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My One Christmas Wish

2015

My One Christmas Wish

2015
5.4
Jackie Turner is a straight-A college student, who was abused, abandoned and starved as a child. Although she has resolutely turned her life around, the holidays are still very painful for her. Facing another lonely holiday break on campus, Jackie takes an ad on Craigslist for My ONE CHRISTMAS Wish - a family for Christmas - and even offers to pay $8 an hour. To her surprise, responses flood in. Among the numerous heartfelt invitations and letters of support, she also hears from other young people struggling with the same overwhelming emptiness that comes with spending the holidays without loved ones. Moved and inspired, Jackie decides to throw a big Christmas party - with the last-minute help of her adviser, friends and support group - to find families for all those troubled folks who emailed her, and finds one for herself as well.
Christmas on Chestnut Street

2006

Christmas on Chestnut Street

2006
4.7
A store decides to start a contest to sell off 60,000 Christmas lights, ordered by accident. The competition soon causes unrest among the locals, but the store's owner, Diane, wants to keep what has become a very profitable competition going, at all costs.
Willy Fog: Around the World in 80 Days

1995

Willy Fog: Around the World in 80 Days

1995
7.1
Willy Fog is a British millionaire who bets that he will be able to go around the world in only eighty days.
Out of Control

2009

Out of Control

2009
5.3
Against her father's wishes, a young female cop in Chicago pursues her dream of becoming a detective when she's brought on to investigate a major murder case.
Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel

2014

Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel

2014
5.3
Bertha Kinsky works as a governess in the Suttner household and has an affair with Arthur Suttner, the son of the house, who is a few years younger than her. When the affair is discovered, she is forced to leave the house and gets a job with Alfred Nobel. Nobel has become very rich thanks to the invention of dynamite. The somewhat reclusive Nobel and the prudent Bertha quickly take a liking to each other. But one day, Arthur Suttner appears on the doorstep, having broken with his family in order to marry Bertha. Bertha marries him and life drives the penniless couple to Russia, where they are confronted with the horrors of war. This experience turned Bertha von Suttner into a successful author on pacifism. She continued to cultivate a close friendship with Alfred Nobel. Nobel detested the war, but gradually realized that he could go down in the history books as a "warmonger" thanks to the invention of dynamite.
Samson and Delilah

1984

Samson and Delilah

1984
4.9
A tale of passion and betrayal in which Samson, a judge of Israel who fled with his tribe during the Great Exodus from Egypt, uses his herculean strength in the fight against the Philistine oppressors. He is seduced by Delilah, a Philistine courtesan, who uses her cunning to discover the secret of her lover's great power and then betrays him.
Til Death Do Us Part

2014

Til Death Do Us Part

2014
4.4
A woman investigates the past of her seemingly ideal husband, a doctor who starts to become increasingly hostile.
The Woman Who Sinned

1991

The Woman Who Sinned

1991
4.7
A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.
Hostages

1992

Hostages

1992
5.9
True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991
5.1
True story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania.
Criminal Justice

1990

Criminal Justice

1990
5.8
A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

2000

Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

2000
3.7
A sensitive and realistic portrayal of the families' grief after the devastating crash of Swissair flight 111, in which all 229 passengers and crew were killed. A woman whose daughter was among the victims meets a fisherman in Nova Scotia who took part in the recovery mission.
Christmas on Division Street

1991

Christmas on Division Street

1991
6.2
A good-natured homeless man and an ill-tempered student become good friends.
She's No Angel

2002

She's No Angel

2002
4.3
A drama and thriller story of a young woman who has suffered great abuse as a girl and who finds happiness when in a car accident, by mistake, she finds refuge in a false personality. She allows a pair of grieving parents to believe she is their late son's wife. But happiness is not so easy, since the past always comes out and Catherine will have to act to protect the family who has given so much affection.
Old Man

1997

Old Man

1997
6.3
A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives them farther from their destination and they soon must decide to go off on their own or find their way home.
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990
4.1
This trio of tales, based on classic short stories, chronicles the complicated relations between the sexes.
Gleason

2002

Gleason

2002
5.2
The story begins at the height of Gleason's career. He has it all: women, wealth, and extraordinary power. But he is haunted by memories of his childhood. Gleason spends his formative years entering amateur contests, performing in sleazy night spots. Along the way, he steals gags from the best comics in town and finds love with Genevieve, a dancer whom he marries. But Gleason isn't the ideal husband or even a responsible father as he abandons his family to answer the call of Hollywood. Brash, arrogant, and egotistical, he alienates his directors and the man who discovers him. When he ends up back in New York, Gleason gets one of those rare second chances in the new medium of television, creating some of its most unforgettable characters. But even as Gleason becomes the talk of the tube, his life - ruled by demons of rage, booze, and insecurity - unravels.
Child Bride of Short Creek

1981

Child Bride of Short Creek

1981
6.9
A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion against his father when he learns that the latter plans to increase his stable of wives by adding the 15-year-old girl with whom his son is romantically involved.
Not My Life

2006

Not My Life

2006
5.2
After a car accident, Alison, a woman with a seemingly perfect life, begins to have visions that suggest she is not who she thinks she is.
On the Border

1998

On the Border

1998
4.7
A dumb as rocks security guard in a Texas border town gets involved in a planned bank heist thanks to the charms of two different femmes fatales.