Tag: family relationships

  • Hachi: A Dog’s Tale

    A drama based on the true story of a college professor’s bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

  • Legendary

    A book-smart teenager joins his school’s wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.

  • Bloodworth

    E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home – a forgotten corner of Tennessee – after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded, his three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanizing alcoholic, Boyd is driven by jealousy to hunt down his wife and her lover, and Brady puts hexes on his enemies from his mamma’s porch. Only Fleming, the old man’s grandson, treats him with the respect his age commands, and sees past all the hatred to realize the way it can poison a man’s soul. It is ultimately the love of Raven Lee, a sloe-eyed beauty from another town, that gives Fleming the courage to reject this family curse.

  • Death at a Funeral

    Aaron’s father’s funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron’s successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.

  • Student Services

    Nineteen-year-old Laura is stressed by her first year at college when money worries distract her from her studies and so, desperate for cash, she answers an online advertisement for intimate companionship that leads her down a dangerous path.

  • Soft-Boiled Familia Recipe for Hungry Peko Brother

    A comedy-drama with a culinary twist, centered around the everyday experiences of Akari Fudeya, a food-loving writer, and her delightful interactions with her niece and nephew.

    (Source: MyDramaList)

    ~~ Adapted from the manga series “Hanjuku Famiria Hara Peko Kyoudai no Jukusei Reshipi” (半熟ファミリア 腹ペコ兄妹の熟成レシピ) by Hatori Marie (羽鳥まりえ).

  • Little Miss Sunshine

    A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

  • Secret Garden

    A wealthy young man and a poor stunt woman fall for each other, but when their souls swap they soon learn how different their two worlds are.

  • Albatross

    Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth’s father that threatens to have devastating consequences.

  • The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

    A dark domestic drama about the familial ties that bind and the ties that really bind.