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The Secret Life of Bees (2008), The Third Wife (2018), The Learning Tree (1969), The Patience Stone (2012), The Other Story (2018), The Best Intentions (1992), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

7.3/10 Drama

In 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.

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The Third Wife (2018)

The Third Wife (2018)

8.8/10 Drama

In 19th-century rural Vietnam, a young woman becomes the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Soon, she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child.

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The Learning Tree (1969)

The Learning Tree (1969)

7.1/10 Drama, Action

The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.

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The Patience Stone (2012)

The Patience Stone (2012)

6.9/10 Drama

In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.

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The Other Story (2018)

The Other Story (2018)

6.6/10 Drama

Two rebellious young women - one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences.

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The Best Intentions (1992)

The Best Intentions (1992)

7.8/10 Romance, Biography, Drama

In 1909, poor theology student Henrik falls in love with Anna, the intelligent daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After marrying Henrik becomes a priest in northern Sweden. Urbane Anna hates living in the county, growing restless.

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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

7.7/10 Drama

A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

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Sounder (1972)

Sounder (1972)

7.6/10 Drama

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

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American Black Beauty (2005)

American Black Beauty (2005)

4.1/10 Comedy, Drama

Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away from each other.

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Happiness and Tears (2001)

Happiness and Tears (2001)

10.0/10 Comedy, Drama

Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), the adoptive son of business magnate Yash Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan), feels eternal gratitude to his father for rescuing him from a life of poverty. Yet, when Yash forbids his love of poor Anjali (Kajol), Rahul marries her and moves to London with new wife and sister-in-law, Pooja (Kareena Kapoor), breaking the heart of his mother (Jaya Bachchan). Ten years later, Rahul's younger brother (Hrithik Roshan) comes to London intent on brokering peace between father and son.

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Our Father (2002)

Our Father (2002)

9.3/10 Drama

A teenager (Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa) and his younger brother (Hamza Moctar Aguid) search for their father after he fails to come home one day.

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Dil Ka Kya Kasoor (1992)

Dil Ka Kya Kasoor (1992)

5.8/10 Musical, Drama, Romance

Shalini Saxena lives a wealthy life-style with her brother Rajesh. She attends college and writes a few poems under the name Seema as part time activity, she meets her fellow collegian an orphan called Arun Kumar who sings for important occasions usually following the words of her poem. Shalini loves Arun wholeheartedly but is unable to express her feelings to him and...Read all

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Middle of Nowhere (2012)

Middle of Nowhere (2012)

8.8/10 Romance, Drama

A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).

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Pieces of Dreams (1970)

Pieces of Dreams (1970)

5.0/10 Drama

Gregory Lind is the junior priest at Our Lady of the Assumption, a Catholic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Life at the parish is not perfect for Greg, as he is beginning to have philosophical differences with the church, most specifically the senior parish priest, Father Paul Schaeffer. In dealing with the incident of one of his young parishioners - a student at t...Read all

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Pure (2017)

Pure (2017)

8.3/10 Drama, Crime

A Mennonite pastor battles drug trafficking issues within his community.

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Parched (2015)

Parched (2015)

7.6/10 Drama

In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.

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Et maintenant on va où? (2011)

Et maintenant on va où? (2011)

7.5/10 Comedy, Drama

A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.

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The Mango Tree (1977)

The Mango Tree (1977)

7.0/10 Drama

Jamie is a young man growing up in the small Australian town of Bundaberg during the early 1940's. Jamie loves his tranquil life, surrounded by the friendly locals, and being brought up by his warm caring grandmother. But when a local preacher goes nutty, all hell breaks loose for the community, and Jamie leaves Bundaberg for the city.

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