Films like The Beaver

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   The Safety of Objects

   Film · 2002 · also drama

   In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son...

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   Strange Weather

   Film · 2016 · also drama

   Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

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3. 3

   Bastard Out of Carolina

   Film · 1996 · also drama

   A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow bot...

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4. 4

   A Dry White Season

   Film · 1989 · also drama

   During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police cu...

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5. 5

   A Mouthful of Air

   Film · 2021 · also drama

   Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-...

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   Lucky Them

   Film · 2013 · also drama

   More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s edito...

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   The Secret Life of Bees

   Film · 2008 · also drama

   Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled r...

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   Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

   Film · 1999 · also drama

   An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds s...

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   Home Run

   Film · 2013 · also drama

   A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coachin...

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10. 10

    Tornado

    Film · 2025 · also drama

    When her father's puppet samurai show gets ambushed by a notorious gang, Tornado vows to seek vengeance and forge her own destiny by stealing their ill-gotten gold.

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