Surviving: a family in crisis (1985

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows surviving: a family in crisis (1985

poster A Tattered Web
A Tattered Web
(2.8/5)
76mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.
poster Back Stage
Back Stage
26mn - Comedy
Roscoe and Buster give a bullying Strongman the what-for, but after the performance troupe quits it's up to Fatty and Buster to keep the show going.
poster Baby of the Bride
Baby of the Bride
(2.7/5)
105mn - Drama, Short, Comedy
Soon after returning from their honeymoon, John and Margaret Hix receive the surprise of their life - at 53, Margaret is pregnant! Against her husband's wishes, Margaret decides to keep the baby... but sh…
poster The Proposition
The Proposition
0mn - Romance, Drama, Adventure
In early 19th century Wales, Catherine Morgan, a widow with two daughters, must endure the bumpy road to a distant market in order to sell her cattle to save her farm and family.
poster Leave of Absence
Leave of Absence
(2.8/5)
88mn - Drama, Short
A man asks his wife for a 'leave of absence' in order to care for his mistress who is dying of cancer.
poster Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice
82mn - Horror
When a family takes their drug-addicted daughter Abi to a remote cabin in the woods for an intervention, they unwittingly stumble into the territory of three blind, cannibalistic human-mouse hybrids—escap…
poster Her Defiance
Her Defiance
(3.1/5)
20mn - Drama
A woman is deserted by her wealthy young lover.
poster White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America
White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America
11mn - Drama, Western
A frantic child reports to the tribal chief that her father killed her mother. The tribe chases and captures the man, dragging him back for tribal justice.
poster Spirit
Spirit
88mn - Drama, Horror, Thriller
Still reeling from guilt over her mother's tragic death, a teenage girl moves with her father to a mysterious house in New Orleans where supernatural occurrences convince her that her mother's spirit is t…
poster The Greater Call
The Greater Call
10mn -
Women’s weepies were a nickelodeon staple in the early years of movies. In these one-reel dramas, women trapped in no-win situations confronted heart-wrenching decisions: Should a young woman wed her penn…
poster Alive
Alive
(2.7/5)
89mn - Horror, Thriller
A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.
poster The Great White Trail
The Great White Trail
(2.6/5)
110mn -
A husband, mistakenly believing his wife has cheated on him and that he is now the father of their newborn son, throws both her and her child out of the house. Frantic to the point of madness, she abandon…
poster The Woman in the Suitcase
The Woman in the Suitcase
60mn - Drama
Mary Moreland discovers the photograph of a woman not her mother in her father's suitcase and sets out to find her in hopes of returning her father to his rightful place in the family.
poster Hooded Angels
Hooded Angels
102mn - Action, Drama, Western
A gang of women wreak vengeance upon the society that failed them.
poster Rojo
Rojo
(2.6/5)
82mn - Western
A lone survivor returns to the prosperous town built on his family's grave, methodically hunting down the four corrupt businessmen who orchestrated their massacre and stole their gold claim years earlier.
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