Release Date: 1980-09-19

Overview: The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

Rating: 6.44 (67 votes)

Release Date: 2001-01-25

Overview: Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost daughter, Roxane for a career in modeling. Quitéria is naive, a gull for thieves. Cida has a husband and also a lover. While each woman gets what she wishes for (more or less), it doesn't always make things better.

Rating: 6.9 (16 votes)

Release Date: 1993-01-06

Overview: A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that wasn't bad enough, he's white.

Rating: 5.488 (370 votes)

Release Date: 1993-09-29

Overview: A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Rating: 6.264 (474 votes)

Release Date: 1992-05-22

Overview: A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh winter conditions, they must fend off her parents who are determined to bring her back home.

Rating: 6.784 (1236 votes)

Release Date: 1992-08-14

Overview: Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.

Rating: 6.303 (640 votes)

Release Date: 2005-04-06

Overview: When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but they fall in love, regardless. Their romance goes well until baseball season begins, and Lindsey soon realizes that Ben is completely obsessed with the Boston Red Sox. Though she tries to understand Ben's passionate team loyalty, eventually it threatens to end their otherwise happy relationship.

Rating: 6.2 (719 votes)

Release Date: 2000-12-21

Overview: Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.

Rating: 7.118 (1129 votes)

Release Date: 2015-11-12

Overview: When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.

Rating: 5.986 (821 votes)

Release Date: 2013-07-12

Overview: Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilderness.

Rating: 5.525 (988 votes)

Release Date: 2020-01-02

Overview: Elisa is only forty when an incurable disease takes her from her husband and their daughter. Before her heart stops, Elisa finds a way to stay close to her: a gift for every birthday up to her adult age, 18 gifts to try to accompany her child's growth year after year.

Rating: 7.413 (693 votes)

Release Date: 2001-11-18

Overview: On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

Rating: 6.908 (2179 votes)

Release Date: 2001-04-06

Overview: After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.

Rating: 6.332 (1907 votes)

Release Date: 1993-10-01

Overview: When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.

Rating: 6.995 (2117 votes)

Release Date: 2000-10-20

Overview: Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.

Rating: 7.358 (1880 votes)

Release Date: 1979-12-07

Overview: Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

Rating: 7.574 (2297 votes)

Release Date: 2018-07-15

Overview: A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.

Rating: 6.033 (1883 votes)

Release Date: 2017-06-23

Overview: During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

Rating: 5.9 (2171 votes)

Release Date: 2021-11-24

Overview: A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Rating: 7.426 (1886 votes)

Release Date: 2009-06-26

Overview: Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.

Rating: 7.382 (2150 votes)