6.1

Year of the Dog

2007, USA

• Actors: Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Regina King, Thomas McCarthy, Josh Pais, John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Amy Schlagel, Zoe Schlagel, Dale Godboldo, Inara George, Liza Weil, Jon Shere, Christy Moore, Audrey Wasilewski, Brenda Canela, Craig Cackowski, Steve Berg, Susan Mackin, Chuck Duffy, Sonya Eddy, Ursula Brauner, Giddle Partridge, Benjamin Koesling, Dominik Koesling, Jimmy the Dog, Dan Kapelovitz
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Director(s): Mike White
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Peggy is single, childless, in her 40s, a lonely executive assistant in a friendly office. Her dog Pencil is the love of her life, and when he dies after eating some sort of toxin, Peggy's life spins out of her control: a friendly neighbor invites her for dinner; a friendly staff member at her vet's calls with an abused dog he recommends she adopt - she does, and also finds herself attracted to this fellow. She becomes a vegan, supports animal-rights causes, and embroils her brother's young children in these concerns. Saving dogs and other animals become such a passion that her mental health and her job may be in danger. Are regaining control and finding love beyond her reach?

  8.0

Little Miss Sunshine

2005, USA

• Actors: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Marc Turtletaub, Jill Talley, Brenda Canela, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Chuck Loring, Justin Shilton, Gordon Thomson, Steven Christopher Parker, Bryan Cranston, John Walcutt, Paula Newsome, Dean Norris, Beth Grant, Wallace Langham, Lauren Shiohama, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jerry Giles, Geoff Meed, Matt Winston, Joan Scheckel, Casandra Ashe, Mel Rodriguez, Alexandria Alaman, Alissa Anderegg
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
• Director(s): Jonathan Dayton
• Available languages:
  • English English.

In Albuquerque, the housewife Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual and expert in Proust, and tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders Sunset Manor and is addicted in heroin. When her seven years old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi), in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and make a dream come true.

  6.6

Spanglish

2003, USA

• Actors: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Shelbie Bruce, Sarah Steele, Ian Hyland, Victoria Luna, Cecilia Suárez, Ricardo Molina, Brenda Canela, Eddy Martin, Nicole Nieth, Jamie Kaler, James Lancaster, Phil Rosenthal, Angela Goethals, Sean Smith, Jonathan Hernandez, Thomas Haden Church, Freddy Soto, Wendy Braun, Nichole Hiltz, Eric Schaeffer, Aimee Garcia, Jean Gaskill, Spencer Locke, Sarah Hyland, Andrew Sikking, Albert Melera
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): James L. Brooks
• Available languages:
  • English English.

John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. When they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous!