Ezra (
2024) | IMDb:
7.4
Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son's future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their lives.
Starring:
Bobby Cannavale
,
Robert De Niro
,
Rose Byrne
,
William Fitzgerald
,
Vera Farmiga
,
Rainn Wilson
American Fiction (
2023) | IMDb:
7.8
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Starring:
Jeffrey Wright
,
Tracee Ellis Ross
,
Erika Alexander
,
Leslie Uggams
,
Sterling K. Brown
,
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Ben Is Back (
2018) | IMDb:
6.7
19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
Starring:
Julia Roberts
,
Lucas Hedges
,
Courtney B. Vance
,
Kathryn Newton
,
Rachel Bay Jones
,
David Zaldivar
The Big Sick (
2017) | IMDb:
7.5
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (
2007) | IMDb:
7.3
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Starring:
Philip Seymour Hoffman
,
Ethan Hawke
,
Albert Finney
,
Marisa Tomei
,
Aleksa Palladino
,
Michael Shannon
Unfaithful (
2002) | IMDb:
6.7
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.
Starring:
Richard Gere
,
Diane Lane
,
Olivier Martinez
,
Erik Per Sullivan
,
Zeljko Ivanek
,
Dominic Chianese
Changing Lanes (
2002) | IMDb:
6.5
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
Starring:
Ben Affleck
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
Toni Collette
,
Sydney Pollack
,
William Hurt
,
Amanda Peet
Music of the Heart (
1999) | IMDb:
6.8
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
Cloris Leachman
,
Henry Dinhofer
,
Michael Angarano
,
Robert Ari
,
Aidan Quinn
Everyone Says I Love You (
1996) | IMDb:
6.7
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.