Discovering One's Heritage
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    Wanted (2008)

    After his estranged father is murdered, an office drone (James McAvoy) joins secret assassins who...

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    Elf (2003)

    Adopted as a baby by one of Santa's elves (Bob Newhart), a man (Will Ferrell) leaves the workshop to...

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    Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

    A young man (Elijah Wood) travels to Russia to find the woman who may have saved his grandfather...

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    The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

    While living with her royal grandmother (Julie Andrews), a young princess (Anne Hathaway) must find...

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    The Italian (2007)

    An abandoned Russian boy (Kolya Spiridonov) runs away to find his mother after an Italian couple...

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    Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)

    In 1960s Paris, a Turkish grocer (Omar Sharif) becomes a father figure to a lonely and neglected boy...

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    The Seeker (2007)

    A boy (Alexander Ludwig) learns he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have defended the...

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    The Country Bears (2002)

    A runaway cub and his new friends attempt to reunite the former members of a once-popular all-bear...

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    Beautiful Country (2005)

    A Vietnamese youth (Damien Nguyen) of mixed race undertakes an arduous journey to the United States...

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    The Tiger's Tail

    The life of a wealthy businessman (Brendan Gleeson) spirals out of control when his evil twin...

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    A Holy Terror

    In this western, a wealthy eastern returns from a polo match to find that his father has been...

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    Green Card Fever (2003)

    When Murali, a young lower middle class Indian, comes to America, he dreams of quick economic...

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    Bicheon Mu

    Nursed back to health, a vengeful swordsman (Shin Hyeon-jun) leads a team of warriors and reunites...

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    Tarantella (1996)

    An ambitious young Italian-American photographer returns to her childhood home after her mother's...

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    Homicide (1991)

    A Jewish cop faces a crisis of conscience when he learns a shopkeeper may have been killed by an...

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    The Tigger Movie (2000)

    Wondering if he really is ``the only one,'' Tigger sets off during a cold winter storm to find his...

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    The Secret of Roan Inish (1995)

    An Irish girl convinces her grandparents (Mick Lally, Eileen Colgan) to look into the mysterious...

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    Sioux City (1994)

    Raised in Beverly Hills by Jewish parents, a Lakota Indian (Lou Diamond Phillips) goes back to his...

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    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2000)

    Dwayne and his sister Mai are Vietnamese siblings who were adopted by an African-American couple....

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    Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1998)

    Filmmaker Marc Fafard examines the historical and cultural significance of the seafaring Vikings.

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    This Is My Father (1999)

    Old photos of his mother and a stranger prompt a man (James Caan) to seek his true father in...

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    Italianamerican (1974)

    In the living room of their Elizabeth Street apartment, Scorsese's parents discuss their childhood...

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    Divan (2004)

    To reclaim an ancestral couch upon which esteemed rabbis slept, Pearl Gluck travels from her Hasidic...

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    Australia

    Romantic drama about a lonely man living in the Australian outback who returns to his native Belgium...

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    Finding Home (2005)

    A woman (Lisa Brenner) confronts her troubled past when she returns to her childhood home after the...

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    Heat and Dust (1983)

    Half a century after her great aunt abandoned her diplomat husband for a disreputable Indian ruler,...

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    Hemoglobin (1999)

    A man tries to eradicate a clan of hermaphroditic monsters that feeds on human blood and corpses.

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    I'll Be There (2002)

    A former Scottish rock star (Craig Ferguson) learns he has a 16-year-old Welsh daughter (Charlotte...

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    The Nephew

    A black American (Hill Harper) meets his relatives when he travels to Ireland to scatter his...

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    A Family Thing (1996)

    An Arkansas redneck (Robert Duvall) learns his mother was black and that he has a half-brother...