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Drama, romance film, war film
In rural Michigan in 1991, Marie Harris delivers the eulogy at the funeral of her father Chuck, a U.S. Army Air Force veteran who had fought in World War II. The church is full of veterans who knew and loved him.
war film
During the Korean War, Major Cleve "Iceman" Saville, a veteran World War II ace, returns to combat, eager to fly the F-86 Sabre jet fighter. His commanding officer, Colonel "Dutch" Imil, assigns him command of a flight. Among his pilots is a new replacement, talented but brash Lieutenant Ed Pell.
Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film
Annabelle Tillman, the worldly and emotionally mature 17-year-old daughter of a senator, is sent to Saint Theresa's, an all-girls Catholic boarding school, after being expelled from two previous schools. Simone Bradley, a poetry teacher at the school, is in charge of her dormitory. Annabelle has roommates Catherine, who tends to bully people, and Colins, a nervous student.
Drama
A Detroit automotive conglomerate has fallen on tough times, particularly as an automobile manufacturer. While the aging Loren Hardeman Sr. remains the titular head of the company, his grandson Loren Hardeman III runs the company as President.
Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy, Social Drama
The story takes place in Manhattan during the height of the AIDS epidemic and revolves around Jeffrey, a gay man who has sworn off sex because of the epidemic. It is not so much that Jeffrey is afraid of dying, but that he is afraid that he will fall in love with someone who is bound to die; thus, his celibacy is about sex and about relationships in general. Almost immediately thereafter, Jeffrey meets Steve, a hunky, charming HIV-positive man.
Christmas film, comedy television program, romance film, romantic comedy
Emily Taylor (Lacey Chabert) is a humble and kindhearted seamstress devoted to her family's business in Philadelphia. She is also in love with her European boyfriend Leo James (Stephen Hagan). As the Christmas season approaches, Leo reveals that he is in fact Prince Leopold, heir to the throne of a small sovereign country called Cordinia, which is loosely based on Monaco (but amalgamates the place names, Corsica and Sardinia).
Drama, flashback film, romance film
The reclusive foreign-born Fedora is one of the great film stars of the century, and known for retaining her youthful beauty over the course of a career spanning decades. At the height of her fame, however, Fedora withdrew to a private island near Corfu and refused to be seen in public, leading to vast speculation on what became of her. All are shocked when it is confirmed Fedora died by suicide by throwing herself in front of a train.
Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime Comedy, mystery film, neo-noir
Ira Wells, an aging Los Angeles private detective, is writing his memoir at his boarding house when his ex-partner Harry Regan appears, mortally wounded, and dies shortly after. At Harry's funeral, Ira is introduced to Margo Sperling by a mutual acquaintance, Charlie Hatter. Margo asks Ira to locate her stolen cat Winston, and Ira learns Harry was murdered while on the case to find Margo's cat.
Biography, Drama, mystery film, romance film
In New York City, 1958, Diane Arbus, a mother and housewife, plays assistant to her photographer husband Allan. One night, during a party, she gazes out the window and catches the eye of Lionel Sweeney, a neighbor who recently moved in upstairs. His face is completely covered except for the eyes and mouth.
Biography, Crime, Drama, romance film
June 1906, New York City. Arriving nearly two hours late for a dinner reservation, multimillionaire Harry Thaw is indignant that his imagined rival, prominent architect Stanford White, has been given his table. The detested White has a higher social status; worse, White blackballed Thaw from membership at an exclusive club.
Drama, romance film
It is 1924. Newlywed Kate Judson Lawrence is distraught to discover on her wedding night that her upper-class Philadelphia Main Line husband, William, never really wanted to marry her, when he says, "It was my mother who wanted this marriage, to give her a grandson. But I can't love you, Kate, I can't love anyone", presumably because of his unconfessed homosexuality.
