A Piece of the Bottom
Sep 02, 2013 | IMDB 0
14 min Watch NowDrama
'A Piece of the Bottom' uses Mid-coast Maine as a backdrop to portray two lobstering families whose decades-long feud over the local sea floor finally reaches a tipping point. The film reveals the bigger issues in the industry, from conservation and sustainability, to the struggle of working-class families desperate to do anything to scrape by.
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Captains Courageous
Vixen!
The Shipping News
Land
Silver City
Big Fish
Nanook of the North
Short Cuts
Rosetta
Part-Time Work
The Groomsmen
Every Which Way but Loose
In the Bedroom
Meeting My Grandad
Jindabyne
A River Runs Through It
Woman at Sea
CODA
Luzzu
The Breaking Point
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IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 1937
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IMDB 5.5 | Oct , 1968
In a Canadian mountain resort, Vixen resides with her naive pilot husband. While he's away flying in tourists, she sleeps with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. However, the only one she won't bed is her brother's friend... who is Black.The Shipping News
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2001
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.Land
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 2021
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.Silver City
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2004
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IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 2003
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IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1922
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.Short Cuts
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1993
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 1999
Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.Part-Time Work
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 1980
A comedy of everyday life problems of a "temporary" teacher who leads a very "temporary" life. For ten years, he temporarily lives with his married sister in a cramped, one-room apartment in which, his brother's-in-law sister also temporarily lives. He has a diploma, but not a steady job. He's a school teacher for a definite period of time with a "temporary" status. At the mean time, a boy who lives alone with his mother goes to the same school. He wants to have a father by his own choice, not his mother's. It seems that the teacher suits most of the boy's idea of a father. And the boy gains what he always wants.The Groomsmen
IMDB 5.1 | Jun , 2006
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IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 1978
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.In the Bedroom
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2001
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2025
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IMDB 5.4 | Jul , 2006
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IMDB 7 | Oct , 1992
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.Woman at Sea
IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 2023
Lili has left everything behind to travel to the edge of the earth and accomplish her dream, fishing the Northern seas. She persuades Ian, the captain of a trawler by the name of Rebel, to give her a chance and let her join the crew. The only woman on board, they call her Sparrow. Hidden behind a frail appearance is a will of steel, and her courage and determination ultimately win over their respect. Adopted into this world of often unfortunate individuals, Lili will conquer her right to live differently, free.CODA
IMDB 7.9 | Aug , 2021
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IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2021
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IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1950
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