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Mad Love
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Mad Love

1995
Levelheaded high schooler Matt Leland (Chris O'Donnell) falls for the seductive, impulsive and clinically depressed Casey Roberts (Drew Barrymore). When she's institutionalized after a suicide attempt, Matt breaks her out and they head for the open road searching for adventure. But Casey's mental condition soon clouds their idyllic odyssey with harsh reality. Matthew Lillard and Joan Allen costar in director Antonia Bird's portrait of young love.

Directed by:

  • Antonia Bird
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    The Guru
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    The Guru

    2002
    &NFb;&NFb_;&NFb;&NFb_;Bollywood mania invades the screen in this wacky romantic comedy starring Marisa Tomei, Heather Graham and Jimi Mistry. When an Indian dancer (Mistry) decides he wants to become an actor, he heads for New York City and the lights of Broadway. Instead, he becomes a waiter. But when he's mistaken for a sex guru, he hits it big and must choose between fame and his burgeoning love for Sharonna (Graham), a porn star with a heart of gold.

    Directed by:

  • Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
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    The Sandpiper
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    The Sandpiper

    2005
    Relationships are redefined in this coming-of-age dramedy penned and directed by Claudia Carey. Life is idyllic for Ethan (John Lavelle) and Terry (Tom Mazur), two boys who summer at a cottage in Cape Cod -- until the summer of their 15th year when Caeti (Vanessa Daniels) arrives, and they both fall head over heels for her. To cool the competition, the three experiment with their sexuality in this indie throwback to Jules and Jim.

    Directed by:

  • Claudia Carey
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    The Cake Eaters
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    The Cake Eaters

    2007
    When aspiring musician Guy Kimbrough (Jayce Bartok) returns to his family home in upstate New York, his arrival shakes up his father, Easy (Bruce Dern), and brother Beagle (Aaron Stanford), who are both still devastated by the recent death of the family matriarch. As the three men struggle to connect, each also tries to find love. Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Ashley and Miriam Shor co-star in actress Mary Stuart Masterson's directorial debut.

    Directed by:

  • Mary Stuart Masterson
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    Life in Flight
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    Life in Flight

    2008
    With a beautiful wife (Amy Smart), an adoring son (Kevin Rosseljong) and an accomplished career, New York-based architect Will (Patrick Wilson) thinks he has it all -- until a new friendship with dynamic young designer Kate (Lynn Collins) reveals the cracks in his too-perfect life. With long-repressed doubts now in the open, Will must reconsider the direction of his life from the bottom up. Tracey Hecht directs this existential drama.

    Directed by:

  • Tracey Hecht
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    Woman on Top
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    Woman on Top

    2000
    After her husband Toninho is unfaithful, chef Isabella relocates from Brazil to San Francisco, where she starts a successful television cooking show. Soon, Toninho follows Isabella to America to try and win her back in this sexy comedy.

    Directed by:

  • Fina Torres
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    Starstruck
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    Starstruck

    1982
    Jackie Mullins (Jo Kennedy, doing her own new wave singing) is an aspiring star who just has to sing. And with her cousin Angus on her side, stardom might not be too far off. The two team up with a local band, The Wombats, to take their big shot at fame, fortune and celebrity -- all the while trying to save the family pub. Gillian Armstrong directs this quirky movie filled with 1980s hairdos and kangaroo costumes.

    Directed by:

  • Gillian Armstrong
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    Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
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    Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

    2002
    In this darkly offbeat comedy, the titular Wilbur (Jamie Sives) keeps trying to kill himself, but his saintly brother Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) always saves him. The men's bleak routine is soon disrupted by the arrival of fetching cleaning lady Alice (Shirley Henderson). After a quick courtship, the timid single mom marries Harbour, but extramarital tensions mount between the bride and Wilbur in this charmer from Danish director Lone Scherfig.

    Directed by:

  • Lone Scherfig
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    New York, I Love You
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    New York, I Love You

    2008
    In the city that never sleeps, love abounds 24/7. At the café, in the park, on the subway, on the corner, you never know where love will find you. Some of the greatest directors present an all-star cast!

    Directed by:

  • Yvan Attal
  • Allen Hughes
  • Natalie Portman
  • Shekhar Kapur
  • Joshua Marston
  • Shunji Iwai
  • Fatih Akin
  • Mira Nair
  • Brett Ratner
  • Wen Jiang
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    The Simian Line
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    The Simian Line

    2001
    In the 300-year-old town of Weehawken, N.J., four couples (including Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Redgrave, Cindy Crawford and Eric Stoltz) come together for an evening of mischief on Halloween night. But their intimate dinner party takes a disastrous turn when the fortuneteller (Tyne Daly) invited to entertain them announces that "one couple will be finished by the end of the year." Which one of them it will be is anyone's guess.

    Directed by:

  • Linda Yellen
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    Double Happiness
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    Double Happiness

    1995
    Old-fashioned values collide with the whims of youth in this modern romantic comedy about a dutiful Chinese-Canadian daughter who wants to please her parents without sacrificing part of herself when it comes to love. Deep down, Jade (Sandra Oh) knows her mother and father won't approve of her new boyfriend, a white college student named Mark (Callum Keith Rennie). But that doesn't stop her from hoping for "double happiness."

    Directed by:

  • Mina Shum
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    The Perez Family
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    The Perez Family

    1995
    Released from prison after 20 years, a Cuban plantation owner is permitted to join a boat exodus to Miami, where he hopes to reunite with his wife and daughter. Along the way, he meets a fiery young hooker looking for a better life in America.

    Directed by:

  • Mira Nair
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    Daphne
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    Daphne

    2007
    Geraldine Somerville stars in this BBC biopic as acclaimed novelist Daphne du Maurier, whose secret infatuations and affairs with the likes of heiress Ellen Doubleday (Elizabeth McGovern) and actress Gertrude Lawrence (Janet McTeer) are said to have informed much of her writing. Based largely on Margaret Forster's biography, Clare Beavan's film paints a stirring portrait of an artist's struggle for self-acceptance.

    Directed by:

  • Clare Beavan
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    Smooth Talk
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    Smooth Talk

    1985
    Joyce Carol Oates' classic short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" serves as the inspiration for this disturbing drama, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival. When sultry teen Connie (Laura Dern) discovers her sexuality, the object of her affection isn't someone her age but rather the much older, mysterious Arnold Friend (Treat Williams) -- who may not have the purest intentions.

    Directed by:

  • Joyce Chopra
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    Love Serenade
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    Love Serenade

    1996
    The Hurley sisters (Miranda Otto and Rebecca Frith) are, by turns, shy and introspective and flashy and outgoing. What they have in common is that they're both lonely young women on the make for Mr. Right. So, when a slick, smooth-talking radio deejay from the big city blows into their tiny town (moving in right next door), the sisters square off in a hilarious competition to win his affections!

    Directed by:

  • Shirley Barrett
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    Kettle of Fish
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    Kettle of Fish

    2006
    Mel (Matthew Modine) is a jazz musician with a serious lust for women of all types. When he finally decides to commit to his girlfriend, Inga (Ewa Da Cruz), fate delivers the ultimate test of fidelity in the form of an attractive biologist (Gina Gershon) who sublets Mel's apartment. Toss in a beautiful bride-to-be (Christy Cashman), whom Mel falls for, and you have all the ingredients for a classic romantic screwball comedy.

    Directed by:

  • Claudia Myers
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    Now and Then
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    Now and Then

    1995
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

    Directed by:

  • Lesli Linka Glatter
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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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