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    Hester Street 1975 POSTER

    Hester Street

    1975

    English

    7.0

    ♡ 4

    81%

    69%

    19th century

    Action

    Drama

    manhattan, new york city

    Romance

    russian emigre

    woman director

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director Ed Crowley Ed Crowley as Inspector Joanna Merlin Joanna Merlin as Jake's Landlady Philip Sterling Philip Sterling as Mr. Lipman Anna Berger Anna Berger as Poultry Woman
    A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side in the late 19th century, is almost exclusively populated by other Jewish immigrants. When his wife finally arrives in the New World, however, she has a lot of assimilating to do.
    Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even 1991 POSTER

    Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

    1991

    English

    6.3

    ♡ 6

    Action

    animal abuse

    animal attack

    business man

    Comedy

    fisticuffs

    military brat

    open relationship

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director Marc Grapey Marc Grapey as Employee Hillary Wolf Hillary Wolf as Laura Chartoff Googy Gress Googy Gress as The Dad Paul E. Short Paul E. Short as Trooper #3
    A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
    Charms for the Easy Life 2002 POSTER

    Charms for the Easy Life

    2002

    English

    6.7

    ♡ 6

    78%

    78%

    Action

    Drama

    woman director

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director Mimi Rogers Mimi Rogers as Sophia David Macniven David Macniven as Sophia's Husband Aaron Ashmore Aaron Ashmore as Ted Kenneth Mitchell Kenneth Mitchell as Tom Hawkings III
    The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
    Chilly Scenes of Winter 1979 POSTER

    Chilly Scenes of Winter

    1979

    English

    7.0

    ♡ 4

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Drama

    husband wife relationship

    love triangle

    obsession

    Romance

    stepdaughter

    winter

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director John Heard John Heard as Charles Gloria Grahame Gloria Grahame as Clara Jerry Hardin Jerry Hardin as Mr. Patterson Frances Bay Frances Bay as Mrs. Delillo
    Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
    Hunger Point 2003 POSTER

    Hunger Point

    2003

    English

    5.5

    ♡ 1

    43%

    43%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    eating disorder

    woman director

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director Christina Hendricks Christina Hendricks as Frannie Hunter Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey as Marsha Hunter Joan Orenstein Joan Orenstein as Roberta Susan May Pratt Susan May Pratt as Shelly Hunter
    A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincidences.
    Between the Lines 1977 POSTER

    Between the Lines

    1977

    English

    6.6

    ♡ 1

    94%

    52%

    Action

    boston, massachusetts

    Comedy

    Drama

    newspaper

    newspaper office

    Romance

    woman director

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director Robert Costanzo Robert Costanzo as Austin's Men John Heard John Heard as Harry Lucas Raymond J. Barry Raymond J. Barry as Herbert Fisk Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum as Max Arloft
    The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
    A Fish in the Bathtub 1998 POSTER

    A Fish in the Bathtub

    1998

    English

    6.1

    ♡ 2

    Comedy

    lighthearted

    sarcastic

    woman director

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director Val Avery Val Avery as Abe Peter McRobbie Peter McRobbie as Father Malachy Mark Ruffalo Mark Ruffalo as Joel Nicholas J. Giangiulio Nicholas J. Giangiulio as Police Officer #2
    A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
    Loverboy 1989 POSTER

    Loverboy

    1989

    English

    6.1

    ♡ 15

    50%

    56%

    Action

    Comedy

    delivery boy

    infidelity

    marital problem

    pizza delivery boy

    sex worker

    woman director

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director Kate Jackson Kate Jackson as Diane / Mother Ray Girardin Ray Girardin as Henry Patrick Dempsey Patrick Dempsey as Randy / Son Irene Olga López Irene Olga López as Spanish Maid
    Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza with extra anchovies, it means the female customers are looking for some loving. But, as Randy soon learns, life as a professional gigolo can get pretty complicated.
    Crossing Delancey 1988 POSTER

    Crossing Delancey

    1988

    English

    6.9

    ♡ 11

    82%

    78%

    Action

    Comedy

    matchmaking

    Romance

    woman director

    Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver Director David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce as Mark Kathleen Wilhoite Kathleen Wilhoite as Myla Bondy John Bedford Lloyd John Bedford Lloyd as Nick Rosemary Harris Rosemary Harris as Pauline Swift
    Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.
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