Tag: family

  • Badland

    Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he has been transformed by horrors that cannot be forgiven. He…

  • The Perfect Holiday

    Nancy Taylor, a divorced mother of three, feels especially lonely during the holidays. All she wants for Christmas is to meet a nice man – even just a nice compliment would make her day. Sensing her sadness, Nancy’s little girl, Emily, has a plan to make her mom happy again. She shares her Mommy’s wish…

  • Reservation Road

    Two fathers’ lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other’s son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.

  • When Did You Last See Your Father?

    The story of a son’s conflicting memories of his dying father.

  • The Astronaut Farmer

    Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he’s an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn – one he’s built and wants to take into space. It’s his dream. The FBI puts…

  • The Savages

    A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

  • Ta Ra Rum Pum

    A poor New York resident, who is of Indian origin, dreams of becoming a fast car race driver. He endeavors, and his efforts are rewarded when he selected by a little-known group called ‘RACING SADDLES’. He joins them and soon becomes their ace race driver. This man, whose name is Rajveer, then meets with a…

  • Becoming Jane

    A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

  • Reign Over Me

    A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.

  • The Number 23

    Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the ‘fastest gun in the West’. An eager recruit into James’ notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

  • 3:10 to Yuma

    In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the “3:10 to Yuma”, a train that will take the…

  • Meet the Robinsons

    Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.

  • In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

    A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son – two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.

  • American Gangster

    Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

  • Summer Hours

    After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

  • Mulligans

    When Tyler Davidson brings his college buddy Chase home for the summer holidays a secret is revealed that threatens to tear his perfect family apart.

  • Flirting with Forty

    A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.

  • The Banishment

    While vacationing in the countryside at his childhood home, a woman suddenly reveals to her husband that she is expecting a child – but not his.

  • Wendy and Lucy

    A near-penniless drifter’s journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.

  • Abhiyum Naanum

    The father of a grown daughter meets the father of a toddler at a playground and recounts the story of his own relationship with his daughter through the years, including his difficulties with accepting her marriage.