Films like The Whales of August
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
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Marvin's Room
Film · 1996 · also dramaA leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
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Dancing at Lughnasa
Film · 1998 · also dramaFive unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
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The Winter Guest
Film · 1997 · also dramaIt's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth,...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Film · 1951 · also dramaA disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
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The Color Purple
Film · 2023 · also dramaA decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary stre...
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Vanya on 42nd Street
Film · 1994 · also dramaAn uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling....
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Anne of Green Gables
Film · 1985 · also dramaAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept...
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In the Bedroom
Film · 2001 · also dramaSummertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is...
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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Film · 1945 · also dramaGeorge Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in lo...
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Is Anybody There?
Film · 2009 · also dramaA young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
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