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Come Away Home

2005

Come Away Home

2005
6.6
Twelve-year-old Annie Lamm's first day of summer break quickly turns into a disaster. She realizes that her parents have not only decided to fly her to Hilton Head Island during their second honeymoon, but they also plan to coerce her to spend half her summer with her 76-year-old Grandpa Donald whom she hardly even knows.
The Flemish Farm

1943

The Flemish Farm

1943
5.6
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.
Walking Thunder

1995

Walking Thunder

1995
6.1
In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear known as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, and his family's survival is secured.
Two Thousand and None

2000

Two Thousand and None

2000
4.7
A paleontologist is diagnosed with a fatal brain disease and, rather than falling into a depression, explodes into life.
A Dangerous Summer

1982

A Dangerous Summer

1982
3.7
Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up. After a brush fire destroys the resort, an insurance investigator comes nosing around, whom Howard's partner deals with in a drastic manner. By the time Lloyds of London's senior investigator George Engels (James Mason in one of his last roles) arrives on the scene, Howard (Tom Skerritt) is anxious to set things to rights.
Streets of New York

1939

Streets of New York

1939
4.8
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Will Jimmy see his dreams come true, or will he be another of the countless hopefuls chewed up and spit out by New York's mean streets?
Irene in Time

2009

Irene in Time

2009
1.2
A film about the complex relationships between fathers and daughters, and the potential lifelong consequences of those relationships.
Concrete Canyons

2010

Concrete Canyons

2010
5.8
A sheriff searches for his son, accused of murder and on the run.
They Call Me Sirr

2001

They Call Me Sirr

2001
6.9
An inspirational story that celebrates the grit, perseverance and talent of Sirr Parker, the star footballer of Locke High School who then went on to play for San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals.
Every Woman's Dream

1996

Every Woman's Dream

1996
6.3
A man suffering from borderline personality disorder is married to two women, who don’t know the other exists. As bills pile up and cracks start to show, the women independently start to suspect something is wrong.
Murder on Pleasant Drive

2006

Murder on Pleasant Drive

2006
6.3
After Fran Smith disappears one day in mysterious circumstances, Fran's daughter Deanna and Fran's sister, Sherrie endlessly search for her with enduring hope. The most likely suspect in Fran's disappearance is her husband John, but without a body, neither Deanna or Sherrie can prove that murder, much less a crime, has even been committed. With the support of Sherrie, Deanna embarks on an eleven-year search to trace John's past, eventually uncovering a 25 year-old case of a missing person that involved John's first wife, who too, disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Using this lead, Deanna and Sherrie must use all their evidence to bring John to justice.
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

1996

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

1996
4.3
When an unemployed Detroit man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, his three children are determined to get him out of jail in time for Christmas and they decide to enlist the help of "the most powerful man in the world" - President Hoover. En route to the White House, they meet an array of colorful characters.
Mom, Dad and Her

2008

Mom, Dad and Her

2008
4.5
Sydney is a troubled teen heading for trouble. After being caught shoplifting and a case of alcohol poisoning, Sydney's desperate single mother sends her off to the country to live with her father, Ben, and his new pregnant wife, Emma. Sydney misses her boyfriend, her city life and doesn't get on with her dad or stepmom. Slowly she starts to settle in as she makes friends with Jess, a local girl whose mother died of cancer. Sydney makes a couple of mistakes but after her grandfather's death the extended family start to heal.
Gitano

1970

Gitano

1970
7.2
The son of a gypsy who works at an amusement park is accused of a crime he did not commit. Run away and hide, with his partner.
The Empty Mirror

1996

The Empty Mirror

1996
5.5
Adolf Hitler faces himself and must come to terms with his infamous career in an imaginary post-war subterranean bunker where he reviews historical films, dictates his memoirs and encounters Eva Braun, Josef Goebbels, Hermann Göring and Sigmund Freud.
Murder on Spec

2006

Murder on Spec

2006
4.7
A murderous blackmailer threatens to frame a wealthy widow (Brooke Burns) for her estranged husband's death on a yacht.
Wild Youth

1961

Wild Youth

1961
4.8
A teenage escapee from a correctional facility falls in with a drug dealer operating near the Mexican border.
Murder In Harlem

1935

Murder In Harlem

1935
4.5
A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
Stalag Luft

1993

Stalag Luft

1993
6.8
Few wartime prisoners have attempted escape quite as many times as bumbling RAF Officer James Forrester. Though Officer Forrester has twenty-three escape attempts to his name, each successive attempt he makes to break free somehow seems to go worse than the last. But this time there's a difference, because Officer Forrester isn't just plotting his own escape, but the escape of all 327 of his fellow prisoners as well - and all at once. In fact even the Germans want to escape!
Determination of Death

2001

Determination of Death

2001
4.2
In order to free themselves from debt, a husband and wife plan to fake the husband's death but the scheme goes terribly awry.