Last Holiday (
2006) | IMDb:
6.5
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Matthews.
Starring:
Queen Latifah
,
LL Cool J
,
Timothy Hutton
,
Alicia Witt
,
Giancarlo Esposito
,
Michael Nouri
Because of Winn-Dixie (
2005) | IMDb:
6.3
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.
Starring:
Jeff Daniels
,
AnnaSophia Robb
,
Cicely Tyson
,
Eva Marie Saint
,
Dave Matthews
,
Courtney Jines
Maid in Manhattan (
2002) | IMDb:
5.3
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?
Starring:
Jennifer Lopez
,
Ralph Fiennes
,
Natasha Richardson
,
Stanley Tucci
,
Tyler Posey
,
Marissa Matrone
Anywhere but Here (
1999) | IMDb:
6.2
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.
Blue in the Face (
1995) | IMDb:
6.6
A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant, the neighborhood proves they'll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
Lou Reed
,
Michael J. Fox
,
Roseanne Barr
,
Lily Tomlin
,
Giancarlo Esposito
Smoke (
1995) | IMDb:
7.4
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
William Hurt
,
Stockard Channing
,
Harold Perrineau
,
Forest Whitaker
,
Giancarlo Esposito
The Joy Luck Club (
1993) | IMDb:
7.7
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.