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♡ 2

87%

based on novel or book

sibling relationship

terminal illness

Robert Markowitz Director

Sean McCann as Dr. Ralph Stanwyck

Craig T. Nelson as Frank Deford

Cherry Jones as Tina Crawford

Rachel Blanchard as Wendy

Based on true events, 'Alex: The Life of a Child' follows former 'Sports Illustrated' writer Frank Deford and his wife Carole when their happy, all-American family is rocked to the core when their baby daughter Alex is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. While CF sufferers were almost certainly doomed to an early death in the Seventies, Alex grew into a child who showed remarkable courage and strength in face of her illness. Her loving family were quick to rally around her, determined to show the same bravery as the little girl as they supported and cherished her through life and struggled to move on after her death at the tragically young age of eight.

Double Happiness

1994

♡ 4

73%

Jade Li is a feisty, 20-something Chinese Canadian, trying to achieve that happy medium between giving in to her parent's wishes and fulfilling her own needs and desires - double happiness. Naturally, something's got to give and when love beckons in the shape of Mark, a white university student, the facade of the perfect Chinese daughter begins to slip.

My Only Sunshine

2008

Turkish

♡ 4

80%

Drama

Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ventures. Beyond the motion and romance of the water, Hayat's life is harsh and unrelenting. But Hayat has an instinct for survival. Her capacity for courage, endurance and hope in the face of these trials suggest that there is Life despite the manifold injustices of an unjust world.

Under the Cherry Moon

1986

5.0

♡ 8

38%

Prince Director

Pamela Ludwig as Girlfriend

Kristin Scott Thomas as Mary Sharon

Alexandra Stewart as Mrs. Sharon

Francesca Annis as Mrs. Wellington

Two friends from Miami are in the French Riviera enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman set to inherit $50 million from her father. At first, Tricky has Christopher Tracy talked into romancing her for her money, but in getting to know her, Christopher falls in love with her. This love comes between the brothers, and Tricky tells about the plan.

In Our Nature

2012

5.6

♡ 3

47%

vacation home

Brian Savelson Director

Jena Malone as Andie

John Slattery as Gil

Zach Gilford as Seth

Gabrielle Union as Vicky

A portrait of two couples at a crossroads. What was supposed to be a romantic getaway for two young lovers, turns into an uncomfortable confrontation when the young man's estranged father shows up ... with his own girlfriend. As their collisions mount, the weekend transforms into a major turning point for each of them.

The Entitled

2011

6.1

♡ 15

41%

ransom

Thriller

Aaron Woodley Director

Devon Bostick as Dean Taylor

Anthony Ulc as Frank

Martin Doyle as Manager

Ray Liotta as Richard Nader

Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three wealthy men and collect a ransom of $3-million dollars. Over the course of one long night, Paul and his accomplices hold the rich kids hostage awaiting the ransom with little idea of the secrets that will surface between the fathers when they are forced to choose between their children and their money.

The Outsider

2014

4.7

♡ 15

5%

Thriller

Brian A Miller Director

Jason Patric as Detective Klein

Greg Sproles as Gunman 2

Craig Fairbrass as Lex

James Caan as Schuuster

Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.

Grudge Match

2013

6.4

♡ 64

31%

rivalry

Sport

sports

Peter Segal Director

Robert De Niro as Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen

Jon Bernthal as B.J.

Kevin Hart as Dante Slate, Jr.

Sylvester Stallone as Henry 'Razor' Sharp

A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.

The Color of Time

2012

based on song, poem or rhyme

4.1

♡ 18

5%

18%

Action

husband wife relationship

poet

Edna Luise Biesold Director

Mila Kunis as Catherine

James Franco as C.K. Williams

Henry Hopper as C.K. Williams

Jessica Chastain as Mrs. Williams

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

Born Free

1966

7.2

♡ 21

88%

rifle

Tom McGowan Director

Surya Patel as Doctor

Virginia McKenna as Joy Adamson

Geoffrey Keen as Kendall

Geoffrey Best as Watson

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

Ulee's Gold

1997

7.0

♡ 6

94%

stabbing

stolen money

Victor Nunez Director

Jessica Biel as Casey Jackson

Patricia Richardson as Connie Hope

Steven Flynn as Eddie Flowers

Peter Fonda as Ulee Jackson

Third-generation Florida beekeeper Ulee Jackson may have gotten out of Vietnam alive, but he left a part of himself behind. Now he methodically tends his bees, carefully provides for his two grandchildren and keeps his emotions at bay. But when a long-buried secret threatens Ulee's business and family, he is forced to break through his emotional walls and confront the terror of his wounded spirit.

The Disappointments Room

2016

4.0

♡ 67

son

Thriller

D.J. Caruso Director

Lucas Till as Ben

Kate Beckinsale as Dana Barrow

Celia Weston as Marti

Marcia DeRousse as Ms. Judith

A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.

The Levelling

2016

6.4

♡ 24

94%

sorrow

woman director

Hope Dickson Leach Director

David Troughton as Aubrey

Ellie Kendrick as Clover

John Bell as Fire Performer

Angela Curran as Helen

Clover is finishing a veterinary course when her brother dies and she is called home to her family's struggling Somerset farm.

Wedding in White

1972

6.5

♡ 4

78%

Action

Drama

dysfunctional family

William Fruet Director

Stan Ross as

Donald Pleasence as

Gerald Crack as (as Jerry Crack)

Carol Kane as Jeannie Dougall

A young girl's brother comes home from the army, and brings an army buddy with him. The three of them go out that night to celebrate, and after much drinking has been done, the brother's friend rapes the sister. After the two men have gone back, the girl finds that she's pregnant--and discovers that her parents don't blame the soldier, but blame her.

Carbon Copy

1981

5.7

♡ 15

39%

Michael Schultz Director

Denzel Washington as Roger Porter

Patrick Wright as Truck Driver

Susan Saint James as Vivian Whitney

Carmen Filpi as Wino

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.

Hilda Crane

1956

6.2

♡ 5

small town

Philip Dunne Director

Gregg Palmer as Dink Bromley

Jean Simmons as Hilda Crane Burns

Jim Hayward as Mr. Small

Peggy Knudsen as Nell Bromley

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.

Gas Food Lodging

1992

6.6

♡ 11

82%

sibling relationship

waitress

Allison Anders Director

Robert Knepper as Dank

Jacob Vargas as Javier

Brooke Adams as Nora

Fairuza Balk as Shade

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

The Mother

2003

older woman younger man relationship

6.7

♡ 17

79%

Roger Michell Director

Oliver Ford Davies as Bruce

Daniel Craig as Darren

Anna Wilson-Jones as Helen

Cathryn Bradshaw as Paula

A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

Sanctuary

2015

German

7.2

♡ 10

100%

73%

Action

based on a true story