Margaret's dream of getting her differently abled daughter married shatters when she finds that the boy she chooses for her is engaged to someone else.
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
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A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
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Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
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Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
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Set at the outbreak of WWII – mischievous playboy Ian Fleming is untroubled by the specter of impending war – chasing women, collecting rare books and living off his family fortune. Forever in the shadow of his brother Peter, and an eternal disappointment to his formidable mother Eve, Fleming dreams of becoming the ‘ultimate’ man – a hero, a lover, a brute and the one who always gets the girl. He is finally given some direction in his life when he’s recruited by the Director of Naval Intelligence to help in the effort against the Nazis. Suddenly, Fleming finds his chance to shine and prove his worth.
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Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother, is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward, he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. He then meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher. Realising their emotional connection, Marty promises to call, but family and friends try to convince him not to.
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When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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Worried about her sister's too-close relationship with her billionaire boss, a scrappy everywoman seeks answers at a lavish seaside estate.
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An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.
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On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
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There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad. But when Billy starts to act out, everything changes for him and his family
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Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
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Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?
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Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing in the way of everlasting bliss: Kevin's overbearing and controlling mother, Viola. Fearing she'll lose her son's affections forever, Viola decides to break up the happy couple by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.
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Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
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A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
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In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
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Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.
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A powerful drug cartel pulls the strings behind a facade of sun-soaked beaches as a gritty, violent underworld power struggle emerges during the crumbling of Portuguese colonial rule.
Raman, who has had a shady record with staged encounters and police brutality, finds himself cornered as Ajooni challenges him on every step.
Indian migrant worker Najeeb Muhammad goes to Saudi Arabia to earn money. However, in a twist of fate, he finds himself living a slave-like existence, herding goats in the middle of the desert.
Set in the fictional dystopian city-state of Khansaar, the film follows the friendship between Deva, a tribesman, and Varadha, the prince of Khansaar. When a coup d'état is planned by his father's ministers and his relatives, Varadha enlists Deva's help to become Khansaar's undisputed ruler.
Set in the politically turbulent late 1950s, Krishnan Pillai, a playful ruffian chosen by the Church to lead a defensive force, the Christopher Sena. His mission to resist the Communist government takes a detour when he experiences an ideological awakening and falls in love with a comrade, sparking an epic tale of rebellion against feudal power and oppression.
Achu, a runaway orphan, comes back looking for his childhood sweetheart, Vishnupriya. But time has changed her and he will have to win her over. Meanwhile Vishnupriya, now a rebel activist, is looking for answers from her past, has her own demons to deals with and has no time for love. So, Achu joins her in her quest to find answers from her past.
Vinod, 29, is a man of routine. Living in Karunagappally and working at the Planning Office in Thiruvananthapuram, he spends his days in a carefully controlled cycle of train commutes, meticulous work, and an almost obsessive adherence to order.
Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge.
Popular music director Sivaprasad takes Ravi under his wing and gives him his big break. But letting Ravi into his family circle has a devastating impact on Sivaprasad's life.
Saraswathiyamma is the head of a noble family that treats her servant Krishnan as one of her own sons. When her relatives conspire to sell her house, she and Krishnan set out to save it.
The film, in Malayalam and made by the Indian film maker K P Kumaran, AkashaGopuram is set among the Indian immigrant community in London and tells the story of Albert Samson (Mohanlal), a middle-aged architect who has clawed his way to prominence.
Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.
Satyapratapan and Kuruvila are chronic bachelors. SP's sister Sandhya lives as a paying guest in their neighbourhood. Problems begin when Mukesh and Harishree Ashokan join Mammootty and Rambha joins Sandhya.
Shefeek, an expatriate, is a good samaritan who is loved by everybody around him. During his short visit to his hometown for his wedding, he gets into an issue which brings out the true colours of his kith and kin.
When Urmila gets a job, her father persuades her to move to Rajakrishnan's house. However, her past with him creates complications in Rajakrishnan's marital life.
A rendition of the Dracula tale with many similarities to the British 1950s Dracula.
