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A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
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"When Leif's estranged mother dies, she leaves him a 'conditional inheritance.' Before he can move into her picturesque Yosemite cabin, he has to complete her elaborate and sometimes dubious to-do list. Leif and Nora, his canine BFF, step into Honey's wild world as she tries to make amends from beyond the grave."--container.
4) Dark light
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Following her mother's death and a painful divorce, Annie and her daughter, Emily, move back to her childhood home. At first, everything seems fine, but then tragedy strikes again on a foggy night when Emily goes missing from her bedroom. Annie claims that she saw something come from the darkness and take her. She becomes the prime suspect and is sent to a correctional hospital. She must now escape the hospital and return to the house to confront...
5) Run the race
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"Tells the story of two desperate brothers willing to sacrifice today for a better tomorrow. Reeling from his mother's death and his father's abandonment, Zach, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers' ticket out of town. But when a devastating injury puts Zach and his dreams on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope." --container
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Left to fend for herself after the tragic death of her mother, Eula is forced to take action in order to survive. In the midst on the 1870s gold rush, there are few she can trust, and she soon finds herself tagging along with an outcast on a mission to find his bandit father. Far from the comforts of home, Eula begins to realize that there is a whole world out there, and it2s far more dangerous than she ever imagined.
7) Little Woods
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"Ollie is barely getting by in Little Woods, an economically depressed fracking boomtown in North Dakota. She has left her days of illegally running prescription pills over the Canadian border behind, eying a potential new job that would finally break her out of the small town. But when her mother dies, she is reunited with her estranged sister Deb, who faces a mounting crisis: the combined effect of an unplanned pregnancy and a deadbeat ex. The...
8) Carmen
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"A young dancer is forced to flee the Mexican desert when her mother is murdered. She joins up with a soldier recovering from PTSD and the two begin a passionate love affair." --container.
10) The boogeyman
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"Two sisters - along with their therapist father - are reeling from their mother's death. When a desperate patient comes to their home, he leaves behind a terrifying entity that feeds on its victims' suffering." --container.
11) Umma
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"Amanda and her daughter are living a quiet life on an American farm. When the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the dread of turning into her." --container
12) Grace is gone
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Stanley Phillips is a sad, disconnected man unable to tell his young daughters that their mother, a soldier, has died in Iraq. Instead, he takes the girls on a road trip, where their innocent charm helps him rediscover a healing joy he thought he'd lost forever.
13) Cruel Peter
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"After the tragic death of her mother, Bianca makes an attempt to contact her spirit. In the process, sheunknowingly summons Peter, a thirteen-year old boy who lived a life of violent and evil ways and was ultimately killed in an act of revenge. Now Bianca's father must dig for the truth to save his daughter from a curse before they become victims of Peter's vicious acts from beyond the grave." --container
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"Pope, Craig, Deran and J are still dealing with the fallout from the events surrounding Smurf's death, including family members out for revenge. With their kingdom without a leader, the Cody family's struggle to maintain their fragile alliance, and to see which of them will come out on top. Meanwhile, they search for more information on Pamela Johnson whom Smurf made the beneficiary of her estate. And back in 1984, an increasingly volatile 29-year-old...
15) The invitation
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"After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie takes a DNA test . . . and discovers a long-lost cousin she never knew she had. Invited by her newfound family to a lavish wedding in the English countryside, she's at first seduced by the sexy aristocrat host but is soon thrust into a nightmare of survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family's history and the unsettling intentions behind their sinful generosity." --container....
16) Gringa
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"Large Marge Bickford, 'Butt too big, boobs too small…generation XL', navigates the halls of her high school and the chalked lines of its soccer field with the same sense of failure and dread. This is not a happy kid. Marge is most often alone but not necessarily lonely, just resigned. Life is passing her by and she doesn’t seem to mind…until the death of her nearly perfect Mom. Marge refuses to move to Arizona to live with her ultra-conservative...
17) The descendants
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Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
18) MaryLand
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"MaryLand is a story about two sisters, about what binds them together and what has driven them apart. Becca and Rosaline find themselves thrown together by the sudden death of their mother, Mary. As the sisters travel through the early days of grief, they meet their mother’s quirky friend Cathy who seems to know more about their mother than they do. Trapped on the Isle of Man with each other, the sisters can’t escape the ripple effect of their...
19) Love Sarah
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"Determined to fulfil her late mother's dream of opening a bakery in charming Notting Hill, nineteen-year-old Clarissa enlists the help of her mother's best friend Isabella and her eccentric estranged grandmother Mimi. These three generations of women will need to overcome grief, doubts, and differences to honor the memory of their beloved Sarah while embarking on a journey to establish a London store filled with love, hope, and colorful pastries...
20) Separation
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"Eight-year-old Jenny leads a lonely but imaginative life, surrounded by puppets based on the works of her artist father. But when her mother is tragically killed in a hit-and-run and her grandfather sues for custody, the puppets and other frightening characters suddenly start coming to life. At first, Jenny is the only person who believes they're real, putting everyone's lives in danger." --container
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