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Publisher
Cheng Cheng Films
Language
Uighur
Formats
Description
Wang Lina’s experimental debut explores the sensitivity shared by narrative filmmaking and documenting reality, unveiling poetry from the minutiae of Uighurs' life in Xinjiang like none other. Tailing an endearing boy named Isa in Shaya, her heavenly home village surrounded by textured sand dunes and millennia-old trees, she tugs viewers' heartstrings with a story about treasures in his carefree childhood and how they gradually fade away, as love,...
2) Room
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
After five-year old Jack and his Mom escape from the enclosed environment that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a miraculous discovery: the outside world.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When a mother finds that her young daughter has withdrawn from reality, she and a well-meaning doctor struggle to come to the aid of the child. But when conventional science appears unable to reach the little girl, Ruth embarks on a journey within herself to unlock the mysteries that hold her daughter captive.
Publisher
New Line/Warner
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive the deadly wrath may be a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide.
7) Mother
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Language
Korean
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Formats
Description
A mother desperately tries to overturn her son's murder conviction, find the killer who set him up, and have him released from prison. Includes featurette and deleted scenes.
8) Tully
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When mother Marlo gives birth to her third baby, she wasn't expecting to hire a nanny to help with the newborn. Her brother contracts the services of young Tully as a nanny on Marlo's behalf, however. At first Marlo thinks of having a nanny as an unnecessary indulgence, but as the two women get to know each other better, they begin to form an unexpected bond, although their relationship is not always such smooth sailing.
9) I smile back
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the facade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful...
10) Flesh and blood
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Helen, Jake and Natalie are thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother announces her love for a new man. Their suspicion of the newcomer triggers events in the siblings' own love lives, which begin to spiral out of control. Can the family pull together, or will old rifts and new conflicts push them apart, even to the point of violence?
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The 'Father Knows Best' of the eighties. Dr. Jason Seaver is a psychiatrist who has moved his practice into his home so that his wife, Maggie, can resume her career. They have three children: girl-crazy Mike, brainiac Carol, and cute little Ben.
12) Wolf children
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hana was a student before she was a mother. Then she met a man, who turned out to be a wolf, and together they built a family. Hana loved her mate fiercely, but fate took him from her, leaving her alone with two unusual kids she didn't know how to raise. This is a mother's journey. Teach your children to chase their dreams - and smile through the tears as they disappear into the world in search of who they will become. Hana wasn't always a mother,...
Publisher
Distributed by Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Persian
Description
Tuba ia a factory worker and the matriarch of a raucous family. Her older daughter is pregnant and married to an abusive husband. The younger daughter is a high school student and is consumed with worry over a neighbor girl who suffers abuse at the hands of her father. Yuba's youngest son is caught up in political radicalism and is in danger of derailing his college aspirations. Her older son, Abbas wants to move to Japan to help support the family....
14) The others
Series
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Grace, a devoutly religious mother, has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast, awaiting her husband's return from the war. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly-arrived family of eccentric servants to...
15) A little help
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Laura, a Long Island dental hygienist, sneaks cigarettes and pounds back beers to cope with her unfaithful husband, overbearing family, and a brother-in-law who's loved her since high school. Her life really spins out of control when her husband suddenly dies and her 12-year-old son tells an outrageous lie at school to impress his new classmates. Laura's going to need a little help to settle into a normal life or a lot more beer!
16) Loverboy
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Emily is a beautiful and brilliant loner obsessed with having the perfect child. Her desperation will drive her to commit shocking and perilous acts, pushing her closer to the edge of sanity.
Series
Film Movement volume 2, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
"Three women: a mother, her daughter, and a prostitute have been living in a hotel in the center of town amid creeping fundamentalism. Goucem, the daughter, has chosen a modern, emancipated life, spending steamy weekends in nightclubs. Fifi, her faithful friend, prostitutes herself under the thumb of a local protector. Papicha, the mother, eats pizzas in front of the television, torn between fear and nostalgia"--Container.
18) Le passé
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Français
Description
Ahmad returns to Paris to finalize his divorce so his wife Marie can marry her new boyfriend, Samir. During his tense stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicted nature of Marie's relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad's efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
English
Description
Once an up-and-coming singer/songwriter, Paul Gold now lies in a coma. He is attentively nursed by his mother Esther, who dotes on her son to the point that her husband and daughter, Julie, feel very left out. Meanwhile, Jim Train is a workaholic lawyer who is closer to his tortes than to his spouse Susan. Their son Jake has taken a morbid fascination with his sister's baby doll. At the same time, Paul's former lover Annette Jennings is trying to...
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Raised at the family bed and breakfast by a single mom, Mia grows up believing her father was lost, M.I.A. in the Gulf War. With her mother's sudden death, Mia has to care for the B&B by herself. A hard-edged businessman from New York arrives at the B&B and Mia suspects he may be her lost father. Bonus features include: a making-of featurette, behind the scenes, and trailers.
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