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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father's inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sexuality repressed in the agony of her husband, Brick Pollitt. In spite of the public controversy Cat stirred up, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics Circle Award for...
2) Onward
Pub. Date
[2020]
Summary
When Ian Lightfoot comes of age, his mother gives him the magical staff of his late father, which will let him cast a spell to spend one more day with his dad. But the spell goes awry and he has only 24 hours to set it right, so he and his older brother embark on an epic quest, with their mother trailing after, trying to protect them from a dangerous curse.
4) The stray
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
A struggling family allows their oldest son to adopt a stray dog even though it may cause more hardship, but Pluto the wonder dog more than proves his worth during a shocking turn of events.
7) Dear Frankie
Pub. Date
[2005]
Summary
To spare the feelings of her fatherless boy, Lizzie secretly authors letters from his "father" recounting seafaring adventures around the world. Torn between exposing the truth and protecting her son, Lizzie hires a handsome stranger to play the role of a father and gets more than anyone bargained for.
8) Fences
Pub. Date
[2017]
Summary
A black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh is bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues. Maxson is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
9) Camilla
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Summary
An unlikely pair, Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda, set off down the road to do everything they always wanted. On the way, they stage a kidnapping, get duped by a con man, lose their car in a lake and have the time of their lives.
10) Fathers' day
Pub. Date
1997
Summary
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
A shocking revelation turns a teenage boy's world upside down in this chilling look at the evil that can lurk below even the most wholesome surface. When Tyler discovers a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession, he begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be a psychopath, and that his deadly rampage is not over.
12) Santa clause 2
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
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Summary
Scott Calvin has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his elves consider him the best ever. But Santa's world is turned upside down when his son gets on the naughty list, and if Scott doesn't marry soon, he'll stop being Santa forever.
13) No man's land
Summary
A modern Western-inspired by the real-life 'no man's land' areas along the Texas-Mexico border. While out on a father-son border patrol, Jackson accidentally kills a Mexican immigrant boy. When Jackson's father tries taking the blame, Jackson flees south on horseback, becoming a gringo 'illegal alien' in Mexico. Chased by Texas Rangers and Mexican Federales, Jackson journeys across Mexico to seek forgiveness from the dead boy's father only to fall...
14) Savage grace
Pub. Date
2008
Summary
A dramatization of the true story of a young woman who married into a wealthy family whose extremely close relationship with her son turns into a deadly tragedy.
15) Joe
Pub. Date
2014
Summary
A hard-living ex-con who is the unlikeliest of role models, but when he meets a troubled fifteen-year-old homeless boy in need of help from a violent and destitute father, Joe is faced with the heartbreaking choice of redemption or ruin.
17) The prodigy
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
Sarah believes that her son Miles's disturbing behavior is a sign that an evil supernatural force has taken over him. She has to choose between the need to investigate who or what is causing the darkness in him and her maternal instinct to protect him.
18) Real steel
Summary
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.
19) Lake City
Pub. Date
[2009]
Summary
When Billy gets into trouble with a local drug dealer, he hits the road and heads to the last place he wants to go: his childhood home. Years after a family tragedy drove them apart, Billy is reunited with his mother, Maggie and forced to confront both their past and his dangerous situation.
20) Run all night
Pub. Date
[2015]
Summary
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon, once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire, Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past. Lately, it seems Jimmyb2ss only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass. But when Jimmyb2ss estranged son, Mike, becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago....
