It Runs in the Family

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It Runs in the Family (2003)

Comedy, Drama

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2009 ★ 5.9

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2009 ★ 6.2

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Uptown Girls

Uptown Girls

2003 ★ 6.9

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Julian Po

Julian Po

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Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012 ★ 6.1

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

Sometimes Always Never

Sometimes Always Never

2019 ★ 6.4

Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.

Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

2010 ★ 5.9

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.

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Wicked Little Letters

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When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town's women band together to investigate.

Abe

Abe

2020 ★ 6.8

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The Parts You Lose

2019 ★ 6.7

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

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2008 ★ 6.0

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

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2016 ★ 6.0

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Things Change

Things Change

1988 ★ 6.1

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!

Fatherhood

Fatherhood

2021 ★ 7.5

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

Afterlife of the Party

Afterlife of the Party

2021 ★ 6.7

A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.

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