Origin Pictures.
Formats
Description
Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, it chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Struggling to build relationships with others, a teenage math prodigy (Asa Butterfield, *Hugo, Enders Game*) develops a budding friendship with a young girl while competing at the International Mathematics Olympiad. Nominated for Best Actor (Asa Butterfield), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins), and Best Supporting Actor (Rafe Spall) at the **British Independent Film Awards**. Official Selection at the **Toronto Independent Film Festival**. *"It...
5) Hope Gap
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Grace lives an idyllic life until her 29-year marriage to Edward abruptly ends, leaving their only son to pick up the pieces. As life unravels, Grace discovers it's never too late to be happy.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability.
8) Hidden
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
A taut and gripping four-part conspiracy thriller set in London and Paris at a time when Britain is in a state of political turmoil.
9) Little Bird
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history.
12) The journey home
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When Luke discovers that a young polar bear cub has been separated from his mother, he sets out to find a way to reunite the two. Setting out across a frozen landscape, it is up to Luke to protect himself and the cub from the dangers of the wild and the elements to help the cub find his way home.
14) The first grader
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A heartwarming and inspiring true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan villager and ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.