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1) The farewell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
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.
2) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
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Formats
Description
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...
3) Fences
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh is bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues, Maxson is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
"You don't get groundbreaking cinema from Fences, but what you do get - two titanic performances and an immeasurable American drama - makes up for that."--Boston Globe
"Washington and Davis' performances... invite us in...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he's taught them.
5) The father
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
6) Black pond
Publisher
E One Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Combining the quietly surreal with the beautifully mundane, this hilarious and heartbreaking thriller tells the story of an ordinary family that is labeled as murderers by the tabloid press after a dinner guest dies in their home, and a scheming psychotherapist leaks the story to the press.
7) The wave
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Norwegian
Formats
Description
The experienced geologist Kristian Eikfjord has accepted a job offer out of town. He is getting ready to move from the city of Geiranger with his family, when he and his colleagues measure small geological changes in the underground. Kristian gets worried and his worst nightmare is about to come true, when the alarm goes off and the disaster is inevitable. With less than 10 minutes to react, it becomes a race against time in order to save as many...
9) Joe
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A hard-living ex-con who is the unlikeliest of role models, but when he meets a troubled fifteen-year-old homeless boy in need of help from a violent and destitute father, Joe is faced with the heartbreaking choice of redemption or ruin.
10) Lady Bird
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lady Bird McPherson struggles to balance the challenges of her last year of high school with her family relationships.
12) Minari
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
13) Still Alice
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
℗2015.
Language
English
Description
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
15) Reconciliation
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking, provocative story about an estranged father and son struggling to overcome the heartbreaking consequences of their past."
16) Suburbicon
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
A peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns, the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. The tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit, and violence. This is a tale of very flawed people making very bad choices.
17) Ben is back
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When a drug addict surprises his family by returning home on Christmas Eve, he and his mother realize that they must rebuild their relationship.
18) MotherFatherSon
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Follows a powerful media mogul, his ex-wife, and their son who reconnect when their son, crumbling under the pressure, suffers a stroke and knows secrets that could bring their empire down.
19) The stray
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a struggling family takes in a stray dog, they discover that he has the ability to save lives.
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