The Holdovers (
2023) | IMDb:
0
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Starring:
Paul Giamatti
,
Dominic Sessa
,
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
,
Carrie Preston
,
Brady Hepner
,
Gillian Vigman
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.
Nebraska (
2013) | IMDb:
7.7
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
The Descendants (
2011) | IMDb:
7.3
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Starring:
George Clooney
,
Shailene Woodley
,
Beau Bridges
,
Robert Forster
,
Judy Greer
,
Patti Hastie
Paris Je T'aime (
2006) | IMDb:
7.2
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Starring:
Steve Buscemi
,
Natalie Portman
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
,
Axel Kiener
,
Julie Bataille
Sideways (
2004) | IMDb:
7.5
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Starring:
Paul Giamatti
,
Thomas Haden Church
,
Virginia Madsen
,
Sandra Oh
,
Marylouise Burke
,
Jessica Hecht
About Schmidt (
2002) | IMDb:
7.2
A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
Starring:
Jack Nicholson
,
Kathy Bates
,
Hope Davis
,
Dermot Mulroney
,
June Squibb
,
Howard Hesseman
Election (
1999) | IMDb:
7.3
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.
Starring:
Matthew Broderick
,
Reese Witherspoon
,
Chris Klein
,
Jessica Campbell
,
Mark Harelik
,
Phil Reeves
Citizen Ruth (
1996) | IMDb:
7
"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
Starring:
Laura Dern
,
Swoosie Kurtz
,
Kurtwood Smith
,
Mary Kay Place
,
Kelly Preston
,
M.C. Gainey