Life Itself

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Life Itself (2018)

Drama, Romance

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Wander Darkly

Wander Darkly

2020 ★ 6.0

New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.

Suburbia

Suburbia

1984 ★ 6.7

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.

Only You

Only You

2019 ★ 6.6

A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.

Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine

2010 ★ 7.0

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

1991 ★ 6.6

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.

Jason's Lyric

Jason's Lyric

1994 ★ 6.8

The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.

Good Boy

Good Boy

2026 ★ 7.3

Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.

Double Daddy

Double Daddy

2015 ★ 6.9

A teen's life turns upside down when her boyfriend impregnates both her and a new student at school.

Untamed Heart

Untamed Heart

1993 ★ 6.9

Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and she begins a relationship with him -- but not all their fellow Minnesotans are happy for them. Meanwhile, the couple face their own difficulties when Caroline finds about Adam's past, including his unique health condition.

All Good Things

All Good Things

2010 ★ 6.1

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.

Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

2013 ★ 6.6

After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.

Twin Falls Idaho

Twin Falls Idaho

1999 ★ 6.9

Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Francis is very sickly. Into their world comes a young lady, who turns their world upside down. She gets involved with Blake, and convinces the two to attend a Halloween party, where they can pass themselves off as wearing a costume. Eventually Francis becomes really ill, and they have to be separated. They then face the physical and mental strains that come from their proposed separation.

Not Without Hope

Not Without Hope

2025 ★ 6.2

A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.

A Mouthful of Air

A Mouthful of Air

2021 ★ 6.5

Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.

Snow Angels

Snow Angels

2007 ★ 6.5

Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter go missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.

All of You

All of You

2025 ★ 6.3

Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they—risk everything to explore a love that has existed all along?

Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

1986 ★ 6.2

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

Cowboys

Cowboys

2020 ★ 6.2

Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.

See You on Venus

See You on Venus

2023 ★ 7.0

Mia and Kyle, two misfit American teens, travel to Spain in search of Mia's birth mother. As the pair road trip through the picturesque cities of Andalusia and fall in love, they discover that the most important question isn't who gave you life, but what you decide to do with it.

On the Edge

On the Edge

2001 ★ 6.6

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.

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