Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979)

タリバン政権下で生きる少女とその家族にスポットを当て、その恐怖と苦しみを描き、2003年カンヌ国際映画祭カメラドール特別賞を受賞した実力作。TV、映画、音楽が禁止されていたタリバン政権崩壊後初めてアフガン人の監督による、アフガンの映画が誕生したことの意味は重要だ。この作品で迫真の演技を見せた、マリナ・ゴルバハーリら次世代の才能を発掘した成果も大きい。アフガンの人々の日常生活に迫る記念すべき作品。

移民として故郷の中国から苦難の人生を背負って生き抜いてきた4人の母親と、アメリカ人として生まれ育った4人の娘たちの世代間の相違と心の絆を描いた群像劇。エイミー・タンの同名ベストセラー小説を、「夜明けのスローボート」の女性監督ウェイン・ワンが映画化。 ロサンゼルス。聡明なスーユアン、リーダー格のリンド、芯の強いアンメイ、気品あるインインの同世代の4人の女性は、マージャン卓を囲んで食事をしたりおしゃべりをしたりする会″ジョイ・ラック・クラブ″を作っていた。アメリカに移住して30年、2ケ月前に他界した母スーユアンの代わりに会合に出席したジューンは、故国に残してきた双子の姉の存在が、母の死に際し語られる。居ても立っても居られぬジェーンは、まだ見ぬ姉たちを訪ねる……。

破天荒で夢見がちな行動を繰り返す母親に反発する若い娘。徐々にではあるがお互いが心を開いていくまでをあふれるユーモアとともに綴る感動作。出演はスーザン・サランドン、ナタリー・ポートマンら。

Mia is a rebellious teenager on the verge of being kicked out of school. Her hard-partying mother, Joanne, neglects Mia's welfare in favor of her own, and her younger sister hangs out with a much older crowd. Sparks fly between Mia and Connor, Joanne's new boyfriend, and he encourages Mia to pursue her interest in dance. As the boundaries of the relationships become blurred, Mia and Joanne compete for Connor's affection.

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Louise, an unfulfilled divorced woman with regrets, gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who bears an uncanny resemblance, in name and appearance, to her high school sweetheart who died many years before.

With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and falling in with a slick preacher (Ricardo Chivara). Even with a dangerous gang leader (Dean McDermott) threatening his flock, Armstrong won't give up.

Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins to regret her tryst with Lucifer when her teenage daughter, Daria, starts showing the evil influence of dear old Dad. Convinced that she can stop the devil's power on earth, Carlotta calls upon an exorcist for help.

ロングアイランドの高級住宅地。いかにも落ち着き払った環境に住む、30年連れ添った両親に突然別居話が持ち上がる。ショックで、インテリア・デザイナーの母は自殺未遂。三人の娘たちは、愛人を作った父の無責任をなじるが、父の連れてきたその人は不思議な個性の持ち主だった。あらためて、夫と妻、親子の関係を問いただす彼ら…。

Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man, an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her self-esteem.

Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and Christopher — to fill the lonely gap in her personal life. However, as her professional and romantic relationships sour, Joan's already callous and abusive behavior towards Christina intensifies. Christina leaves home to pursue an acting path of her own, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her.

It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.

When the always dramatic Lola and her family move form the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't give up on her life's ambition: to be a star! In a crowd-pleasing movie treat bursting with music, dance and excitement, Lola's fun-filled adventure won't be glamorous or easy, but it might just show her that real life could exceed even her wildest dreams!

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.

退屈していたコンラッドとサリーの前に現れた、不思議なしゃべるネコ。つまらない1日を楽しくしてくれるのはいいけれど、あっという間に家中がメチャクチャに。