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1) Carried away
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When an aspiring young actor returns home for the holidays, he finds his family mired in dysfunction and his beloved grandmother relegated to a nursing home. Disturbed by Granny's deteriorating state, he abducts her and hits the road with his father and siblings in hot pursuit. An unusual cross-country venture unfolds, culminating in the California desert in a surprising and unexpected way.
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For teenager Mia Thermopolis, just surviving each school day is an adventure. Then she receives the shocking news from her grandmother that she is a real-life princess. So begins a comical transformation towards poise and princess-ness, including a media storm, jealous schoolmates, and a plot to take over her country.
3) Grandma
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Elle, who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
6) Petite maman
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When a nine-year-old girl visits her mother's childhood home in the wake of her grandmother's death, she meets there another girl of her age in whom she recognizes her mother.
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A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters; his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville (which has a sardonic version of the Statue of Liberty in its harbor), where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio gone to seed, the Belleville Triplets.
8) Stop and go
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Two sisters embark on a hilarious, mile-a-minute road trip to rescue their grandmother and her beloved dog from her retirement home before their reckless sister gets there first.
9) Minari
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A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
10) The witches
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Nine-year-old Luke finds that saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy who has been turned into a mouse.
12) Caged no more
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A grandmother desperately searches for her two granddaughters who have disappeared in New Orleans.
13) Turquoise Rose
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Turquoise Roanhorse turns down a trip to Europe with her best friend. This choice chases her back to the Reservation, where she finds herself taking care of her ailing grandmother and building a relationship with a Rez boy.
15) Carolina
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Carolina, who is named after the state for which she was born in, tries to escape from her wildly eccentric family in search of a life of love and normalcy. Her sisters, Georgia and Maine, live with her grandma in a rather unconventional fashion. Her neighbor, Albert, writes romance novels for a living and writes a book "for Carolina". Carolina, herself, has a job as the producer of a television show, but loses her job when her hysterical sister calls...
16) The farewell
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When a Chinese family finds out that their grandmother has only a short time left to live, they plan a family reunion before she dies without telling her.
17) Juniper
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When a troubled teenager is asked to look after his grandmother, a former war correspondent with a drinking problem and a recently broken leg, the time they spend together changes his life in an unexpected way.
18) Family squares
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After the death of their family matriarch, Grandma Mabel, a family is reunited after years of being divided and soon find family secrets coming to light.
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Nine-year-old Saige is excited about the new school year, until she discovers that art, her favorite class, has been cut. On top of that, her best friend Tessa seems to be spending more and more time with another girl. For help, Saige turns to her grandma Mimi, a well-known artist and horsewoman, who inspires her to take action. Can Saige find the courage to overcome her fears, save the art program and her friendship with Tessa?
20) After class
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While on leave for controversial behavior in the classroom, a college professor joins his dysfunctional family to support their grandmother during her final days.
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