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Christmas on the Farm
A New York socialite who fakes her identity to get her book published has to rush back to her deceased mother's farm when the publisher and her son come to visit their 'Australian' author.

- 2021
American History X
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for brutally killing two black men who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his 14 yr old brother's, Danny Vineyard, narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

- Metascore62
- 1998
Midsommar
Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor) are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, Christian invites a grieving Dani to join him and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in the North European land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.

- Metascore72
- 2019
Due Season
After being accepted into the conservatory of her dreams, Vicky Waters must win a competition to stay, but to do so he'll need a secret weapon: Gospel Music.

- 2022
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
When a wealthy businessman learns of his daughter's sudden engagement to a missionary, he embarks on a quest to keep her closer to home, but when his efforts go awry he must reconsider what being a strong father really means.

- 2022
Shrek
After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, an ogre agrees to rescue a princess for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.

- Metascore84
- 2001
Dirty Dancing
In the summer of 1963, 17-year-old Baby, a pampered daddy's girl not knowing the first thing about dancing, braces herself for a bland holiday at Kellerman's posh Catskills resort. But expectations and reality are two entirely different things. And when Baby sets eyes on handsome dance instructor Johnny Castle, a rebellious dreamer from the wrong side of the tracks, an exciting, music-filled world she never knew existed unfolds before her. As their heated bodies entwine and passionate hips roll right under everyone's noses, Baby and the Mambo King explore the boundaries of rhythm, entranced by Johnny's confident style and their effortless connection. It won't be a walk in the park, but Baby is about to have a blast and learn a thing or two about dance and love.

- Metascore65
- 1987
Stagecoach
Seven desperate characters must pass through Geronimo country; and the journey to Lordsburg is fraught with danger, romance and adventure.

- 1986
The Magnificent Seven
Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale that launched the film careers of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn.

- Metascore74
- 1960
Fireproof
In Albany, Georgia, Caleb and Catherine Holt's marriage is in crisis and they are contemplating divorce. However, Caleb's father proposes that his son should delay their separation for 40 days and follow a procedure called "The Love Dare" to reignite their love.

- Metascore28
- 2008
Rango
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.

- Metascore75
- 2011
Pardoned by Grace
The life of Scott Highberger, a Michigan City, Indiana pastor. Before he practiced religion he was strung out. Once an Drug addict, alcoholic, and recidivist. Now doing gods work. This is the story how Scott Highberger overcame his demons and found religion resulting in a better life.

- 2022
Malcolm X
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965.

- Metascore73
- 1992
My Best Friend's Girl
Dustin, an amiable guy, is in love with Alexis, a coworker. When she tells him she just wants to be friends, he hires his roommate Tank, a fast-talking, amoral scoundrel who has a side business: men whose women have dumped them hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the date from Hell, to drive the women back into their old boyfriends' arms. He takes out Alexis who, against her better judgment, decides she needs some randy fun, so Tank is in a quandary: take Alexis up on her offer, or stay true to his friend. More complications ensue as the wedding of Alexis's sister approaches. Tank seeks advice from his father, Dustin pursues Alexis, and questions of self-worth need answers.

- Metascore34
- 2008
Munich
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a covert operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew?

- Metascore74
- 2005
Maid in Manhattan
Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall, a handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.

- Metascore45
- 2002
Phenomenon
John Travolta plays George Malley, who owns the local auto repair shop in a small California town. After celebrating his birthday with friends at the local bar/hang-out, George heads for home. He pauses to watch a strange light in the sky, then collapses for a few seconds in the middle of the deserted street. In the days and weeks that follow, George finds his IQ and consciousness expanding dramatically, and develops telekinetic abilities. Despite his attempts to explain what has happened to him, with just a very few exceptions, most of the local townspeople treat the "new" George as a freak. His state of isolation becomes even more pronounced when his new-found abilities allow him to correctly predict an earthquake, and outside authorities become interested in what's happened to him.

- Metascore42
- 1996
Homecoming
Mom gets her broken piggy bank savings, moves 4 kids to the city, from their poor trailer-home. They arrive at their aunt's address, taken off of a Christmas card. They wait in the car, but their mom never returns. A football player from Yale sees the older sister crying, sitting all alone. He offers her food, which turns out to be a real meal for the hungry children. He drives them out to where they sit on the porch, waiting for their aunt. While at their aunt's house, they find the 4 will eventually be split in two groups, so they run, trying hard to push on to "Crazy Grandma's," and with money from washing windows, the older sister earns enough for a cold quart of milk, which the kids thirstily share. After arriving at Grandma's on a bus, with money that was wired to them from the future sale of their mom's abandoned car, they find her to be cantankerous, and set in her ways. Grandma has an older farm, covered in honeysuckle vines. They start to trust her, and then agree to keep busy fixing it up and farming for her, so as to convince her to let them stay one day at a time. They help her to can tomatoes and cucumbers, when a rainstorm threatens to ruin her crops. She cannot bear to let them go back where they would live in two houses, but she doesn't think she can take care of them, either. Her emotions tell her what the ultimate decision has to be. Are they truly 'family?' Maybe. They go to the bus station. Watch to see how it ends. (The mother who abandoned them, loved the children very much. See what happened to her.) Back in the day, the gram ma had told the children's mother to not contact her again when she was pregnant at age 21, at least not until she married someone. It is assumed she never did get married. She got Christmas cards,though.

- 1996
Bronson
In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to seven years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture.

- Metascore71
- 2008
Loch Ness
Dr. Dempsey, a discredited, financially strapped and harassed research scientist, is bundled off to Loch Ness to disprove Nessie's existence. Although he fails in his task, the Dr. finds something even yet more unlikely during his adventure - the unconditional love of a little girl and her innkeeper mother.

- 1996
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Recently widowed well-to-do Mrs. Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) is at a bit of a loose end in inter-war London. On a whim, she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades impresario Vivian Van Damm (Bob Hoskins) to run it, despite the fact the two don't seem to get along at all. Although their idea of a non-stop revue is at first a success, other theatres copy it and disaster looms. Laura suggests they put nudes in the show, but Van Damm points out that the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer (Christopher Guest), who licenses live shows in Britain, is likely to have something to say about this. Luckily, Mrs. Henderson is friends with him.

- Metascore71
- 2005
The Company Men
When the GTX Corporation must cut jobs to improve the company's balance sheet during the 2010 recession, thousands of employees will take the hit, like Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck). Bobby learns the real life consequences of not having a job. Not only does he see a change to his family lifestyle, and the loss of his home, but also his feelings of self-worth.

- Metascore69
- 2010
The Sweetest Thing
Christina Walters and Courtney Rockcliffe take their roommate her out on the town to try to ease her relationship-induced depression. During their attempts to find her "Mr. Right Now", Christina meets Peter Donahue. Missing her opportunity with him that night, Christina is talked into pursuing him to his brother's wedding.

- Metascore32
- 2002
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting rise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve them. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically.

- Metascore65
- 2001