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1) Dear Frankie
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A witty and touching tale about a mother's efforts to protect her son from the truth.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A plastic surgeon who is romancing a much younger schoolteacher enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon-to-be ex-wife in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
3) The hunt
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
Danish
Description
Lucas is a former school teacher who has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws his small community into a collective state of hysteria. As the lie spreads, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity.
4) Luce
Language
English
Formats
Description
Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher encounters a shocking revelation upon examining the contents...
Language
English
Description
Charlie is marred to the scandalous Victoria, but is in love with her sister Florence. Charlie goes off to war in search of redemption. On the front lines, he battles not only the enemy, but also the demons of self-doubt which have plagued him throughout his life. One day, Charlie witnesses a murder and must decide whether to protect his abusive father or tell the truth.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don, a well-liked teacher, share the kind of relationship that truly, seriously, for the love of God cannot be real: that is, they're actually in love. Even after decades of marriage, parenting, and successful careers, their physical spark has somehow not diminished; in fact, they seem to relish the opportunity to share a single ice cream cone and drive others including their son, Charlie mad. Should it come...
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Persian
Description
With the return of their friend Ahmad from Germany, a group of old college pals decide to reunite of a weekend by the Caspian Sea. The fun starts right away as they quickly catch on the plan of lively Sepideh, who has brought along Elly, her daughter's kindergarten teacher, in hopes of setting her up with recently divorced Ahmad. But seemingly trivial lies, which start accumulating at the seashore, suddenly swing round and come back full force when...
8) The dilemma
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees something he should not have and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves his world into comic mayhem, he learns that his best friend Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, Ronny must decide what will happen if he reveals the truth.
9) Indiscreet
Series
Publisher
Republic Pictures
Language
English
Description
An American diplomat in London falls in love with an actress, but tries to protect himself by saying he is married.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions of the boy's identity comes up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Edition
Full frame.
Language
English
Description
(Lemon drop kid) A small-time con artist, nicknamed for his favorite candy, gets in over his head when he swindles a tough gangster out of some gambling profits. The Kid concocts a scheme to pay back the money by Christmas, by tricking his pals into dressing up as Santas and collecting money for a made-up charity.
(Road to Rio) As stowaways on an ocean bound ship, Hot Lips Barton and Scat Sweeney fall for a beautiful girl under the spell of her evil...
12) A December bride
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Aspiring interior designer Layla is dreading the Christmas time wedding of her cousin whos marrying Laylas ex-fiance. Although Seth is the one responsible for introducing the bride and groom, she begrudgingly accepts his offer to be her date as she's out of options. Seth gets carried away at the reception and announces they're engaged, forcing a mortified Layla to keep up the pretense.
Language
English
Description
Mark is a desperate unemployed writer who lives in a world where everyone unfailingly tells the truth. People don't even know what fiction is. Every thought, no matter how humiliating or harsh, tumbles out unvarnished. Then one day, Mark becomes so desperate he concocts a lie. In a world where everyone is unfailingly honest, a lie is believed with total and absolute gullibility. Mark can get anything he wants. The one thing he truly wants is the love...
14) Susan Slade
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
When her boyfriend is killed, Susan Slade, already pursued by two other young men, is left a pregnant teenager. Her parents offer to pass the baby off as their own after it is born, but can Susan ultimately deny her own child, even if revealing the truth means giving up a second chance at love?
15) 1981
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Français
Description
When his family moves into their new home, young Ricardo Trogi feels different from his classmates. He creates a new reality to avoid being discovered for what he really is. How long can the truth be denied?
16) The hunt
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Danish
Description
Lucas is a former school teacher who has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws his small community into a collective state of hysteria. As the lie spreads, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity.
17) City Island
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Vince Rizzo is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Vince would rather let his wife believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
In a world where people speak the truth and have no concept of deception, a young man about to lose everything invents the 'lie' and goes on to not just change the nature of movie-making, but also creates the basis of religion. After much effort, he also gets the girl he loves.
Publisher
Sentai Filmworks
Language
日本語
Description
Everyone knows that lies can come back to bite you, but when Erika makes up a fake boyfriend to impress her new classmates, the results may literally end up hounding her forever! Yes, it was dumb, but what were the odds that the random guy whose picture she used would turn out to be a student at her own school? Or that said faux-boyfriend's silence would come with such a horrible price?
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