Music (
2021) | IMDb:
3.2
Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum whose whole world order has been beautifully crafted by her late grandmother. The film soon challenges whether it is Zu or Music who has a better view of the world, and that love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.
Starring:
Kate Hudson
,
Leslie Odom Jr.
,
Maddie Ziegler
,
Mary Kay Place
,
Beto Calvillo
,
Juliette Lewis
Downsizing (
2017) | IMDb:
5.8
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
The Hollars (
2016) | IMDb:
6.6
Aspiring New York City artist John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.
Starring:
John Krasinski
,
Margo Martindale
,
Richard Jenkins
,
Sharlto Copley
,
Anna Kendrick
,
Charlie Day
Directed by:
John Krasinski
The Intern (
2015) | IMDb:
7.1
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Anne Hathaway
,
Rene Russo
,
Anders Holm
,
JoJo Kushner
,
Andrew Rannells
Miss Meadows (
2014) | IMDb:
5.8
Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgivable.
Starring:
Katie Holmes
,
James Badge Dale
,
Callan Mulvey
,
Mary Kay Place
,
Saidah Arrika Ekulona
,
James Landry Hébert
Directed by:
Karen Leigh Hopkins
Shrek Forever After (
2010) | IMDb:
6.3
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.
It's Complicated (
2009) | IMDb:
6.5
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life—just when she thought she had it all figured out.
Directed by:
Nancy Meyers
Youth in Revolt (
2009) | IMDb:
6.4
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.
Starring:
Michael Cera
,
Portia Doubleday
,
Jean Smart
,
M. Emmet Walsh
,
Steve Buscemi
,
Adhir Kalyan
Directed by:
Miguel Arteta
Julie & Julia (
2009) | IMDb:
7
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
City of Ember (
2008) | IMDb:
6.4
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
Starring:
Saoirse Ronan
,
Harry Treadaway
,
Bill Murray
,
David Ryall
,
Tim Robbins
,
Mackenzie Crook
Sweet Home Alabama (
2002) | IMDb:
6.2
New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
Starring:
Reese Witherspoon
,
Josh Lucas
,
Patrick Dempsey
,
Candice Bergen
,
Mary Kay Place
,
Fred Ward
My First Mister (
2001) | IMDb:
7.2
Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.
Starring:
Albert Brooks
,
Leelee Sobieski
,
John Goodman
,
Carol Kane
,
Desmond Harrington
,
Michael McKean
Directed by:
Christine Lahti
Human Nature (
2001) | IMDb:
6.4
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.
Starring:
Tim Robbins
,
Patricia Arquette
,
Rhys Ifans
,
Miranda Otto
,
Robert Forster
,
Mary Kay Place
Directed by:
Michel Gondry
Committed (
2000) | IMDb:
5.1
After her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him down. Although Joline tries to remain upbeat, she is discouraged when she discovers that Carl already has a new girlfriend, the lovely Carmen. Familiarizing herself with Carl's new home and friends, Joline gets company in the form of her brother, Jay. Will Joline win Carl back, or are there other romantic possibilities on her horizon?
Starring:
Heather Graham
,
Casey Affleck
,
Luke Wilson
,
Goran Visnjic
,
Patricia Velásquez
,
Alfonso Arau
Girl, Interrupted (
1999) | IMDb:
7.3
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.
Starring:
Winona Ryder
,
Angelina Jolie
,
Brittany Murphy
,
Clea DuVall
,
Elisabeth Moss
,
Whoopi Goldberg