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6.2

♡ 6

birds

Comedy

Jeff Bleckner Director

Jason Lee as Jack Peterson

Minka Kelly as Jennie Newsom

Jaren Lewison as Kyle Peterson

Jarod Joseph as Tim McMurray

Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pond on the Peterson farm. Could that be romance in the air?

A Painted House

2003

6.4

♡ 6

62%

1950s

arkansas

based on novel or book

grandfather grandson relationship

Family

flood

Alfonso Arau Director

Pablo Schreiber as Hank Spruill

Robert Sean Leonard as Jesse Chandler

Logan Lerman as Luke Chandler

Kiersten Warren as Stacy Dale

A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.

The Makeover

2013

5.7

♡ 8

30%

Comedy

hallmark

hallmark movie

John Gray Director

Frances Fisher as Allie Doolittle

David Walton as Elliot Doolittle

Julia Stiles as Hannah Higgins

Alexis Capozzi as Secretary

This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns something of Elliot's side of life.

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005

7.5

♡ 13

86%

Brent Shields Director

Keri Russell as Livy

Skeet Ulrich as Ray Singleton

Roger Haskett as Telephone Man

Eric Winter as Walter

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

Front of the Class

2008

8.1

♡ 17

82%

Biography

teacher

tourette syndrome

Peter Werner Director

Kathleen York as Diane

Patricia Heaton as Ellen Cohen

Johnny Pacar as Jeff

Mike Pniewski as Principal Myer

A boy with Tourette's syndrome overcomes criticism and discrimination to achieve his dream of becoming a teacher.

Harvest of Fire

1996

6.5

♡ 1

71%

rescue

Arthur Allan Seidelman Director

Patty Duke as Annie

Catherine Kellner as Nancy

Peter McRobbie as Reuben Troyer

Jennifer Garner as Sarah Troyer

In a small Amish community, three barns are burnt down almost simultaneously. FBI agent Sally Russwell is sent in to investigate this possible hate crime. What she finds however is a community that little trust for outsiders or "The English" as they call them. However, in her investigations, Agent Russell makes friends with one entrepreneurial widow, Annie Beiler who has her own curiosity about this stranger. Together, Annie introduces Russell in-depth to this close knit community bearing many appealing attributes. However, as Sally's investigations continue, she discovers secrets that reveal uncomfortable truths about the religious community that are linked to the arson attacks.

Ellen Foster

1997

6.9

♡ 5

52%

abusive father

homeless

homeless girl

John Erman Director

Ted Levine as Bill Hammond

Jena Malone as Ellen Foster

Amanda Peet as Julia Hobbs

Timothy Olyphant as Roy Hobbs

After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.

A Place for Annie

1994

7.2

♡ 7

68%

nurse

John Gray Director

Richard Gilbert-Hill as Dr. Scott

Robin Pearson Rose as Edna

Mary-Louise Parker as Linda

Sissy Spacek as Susan Lansing

Baby Annie is HIV positive and has been left in the clinic by her drug addicted mother. To prevent her from being placed in a home where they'd just wait for her to die, nurse Susan takes charge of Annie at her home. Two years later, she plans to adopt her -- but suddenly Annie's mother reappears and demands her back. And under the law, Susan, as foster-mother, has no claim to the child.

The Echo of Thunder

1998

6.6

♡ 2

75%

Simon Wincer Director

Michael Caton as Bill Gadrey

Bill Hunter as Cooper

James Wright as Mr. Calloway

Emily Browning as Opal Ritchie

Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's adjustment to a new family.

Loving Leah

2009

7.1

♡ 17

73%

Jeff Bleckner Director

Matt Walton as Carter

Natasha Lyonne as Esther

Mercedes Ruehl as Janice Lever

Timothée Chalamet as Young Jake

When Leah's husband Benjamin dies suddenly, Benjamin's brother Jake is stunned to learn he is expected to marry the childless Leah to carry on his brother's name. Jake suggests to Leah that they get married and maintain a secretly platonic relationship. The harder they try to disguise their "pretend" marriage, the more their appreciation for each other's worlds grow, and out of understanding, a real love develops.

Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness

2007

6.6

♡ 1

77%

forgiveness

loss and grief

John Kent Harrison Director

Landon Liboiron as Brody Murakami

Dean Cain as Bruce Murakami

Catherine Lough Haggquist as Chantal

Calum Worthy as Kip

A tragic street racing accident kills a wife and her child leaving her husband to pick up the pieces and pursue justice against the boy that killed them.

Remember Sunday

2013

6.9

♡ 5

57%