Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (
2023) | IMDb:
7.4
When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
Starring:
Rachel McAdams
,
Abby Ryder Fortson
,
Kathy Bates
,
Elle Graham
,
Benny Safdie
,
Amari Alexis Price
How Do You Know (
2010) | IMDb:
5.4
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
The Simpsons Movie (
2007) | IMDb:
7.3
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
Starring:
Dan Castellaneta
,
Julie Kavner
,
Nancy Cartwright
,
Yeardley Smith
,
Hank Azaria
,
Harry Shearer
Spanglish (
2004) | IMDb:
6.4
Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.
Riding in Cars with Boys (
2001) | IMDb:
6.5
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
Starring:
Drew Barrymore
,
Steve Zahn
,
Adam Garcia
,
Brittany Murphy
,
James Woods
,
Lorraine Bracco
As Good as It Gets (
1997) | IMDb:
7.7
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
Starring:
Jack Nicholson
,
Helen Hunt
,
Greg Kinnear
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Shirley Knight
,
Jesse James
Jerry Maguire (
1996) | IMDb:
7.3
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
Starring:
Tom Cruise
,
Renée Zellweger
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Kelly Preston
,
Jerry O'Connell
,
Jay Mohr
I'll Do Anything (
1994) | IMDb:
5.5
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting her own way. Matt eventually faces the choice of family vs career in a particularly difficult way.
Starring:
Nick Nolte
,
Whittni Wright
,
Albert Brooks
,
Julie Kavner
,
Joely Richardson
,
Tracey Ullman
The War of the Roses (
1989) | IMDb:
6.8
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Kathleen Turner
,
Danny DeVito
,
Marianne Sägebrecht
,
Sean Astin
,
Heather Fairfield