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Dead Silence(2007)

R
| 1h 29min | Horror
3.2/5 (with 985 votes)

Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

Directed by James Wan - With Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton, Michael Fairman, Dmitry Chepovetsky, ...
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John Wick(2014)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 8,486 votes)

Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

Directed by Chad Stahelski, David Leitch - With Keanu Reeves, Adrianne Palicki, Alfie Allen, Bridget Moynahan, Bridget Regan, Clarke Peters, ...
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Asteroid City(2023)

PG-13
| 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 577 votes)

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Directed by Wes Anderson - With Bryan Cranston, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Liev Schreiber, ...

Nanny McPhee(2005)

PG
| 1h 37min | Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.3/5 (with 1,349 votes)

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.

Directed by Kirk Jones - With Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Barlow, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, ...
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Gran Torino(2008)

R
| 1h 56min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 4,825 votes)

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, John Carroll Lynch, Dreama Walker, ...
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Army of the Dead(2021)

R
| 2h 28min | Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 1,839 votes)

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

Directed by Zack Snyder - With Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Chris D'Elia, Huma Qureshi, ...
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The Frighteners(1996)

R
| 1h 50min | Horror, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 644 votes)

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

Directed by Peter Jackson - With Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace, Jeffrey Combs, ...
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Dan in Real Life(2007)

PG-13
| 1h 38min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
3.3/5 (with 552 votes)

Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.

Directed by Peter Hedges - With Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Dane Cook, Jessica Hecht, ...
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Street Kings(2008)

R
| 1h 49min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 617 votes)

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Directed by David Ayer - With Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Terry Crews, Naomie Harris, ...
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Just Like Heaven(2005)

PG-13
| 1h 35min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 1,047 votes)

Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.

Directed by Mark Waters - With Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina Spybey, Ben Shenkman, Jon Heder, ...
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Safe Haven(2013)

PG-13
| 1h 55min | Romance / Love, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 1,075 votes)

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Directed by Lasse Hallström - With Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders, Cullen Moss, Mike Pniewski, ...
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Cake(2014)

R
| 1h 42min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 412 votes)

After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.

Directed by Daniel Barnz - With Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, ...
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Eat Drink Man Woman(1994)

PG-13
| 2h 3min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 133 votes)

A retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu and his family live in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. He lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each of the daughters encounter new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes. Since the family has difficulty expressing their love for each other, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners is the surrogate for their familial feelings.

Directed by Ang Lee - With Sihung Lung, Sylvia Chang, Winston Chao, Yang Kuei-Mei
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The American President(1995)

PG-13
| 1h 54min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 305 votes)

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.

Directed by Rob Reiner - With Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfuss, Anna Deavere Smith, ...
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I Don't Know How She Does It(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 29min | Romance / Love, Comedy
2.6/5 (with 172 votes)

A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.

Directed by Douglas McGrath - With Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Kelsey Grammer, Olivia Munn, ...
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An Autumn Afternoon(1962)

1h 54min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 110 votes)

Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu - With Chishū Ryū, Mariko Okada, Daisuke Katō, Eijirō Tōno, Sugimura Haruko, Keiji Sada, ...
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The Way Back(2020)

R
| 1h 47min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 453 votes)

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

Directed by Gavin O'Connor - With Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Al Madrigal, Michaela Watkins, Glynn Turman, John Aylward, ...
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The Bouncer(2018)

R
| 1h 24min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 145 votes)

A tough nightclub bouncer struggling to raise his 8-year-old daughter is forced to go undercover after an unfortunate event.

Directed by Julien Leclercq - With Jean-Claude Van Damme

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(1967)

NR
| 1h 48min | Drama, Comedy
3.8/5 (with 350 votes)

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

Directed by Stanley Kramer - With Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Beah Richards, Cecil Kellaway, ...
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Always Be My Maybe(2019)

1h 41min | Romance / Love, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 597 votes)

Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.

Directed by Nahnatchka Khan - With Ali Wong, Randall Park, James Saito, Michelle Buteau, Vivian Bang, Keanu Reeves, ...
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Harry Brown(2009)

R
| 1h 43min | Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
3.4/5 (with 434 votes)

An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.

Directed by Daniel Barber - With Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, Iain Glen, Plan B, Jack O'Connell, ...
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The Gendarme Gets Married(1968)

1h 30min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 243 votes)

The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot is after an offending driver, who turns out to be Josépha (Claude Gensac), the widow of a highly regarded police colonel. When they meet, Cruchot falls instantly in love....

Directed by Jean Girault - With Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Claude Gensac, Geneviève Grad, Jean Lefebvre, Christian Marin, ...

The Twilight Samurai(2002)

2h 9min | Drama, Romance / Love, History
3.9/5 (with 126 votes)

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

Directed by Yōji Yamada - With Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Erina Hashiguchi, Min Tanaka, Nenji Kobayashi, ...

Moving On(2023)

1h 25min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 18 votes)

Two old friends reconnect at their friend's funeral, and decide to exact revenge on the widower who wronged all three of them decades earlier.

Directed by Paul Weitz - With Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Roundtree, Catherine Dent

Eliminators(2016)

1h 35min | Action
3.2/5 (with 77 votes)

A former US Federal Agent must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is invaded in error due to a wrong address. When the event ends with multiple homicides, the news triggers those hunting him to send Europe's most dangerous assassin to kill him. Now on the run with his daughters life in jeopardy, a determined father must get her to safety before the people he's been hiding from tracks him down.

Directed by James Nunn
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Everybody's Fine(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 39min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 427 votes)

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.

Directed by Kirk Jones - With Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Katherine Moennig, Melissa Leo, ...

Blithe Spirit(1945)

NR
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 54 votes)

An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.

Directed by David Lean - With Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Carey, Noël Coward, ...
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Our Souls at Night(2017)

1h 41min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.3/5 (with 203 votes)

Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.

Directed by Ritesh Batra - With Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matthias Schoenaerts, Judy Greer, Bruce Dern, Phyllis Somerville, ...
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This Beautiful Fantastic(2016)

PG
| 1h 40min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 141 votes)

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman and a cantankerous old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. After she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her match, nemesis, and unlikely mentor in Alfie Stephenson, a grumpy, loveless, old man who lives next door who happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.

Directed by Simon Aboud - With Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Sheila Hancock, Anna Chancellor, Jeremy Irvine, Andrew Scott, ...
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Gentleman's Agreement(1947)

PG
| 1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 98 votes)

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

Directed by Elia Kazan - With Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, John Garfield, ...
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