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1) Encanto
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
The Madrigals live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal, every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional...
2) Joy
Pub. Date
2016
Description
A wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
4) Greenland
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity, his estranged wife Allison, and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom set off on a harrowing journey back to their wild homeland. Nominated for Best Feature, Best Supporting Female, and Best Director at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards.**...
Description
When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.
8) The farewell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
10) What They Had
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home to Chicago at her brother’s (Michael Shannon) urging to help deal with her ailing mother (Blythe Danner) and her father’s (Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival.** Nominated for Best First Feature at the **Philadelphia Film Festival.** *"One of the year's best indie dramas, one that should hit home with a wide range of viewers sure to...
Author
Formats
Description
After falling off the roof at a New Year's party, Owen decides that it's time to make some wholesale changes in his life. Over the next year, he quits drinking, re-enters his estranged son's life, reignites old friendships, falls in love… and soon finds that sometimes in life, you just need a little change.
12) Us
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Formats
Description
Haunted by trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. The endearing American family faces doppelgangers of themselves....
13) Montana Story
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
From the acclaimed writer/directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (WHAT MAISIE KNEW, THE DEEP END) comes a neo-Western with an emotional tremor hiding beneath it. Two estranged siblings (Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague) return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.
14) From the Vine
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A downtrodden man experiences an ethical crisis and travels back to his hometown in rural Italy to recalibrate his moral compass. There he finds new purpose in reviving his grandfather's old vineyard, offering the small town of Acerenza a sustainable future, and reconnecting with his estranged family in the process.
15) Chef
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
After quitting his job at an LA restaurant, chef Carl Casper decides to start a food truck business with his ex-wife, best friend and son, and goes on a cross-country road trip that helps him reconnect with his family, friends and himself.
16) The Book of Love
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
To fulfill a promise he made to his late wife, an introverted architect pursues an unlikely friendship with an independent teenage girl. The architect uses his expertise to help the teen with her mysterious goal: to build a raft she intends to use to sail across the sea. Together, they help each other overcome loss and embark on an incredible adventure to do the impossible.
17) Hit the Road
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Panah Panahi, son and collaborator of embattled filmmaker Jafar Panahi and apprentice to Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami, makes a striking feature debut with this charming, sharp-witted, and deeply moving comic drama. HIT THE ROAD takes the tradition of the Iranian road-trip movie and adds unexpected twists and turns. It follows a family of four – two middle-aged parents and their sons, one a taciturn adult, the other a ebullient six-year-old –...
18) Here
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2025]
Formats
Description
A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing in love, loss, laughter, and life.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris₂s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past...
20) Fences
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Description
Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, the film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play takes a passionate look at former baseball player Troy Maxson as he fights to provide for those he loves in a world that threatens to push him down.
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