Vinayachandran and Sindhu are an ideal couple, who are so fond of each other that the greatest thing that they love, according to their neighbours Nambiarettan and Shoshammetathi. Vinayan has just joined a reputed public school as a teacher of Malayalam. The fact that he wants to teach Malayalam is projected as a politically correct stand, which Vinayan promptly starts elaborating with his unconventional ways of teaching.
Sachidanandan (Dileep) runs an antique shop in the Jewish street at Kochi. He is famous for old Gramophone records. Sachi hates music, as he believes that his father has not made any money out of it. Aryadevi, a famous singer, who has been given her first break by Raveendran, comes to Kochi from Bombay with her daughter Pooja (Navya Nair).
Vinod and Lakshmi, who lost their daughter in an accident, adopt Tinu, a vivacious young girl, from an orphanage. However, the family faces challenges when Tinu's birth parents set out to find her.
Jeevan, Kumar and Salim do odd jobs and share an apartment in the Gulf. When Jeevan comes across Thamara, who is running away from some criminals, he decides to bring her home.
Muthu, is a young man devoted to his physically challenged sister Meera. When he falls in love with a woman named Aswathy, his struggle to balance love, duty and survival leads to heartbreaking consequences that redefine his relationship with his sister.
A story of Gopikrishnan, a village lad who goes to a city college, and becomes the butt of all jokes on the campus. Through constant effort and more than a little help from Namitha, he becomes the College Union Chairman.
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
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Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
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An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
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Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
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The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
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After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son.
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The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
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94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
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Aamir Ali, a notorious gold smuggling kingpin who inherited his multi-million dollar criminal enterprise from a lineage of gangsters, is drawn into a web of vengeance, legacy and power.
Follows Rudhra's perilous adventures as ancient Varanasi stands on the brink of catastrophe from a looming asteroid in 2027 CE, unfolding across multiple timelines and distant continents.
Two elite soldiers with troubled pasts are enlisted for a daring mission when a deadly masked madman threatens India's defenses.
Rajeevan, an ordinary government employee, witnesses something he was never meant to see and is thrust into the centre of a serious crime. Branded a troublemaker and hunted by the system, he must protect his family while fighting to survive against forces far beyond his control.
After an officer is shot dead, a CID officer, Shankar, is tasked with investigating to find his colleague's killers. He soon starts unravelling the mystery behind his colleague's death.
Queens girl Priyanka is due to marry in New Delhi in a traditional arranged marriage to Sanjeev. But her heart belongs to Bobby, a young American musician. Her inner and outer conflicts with her traditional father, Sammy, a loving but controlling paterfamilias, collides head on with the freedom to do what her heart tells her
Jayikkaanaay Janichavan is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by Sreekumaran Thampi. The film stars Prem Nazir, M. G. Soman, Jayan, Sheela and Jagathy Sreekumar in the lead roles.
Venu, a cameraman working for Reuters, happens to meet Renuka, his old lover, while trying to cover a case involving a politician. Together they go to investigate a murder planned by Bharatan Pillai.
A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook, but to stay on, he needs to get legal. A solution comes up when Damayanthi, a free-spirited biker, agrees to marry the docile cook for a price.
Petty thief Gopi steals a chain, and in order to escape a police inspector, drops it in Veena's bag. Later, he tries to take it from her, but the chain is no longer there. He becomes a part of her plan to stop her boyfriend from marrying a rich tycoon’s daughter
Ashamed of his bad behaviour towards his family, Chellappan decides to set things straight. However, he gets the shock of his life after learning that his wife is in a relationship with another man.
Unni due to financial problems becomes the renowned smuggler Valayar Paramasivam in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border check post Walayar.
When a black and white TV is sent from Dubai to a family in a remote village in Calicut, it becomes the darling of its residents. While the idiot box keeps the people busy, a love story sprouts between two young hearts of the suburb.
Oridam movie is a quest of a sex worker to find a place for herself in the society. The sex worker character played by geethu mohandas doesn't have a name, nor does many of the other characters in the movie.
Devin Carlos Padaveedan and Shanmugham, who run a crime syndicate, turn foes when the latter wants to turn a new leaf and live a normal life.
A patriarch of a royal family whose descendant was murdered, assigns the task of finding the culprit to two of his police officer nephews - Vivek and Kishore.
