slice-of-life
  • My Sister Eileen picture
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    My Sister Eileen (1955)

    Two Ohio sisters (Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett) move to Greenwich Village, where one finds a publisher...

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    Strange Lady in Town (1955)

    Set in 1880, a suffragette doctor travels from Boston to establish a new practice in Santa Fe, New...

  • A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries picture
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    A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

    An expatriate U.S. couple (Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey) raise a daughter (Leelee Sobieski)...

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    Bodies, Rest and Motion (1993)

    A young woman (Bridget Fonda) in a dull Arizona town makes drastic changes when her boyfriend (Tim...

  • Les Favoris de la Lune picture
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    Les Favoris de la Lune (1984)

    Director Otar Iosseliani hit the nail on the head when describing Favorites of the Moon as "an...

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    Bound By Honor (1993)

    A look at the lives of three cousins in East L.A. in the early 1970s, each of whom takes a different...

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    Ici et ailleurs (1976)

    Godard, Miéville and Gorin (aka the "Dziga Vertov Group") examine the parallel lives of two families...

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    The Leather Boys (1965)

    Dot and Reggie are part of a notorious biker crew who decide to get hitched. However, there is...

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    The Wanderers (1979)

    Satin-jacketed members (Ken Wahl, John Friedrich) of an ethnic gang face adulthood in the 1963...

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    Papa's Delicate Condition

    In his attempt to bring pleasure to everybody, a flamboyant character only brings alienation upon...

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    Salome's Last Dance (1988)

    Film centers around playwright Oscar Wilde watching a performance of his play "Salome".

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    No. 96

    A popular Australian soap opera provides the basis of this melodrama. No. 96 is the name of an...

  • 2 Days in the Valley picture
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    2 Days in the Valley (1996)

    A hit man (Danny Aiello) falls for an art dealer's helper (Glenne Headly) amid confusion in the San...

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    Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)

    A man is torn between true love and the lure of fine dining in this romantic comedy. Alby Sherman...

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    Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)

    Ginger Rogers, Dan Dailey's bored housewife, seeks psychiatric help from Dr. David Niven who also...

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    Stroszek (1977)

    In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a...

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    Desperate Characters

    Frank D. Gilroy's adaptation of Paula Fox's novel Desperate Characters stars Shirley MacLaine as...

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    Grind (1997)

    Trapped, working in the factory where their father has spent all his life, brothers Eddie and Terry...

  • The Subterraneans picture
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    The Subterraneans (1960)

    A writer (George Peppard) joins a mixed-up beatnik (Leslie Caron) and her San Francisco set.

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    Firehouse (1987)

    A rookie (Richard Roundtree) and a white bigot (Vince Edwards) clash in a city fire department faced...

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    Sans Soleil

    Based on letters from a globe-trotting cameraman, this is a literate, rueful and humorous meditation...

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    Tom and Huck (1995)

    Mark Twain's boy adventurers (Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro) labor to clear the town drunk of...

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    Le Grand Chemin (1988)

    Directed by French filmmaker Jean-Loup Hubert, Grand Chemin stars the director's young son Antoine...

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    Back of Beyond (1996)

    A young man returns home determined to atone for his role in the motorcycle death of his younger...

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    Imitation of Christ

    The medieval writings of Thomas a Kempis supposedly are the inspiration behind this Andy Warhol...

  • Toute une nuit picture
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    Toute une nuit (1989)

    A number of couples meet, make love, part, dance, drink, eat, talk on the phone and sleep during a...

  • Blue in the Face picture
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    Blue in the Face (1995)

    The manager (Harvey Keitel) of a Brooklyn cigar shop and his various customers make comments about...

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    American Hollow (1999)

    This film tells the tale of a close-knit Appalachian family that has changed little in the last 100...

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    Eldorado (1995)

    Yvan catches a burglar and gives him a ride home.

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    The Swimmer (1968)

    Based on John Cheever's story about a middle-aged man's reflections on life while traversing...