Against the Current (
2009) | IMDb:
6.1
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.
Starring:
Joseph Fiennes
,
Samantha Sherman
,
Justin Kirk
,
Elizabeth Reaser
,
Michelle Trachtenberg
,
Amy Hargreaves
Directed by:
Peter Callahan
Flirting with Disaster (
1996) | IMDb:
6.7
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.
Ordinary People (
1980) | IMDb:
7.7
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
Starring:
Donald Sutherland
,
Mary Tyler Moore
,
Timothy Hutton
,
Judd Hirsch
,
M. Emmet Walsh
,
Elizabeth McGovern