
The Sandpiper
A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.
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2005★ 6.1
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Loving Annabelle
2007★ 6.6
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2009★ 6.3
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2011★ 7.2
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1985★ 7.1
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Marty
1955★ 7.5
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2001★ 6.9
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2017★ 6.1
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Elena Undone
2010★ 6.9
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The Yellow Handkerchief
2009★ 6.3
A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.

Mansfield Park
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Love Everlasting
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Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

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2003★ 6.6
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