Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's uptight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?

Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children and a stimulating job. He's a film producer. Discovering talented filmmakers and developing films that fit his conception of the cinema-free and true to life-is precisely his reason for living. Yet his prestigious production company, Moon Films, is on its last legs. Too many productions, too many risks, too many debts. Storm clouds are gathering. But Grégoire ploughs on at all costs. Where will his blind obstinacy lead him?

2010 Hong Kong film directed by Alex Law

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

纽约附近城岛的监狱看守文斯（安迪·加西亚 Andy Garcia 饰）瞒着老婆乔伊斯（朱丽安娜· 玛格丽丝 Julianna Margulies 饰）到城里上表演课，梦想成为一名演员。乔伊斯瞒着文斯抽烟，女儿和儿子也都有自己的大小秘密，一家人各自为政。有一天文斯发现新转来的犯人汤尼（史蒂文·斯崔特 Steven Strait 饰）竟是自己遗弃二十多年的儿子。文斯把汤尼带回了家，向所有人隐瞒了事实，希望能利用假释好好照顾这个儿子，让他重返正途。与此同时，在表演课同学莫莉（艾米莉·莫迪默 Emily Mortimer 饰）的鼓励下，文斯参加了一次重要的电影角色面试，没想到这却引起了乔伊斯的误会，造成了家庭危机大爆发…… 本片获纽约曼哈顿特里贝卡（Tribeca）电影节观众票选奖。

A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.

Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.

Mutual attraction leads two married couples to swap bedtime partners.

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認定是老鼠的圖，不管看幾次都是老鼠。 害怕幽靈的人，會將黑暗中看到的任何東西當成鬼…… 本格推理新希望‧道尾秀介　出道至今最高傑作！ 童年時意外墜樓死亡的姊姊，遺體檢驗出疑點。 久臥病榻的父親緊接著去世，母親從此變了一個人。 二十幾年後，悲劇再次上演。 死亡終結了他的童年， 這次又將終結他的青春…… 鏡相般的悲劇， 翻轉又翻轉的真相 讓你屏息到最後一刻，大呼過癮 人生在世，誰又真的無辜？ 【故事大綱】 四個從高中時代就熱愛音樂，而組成Sundowner樂團的男女， 十四年後依然定期練習並業餘演出。 但十四年的時間能將人徹底改變…… 童年時去世的姊姊，悲劇陰影至今仍籠罩著他。 幼時離家的父親，又將如何改變她的命運？ 所有的悲劇都有其原因， 一個原因還緊扣著另一個原因， 最後加上巧合和命運的機率， 終於抵達無可逆轉的終點……

Mia is a rebellious teenager on the verge of being kicked out of school. Her hard-partying mother, Joanne, neglects Mia's welfare in favor of her own, and her younger sister hangs out with a much older crowd. Sparks fly between Mia and Connor, Joanne's new boyfriend, and he encourages Mia to pursue her interest in dance. As the boundaries of the relationships become blurred, Mia and Joanne compete for Connor's affection.

Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.

2009 film directed by Nancy Meyers

There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad. But when Billy starts to act out, everything changes for him and his family

媲美普立茲得獎作品《安琪拉的灰燼》感動無數讀者．即將躍上大螢幕 大家都說爸是天才，他的夢想就是蓋一座玻璃城堡。為了實現這個夢想，我和弟弟在家附近挖了個坑洞做地基，卻被爸當成了垃圾掩埋場。在那當下，我逐漸明白，這個夢想似乎就要像爸給過我們的眾多承諾一樣，變成另一張無法兌現的空頭支票…… 沃爾斯家的孩子自小就過著與眾不同的生活：為了躲避想像中的惡徒的追殺，他們的爸媽經常漏夜帶著他們「落跑」，有時車子正好開到了沙漠中央，他們就學印地安人以大地為床，以星空為被；他們玩的不是城市小孩在商店購買的精美玩具，而是與沙漠裡的毒蛇、蠍子和角蟾為伴，一時興起就展開黃金尋寶探險；他們像是沙漠裡的「仙人掌」，飲食時間不甚規律，逮到機會就大快朵頤一番，比如碰上滿載哈密瓜的火車出軌，他們就從撿來的哈密瓜變化出各式奇妙的瓜類菜餚；有次聖誕節，爸爸因為丟了工作沒錢替他們買禮物，靈機一動便輪流帶他們到沙漠裡，要他們挑選一顆星星當禮物…… 然而，當孩子們逐漸長大，對此種游牧民族般漂泊不定的生活開始有了懷疑。儘管他們的父親雷克斯天資聰穎、魅力十足，清醒的時候上通天文、下知地理，更教他們無所畏懼地擁抱生命；但當他沉迷於酒精，便忘卻家中嗷嗷待哺的孩子，甚至偷走家中現款獨自買醉。母親羅絲瑪麗喜愛繪畫、寫作，嚮往波希米亞式的生活，空有教師執照卻不安於養家活口，寧可獨吞兩克拉的鑽戒，也不願意拿它換取孩子們的飲食穿著。終於，在歷經一連串的困厄之後，沃爾斯家的孩子決定出走，尋找自己的人生…… 作者珍娜．沃爾斯以其精簡深刻的文字，將其不可思議的兒時經驗做了生動引人的描繪，使得這部回憶錄讀來絲毫不流於煽情感傷，字裡行間更展現了對父母的深情與寬容，及其面對困境時絕不低頭的過人毅力。

2010 film by Lisa Cholodenko

Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter go missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.

住宅展示場に勤務するトップ・セールスマンの智宏は、幼馴染と結婚し子供にも恵まれるが、忙しい日々に追われ、家庭を省みる余裕を失いかけていた。ある日、智弘は家の建替えを考える家族を担当し、幼い頃に自分の面倒を見てくれた祖母の記憶が蘇ってくる。監督は「VERSUS／ヴァーサス」「あずみ」などで知られる俳優の榊英雄。出演は岡本健一、菅井きん、柳葉敏郎ほか。

Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests by Hyeon-soo's brother. This leads to Hyeon-soo attempting to avoid a scandal concerning him having children "unknown" to the media.

Hotel Hibiscus is the story of one very young energetic girl named Mieko and her international family who live in Okinawa. They live in a run down old hotel called Hotel Hibiscus with only one room for rent.