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Volver(2006)

R
| 2h 1min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 737 votes)

Raimunda lives and works in Madrid with her husband Paco and their daughter Paula. Raimunda's sister Sole lives nearby. The two sisters miss their mother Irene who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. When a former neighbor from their hometown reports that she has seen the ghost of Irene, the daughters do not believe her. After a murder and a family tragedy, however, Irene's spirit materializes around her daughters to comfort them.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar - With Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave, Yohana Cobo, ...
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Dangal(2016)

PG
| 2h 41min | Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy, Action
4.0/5 (with 439 votes)

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari - With Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar, ...

Dolores Claiborne(1995)

R
| 2h 12min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 318 votes)

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

Directed by Taylor Hackford - With Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Eric Bogosian, Christopher Plummer, ...
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Ken Park(2002)

R
| 1h 37min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 220 votes)

Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim.

Directed by Larry Clark, Edward Lachman - With Maeve Quinlan, Wade Williams, Amanda Plummer, Harrison Young, Tiffany Limos, James Ransone, ...

Amityville II: The Possession(1982)

R
| 1h 44min | Horror
2.8/5 (with 158 votes)

Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on their children, physically lashing out at both them and Dolores, she recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.

Directed by Damiano Damiani - With James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Diane Franklin, Andrew Prine, Moses Gunn, ...
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Let Him Go(2020)

R
| 1h 54min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Western
3.4/5 (with 257 votes)

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

Directed by Thomas Bezucha - With Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Jeffrey Donovan, Booboo Stewart, Lesley Manville, Will Brittain, ...
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A Girl at My Door(2014)

1h 59min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 62 votes)

Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.

Directed by July Jung - With Bae Doona, Kim Sae-ron, Song Sae-byeok, Jang Hui-jin

Taste the Blood of Dracula(1970)

R
| 1h 35min | Horror
3.1/5 (with 67 votes)

Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.

Directed by Peter Sasdy - With Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Martin Jarvis, Linda Hayden, Anthony Higgins, ...
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Padre Padrone(1977)

1h 54min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 45 votes)

The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father.

Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani - With Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli, Stanko Molnar, Nanni Moretti, Gavino Ledda, ...

The Return(2003)

1h 50min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 203 votes)

A story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of manhood of almost mythic proportions.

Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev - With Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Vladimir Garin, Natalia Vdovina
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Lizzie(2018)

R
| 1h 46min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 107 votes)

Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.

Directed by Craig Macneill - With Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jay Huguley, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, ...
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Falling(2020)

1h 52min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 79 votes)

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.

Directed by Viggo Mortensen - With Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Terry Chen
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Custody(2018)

1h 33min | Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 275 votes)

In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody of her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers abused. Taken as a hostage between his parents, Julien Besson will do everything to prevent the worst from happening.

Directed by Xavier Legrand - With Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker, Jean-Marie Winling, Jean-Claude Leguay, Julien Lucas, Saadia Bentaïeb, ...
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Somebody Up There Likes Me(1956)

NR
| 1h 53min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 67 votes)

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

Directed by Robert Wise - With Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo, Harold J. Stone, ...
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Bliss(1997)

R
| 1h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 21 votes)

A newly married happy couple visits a sex therapist to determine why the wife can't achieve an orgasm with her husband. This causes a horrific suppressed memory to emerge and she becomes more and more distant.

Directed by Lance Young - With Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp, Casey Siemaszko, Spalding Gray, Leigh Taylor-Young, ...
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Darkness(2019)

1h 38min | Drama, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 9 votes)

Three sisters, Stella, Luce and Aria, live in an isolated house, immersed in the shadows, submitted by a violent and authoritarian father, a religious fanatic obsessed with the end of the world, who keeps them prisoners behind locks and closed windows, under the pretext that the Apocalypse has finally arrived.

Directed by Emanuela Rossi - With Denise Tantucci, Valerio Binasco

One & Two(2015)

NR
| 1h 31min | Thriller, Drama, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 46 votes)

In an isolated farmhouse, located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a mysterious wooden wall, Zac and Eva, two siblings gifted with extraordinary abilities, endure every day the wrath of their strict father while witnessing how a cruel sickness lurks their beloved mother.

Directed by Andrew Droz Palermo

Affliction(1998)

R
| 1h 54min | Drama, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 109 votes)

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.

Directed by Paul Schrader - With Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Holmes Osborne, Christopher Heyerdahl, ...
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Neds(2010)

2h 4min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 57 votes)

NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, altar boy to glue sniffer. When he attempts to change back again, his new reality and recent past make conformity near impossible and violent self determination near inevitable.

Directed by Peter Mullan - With Peter Mullan, Marcus Nash, Marianna Palka, Gary Lewis

The Winter Lake(2020)

NR
| 1h 32min | Thriller, Drama
2.6/5 (with 19 votes)

When Holly’s dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.

Directed by Phil Sheerin

When We Leave(2010)

1h 59min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 27 votes)

Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.

Directed by Feo Aladag - With Sibel Kekilli, Settar Tanrıöğen, Derya Alabora, Tamer Yiğit, Alwara Höfels, Florian Lukas, ...

Joe the King(1999)

1h 33min | Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 18 votes)

A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.

Directed by Frank Whaley - With Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Austin Pendleton, ...
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Dark River(2018)

NR
| 1h 30min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery
2.9/5 (with 33 votes)

After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.

Directed by Clio Barnard - With Ruth Wilson
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Swimming Upstream(2003)

1h 54min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.

Directed by Russell Mulcahy - With Jesse Spencer, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Craig Horner, Brittany Byrnes, Dawn Fraser, ...

Julien Donkey-Boy(1999)

R
| 1h 40min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 43 votes)

Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister Pearl, would-be wrestler brother Chris, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed German father.

Directed by Harmony Korine - With Ewen Bremner, Chloë Sevigny, Werner Herzog, Timothy Allen, Victor Varnado

Have Dreams, Will Travel(2007)

1h 26min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 22 votes)

West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally unsatisfying family life.

Directed by Brad Isaacs - With Cayden Boyd, AnnaSophia Robb, Lara Flynn Boyle, Matthew Modine, Val Kilmer, Heather Graham, ...

On the Count of Three(2022)

R
| 1h 24min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.

Directed by Jerrod Carmichael

Pellet(2000)

1h 28min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 63 votes)

El Bola is a 12-year-old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The arrival of a new boy at school changes his attitude towards his classmates and friendship. The heart of the story is the change in El Bola's life, at almost all levels, after befriending this new classmate.

Directed by Achero Mañas - With Juan José Ballesta, Ana Wagener, Manuel Morón, Pablo Galán, Gloria Muñoz, Ana Frau, ...

Wuthering Heights(1954)

1h 31min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 13 votes)

Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, whom he loves, to find her married to the wealthy and effete Eduardo.

Directed by Luis Buñuel - With Irasema Dilián, Jorge Mistral, Lilia Prado, Ernesto Alonso, Francisco Reiguera, Luis Aceves Castañeda, ...

Small Sacrifices(1989)

2h 39min | Drama, TV Movie
3.8/5 (with 4 votes)

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.

Directed by David Greene - With Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, John Shea, Gordon Clapp, Emily Perkins
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