Raising Helen

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Raising Helen (2004)

Drama, Comedy, Romance

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2014 ★ 6.7

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2014 ★ 6.7

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2004 ★ 6.2

Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.

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2008 ★ 5.9

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Whatever Works

Whatever Works

2009 ★ 7.1

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200 Cigarettes

200 Cigarettes

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Ordinary Love

Ordinary Love

2019 ★ 6.8

An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

2000 ★ 6.1

Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.

Almost Love

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Author! Author!

Author! Author!

1982 ★ 5.9

A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.

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2021 ★ 7.3

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Birth

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2004 ★ 6.0

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Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common

1986 ★ 5.9

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Before We Go

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2014 ★ 6.7

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The Lords of Flatbush

The Lords of Flatbush

1974 ★ 5.8

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2017 ★ 6.2

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