Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.

Diane

2018

English

6.7

♡ 10

93%

mother son relationship

Kent Jones Director

Jake Lacy as Brian

Deirdre O'Connell as Donna

Joyce Van Patten as Madge

Celia Keenan-Bolger as Tally

Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.

CrissCross

1992

English

5.8

♡ 17

23%

Chris Menges Director

David Arnott as Chris Cross

Arliss Howard as Joe

Steve Buscemi as Louis

Deirdre O'Connell as Shelly

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.

Daybreak

1993

English

5.0

♡ 7

41%

Stephen Tolkin Director

David Eigenberg as Bucky

Omar Epps as Hunter

Phil Hartman as Man in Abstinence Commercial

Deirdre O'Connell as Mom

When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical government quarantines them in camps, offering no alternative except death. But a gutsy rebel named Torch sets out to help the afflicted by leading an underground effort to spirit the victims to humane sanctuary.

American Loser

2007

English

5.4

♡ 11

34%

manhattan, new york city

tourette syndrome

Tod Harrison Williams Director

Jayce Bartok as Brian from Boarding School

Deirdre O'Connell as Cynthia

Seann William Scott as Jeff Nichols

Wynn Everett as Saleswoman

A dramatic comedy about a self-induced attention-deficit disordered, learning disabled, Tourette's syndrome suffering, balance impaired, ex-alcoholic young man from the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the gold-digging girl who inspires him to try to get it together.

Before/During/After

2020

English

5.2

♡ 8

Action

Comedy

Drama

Stephen Kunken Director

Austin Pendleton as Dr. Horowitz

John Pankow as Jim Lonergan

Liza Colón-Zayas as Juanita

Deirdre O'Connell as Nancy

This sharp-witted dramedy studies a middle-aged NYC theatre actress suddenly forced to figure out the kind of person she wants to portray in real life when her marriage comes to an end after she catches her husband cheating.

Brain Dead

1990

English

5.9

♡ 19

17%

Adam Simon Director

Deirdre O'Connell as Mrs. Halsey

Cynthia Ettinger as Nurse Anderson

Bill Pullman as Rex Martin

Lee Arenberg as Sacks

In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.

Leaving Normal

1992

English

6.6

♡ 8

40%

Edward Zwick Director

Patrika Darbo as 66

Paul Jarrett as Charlie

Deirdre O'Connell as Ellen

Timothy Webber as Spicy's Friend

Darly, a waitress with a past that's weighing her down, decides to drive to Alaska to try and come to terms with her unfortunate history. Along the way, she meets Marianne, an impulsive young woman leaving an abusive relationship. The two hit the road together and keep driving north, bonding over the hardships that they have endured and meeting a number of eccentric characters as they get closer to their destination.

Imaginary Heroes

2004

English

7.0

♡ 6

34%

Dan Harris Director

Adam LeFevre as Bob Clyde

Deirdre O'Connell as Marge Dwyer

Sigourney Weaver as Sandy Travis

Emile Hirsch as Tim Travis

Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.

Tin Men

1987

English

6.6

♡ 7

82%

Barry Levinson Director

Richard Dreyfuss as BB

Seymour Cassel as Cheese

Deirdre O'Connell as Nellie

Danny DeVito as Tilley

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

A Dog Year

2009

English

6.0

♡ 3

36%

Comedy

Drama

George LaVoo Director

Deirdre O'Connell as Donna Brady

Jeff Bridges as Jon Katz

Karen Allen as Paula

Ben Van Bergen as Police Officer 1

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner?

St. Vincent

2014

English

7.2

♡ 57

78%

Theodore Melfi Director

Lenny Venito as Coach Mitchell

Naomi Watts as Daka

Deirdre O'Connell as Linda

Greta Lee as Teller #23

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

State of Grace

1990

English

7.1

♡ 38

86%

Phil Joanou Director

Ed Harris as Frankie Flannery

Deirdre O'Connell as Irene

Gary Oldman as Jackie Flannery

Sean Penn as Terry Noonan

Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.

Detours

2016

English

6.3

♡ 5

Robert McCaskill Director

Deirdre O'Connell as Beth

Michael Cerveris as Bob O'Connor

Kim Director as Grace Giraldi

Michael Pressman as Tom McKinnon

A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.

Apartment Troubles

2014

English

4.2

♡ 2

Comedy

Drama

woman director

Jess Weixler Director

Will Forte as

Deirdre O'Connell as Ina

Jess Weixler as Nicole

Lance Bass as Self - Judge

Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a chance at fame, a fortune teller and an amorous wealthy aunt.

You Don't Know Jack

2010

English

7.5

♡ 20

83%

Barry Levinson Director

Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian

Susan Sarandon as Janet Good

Deirdre O'Connell as Linda

John Goodman as Neal Nicol

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

Cool World

1992

English

4.9

♡ 48

4%

Ralph Bakshi Director

Brad Pitt as Detective Frank Harris

Kim Basinger as Holli Would

Deirdre O'Connell as Isabelle Malley

Gary Friedkin as Mash

A bizarre accident lands Frank Harris in Cool World, a realm of cartoons. Years later, cartoonist Jack Deebs, who's been drawing Cool World, crosses over as well. He sets his lustful sights on animated femme fatale Holli Would, but she's got plans of her own to become real, and it's up to Frank to stop her.

Stephanie Daley

2006

English

6.2

♡ 3

90%

Hilary Brougher Director

Deirdre O'Connell as Jane

Trisha LaFache as Karen

Tilda Swinton as Lydie Crane

Neal Huff as Mr. Thomas

Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon afterward, the body of a newborn baby is found in a toilet, its mouth blocked with toilet paper. Despite Stephanie's insistence that her child was stillborn and that she had no idea that she was pregnant, she is arrested for the murder of the child.

For My Daughter's Honor

1996

English

6.0

♡ 4

68%

older man younger woman relationship

statutory rape

teenage girl

Alan Metzger Director

Deirdre O'Connell as Amy's Civil Rights Lawyer

Steve Rankin as Attorney Trenton

Gary Cole as Pete Nash

Sean Murray as Ralph

Fourteen-year-old high school student, Amy Dustin, becomes an object of romantic affection to the school's biology teacher and football coach, Pete Nash. They take a sudden interest in each other, sending each other notes and talking on the telephone. Although Pete has a family, the two begin a secret relationship. People then begin to suspect that Pete and Amy are having an affair.

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For My Daughter's Honor