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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Chikamatsu Monogatari
Crime Against Joe
Dunya & Desie
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The Proposal
Rufus Stone
Genesis
Timecode
Men Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil
SIMILAR MOVIES
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IMDB 10 | Dec , 2022
A teenager seeks refuge from her troubled family.Mrs. Munck
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 1995
A wronged woman takes revenge on her wheelchair bound father-in-law.As Green As It Gets
IMDB 7.3 | Jun , 2018
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
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IMDB 7.7 | Jan , 2018
At a Bandung high school, charming and rebellious Dilan vies for the affections of shy new student Milea.My Only Sunshine
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2009
Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ventures. Beyond the motion and romance of the water, Hayat's life is harsh and unrelenting. But Hayat has an instinct for survival. Her capacity for courage, endurance and hope in the face of these trials suggest that there is Life despite the manifold injustices of an unjust world.The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
IMDB 7.3 | May , 1955
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...High Art
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 1998
When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to exploit each other for their respective careers while slowly falling in love with each other.Love Story 1999
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1998
Krishna is a college student who is constantly rejecting girls who find him attractive. He eventuality falls in love with Meena, the daughter of a powerful woman. Vamsi, a television personality known as Love Boss, is called upon to assist Krishna with wooing Meena, while dealing with love troubles of his own.We Know
IMDB 8.5 | Mar , 2009
An intimate moment between a father and an almost grown-up son leads to a fundamental, though subtle, change in their relationship. Their unconditional love towards each other becomes clear, albeit unsaid.Runaway
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2005
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael works at a convenience store where everything starts to come together for him. But as Michael falls in love with his beautiful co-worker, Carly, his past beginChikamatsu Monogatari
IMDB 7.8 | Nov , 1954
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.Crime Against Joe
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 1956
Down-and-out artist Joe Manning wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he's being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.Dunya & Desie
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2008
Dunya and Desie are two 18 year old best friends from Amsterdam North. Dunya is Moroccan and Desie is Dutch. On Dunya's Birthday she is told that her marriage has been arranged with a distant cousin in Morocco. Dunya and her family will travel to Morocco to meet him. After Desie discovers that she is pregnant she joins Dunya in Morocco in a search for Desies father.The Widows of Thursdays
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.The Proposal
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2025
A young couple, Sandrine and Peter, discuss the pros and cons of marriage during their anniversary dinner in a cafe while others look on. An argument that might change their future and their perception of love and their meaning of relationship.Rufus Stone
IMDB 2 | Dec , 2012
Rufus Stone is a short film about “love, sexual awakening, and treachery.” According to Director Josh Appignanesi, “the story dramatizes the old and continued prejudices of village life from three main perspectives.Genesis
IMDB 6.2 | Jan , 1998
A sculptor is traumatized by the death of his wife in a car accident. He builds a sculpture in her memory. As the lifelike sculpture begins to bleed through the cracks of clay, the sculptor's flesh mutates and crumbles away...Timecode
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2000
A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering divorce, while Rose's girlfriend secretly spies on her and attempts to sabotage the relationship. The four storylines in the film were each shot in one take and are shown simultaneously, each taking up a quarter of the screen.Men Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil
IMDB 4.9 | Jul , 1992
In 1935, Japan's Unit 731 conducts inhumane experiments. A doctor tries to free prisoners, including his fiancée, from the camp while witnessing atrocities.