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Gidget Grows Up

1969

Gidget Grows Up

1969
6
After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed. The letters she had been writing to her beloved "Moondoggie" to try to make him jealous have had the wrong effect. Disillusioned with love, and after hearing a speech on television, she decides to make a real difference in the world by going to New York to become a youth worker at the United Nations. While there she has a proposal of marriage from an extremely wealthy Arabian sheik, but instead she falls for a handsome but older Australian diplomat.
The Vernon Johns Story

1994

The Vernon Johns Story

1994
8.5
In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice that pervaded the South, he was determined to fight for equality for all African Americans.
The Deadliest Lesson

2008

The Deadliest Lesson

2008
5
A gang of violent teenagers uses detention class to get revenge on the teacher who identified a friend as the gunman in a deadly shooting.
Sweet Deception

1998

Sweet Deception

1998
6
One day, Risa Gallagher gets home and finds her husband murdered. Everybody thinks she did it and she gets sentenced to lifetime in jail. She manages to escape and in order to survive, she has to find out who the real killer is without getting caught by the police. But which of her friends can she trust?
The Canterville Ghost

1985

The Canterville Ghost

1985
6
The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young girl in the family can release him - if she dares!
She Drives Me Crazy

2007

She Drives Me Crazy

2007
5.5
Two estranged sisters go on a road trip that leads them to a place they never believed possible.
If I Had You

2006

If I Had You

2006
7
A police detective moves back to her hometown and immediately becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in which her married ex-lover is the chief suspect.
Abe & Bruno

2005

Abe & Bruno

2005
1
Abe has secretly been living in his woodland home, which he shields by scaring off ids, happily together with Bruno, a mountain gorilla he saved from zoo captivity. When Abe gets cardiac problems, Bruno seeks help in town, but scares the hell out of everyone. Sheriff Kilgore's posse tracks the ape all the way to their home, just in time to save Abe. Bruno however remains a 'dangerous fugitive'.
Lily Dale

1996

Lily Dale

1996
2
In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale, following a long estrangement. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport (whom his mother married after his father drank himself to death) believes a boy ought to be self-reliant.
Shutterspeed

2000

Shutterspeed

2000
4
Renegade Los Angeles cop Riley Davis is forced to seek the help of his estranged brother, a homicide detective, when his model fiancee and a photographer friend are kidnapped.
Obituary

2006

Obituary

2006
5.2
Denise's job at the Tribune isn't as glamorous as it sounds, especially since the only writing she does is for obituaries. But her life gets a jolt of excitement when she stumbles upon a murder scene involving someone whose death announcement she's already read! As Denise gets pulled deeper into the investigation, things become even more creepy and unbelievable. But she'd better be careful — or the next obit may be her own!
In His Father's Shoes

1997

In His Father's Shoes

1997
3.5
A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby and his fifteen-year-old son Clay, who is the healthful, youthful image of his father, are spending an afternoon enjoying the atmosphere of Venice Beach. They enter Oddities, a store where the gypsy woman owner gives them a pair of special wingtip shoes. Later that night in the hospital where Frank lay dying, he shares with Clay his memory of a postcard image: a golf course where people are playing and are leisurely sipping tea. Frank dies and leaves behind a distraught family: Clay, his little sister Maggie, and their mother Janice. Clay wistfully goes to his father's closet and finds the wingtips from earlier in the day. Putting them on, he is transported back in time and becomes his father as a child. He discovers he can travel back and forth in time just by putting on or taking off the shoes. Clay learns a great deal about his father's early years and is eager to learn more.
Family in Hiding

2006

Family in Hiding

2006
5
A woman witnesses the murder of a prosecutor by a criminal he is trying to convict. She informs the FBI, who then places her and her family in Witness Protection. And their lives are turned upside down. The agent tries to get the criminal but it seems he has someone in the FBI helping him. And when her daughter calls her boyfriend, it places her family in danger.
Miles To Go Before I Sleep

1975

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

1975
6
A lonely old man (Martin Balsam) finds his life beginning to have some meaning when he helps a teenager living in a rehab center.
More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story

2003

More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story

2003
5
Based on the true story of a beloved teacher for the blind who discovers she herself is losing her eyesight.
Profoundly Normal

2003

Profoundly Normal

2003
4
Donna Lee Shelby, a mentally challenged girl who lives in Forest Haven, an institution for the developmentally disabled, meets Ricardo Thornton, a fellow resident. When Forest Haven is closed by a court order, Donna and Ricardo venture into the real world on their own.
Izzy & Moe

1985

Izzy & Moe

1985
4
The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.
Annie O

1996

Annie O

1996
2.5
When a 15-year-old becomes the first female starter on her high school's male basketball team, her achievement is marred by the treatment she receives at the hands of her teammates, her brother and even her boyfriend.
The Accidental Witness

2006

The Accidental Witness

2006
2.5
A murderer goes after a female attorney when he thinks that she has witnessed one of his killings.
Honor Thy Father

1973

Honor Thy Father

1973
4
Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill is compelled to take over the "empire," other mafiosi attempt to take what's theirs. Brenda Vaccaro and Richard S. Castellano fill out the impressive cast of this gripping crime tale.