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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), Come Back, Little Sheba (1952), The Member of the Wedding (1952), Raggedy Man (1981), Set Me Free (1999), I Killed My Mother (2009), A Hole in the Head (1959) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood (Robert Preston) loses his job as a travelling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora (Dorothy McGuire) is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie (Shirley Knight) is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish b...Read all
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Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
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The Member of the Wedding (1952)
A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.
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Raggedy Man (1981)
A divorcee (Sissy Spacek) with two sons has an affair with a young sailor (Eric Roberts) passing through her Texas town in 1944.
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Set Me Free (1999)
In the year 1963, an awkward thirteen-year-old girl comes of age during her escapism into the world of cinema, with potentially dangerous results.
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I Killed My Mother (2009)
A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
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A Hole in the Head (1959)
Based on Arnold Schulman's Broadway play of the same name, this comedy finds widower Tony Manetta (Frank Sinatra) struggling to own and operate a Miami hotel. Irresponsible in both business and romance, Tony is dedicated to his young son, Ally (Eddie Hodges), though he butts heads with his own brother, Mario (Edward G. Robinson). When Mario agrees to help Tony out financially, the catch is that the bachelor has to settle down and find a mother for his son.
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1973)
From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to surv...Read all
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15 Park Avenue (2005)
An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a successful professor with a powerful personality. She is the anchoring rock for her family and carer for her sister Meethi whose progression into schizophrenia has been speed ed up by t...Read all
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Big Girls Don't Cry (2002)
Kati and Steffi have been best friends forever. Their love lives are heating up, so they're hitting the books less and going out to nightclubs more. When Steffi sees her father with another woman, her life begins to spiral out of control.
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Lymelife (2008)
A family unit begins to bow under the pressure of a failing marriage.
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Ladies in Black (2018)
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
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Fill the Void (2012)
When the older sister of Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother-in-law, which also generates tensions within her extended family.
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Youth (2013)
Yaki and Shaul live with their parents in Israel, and during Yaki's military service he is allowed to carry a gun. Both brothers believe the weapon will give them the power to change their lives and the lives of their family members.
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Picture Bride (1994)
Riyo marries a man more than twice her age. She is devastated and labors in the sugar cane field. At the end she is able to love her husband.
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Mickey and the Bear (2019)
Faced with the responsibility to take care of her addict, veteran father, headstrong teen Mickey Peck keeps her household afloat.
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Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
Two working class brothers court three wealthy and beautiful sisters in a small Illinois town.
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Girl Flu (2016)
Bird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
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