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Imitation of life (1934)
A white widow and her African American housemaid build a fortune together--but success doesn't translate into happiness.

La strada (1954)
A carefree girl is sold to a traveling entertainer who physically and emotionally torments her.

Lassie come home (1943)
Hard times force a poor family to sell their collie, but Lassie sets out to return to her boy.

Little women (1933)
As the Civil War rages, the March sisters struggle to grow up without their loving father.

Little women (1994)
As the Civil War rages, the March sisters struggle to grow up without their loving father.

Love is a many-splendored thing (1955)
A doctor and a correspondent in Hong Kong begin an affair, but tragedy strikes when the journalist is transferred to war-torn Korea.

Love story (1970)
An Ivy League couple cross social barriers to marry, then must cope with untimely death.

Mildred Pierce (1945)
After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce starts a successful business but can’t win the approval of her spoiled daughter.

Mrs. Miniver (1942)
An English family keeps a stiff upper lip while dodging bombs in the first months of World War II.

My girl (1991)
A motherless girl has problems coping with her father’s new love interest.

Now, voyager (1942)
An emotionally crippled woman falls in love with a married man.

One true thing (1998)
A young woman caring for her terminally-ill mother clashes with her father, who seems to be too self-absorbed to help.

Ordinary people (1980)
The accidental death of a son shatters an upper middle class family.

Penny serenade (1941)
A devastating personal tragedy tests the courage of a young couple.

Philadelphia (1993)
A lawyer fired for having AIDS attempts to vindicate himself in court.

Places in the heart (1984)
A widow tries to run her cotton farm with the help of a group of friends in 1930s Texas.

Ponette (1996)
Sent to live with relatives after her mother’s death, Ponette experiences the hopes, dreams, and fears of a child coping with loss.

Raise the red lantern (1991)
Four wives in 1920s China compete for their husband’s attention.

Random harvest (1942)
A woman marries a WW I amnesiac war casualty, but his memory returns and erases his post-war life.

Riding alone for thousands of miles (2005)
A Japanese father travels to China’s Yunnan province in place of his terminally ill son to complete a documentary film.

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