Genre: Tearjerkers
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Les Misérables (2012)
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway …
Directed by: Tom Hooper
The musical version of Victor Hugo's epic tale of love and sacrifice, first produced for the stage in 1985, now receives the big-screen treatment. The bloody era of the French Revolution…
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Lake Effects (2012)
Cast: Scottie Thomson, Jane Seymour, Madeline Zima …
Directed by: Michael McKay
Sisters Sara and Lily lead very different lives. When their father unexpectedly dies, they reunite in their hometown. Through the guidance of their father's spirit, the women and their…
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1 Out of 7 (2012)
Cast: Laura Ramsey, Toby Hemingway, Theresa Russell …
Directed by: York Shackleton
Pregnant and alone on the streets of Portland, teenager Lexi finds support from Devon, a woman who has overcome her own troubled times. As Lexi's due date nears, the reappearance of the…
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We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Cast: Cameron Crowe, Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson …
In this adaptation of Benjamin Mee's memoir about buying and saving a run-down zoo, the locale shifts from Britain to southern California. However, the wacky spirit of the original is…
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
Cast: Gianna Jun, Bingbing Li, Vivian Wu …
Directed by: Wayne Wang
Noted director Wayne Wang helms this adaptation of Lisa See's best-selling novel about two young girls in 19th-century China who are pledged as lifelong companions through an ancient…
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Snowmen (2011)
Cast: Bobby Coleman, Josh Flitter, Ray Liotta …
Directed by: Robert Kirbyson
After a surprising discovery in the snow catapults three small-town boys into the spotlight, they hatch a plan to be remembered forever by setting a world record for building snowmen in this…
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Beneath Contempt (2011)
Cast: Colin Janson, Abby Austin, Melanie May …
Directed by: Benjamin Brewer
After serving four years in prison for killing his friends in a drunk driving accident, Sean Beckett (Colin Janson) returns to his hometown in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the mother (Sarah…
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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story (2011)
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Terry O'Quinn, David Haydn-Jones …
Directed by: Gary Harvey
This fact-based Lifetime drama follows one mother's nightmarish struggle to retrieve the 7-year-old son her ex-husband whisked out of her life when he abducted the boy and took him back…
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Five (2011)
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca …
Directed by: Jennifer Aniston, Patty Jenkins, Alicia Keys …
This evocative anthology features intertwining short films that examine the effect breast cancer has on five women, each of whom variously uses determination, grit and humor -- one even holds…
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Death of a Superhero (2011)
Cast: Andy Serkis, Thomas Sangster, Michael McElhatton …
Directed by: Ian Fitzgibbon
Sick of chemo -- since it hasn't cured his leukemia -- 15-year-old Irish lad Daniel is full of fear, anger and worry. Concerned about dying a virgin, he's sent to a therapist whose…
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8:46 (2011)
Cast: Shelly Shenoy, Mike DiGiacinto, Elizabeth Eggers …
Directed by: Jennifer Gargano
8:46 follows an variety of characters and storylines in the days leading up to the attacks on the United States on the morning of September 11, 2001. The film serves as a reminder that each…
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More Than Chance (2011)
Cast: Kelsey Minick, Melissa Reynolds, Miranda Minick …
Directed by: Debra Johanyak
This faith-based drama stars Kelsey Minick as herself, a young Ukrainian girl who was violently assaulted by her adoptive father, leaving her a paraplegic. Now, she must learn to trust…
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25 Hill (2011)
Cast: Corbin Bernsen, Nathan Gamble, Maureen Flannigan …
Directed by: Corbin Bernsen
Twelve-year-old Trey is shattered when his father is killed in Afghanistan, leaving a hole in the boy's life and an unfinished soapbox-derby car in the garage. Trey soon meets Roy, a…
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1 Message (2011)
Cast: Ashley Kate Adams, Juliana Allen, Matt Wallace …
Directed by: Jefferson Moore
When she's diagnosed with breast cancer, Becca's world begins to unravel. She loses her job, her fiancé and her will to live. But in her darkest hour, she finds a mysterious ray of…
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Remember Me (2010)
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper …
Directed by: Allen Coulter
In the summer of 2001, New York college student Tyler is still feeling lost from the tragedy that has strained his relationship with his father when he meets Ally, a girl who understands his pain.
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Hereafter (2010)
Cast: Matt Damon, Cécile De France, Frankie McLaren …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood directs this supernatural thriller about three very different people and their responses to death, including a hesitant American psychic named George (Matt Damon) who may be…
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Rabbit Hole (2010)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest …
Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell
In this raw drama based on David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Becca and Howie grapple with the realities of life eight months after the death of their…
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The Last Song (2010)
Cast: Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear …
Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
Miley Cyrus has top billing as 17-year-old Ronnie Miller, a rebellious former piano prodigy who doesn't hide her hostility after being sent off to spend the summer in Georgia with her…
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Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
Cast: Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew …
Directed by: Burr Steers
As the caretaker of the cemetery where his brother Sam is buried, Charlie has lots of time to commune with the dead. But when Charlie meets a mysterious young woman, he must decide whether to…
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Conviction (2010)
Cast: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo …
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Convinced that her brother, Kenneth (Sam Rockwell), has been unjustly convicted of murder and incompetently defended by court-ordered attorneys, high school dropout Betty Anne Waters (Hilary…
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Temple Grandin (2010)
Cast: Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara, Julia Ormond …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Emmy winner Claire Danes stars as Temple Grandin, a brilliant young woman coping with the stigma of autism at a time when it was misunderstood. With the support of her loving family, Temple…
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Extraordinary Measures (2010)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell …
Directed by: Tom Vaughan
After their two young children are diagnosed with a rare genetic disease for which conventional medicine has no cure, John and Aileen pin their hopes on the work of unconventional scientist…
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The Tree (2010)
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas …
Directed by: Julie Bertuccelli
After her husband's sudden death, Dawn must provide for her four kids despite her grief, while young Simone is convinced her father's spirit now lives in a giant fig tree in the…
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My Own Love Song (2010)
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima …
Directed by: Olivier Dahan
Years after a life-changing car accident that left her paralyzed, a wheelchair-bound woman (Renée Zellweger) embarks on a cross-country journey to reconnect with her long-lost son,…
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Johnny (2010)
Cast: Lee Majors, Musetta Vander, Mel Fair …
Directed by: D. David Morin
Still reeling from his 10-year-old son's tragic accidental death, Dr. Drew Carter attempts to assuage his family's grief by adopting Johnny Bell, a terminally ill foster child…