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Knowing(2009)

PG-13
| 2h 1min | Action, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 2,331 votes)

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

The Night House(2021)

R
| 1h 48min | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 425 votes)

Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

Demolition(2015)

R
| 1h 41min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 1,008 votes)

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

Louder Than Bombs(2015)

R
| 1h 49min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 139 votes)

Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in - and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.

Black or White(2014)

PG-13
| 2h 1min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 159 votes)

A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.

Stolen(2009)

R
| 1h 37min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 42 votes)

A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.

Love Is All You Need(2012)

R
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
3.0/5 (with 124 votes)

Romantic comedy from Academy Award winner Susanne Bier (Brothers, In a Better World), about two very different families brought together for a wedding in a beautiful old Italian villa.

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School(2005)

PG-13
| 1h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 28 votes)

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.

Rosa's Wedding(2020)

1h 40min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 35 votes)

Rosa is about to turn 45 and realises that she's always lived her life to serve everyone else. So she decides to leave it all behind, take charge of her life and fulfil her dream of starting her own business.

Leo(2002)

1h 44min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence and begins working at Vic's Diner. Their stories converge when the man must overcome obstacles of the past to save the little boy and ultimately himself.

Directed by Mehdi Norowzian

Deewana(1992)

3.6/5 (with 16 votes)

A singer marries his biggest fan, but his uncle plans to kill him in order to gain his money.

Photographing Fairies(1997)

1h 46min | Mystery, Fantasy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 12 votes)

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets.

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Winter Solstice(2004)

R
| 1h 30min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.

A Brand New You(2014)

Grieving young widower Santiago convinces his landlord - a disgraced biochemist with a serious hygiene problem - to help him clone his dead wife, using their female housemate as a surrogate mother.

The Day After I'm Gone(2020)

1h 38min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

Yoram, a 50-year-old veterinarian living in Tel-Aviv, is forced to re-examine his relationship with his adolescent daughter Roni, after she wishes to end her life. He decides to take her on a journey to visit her mother’s family, a process of self and mutual discovery in a primordial desert land enveloping the Dead Sea.

Directed by Nimrod Eldar

Charlie & Boots(2009)

1h 41min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 13 votes)

Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they overcome many challenges to reach their dream - to fish off the northern most tip of Australia.

Sonskyn Beperk(2016)

1h 59min | Drama

Anya du Plessis returns to Philadelphia, South Africa from New York to repair the fractious relationship with her father Marius, and to help with the struggling farm. She finds her father's crutch for dealing with her mother's passing, is an obsession with his beer brewing hobby, he believes is the answer to their financial woes. When leaving New York, Anya is also leaving behind Jacob, her boyfriend and work colleague, and the last thing she expects is to fall for a suave, charming stranger. Ruan is on a mission from his Brewing Company, to identify a new winning beer recipe with which to enter the annual craft beer competition, and comes across Marius' farm and special brew, the only thing standing in his path to craft beer glory, is the feisty daughter of the farmer.

Monuments(2021)

1h 34min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

A young widower sidesteps grief, loss, and familial dysfunction when he steals his wife's ashes and sets off on an impulsive odyssey through America's heartland to find something he'd lost long before her death.

You(2009)

1h 24min | Drama, Romance / Love

You is a love story. It spans 21 years, bouncing around in time, creating a kind of family quilt that wraps around a father as he struggles to overcome the grief of losing his beloved wife and raise their daughter alone. A coming-of-age journey for both the father and his daughter, You is filled with the magic of life and love and family.

Apparition(2015)

1h 40min | Thriller, Horror
1.9/5 (with 8 votes)

When his beautiful fiancée, Lori, is killed in a car accident, Doug retreats in solitude to the isolated farmhouse that should have been his new family's home. As he grieves and further isolates himself from his friends and society, he learns that he is not alone in this quaint home...

Directed by Quinn Saunders - With Katrina Law, Jody Quigley, Lili Bordán

Moi Aussi Je T’aime(2013)

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Two young lovers wander off to a forest on their wedding night where their fate is overcome by the darkness of self- destruction. Finding a field of poisonous strawberries in the forest, she has harmed herself in the worst way possible: losing him.

Viudas(2018)

13min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Julia is saying goodbye to the last visitors who have come to the house after the sudden death of her husband. When it seems that finally has a moment of intimacy, Susan knocks on the door. Despite Julia's refusal to let her pass, Susana rebukes her, arguing that she has the right to say goodbye to her husband.

Liebesgruß an einen Engel(2008)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

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Lucania(2019)

1h 25min | Drama, Fantasy
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

An ancient dying land is brought back to life by the primal force of a young mute girl, who witnesses the fatal clash between two fathers.

Directed by Gigi Roccati

The Empty(2016)

10min | Drama, Animation
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In the woman’s room, memories constantly accumulate and disappear like dust. The man spends his time in this room creating futile little games with woman’s memories.

Standing Firm(2010)

PG
| 1h 20min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

David, a widower, is working himself to death. Late nights doing paperwork and running on fumes is normal. Bills are piling up by the week, and foreclosure looms on the horizon. Blaming God for his wife's death, he ends his relationship with the church. Steven, the remaining Christian of the household, has been watching his father's unhealthy lifestyle with great concern. With help from his grandpa and best friend Maggie, Steven reaches out to his father in any way he can. Despite his grieving and worsening financial problems, David begins seeking an answer to the question haunting him since his wife's death...WHY? STANDING FIRM is a story of suffering, God's purpose in it, and being joyful despite it.

The Space Between Words(2019)

1h 43min | Drama

Five years after the death of her wife, an unassuming bookstore owner attempts to accept new love when a chance encounter reawakens buried feelings.

A Place Filled with Memories(2017)

13min | Drama

Jean is preparing to leave her home that she shared with her late husband Brian who was taken from her in a tragic accident. She recounts the pivotal moments in their life together and the loss she feels now that he's gone. When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.

Bill(2019)

4min | Horror
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A widow employs the dark arts to see her husband once more.

Star of the Sea(2018)

5min | Drama

In this silent film, a lonely widower holds on to memories of his deceased lover.

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