat

2018

A Boy Called Sailboat

2018
6.6
A Hispanic family find hope in their extraordinary son named Sailboat when a personal gesture awakens a global desire. Armed with a "little guitar", Sailboat leads an offbeat cast into the miraculous story of the greatest secret never told.
Something So Right

1982

Something So Right

1982
5.5
Joey lives with his mother. His father isn't around, he doesn't like school, he is bored and doesn't take orders from anyone. In other words he is a real little scamp. Being at one's wit's end, his mother decides to look for a "big brother" (sort of surrogate father) for Joey. At first this clumsy Arnie doesn't know how to handle Joey but after a while everything changes and not only for Joey ...
Love and Bullets

1979

Love and Bullets

1979
5.9
Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goons are threatening Jackie's life, the FBI moves in to protect her, hoping that she'll have incriminating evidence. Veteran agent Charlie Congers is assigned to watch over Jackie, and while it soon becomes apparent that she knows almost nothing about Bomposa that would be of any use to the FBI, he falls in love with her. Bomposa decides it would be more convenient to have Jackie out of the way, ordering her to be executed. Bomposa's henchmen slip through FBI security and murder her, but now they have to answer the angry and vengeful Congers.
Why Was I Born a Woman?

1970

Why Was I Born a Woman?

1970
7.9
A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender roles.
Cover Me

2020

Cover Me

2020
5
Mia Stone is faced with an eerie supernatural opportunity when a strange encounter with an eccentric man gives her a second chance at saving her company, marriage, family, and future.
Playing Through

2024

Playing Through

2024
Late in her career, Ann Gregory finds the courage to be the first woman of color to enter the USGA Women's Amateur. She collides with Babs Whatling, a privileged white woman from the south who is searching for her own identity.
The Boy Downstairs

2018

The Boy Downstairs

2018
6
A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex boyfriend's apartment building.
Spirit Rider

1993

Spirit Rider

1993
6
Jesse Threebears is a troubled Native-American teen who has been tossed from one foster home to the next since his mother died when he was an infant. Finally, he is taken in by his grandfather who, after a ten year stint in prison, is living on the reservation. With the help of his grandfather and several others who live on the reservation, Jesse begins to learn about his heritage and how to come to terms with his troubled life.
How to Be

2008

How to Be

2008
4.8
A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach.
Dream On

2013

Dream On

2013
4.5
A young lad Named Paul finds himself in love with a Welsh boy named George. Paul's disapproving mother is not happy about this happening. Paul and George have a dream of running away!
The Buskers + Lou

2019

The Buskers + Lou

2019
6
Determined to build a new life for himself, a young man returns home to find work and a place to live and struggles to not fall back in with his old crowd.
The Murder in Angel Lane

2013

The Murder in Angel Lane

2013
6.9
When Mr. Whicher, a retired policeman, helps a country lady to find her niece, he is drawn into a disturbing case of murder which brings him up against wealthy and powerful figures and throws him into conflict with his former police colleagues.
Bullies

1986

Bullies

1986
4.2
When the peaceful Morris family move to a small town and buy the town grocery store, they run afoul of the Cullen family. The Cullen's have been bullying the town's folk for years, and now they are harassing the Morris family every chance they get. Matt meanwhile meets and starts seeing a lot of Becky who also likes him. Unfortunately her last name is Cullen, and when the rest of the family finds out about their relationship, they decide to get even, and their harassment is elevated to vicious assault.