A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an emotionally devastated highway store owner, awakening the fury of a bitter and longstanding conflict.

Beyond Silence

1996

German

7.4

♡ 3

83%

Caroline Link Director

Birge Schade as Fräulein Mertens

Matthias Habich as Gregor

Sylvie Testud as Lara

Hansa Czypionka as Tom

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.

Reservation Road

2007

English

♡ 23

36%

Terry George Director

Mark Ruffalo as Dwight Arno

Elle Fanning as Emma

Jennifer Connelly as Grace Learner

Mira Sorvino as Ruth Wheldon

Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.

Last Orders

2001

English

6.9

♡ 9

79%

73%

Action

based on novel or book

parent child relationship

war veteran

Fred Schepisi Director

Helen Mirren as Amy

Michael Caine as Jack

Meg Wynn Owen as Joan

Kelly Reilly as Young Amy

Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request, 'Last Orders', that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates, Ray, Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way, the threads of their lives, their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy

Voices

1973

English

5.6

♡ 1

Action

based on play or musical

Kevin Billington Director

Gayle Hunnicutt as Claire

Russell Lewis as John

David Hemmings as Robert

Lynn Farleigh as The Mother

After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental hospital. After her release, her husband takes her for a weekend at a secluded country mansion, hoping to help her recover. However, things at the mansion aren't quite what they seem to be, the couple begin to feel an uneasy and oppressive presence, and the mother starts to see things that may, or may not, be hallucinations.

Nightmare at the End of the Hall

2008

English

4.6

16%

George Mendeluk Director

Sara Rue as Courtney

P. Lynn Johnson as Kay

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Laurel / Jane

Christine Willes as Robin

Courtney Snow, an author with writer's block, still haunted by the suicide of her best friend while they were in prep school, finds herself teaching at the very same school while trying to get back on her feet. She encounters a young student, Laurel, who seems in every way to be the reincarnation of her best friend from years ago. Laurel seems to know things about Courtney that only dead friend would have known. Is she losing her mind or is it all a cruel hoax?

Nell

1994

English

6.5

♡ 26

59%

kaspar-hauser-syndrom

lake

loss of loved one

twin sister

Michael Apted Director

Richard Libertini as Alexander Paley

Liam Neeson as Jerome Lovell

Jodie Foster as Nell

Nick Searcy as Todd Peterson

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

Speed Racer

2008

English

6.1

♡ 58

42%

Andy Wachowski Director

Jana Pallaske as Delila

Susan Sarandon as Mom

Hiroyuki Sanada as Mr. Musha

Christina Ricci as Trixie

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.

Chances Are

1989

English

6.5

♡ 19

66%

Emile Ardolino Director

Robert Downey Jr. as Alex Finch

James Noble as Dr. Bailey

Marc McClure as Richard

Susan Ruttan as Woman in the Bookstore

Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.

Terms of Endearment

1983

English

7.4

♡ 30

81%

83%

Action

adultery

based on novel or book

parent child relationship

texas

James L. Brooks Director

Debra Winger as Emma Horton

Jack Nicholson as Garrett Breedlove

John Lithgow as Sam Burns

Danny DeVito as Vernon Dahlart

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

Ray

2004

English

7.7

♡ 63

79%

blindness and impaired vision

Taylor Hackford Director

Mike Pniewski as Bus Driver

David Krumholtz as Milt Shaw

Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles

Paula Jai Parker as Ruth Brown

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

Whale Rider

2002

English

7.5

♡ 30

91%

grandparent grandchild relationship

loss of loved one

ocean

tradition

Niki Caro Director

John Sumner as Obstetrician

Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea

Cliff Curtis as Porourangi

Rachel House as Shilo

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

In-Lawfully Yours

2016

English

6.0

♡ 4

Robert Kirbyson Director

Joe Williamson as Ben

Philip Boyd as Chaz

Corbin Bernsen as Father Grayson

Chelsey Crisp as Jesse

Following both the death of her father-in-law and a divorce, Jesse, a New Yorker, returns to a small town to live with her now widowed mother-in-law. Jesse struggles to fit in with the local townsfolk who don’t welcome her with open arms to say the least. Jesse becomes acquainted with the local pastor, her widowed brother-in-law, falling in love with him, much to the dismay of the community. Things get even more complicated when her ex-husband comes calling, suspiciously trying to win her back. Between her love life and entangled in-laws, Jesse is tested as she seeks the answer to where she truly belongs.

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005

French

7.2

♡ 31

86%

parent child relationship

paris, france

Romance

Thriller

Jacques Audiard Director

Aure Atika as Aline

Vladislav Galard as Clerk

Linh Dan Pham as Miao Lin

Mélanie Laurent as Minskov's Girlfriend

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.

Still

2014

English

5.2

♡ 3

Action

based on play or musical

Simon Blake Director

Elodie Yung as Christina

Kate Ashfield as Margaret

Amanda Mealing as Rachel

Aidan Gillen as Tom Carver

Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroad in his life, thrown out of focus by the death of his teenage son a year earlier. He becomes involved in a feud with a teenage gang after a seemingly harmless collision with a young kid. As the feud becomes more horrifying, Carver's world starts to unravel forcing him to make decisions that will change his life forever.

Donald Cried

2016

English

6.6

89%

Kris Avedisian Director

Jeremy Furtado as Brian Touty

James L. Leite as Bus Passenger

Kris Avedisian as Donald

Louisa Krause as Kristin

Returning home to working class Warwick, Rhode Island, Peter Latang encounters childhood friend Donald Treebeck for what starts as a simple favor and turns into a long van ride into two friends past.

They Might Be Giants

1971

English

6.7

♡ 8

61%

74%

Action

based on play or musical

Anthony Harvey Director

F. Murray Abraham as Clyde

Oliver Clark as Mr. Small

Jack Gilford as Peabody

Joanne Woodward as Watson

After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, even dressing like the character. Out of concern for Justin's money more than his health, his brother Blevins puts him under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Mildred Watson. As Dr. Watson grows fond of Justin, she begins to play along with his theories, eventually becoming an assistant in his investigations.

Why Not You

2020

German

5.6

♡ 6

Evi Romen Director

Joseph Holzknecht as Firefighter

Kida Khodr Ramadan as Imam Mami

Noah Saavedra as Lenz

Johannes Silberschneider as Pfarrer

Mario, a young dancer living in a small village has to face the loss of his beloved best friend Lenz, victim of an attack in a gay club.

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007

English

7.1

♡ 35

65%

Susanne Bier Director

Halle Berry as Audrey Burke

Robin Weigert as Brenda

Paula Newsome as Diane

Benicio Del Toro as Jerry Sunborne

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.

Knuckleball

2018

English

5.7

♡ 19

83%

Michael Peterson Director

Krista Bridges as Connie Munroe

Luca Villacis as Henry

Michael Ironside as Jacob

Kathleen Munroe as Mary

Alone, and targeted on an isolated farm, 12 year old Henry finds himself at the center of a maelstrom of terror, and a dark family legacy, when his secretive grandfather dies suddenly in the night.

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