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A Different Sun

2017

A Different Sun

2017
5.8
A Chinese family struggles to acclimate to a new culture after immigrating to Germany from Shanghai. Eastern and Western culture clash as the husband, wife and daughter all struggle in their own ways in their strange new home. The family tears itself apart before triumphing over adversity and finding their place in the community.
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.
Bully High

2022

Bully High

2022
5.5
A coming-of-age drama that tackles some of today's most prevalent issues including religious prejudices, sexual orientation and bullying.
House In Time

2023

House In Time

2023
A single mother recovering from a nervous breakdown returns to her childhood home and unexpectedly discovers doorways through time into her past.
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America

2009

Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America

2009
4.6
On the coast of North America in AD 1007, two Norsemen are stranded when their expedition is attacked and they are left for dead. As they struggle to survive in the vast forests of the New World, their paths diverge as one pursues a spiritual quest and the other reverts to his primal instincts
The Wise Kids

2011

The Wise Kids

2011
5.9
A vivid, dynamic Southern coming-of-age drama, takes place in the transitional space between high school and college, when life seems to be all questions and no answers, and the future is scarily wide open. Set in and around a Charleston, SC Baptist church, weaving through this ensemble piece are three main characters - Brea, an introspective pastor's daughter experiencing debilitating doubt, the hyperactive Laura, Brea's best friend and a devout believer, and Tim, the open-hearted son of a single father, confronting his homosexuality for the first time. Tensions and buried feelings abound, as colleges are chosen and adults behave badly, as Brea, Laura and Tim attempt to hang onto what they have, all the while yearning to break free.
The Current

2014

The Current

2014
6.1
Jake loves living in Chicago but when big city violence hits a little too close to home his parents buy a campground in rural Minnesota and move the family there. Jake hates living at the campground until he meets Peter, the boy across the river. The two quickly become best friends and spend a fun-filled summer together on the river. In one of their conversations, Peter shares his Christian faith with Jake. Jake uses his new faith to help a friend through a tragedy.
Christmas in Mistletoe

2025

Christmas in Mistletoe

2025
4.8
A disillusioned Christmas movie location scout rediscovers her Christmas spirit while falling in love with the perfect leading man in the cozy mountain town of Mistletoe.
Soul Sessions

2018

Soul Sessions

2018
3.8
Two soul mates cross paths across during many lifetimes, until one decision tears them apart and may alter their destiny forever.
Opus Zero

2018

Opus Zero

2018
5.5
Paul, an American composer, arrives in the desert town of Real de Catorce where his father recently died. For the past ten years, Paul has been consumed with the task of composing an ending for the masterpiece of an early twentieth century musician. Being isolated from the world, he sees an opportunity to finish the symphony. However, Paul is caught up in a new mystery, the disappearance thirty years ago of a woman named Marianne.
Undeserved

2016

Undeserved

2016
5
Dawn is ready to finish her senior year of high school when her neglectful, party-loving mother is tragically killed, forcing Dawn to go to live with her aunt Jamie who co-pastors a church with her husband, Willem. Unfortunately, not long into her stay things go terribly wrong, and Dawn runs away. When Dawn's Aunt Jamie realizes her home was not the safe-haven she thought it was, she embarks on a courageous search for Dawn. Dawn, having no foreknowledge of the streets, is easy prey for a two-bit street hustler, falling for his well-rehearsed flattery. She is lured into a life she could never have imagined for herself. Jamie learns of her predicament and becomes more determined than ever to rescue her, despite Dawn's desire to distance herself. Anxiously Jamie befriends a street minister, and the two of them set out together to find Dawn. However, in her search for Dawn, Jamie realizes it is not only Dawn who needs rescuing.
Flying

1986

Flying

1986
5.9
Robin and her father have a car accident. Her father dies. Robin is badly injured and cannot compete in gymnastics tournaments anymore. She lives with her mother and bad step-father. Robin is accepted to the school athlethics team but is not accepted by some other girls, so she works out at a friends house. Eventually Robin and her team compete in the national scholastic meet.
My New Girl Crush

2024

My New Girl Crush

2024
While working on a school project with class clown Brayden, teenage Ingrid finds herself drawn to his older sister, Dani.
Allswell in New York

2023

Allswell in New York

2023
3
Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and family, all while finding humor and solace within the bond of sisterhood.
Figuras

2018

Figuras

2018
3.8
Find Me

2012

Find Me

2012
6
Twelve years after the sudden disappearance of a teenage boy, six of his closest friends reunite for a weekend at their childhood hideaway. The reunion quickly turns ugly as secrets are revealed and the truth about what happened to the boy is discovered.
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

2011

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

2011
6.7
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not of their choosing at an age where young people are falling in love and taking their place in adult life. A bottle thrown in the sea and a correspondence by email nurture the slender hope that their relationship might give them the strength to confront this harsh reality to grapple with it, and thereby ever so slightly change it. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?
Decision

2012

Decision

2012
10
A widow (Natalie Grant) sends her son (Michael Rosenbaum) to spend the summer in Tennessee with his estranged granddad (Billy Dean) to help the teen cope with his father's death.
Whirlwind

2007

Whirlwind

2007
4.4
A hot, young and charming man with ulterior motives enters the lives of a tight-knit group of gay men in New York City and at first adds excitement and intrigue to their group, but events soon spiral out of control as he deliberately attempts to destroy their relationships.
Between Love and Hate

1993

Between Love and Hate

1993
3.3
An older woman seduces a younger man and then breaks up with him. He becomes obsessive and refuses to accept the break up and subsequently turns violent.