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Summary: Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Release Date: September 27, 1996
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 2 h 16 min
MPAA: R

Language: English
Movie budget: $ 4,500,000
Domestic: $ 13,417,292
Summary: Self-esteem and insecurity are at the heart of this comedy about the relationship between a mother and her three confused daughters.
Runtime: 1 h 31 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 250,000
Domestic: $ 4,222,923
International: $ 454,929
Summary: April, 39, wants a baby but her husband leaves her. When her adoptive mother dies, she's contacted by her biological mother, a TV talk show host. April starts seeing the divorced dad of one of her students at school.
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: R

Language: English
Movie budget: $ 3,500,000
Domestic: $ 3,735,717
International: $ 4,708,281
Summary: Set in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Runtime: 2 h 17 min
MPAA: R

Movie budget: $ 19,800,000
Domestic: $ 41,308,615
International: $ 46,445,429
Summary: A Princeton admissions officer who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.
Runtime: 1 h 47 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 13,000,000
Domestic: $ 18,007,317
International: $ 629,884
Summary: After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
Runtime: 1 h 43 min
MPAA: 18A

Country: Canada
Language: English
Domestic: $ 307,233
International: $ 89,664
Summary: Happy Endings weaves multiple stories to create a witty look at love, family and the sheer unpredictability of life itself.
Release Date: July 29, 2005
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Runtime: 2 h 08 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,315,701
International: $ 366,505
Summary: A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding.
Runtime: 1 h 29 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 35,000,000
Domestic: $ 21,819,348
International: $ 24,702,789
Summary: A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.
Runtime: 1 h 38 min
MPAA: R

Countries: France, United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 13,000,000
Domestic: $ 2,037,459
International: $ 18,731,447
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Summary: A Vietnamese brother and sister raised by an African American couple are reunited with their birth mother after 22 years.
Runtime: 1 h 59 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 1,000,000
Domestic: $ 1,319,592
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Summary: With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers - one mixed-race and one Korean-Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about her African-American roots grows, she decid...
Runtime: 1 h 16 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Production: ITVS International
Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 18,262
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Summary: Based on the novel by Jason Wright, it tells the story of reporter Hope Jensen, who uncovers the secret behind "Christmas Jars" - jars filled with money and given anonymously to people in need. The phenomenon has changed countless...
Runtime: 1 h 32 min

Country: Canada
Language: English
Domestic: $ 459,462
International: $ 98,556
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Summary: Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. After years of searching, Thomas finds her single, with a small child, living in a nearby suburb and begins a relat...
Runtime: 1 h 31 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Country: France
Language: French
Movie budget: $ 4,255,932
Domestic: $ 8,705
International: $ 22,435
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Summary: By Hook or by Crook chronicles the tale of two unlikely friends who commit petty crimes as they search for a path to understanding themselves and the outside world. Silas Howard plays Shy (a transgender man), who leaves his small ...
Runtime: 1 h 38 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,802
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Summary: Three overlapping stories of estranged families in three regions of North Carolina.
Runtime: 1 h 35 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 500,000
Domestic: $ 115,314
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Summary: Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reconciliation with her long estranged adopted brother Marc.
Release Date: August 29, 2008
Runtime: 1 h 26 min
MPAA: Not Rated

Domestic: $ 73,544
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Summary: Set in the 1980s, a teenager from Vermont moves to New York City to live with his father in East Village.
Runtime: 1 h 53 min
MPAA: R

Country: United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 59,333
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Summary: On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Runtime: 1 h 54 min
MPAA: R

Countries: United States, France
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,441,705
International: $ 2,799,951
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Summary: A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller. Because of his upbringing, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman knows almost nothing of N...
Runtime: 1 h 42 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
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Summary: After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Runtime: 1 h 48 min
MPAA: Approved

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 689,000