Black or White
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
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2015★ 7.1
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1965★ 7.0
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2014★ 6.5
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2007★ 6.6
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2005★ 6.8
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1989★ 6.4
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.
Rabbit Hole
2010★ 6.7
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
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2001★ 6.9
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