Jay Duplass
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a spiritual health practitioner in Los Angeles. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire real estate developer. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.
3) Table 19
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ex-maid of honor Eloise, having been relieved of her duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to hold her head up high and attend her oldest friend's wedding anyway. She finds herself seated at the 'random' table in the back of the ballroom with a disparate group of strangers.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the manager of an American chain restaurant is selected to attend a special training program in Italy, her head swims with dreams of European glamour and romance. But the trip turns out to be much different and possibly more dangerous than the exotic getaway she imagines.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is story of one man's hilarious search for the meaning of life. As slacker Jeff stumbles toward enlightenment, he uncovers answers to his nagging family's problems. Jeff has no idea where he's going, but when he finally gets there, he might just find out what it's all about.
7) Prospect
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own father's greed-addled judgment, the girl finds she must...
8) Cyrus
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A quirky, hilarious story about love, family and cutting the cord. Not-so-recently divorced John thinks he's finally found the perfect woman when he meets the sweet and sexy Molly. There's just one problem, Molly's son Cyrus clings to his mom like lint on a T-shirt, and he's not about to let another man come between them. It's one hysterically awkward moment after another as John and Cyrus fight for the right to be Molly's #1 man.
9) Landline
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When sisters Dana and Ali suspect their father is having an affair, cracks in their family façade begin to surface. The two sisters bond as they discover the reality of love while trying to uncover the truth about their father without their mother knowing.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The story about two couples living under one roof on the fringes of Los Angeles. Brett and Michelle are struggling to rekindle the spark in their relationship, which has puttered out from the stresses of marriage and children. When Brett's friend Alex and Michelle's sister Tina move in with them, the foursome engage in a tragically comedic struggle to follow their personal dreams while still remaining good friends, siblings, and spouses to each other....
12) The puffy chair
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After finding a vintage Lazy Boy recliner online, just like the one that used to grace his childhood living room, a man decides to buy the chair and deliver it to his father as a surprise birthday gift.
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After nearly reaching their breaking points last season, Brett and Michelle struggle to make sense of where their marriage might be heading; Michelle tries to handle her guilt over a night with another man while pushing ahead with her charter-school plans, while Brett looks for artistic inspiration. Following his big acting break, Alex returns from New Orleans reinvigorated, and with a new girlfriend in tow, but his newfound success threatens to disrupt...
14) Baghead
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
What is the scariest movie idea anyone can think of? How about a guy with a bag on his head staring into a window? So, four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. They want to make a funny film that may be a little bit scary too. But what happens when their story idea starts to come true?
15) Pink wall
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Six scenes. Six years. Six moments that shaped the relationship of Jenna and Leon. The film examines what defines people, the pressures of gender expectations, and the perpetual struggle between life and ambition.
16) Outside in
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After serving twenty years in prison for the crime of, basically, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, 38-year-old Chris is granted early parole thanks largely in part to the tireless advocacy of his former high school teacher, Carol. As he struggles with the challenges of navigating the world as an ex-con and his fraught relationship with his brother Ted, Chris ends up confessing his romantic love for Carol a love that, given her marital status,...
17) Bad Milo!
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Duncan's mounting stress starts to trigger an insufferable gastrointestinal reaction. He seeks the help of a hypnotherapist, who helps him discover the root of his unusual stomach pain: a pint-sized demon living in his intestine that, triggered by excessive anxiety, forces its way out and slaughters the people who have angered him. Out of fear that his intestinal gremlin may target its wrath on the wrong person, Duncan attempts to befriend it, naming...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A loving ode to the natural world follows Little Owl as he glides along on a quiet night looking for things that make him happy, like shimmering stars, winking fireflies and, most of all, spending time with his good friends.
19) Young hearts
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Harper enters high school and sparks a relationship with her brother's best friend, Tilly. While Harper deals with social blowback, the older Tilly is congratulated, setting up a very modern love story in the age of Time's Up and Me Too.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nick Morgan has it all: a loving family, a beautiful home and a successful law practice in Los Angeles. His estranged brother Conrad has nothing but a backpack. When Conrad shows up for a surprise visit, all he wants to do in town is go to the infamous Manson Family murder sites. Reluctantly, Nick joins him and ends up on a road trip that leads the brothers into the modern-day world of Charles Manson.