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62) Unlikely Angel
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Dolly Parton plays Ruby Diamond, a brassy and sassy lounge singer. When she meets an untimely demise, Ruby's denied entrance to heaven by Saint Peter (Roddy McDowall). To earn her wings, she must find a mother for a widowed father and his family, in this endearing movie of hope and love.
63) Still
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Tom (Game of Thrones' Aidan Gillen) gets into a feud with a teenage gang after a seemingly harmless encounter with a neighborhood kid. As his personal life also starts to unravel, the feud escalates to a shattering climax.
64) Lymelife
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Based on the true childhood experiences of director Derick Martini, Lymelife is the coming of age story of 15-year old Scott growing up in suburban Long Island. While caught up in his first love, Scott watches the relationships of his parents and their neighbors slowly crumble as they try to keep up with the changing times and expectations of the 1970s. Critically acclaimed, Lymelife features a magnificent ensemble cast, with incredible performances...
65) Gold
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An offbeat comedy about an estranged father who returns to his hometown after an absence of ten years in order to reconnect with his daughter and ex-wife but unwittingly finds himself responsible for almost destroying all their lives.
66) Corrina, Corrina
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A heartwarming story about a family devastated by grief and the woman who helps heal the loss. Manny Singer hires African American Corrina Washington to work as maid and nanny.
67) Stitch
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Parents grieving the loss of their young daughter head to the deep desert for a healing ritual, where they unexpectedly release sinister forces.
68) Static
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As a young novelist and his wife are coping with the loss of their child, their lives are turned upside down when a panicked girl appears at their home in the middle of the night with stories of masked intruders stalking her.
69) Unstrung Heroes
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Based on the memoirs of Franz Lidz, Unstrung Heroes is the story of Stephen, a young boy in New York during the 1960s who, in an effort to cope with an emotionally distant father and his mother's illness, goes to live with his three wildly eccentric uncles. By moving into the funny, magical and sometimes painful world of his uncles, Stephen grows up and gains self-confidence. Finally, comforted by his uncles' idiosyncratic love, Stephen is able to...
70) The Silent Army
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Young Abu disappears suddenly together with at least ten other children, after a nightly and violent raid of his village by the rebel army. His best friend Thomas cannot be consoled. He wants Abu back, and Eduard, his father, decides to try to find Abu. Eduard persists in his plight towards finding and saving his son's friend, and discovers the tyrant of children is someone from his past.
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Viewed by his neighbors as a recluse with a mysterious past, cabinet maker Michael McCann has withdrawn from society to lead a solitary, unencumbered life. One fateful winter's night, the beguiling baby daughter of a young mother who has succumbed in the cold and snow wanders into Michael's secluded cabin. As a result, his life changes forever. The strong attachment that immediately develops between Michael and little Mathilda leads the once-morose...
72) Sounder
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This is the story of the coon dog, Sounder, and his devotion to his master. It is also a story of humans: the father, a black sharecropper, who must feed his children, the timid mother fighting for survival, and the son who grows to maturity through his father's prison term and the devotion of Sounder.
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In April 1975, as Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, former Marine officer John Bissell was glued to his television, racked with anguish and horror as his country abandoned a cause for which so many of his friends had died. This book is his son Tom's reckoning with the Vietnam War and its impact on his father, his country, and Vietnam itself. Bissell also explores the many debates about the war, and shows how the war has continued to influence...
74) Canvas
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When Mary's mental illness puts herself and her family in jeopardy, her husband and son helplessly watch as she is torn from the family by the police. Forced to raise a boy on his own and cope with his wife's schizophrenia, father and son learn what it is to truly be a family. Inspired by a true story, this critically acclaimed and award winning film is as full of hope and humor as it is heartbreaking performances.
76) Nanny Cam
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While celebrating their anniversary, Linda and Mark get called home early when their five-year-old daughter Chloe gets injured while under the care of an elderly nanny. It becomes clear that a new nanny is needed, and that's when Heather enters their life. Young, gorgeous, great with kids and with a glowing recommendation, Heather seems like a godsend. But not ready to trust a new sitter, Linda sets up nanny cams. Her curiosity turns into obsession...
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In this film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia trying to support his family and maintain his Jewish tradition under a Czar that would like to run his people out of town. Tremendous songs and memorable dance sequences make this film a true classic.
78) Death Grip
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Johnny Yong Bosch (Bleach, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Broken Path) and Eric Jacobus (Mortal Kombat Legacy, ABCs of Death 2) star in this year's hardest-hitting martial arts action thriller! In an effort to set his life straight, Kenny Zemacus checks his autistic brother Mark out of the care home where he's spent the past fifteen years since their mother's death. When Kenny reluctantly brings Mark on a last minute museum catering gig, Mark unwittingly...
79) The Dinner
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Menno Meyjes (The Color Purple) brings us a film based upon the New York Times, Best Selling Novel by Herman Koch. Serge knows something, otherwise he would not have made reservations in this fancy restaurant. Babette knows something too, otherwise she wouldn't be crying. Hopefully they won't tell Claire, because she doesn't know anything. And Paul...Paul knows everything. They all avoid the subject they actually should be talking about, their children....
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Stay-at-home mom Annie is reluctant to return to work, until she finds Amber, the perfect nanny for her 3-year-old daughter Jenny. But as Annie's young daughter grows closer and closer to Amber, Annie begins to feel like she's being pushed out of her own life. When Jenny suddenly vanishes one day, Annie's search for her missing daughter leads her to the terrifying truth about the dark past of the woman she trusted with her child.