Films like Life as a House
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
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Ken Park
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Beautiful Boy
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Palmer
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The Etruscan Smile
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The Killing of Two Lovers
Film · 2021 · also dramaIn a rural Utah town, David, a father of four, grapples with his separation from wife Nikki as she pursues a new relationship.
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Ben Is Back
Film · 2018 · also drama19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son...
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Alex of Venice
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Marriage Story
Film · 2019 · also dramaA stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
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Maps to the Stars
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Snitch
Film · 2013 · also dramaConstruction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time o...
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