Broken Flowers (
2005) | IMDb:
7.1
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.
School of Rock (
2003) | IMDb:
7.2
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Starring:
Jack Black
,
Joan Cusack
,
Mike White
,
Sarah Silverman
,
Miranda Cosgrove
,
Joey Gaydos Jr.
Igby Goes Down (
2002) | IMDb:
6.9
Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.
Starring:
Kieran Culkin
,
Claire Danes
,
Jeff Goldblum
,
Jared Harris
,
Amanda Peet
,
Ryan Phillippe
The Yards (
2000) | IMDb:
6.4
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg
,
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Charlize Theron
,
James Caan
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
Faye Dunaway
The Last Days of Disco (
1998) | IMDb:
6.7
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
Starring:
Chloë Sevigny
,
Kate Beckinsale
,
Chris Eigeman
,
Mackenzie Astin
,
Matt Keeslar
,
Robert Sean Leonard
The Pallbearer (
1996) | IMDb:
5
Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give the eulogy at Bill's funeral, it sets him on a collision course with Ruth -- who is revealed to be Bill's oversexed mother -- and Julie DeMarco, the longtime crush Tom hasn't seen since they were teens.
Starring:
David Schwimmer
,
Gwyneth Paltrow
,
Michael Rapaport
,
Toni Collette
,
Carol Kane
,
Michael Vartan
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.