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The Straight Story (1999) David Lynch, Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz
Alvin Straight is a very old man with a quiet life in a small country town. Read More »
Middle of Nowhere (2012) Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Lorraine Toussaint
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Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) Lewis Gilbert, Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh
Clever fortune-hunter Edward Bare (Sir Dirk Bogarde), with a penchant for murder Read More »
Hindle Wakes (1952) Arthur Crabtree, Leslie Dwyer, Lisa Daniely, Brian Worth
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Why Me? (1984) Fielder Cook, Glynnis O’Connor, Armand Assante, Craig Wasson
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Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009) Isabel Coixet, Rinko Kikuchi, Sergi López, Min Tanaka
A dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer. Read More »
The Woman in the Hall (1947) Jack Lee
A poor widow with two daughters augments her income by using her children to extort money. Read More »
A Child Is Born (1939) Lloyd Bacon, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George
A maternity ward, staffed by sympathetic nurses, serves mothers-to-be from all walks of life. Read More »
Scarred (1983) Rosemarie Turko, Jennifer Mayo, Jackie Berryman, David Dean
Ruby Star is a runaway teenage mom facing many problems: a baby, no family and no job. Read More »