Last updated March 28, 2024
Lonely Emma (Joanna Kerns) makes one wish on her 75th birthday: that she could go back in time and mend her broken relationship with her daughter (Harley Jane Kozak). To Emma's surprise, she wakes the next day as a 40-year-old and gets her unsuspecting daughter to hire her as a nanny. Things don't go as easily as Emma had planned, however, when she discovers that her daughter's home life is less than perfect.
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Brilliant African American composer Scott Joplin (Billy Dee Williams) fights against racism to break into the music business at the end of the 19th century, finally achieving success with a novel ragtime tune called "The Maple Leaf Rag." As ragtime becomes wildly popular, Joplin gains fame and fortune but longs to create a masterwork in a "respectable" genre. Clifton Davis and Art Carney co-star in this biographical drama.
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Based on the hit song by C.W. McCall, Convoy stars Kris Kristofferson as "Rubber Duck," a defiant truck driver who speeds through three states while a corrupt cop pursues him. A mile-long convoy of protesting truckers joins him, and the action builds to an incredible climax in one of the most destructive auto crash scenes ever filmed. Directed by Sam Peckinpah, the movie co-stars Ali MacGraw, Burt Young and Ernest Borgnine.
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When his new hospice roommate -- 25-year-old Kevin -- moves in, the quiet life of senior citizen Alvin turns upside down. Forced to escape Kevin and his girlfriend, Alvin meets free spirit Valerie and discovers he still has much to learn about life.
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Hipsters from the trendy Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles contend with adulthood in this woman-powered comedy. When one of them gives birth to a baby, her roomie resolves to not let this new responsibility hamper their lifestyle.
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In a heart-pumping thriller spotlighting the urban acrobatics of freerunning, a champion runner is forced into taking part in a macabre death race. First prize is $1 million, but with the runners wearing explosive collars, losing could prove fatal.
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A rash promise made to his niece years ago -- to pay her college tuition -- comes back to bite John Plummer when she's accepted at Harvard. In need of help to come up with the cash, he turns to his best friend ... who convinces John that crime pays.
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Tara Ricotto (Jennifer Tilly) has a diverse group of friends -- gay, straight, bisexual -- and they're all working on coming to terms with one another and their issues. Love, sex, health and childbirth are among the topics the group discusses lightheartedly. That is, until one gay couple is attacked. Responses to the attack vary within the circle of friends as the comedy gives way to seriousness and Tara does her best to nurture all.
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Writer-director John Cassavetes crafts a relatable tale of romance about two utterly average people: Minnie Moore (Gena Rowlands), a museum curator recovering from a bad break-up with her married boyfriend, and Seymour Moskowitz (Seymour Cassel), an outspoken parking attendant. Nothing about Seymour seems "right" -- not his face, not his job nor his demeanor. But Minnie finds herself falling for him anyway.
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In this update of Herman Melville's classic story "Bartleby the Scrivener," the boss of a public records company begins to unravel after hiring a quiet clerk who increasingly responds to requests to perform tasks with "I would prefer not to."
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Rob LaBelle, Jan Rubes and David Paymer star in this dark thriller about Sheldon Kasner, an unassuming bank employee at Hebrew National Bank, where no one seems to see how deserving he is of bigger things. So, he attempts to prove his worth by plunging neck-deep into the criminal world of money laundering. Unfortunately, the goons he's consorting with are playing for keeps, so he fakes his own death with the help of The Burial Society.
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Fresh from high school, dewy-eyed Chicago teen T.T. (Dennis Christopher) follows the sun to a sleepy California beach town, but he'll have to lose his nerdy demeanor if he hopes to hang 10 with the surfer set in this gentle coming-of-age tale. In the meantime, amiable volleyball veteran Duke Slusarski (Seymour Cassel) takes a shine to the young dreamer while Duke's daughter (Glynnis O'Connor) encourages T.T. to think past the next wave.
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When his dog is kidnapped by a loan shark, screenwriter KC Monk meets up with his eccentric pal Jack in Los Angeles to carry out a convoluted plan to get the ransom money and attend the funeral of their friend, hotshot director Pete Smalls.
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After several failed attempts to make it on his own, 27-year-old Jim decides to move back in with his parents. But just when it seems as if he's destined to regress, he meets a beautiful single mom with a son who thinks he'd make a great dad.
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