Bee Season (
2005) | IMDb:
5.5
Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.
Starring:
Richard Gere
,
Juliette Binoche
,
Flora Cross
,
Max Minghella
,
Kate Bosworth
,
Corey Fischer
Home for the Holidays (
1995) | IMDb:
6.5
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.
Starring:
Holly Hunter
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Anne Bancroft
,
Charles Durning
,
Dylan McDermott
,
Geraldine Chaplin
Little Man Tate (
1991) | IMDb:
6.6
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his extremely powerful intellect is harboured in the body and emotions of a child.
Starring:
Jodie Foster
,
Dianne Wiest
,
Adam Hann-Byrd
,
Harry Connick Jr.
,
David Hyde Pierce
,
Debi Mazar
Eight Men Out (
1988) | IMDb:
7.2
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
Starring:
John Cusack
,
Clifton James
,
Michael Lerner
,
Christopher Lloyd
,
John Mahoney
,
Charlie Sheen
Matewan (
1987) | IMDb:
7.9
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Starring:
Chris Cooper
,
James Earl Jones
,
Mary McDonnell
,
Will Oldham
,
David Strathairn
,
Ken Jenkins