Far from Heaven

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Far from Heaven (2002)

Drama, Romance

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Not Easily Broken

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2009 ★ 6.3

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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The Secret: Dare to Dream

2020 ★ 7.3

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To the Wonder

To the Wonder

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Jane Eyre

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1996 ★ 6.9

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Blind

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2017 ★ 6.2

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The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

2014 ★ 7.8

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The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

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The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Loving

Loving

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In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.

Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread

2017 ★ 7.3

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

The Crowd

The Crowd

1928 ★ 7.6

John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.

Tim

Tim

1979 ★ 6.3

Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they are friends. But soon they become lovers, as Mary, drawn to Tim's innocence and magnetism, begins to teach him all about life - and love.

Flipped

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2010 ★ 8.0

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

Carol

Carol

2015 ★ 7.5

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Akron

Akron

2015 ★ 7.2

Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.

All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows

1955 ★ 7.3

Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.

One & Two

One & Two

2015 ★ 5.8

In an isolated farmhouse, located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a mysterious wooden wall, Zac and Eva, two siblings gifted with extraordinary abilities, endure every day the wrath of their strict father while witnessing how a cruel sickness lurks their beloved mother.

Blue Sky

Blue Sky

1994 ★ 6.1

Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in 1950s America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns...and his reports. The other problem is his wife, Carly. She is voluptuous and volatile, wreaking havoc in his personal life and stirring up intrigue at each new Army base.

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