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1) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
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A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
Publisher
Distributed by ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Riley, a young girl in a small town, makes an unexpected discovery--a doorway to heaven, which leads to miraculous healing powers. She hides her gift at first as her parents struggle with a separation, and her mother continues to lose her faith. Riley is soon faced with the ultimate sacrifice . . . will it change her mother's mind and bring the family back together?" -- container.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Belle, an animal-loving 12-year-old, becomes withdrawn after her mother's death in an automobile accident. Rebelling against her father, she is sent to live at the horse ranch of her gruff maternal grandfather. With the help of the animals, Belle's work on the the farm transforms the entire family.
After her mother dies in a car accident, a rebellious twelve-year-old girl is sent to live on her grandfather's ranch, and as she works with the animals...
6) Hereditary
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
When the matriarch of a family dies, terrifying things start happening to the members of the family.
7) The farewell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
When a Chinese family finds out that their grandmother has only a short time left to live, they plan a family reunion before she dies without telling her.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions.
11) The witch
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
English
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Description
A family in 1630s New England faces destruction by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession. When one of their five children goes missing and their life-sustaining crops fail, they fall victim to paranoia and fear as they begin to turn on one another.
12) The captive
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing indications seem to indicate that she's still alive. Her parents, detectives, and Cassandra herself will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
13) Family business
Publisher
Columbia Tristar
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Three generations of a family plan the perfect crime to steal and split one million dollars and all of their seemingly simple plans go wrong.
14) The greatest
Publisher
National Entertainment Media ; Port Washington, N. Y
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Three months after Allen and Grace's son dies, a young woman shows up pregnant with his child. At first her arrival threatens to tear the family further apart, but eventually she proves to be the very thing that brings them back together.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Presents the three-generation saga of the Sanchez family as told by the eldest son. From the beginnings of his father's journey from Mexico to California in the 1920s, to his brother Chucho's tragic rebellion of the 1950s, to the stark realities of modern day, the struggle to live the American dream is sometimes darkened but never diminished for Paco Sanchez and his family.
16) Fast X
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything and everyone that Dom loves, forever.
18) The Fabelmans
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see "The Greatest Show on Earth." Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother.
19) About my father
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
The film centers around Sebastian who is encouraged by his fianc�ee to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo, to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family. The weekend develops into what can only be described as a culture clash, leaving Sebastian and Salvo to discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.
Sebastian is encouraged by his fiancě to bring his Italian hairdresser father...
20) Adam's rib
Publisher
MGM-UA Home Video
Pub. Date
[1949]
Language
English
Description
A husband and wife lawyer team clash when the wife defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse. The lawyer-husband is the prosecutor.
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