Drama
Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Come Die with Me
The Crazy Kill
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Dunya & Desie
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With Mom
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Alien Girl
The Heaven None Missed 3
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IMDB 1 | May , 2005
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IMDB 4.6 | Jan , 1957
A police lieutenant fights to prove a boy's innocence after he's accused of murder. The fourth of five Ben Schwab productions that starred Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department.The Black Box Murders
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1975
A group of interested parties searching for stolen campaign money in a deserted house learn a murderer is among them.The Red Snowball Tree
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1974
A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.Demons of War
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1998
A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will also replace Keller as CO. When the camp's RTO receives a communication from a downed Norwegian chopper, Keller ignores his standing orders and leads a platoon to rescue the crew.Son of a Gun
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2014
Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a price.Blue Miracle
IMDB 7.4 | May , 2021
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IMDB 3.6 | Nov , 1968
Ambition, social climbing and insincerity shape the emotional climate among a circle of young professionals launching their careers.Little Victories
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2025
Every day, a father works to accumulate the money needed to buy go-kart tires for his daughter and himself. At the racetrack or at home, nothing matters but each other's presence. But during their last autumn in the heart of nature and engines, his weakening health prompts him to reflect on the legacy he will leave to her.Come Die with Me
IMDB 0 | May , 1974
A man kills his older brother when he is refused a loan and then is held in bondage by the housekeeper, who knows of the murder.The Crazy Kill
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1975
A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his sidekick, but a journalist's arrival complicates matters.Beastly
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 2011
A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.Sightings
IMDB 4.9 | Oct , 2017
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IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2008
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IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 2009
The closed community of a private neighborhood of high-priced houses, is moved by the discovery of three corpses that appear floating in a pool and rushes to frame it as an accident.With Mom
IMDB 9 | Aug , 2013
While her middle class, socialist family is falling apart around her, Berina, a young artist, tries to cope both with her awakening sexuality and her mother Jasna's imminent death. Her father cannot accept the fact that life is already happening without his wife. Her younger sister Luna cannot or does not want to grow up. For everybody's sake, Berina wants to save her mother's life and her family the only way she can - through art, and through magic.Eat Pray Love
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 2010
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.Alien Girl
IMDB 5.8 | Jun , 2010
1990s. Gangster Kyiv. A team of four men is assigned to deliver a girl from Prague, nicknamed "Alien", the sister of a recently arrested criminal called Babai, whose testimony could damage some important people.The Heaven None Missed 3
IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 2021
Meirose strives to create heaven in her family, with her husband and their two children. One day, Ray, a man from her past, returns and wants to build his lost paradise with Meirose and Akbar.Christina's House
IMDB 4.6 | Apr , 2000
A teenage girl is plagued by bizarre occurrences and deaths related to her new home.