Drama, romantic comedy
At the reading of their father's will, wealthy sisters Nora and Mary discover that they are bankrupt and are forced to sell their house to their half-brother Gabe Hernandez, who lets them live with him and his wife, Olivia. After Olivia tries to move them into the basement, the girls leave the house and move in with their maternal aunt, Aurelia, in East Los Angeles. Nora quits law school and finds a job as a legal clerk to help support herself and Mary.
romantic comedy
Henry Copper is a traditional, uptight English author of romance stories, that focus on love, but are restrained in terms of passion. His one published novel is not selling, and he is somewhat at a loss as what to do. However, his publisher Jen contacts him to tell him that his book is now in fact selling—in one country, Mexico, and that he needs to go there to push the book on a three-city book signing tour.
romantic comedy
Long Island housewife Lucy Chadman is in the midst of a tarot card reading by her sister, Zelda. Just as Zelda exclaims something is going to happen, Lucy begins to choke to death on a South Korean chicken ball. The film shows the difficulty of Lucy's loved ones, including Zelda, had in coping with her death.
Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film
Zach is an aspiring young artist living in San Pedro, California. He has put off his dreams of going to art school in order to work and help his older sister Jeanne, his disabled father, and his five-year-old nephew Cody, whom he cares for most of the time, as Jeanne spends her time partying. Working as a short-order cook to make ends meet, Zach uses his free time to paint, surf, and hang out with his on/off girlfriend Tori and his best friend Gabe.
fantasy film, LGBTQ-related film, Modern-Day Fantasy, romantic comedy, Romantic drama
Peter Hoskins, a conservative and self-conscious employee of a Chicago publishing house, attends a party. He meets Rita Boyle, a liberal, seemingly free-spirited part-time bartender who wants to be a graphic designer. They begin a relationship and fall in love.
Coming-of-age, Drama, musical film, romance film, romantic comedy
Eve escapes from the psychiatric hospital where she is being treated for anorexia nervosa and makes her way to Glasgow, hoping to become a musician. At a gig, she meets James, a lifeguard and aspiring songwriter. He introduces her to his guitar student, Cassie, and the three become friends.
romantic comedy, Tragicomedy
As the DiNapoli siblings – Antoinette, Dominic, and Frank Jr. – are growing up, whenever young Dom was unhappy, the one thing his mother did to comfort him and make him feel cared for was to feed him something scrumptious. For example, Dom's mom would soothe her older son by giving him a piece of buttered Italian bread when infant brother Frank Junior urinates on the boy during a diaper change.
Destiny, Drama, Marital Tragedy, romance film, Romantic drama, war film
During World War II, U.S. Army lieutenant Ken Wilocek is shot in the back by a sniper, injuring his spinal cord. In the years that follow, he faces a series of ongoing struggles in accepting his condition, in rehabilitation and in reentering society.
Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film, teen film
romantic comedy
Suburban housewife Beverly Boyer is happily married to Gerald, a successful Manhattan obstetrician and devoted family man. One evening, the Boyers are invited to a dinner party at the home of Mrs. Fraleigh, a patient whom Gerald helped finally become pregnant.
Biography, Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, romance film
Ned Kynaston is one of the leading actors of his day, particularly famous for his portrayal of female characters, predominantly Desdemona in Othello. His dresser, Maria, aspires to perform in the legitimate theatre but is forbidden because of a law, at that time in effect, forbidding theatres to employ actresses. Instead, she appears in productions at a local tavern under the pseudonym Margaret Hughes.
Comedy, Drama, romantic comedy
Elgar Enders, who lives off an allowance from his wealthy parents William and Joyce, buys an inner-city tenement in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which is undergoing gentrification, planning to evict the occupants and construct a luxury home for himself. However, once he ventures into the tenement, he grows fond of the low-income black residents. Elgar decides to remain the landlord and help fix the building.
High School Comedy Film, romantic comedy
The unpopular Mandy Gilbert lives with her strict father Tom and has only two friends, Alexa and Cayenne. She is bullied and mocked by the popular girls at her high school, particularly Lisa Cross. Lisa happens to be the girlfriend of Mandy's crush, swim team captain Drew Patterson.