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    Passion of Mind (2000)

    A woman (Demi Moore) with two children begins experiencing another life in her mind but soon becomes...

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    Maid in Manhattan (2002)

    A senatorial candidate (Ralph Fiennes) falls for a chambermaid (Jennifer Lopez) after he mistakes...

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    Man of the House (1995)

    A district attorney (Chevy Chase) tries to win over the bratty son (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) of his...

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    Bounce (2000)

    An ad executive (Ben Affleck) seeks out the widow (Gwyneth Paltrow) of a stranger who swapped...

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    Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)

    This low-budget expansion of the popular Tom T. Hall/Jeannie C. Riley song "Harper Valley PTA" is...

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    This Christmas (2007)

    A matriarch (Loretta Devine) assembles her brood for their first holiday reunion in four years, but...

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    Twilight (2008)

    A high-school student (Kristen Stewart) is caught up in a romance with a vampire (Robert Pattinson),...

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    Fierce People (2007)

    A drug addict (Diane Lane) and her teenage son (Anton Yelchin) spend a fateful summer at a...

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    Jerry Maguire (1996)

    A Los Angeles sports agent (Tom Cruise) finds love with a pretty accountant (Renee Zellweger) after...

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    Promise Her Anything (1966)

    An adult-film maker (Warren Beatty) sits for a widow's (Leslie Caron) baby while she woos a child...

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    Frozen River (2008)

    Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling...

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    And Then Came Love (2007)

    A magazine writer (Vanessa Williams) meets the anonymous sperm donor (Kevin Daniels) who fathered...

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    Without a Trace (1983)

    Estranged from her husband (David Dukes), a New Yorker (Kate Nelligan) turns to the police after her...

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    Children on Their Birthdays (2002)

    A 13-year-old (Joe Pichler) develops his first crush while his mother begins a romance with a...

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    The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)

    A young boy uses a peculiar and humorous standard to determine the ``perfect'' wife for his widowed...

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    Double Parked (2000)

    A working-class single mother (Callie Thorne) loses her job, while her son begins hanging around...

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    My Girl (1991)

    An 11-year-old (Anna Chlumsky) meets a boy (Macaulay Culkin) and grows up at her widowed father's...

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    My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)

    An injured rodeo rider (Scott Glenn) comes home to his ex-girlfriend (Kate Capshaw), his father (Ben...

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    A Gift from Heaven (1994)

    A dysfunctional family in early 1970s backwoods North Carolina.

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    Beauty in Trouble (2008)

    Marcela is an attractive wife and mother of two children. Her husband Jarda has a car shop where he...

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    Trading Mom (1994)

    A magic spell allows two unhappy children (Anna Chlumsky, Aaron Michael Metchik) to forget their...

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    Soft Fruit (2000)

    Four bossy siblings come home to be with their mother (Jeanie Drynan) as she dies of cancer.

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    Cafe Lumiere (2005)

    2003, Tokyo. A part of a residential neighborhood where the tramcars still run. Freelance writer...

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    Beloved (1998)

    Horrible secrets and supernatural forces come to light in the home of a former slave (Oprah...

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    Claudine (1974)

    A single woman (Diahann Carroll) with six children tries to make a life with a garbageman (James...

  • The Real Howard Spitz picture
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    The Real Howard Spitz

    Convinced by a girl (Genevieve Tessier) to write children's books, a has-been novelist (Kelsey...

  • Filles Perdues, Cheveux Gras picture
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    Filles Perdues, Cheveux Gras

    The lives of three young women who meet by chance.

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    Misunderstood (1984)

    In Misunderstood, Henry Thomas ("Elliot" in E.T.) co-stars with Gene Hackman as a son-and-father duo...

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    You Can Count on Me (2000)

    The straight-arrow life of a single mother (Laura Linney) begins to go into a tailspin when her...

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    The Next One (1984)

    An astronaut's widow and her young son meet a stranger from the future on a Greek island.