One True Thing
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
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My Life Without Me
2003★ 6.1
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.
Broken
2012★ 6.9
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
Prisoner's Daughter
2023★ 6.2
Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he’s never known. When his daughter’s abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max’s violent past comes back to haunt them all.
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.
The Truth About Emanuel
2013★ 6.0
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
The Thing with Feathers
2025★ 6.5
Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
Inventing the Abbotts
1997★ 6.3
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
Blackbird
2019★ 6.8
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Tuesday
2024★ 6.7
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
Life as a House
2001★ 7.1
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Time Is Up
2021★ 6.5
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
Embattled
2020★ 6.8
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Mothers' Instinct
2024★ 6.8
Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.
The Glass House
2001★ 6.0
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
My Fault: London
2025★ 7.4
18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, and soon discovers there is an attraction between them neither can avoid. As Noah spends the summer adjusting to her new life, her devastating past will catch up with her while falling in love for the first time.
Sweet Girl
2021★ 6.6
A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
Goodbye June
2025★ 6.6
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Petulia
1968★ 6.0
Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.
Newness
2017★ 6.1
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
The Hummingbird Project
2019★ 6.2
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.