One True Thing

6.5

1998

127 mins

DramaRomance

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

James White

Year : 2015Rating : ⭐ 6.6

James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more responsibility. With the pressure on him mounting, James must find new reserves of strength or risk imploding completely.

Ordinary Love

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 6.8

An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

The Book of Henry

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 7.5

Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands.

We Live in Time

Year : 2024Rating : ⭐ 7.2

An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

Year : 2014Rating : ⭐ 6.7

Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.

The Son

Year : 2022Rating : ⭐ 6.8

A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.

Manchester by the Sea

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 7.5

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Save the Last Dance

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 6.6

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.

P.S. I Love You

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 7.2

A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

Death of a Salesman

Year : 1985Rating : ⭐ 6.9

Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.

Life in a Year

Year : 2020Rating : ⭐ 8.2

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

Not Easily Broken

Year : 2009Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

Year : 2014Rating : ⭐ 6.7

Told from the man's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.

Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

Year : 2006Rating : ⭐ 6.1

A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.

Blackbird

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 6.7

A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.

Purple Hearts

Year : 2022Rating : ⭐ 8.0

An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

The Glass Castle

Year : 2017Rating : ⭐ 7.1

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

Fathers and Daughters

Year : 2015Rating : ⭐ 7.2

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

The Shack