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Author
Series
Amgash novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy's life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A gripping blend of courtroom drama, politics and steamy personal relationships that stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, a wife and mother who reclaims control of her personal and professional lives after her husband, Peter, is embroiled in a sex and political corruption scandal. As Alicia adapts to changes at home and at work as a defense attorney, she continues to redefine and rediscover the woman she...
7) Snow cake
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Recently released from prison, Alex offers a ride to a hitchhiker, only to have her killed instantly when they are involved in a brutal car accident. Alex then approaches the girl's mother, and the events that unfold dramatically change both his life and those of others around him
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After her husband asks for a divorce, Diane, a New York City attorney, heads to Woodstock with her two teens to stay with her estranged flower-child mother. In this charming village, Diane and her city kids get a new perspective on life and love
11) Freaky Friday
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003-2004
Language
English
Description
A mother and daughter find themselves trapped in each other's bodies
12) Mother and child
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Three women's lives share a common core. They have all been profoundly affected by adoption. At age fourteen, Karen placed a baby for adoption, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth grew up as an adopted child. Even though she is a bright and ambitious lawyer, she is a flinty loner in her personal life. Lucy and her husband are just embarking on the adoption odyssey, hoping for the opportunity to become parents
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Recently divorced Valerie and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Laura, move in with Valerie's brother, Alex, an eternal bachelor and master of casual relationships. Together, they coach each other through the crazy world of dating while raising her teenage daughter
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed, loving but by no means perfect relationship. Nic, a physician, needs to wield what she believes is control, whereas Jules, under that control, is less self-assured. They have two teen-aged children, Joni, who is Nic's biological child, and Laser, who is Jules' biological child. A big-hearted, sexy and uproariously funny movie that combines comedic surprise with poignant emotional truth
15) Reunion
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A pregnant woman returns to her recently deceased grandparents' old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying
16) Furlough
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When an inmate is granted one weekend out of prison to see her dying mother, a rookie correction officer struggles to keep her under control
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From writers Nick Antosca (Channel Zero) and Michelle Dean comes The Act, based on Dean's 2016 Buzzfeed article "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered" and explores the tragic relationship between young Gypsy Blanchard and her overprotective mother Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette, in her Primetime Emmy winning performance). As Gypsy strives to break free from her mom's controlling influence, she begins to uncover a...
18) The souvenir
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A shy but ambitious film student begins to find her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship that comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams
19) Sparkle
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1960s, Sparkle and her two sisters form a singing group and dream of becoming stars beyond the affluent Detroit suburb where they come from, and where they are already well-known. But as the sisters become more famous, the close-knit nature of their family begins to fall apart. Features the late Whitney Houston's final screen performance
20) Mr. Church
Publisher
Codeblack Films / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A little girl and her dying mother obtain the services of a talented cook. What begins as a six-month arrangement spans fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever
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