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My Father's Shadow backdrop
Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 44 ratings · 19 Sept 2025 · English · 1h 33m · Released
Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 18 Sept 1951 · English
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
Joseph
Movie · 8.2 / 10 · 10 Apr 1995 · English
Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Joseph governed the country during a seven year famine, during which his brothers visit Egypt seeking grain, only to encounter their brother, presumed long dead.
C'mon C'mon
Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 19 Nov 2021 · English
Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.
James White
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 13 Nov 2015 · English
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.
Last Ride
Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 2 Jul 2009 · English
A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law.
Stillwater
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 29 Jul 2021 · English
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.
The Judge
Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 8 Oct 2014 · English
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 15 Dec 1944 · English
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
Dad
Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 27 Oct 1989 · English
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
The Tree of Life
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 17 May 2011 · English
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 7 Sept 2019 · English
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Death of a Salesman
Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 16 Aug 1985 · English
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.