East of Middle West

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin...

In 1950s Germany, a farmer's children face an excruciating dilemma when the son resists expectations to take over the family farm.

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't...

After stalking and saving the life of her favorite fiction author in a car accident, his manic obsessor holds him captive in her remote Colorado...

While a shocking series of crimes occur in a community along the Miramichi River, the life of Betty, a waitress in her thirties, takes an unexpected...

A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

Natalio is a passionate teacher. When Juani, a friend, comes to live in town, the inhabitants confirm rumors about Natalio's homosexuality. The...

Camille wanders through the countryside talking with frogs and chickens: she sails through life as a carefree soul. But for her older sister, the...

Meet Shavon O'Brien: Her family doesn't understand her, her church ignores her, even Jesus forgets about her. With only the spirit of Sinead...

When Benny's younger brother, Loren, suddenly reappears after being missing for months, the two are forced to reckon with the drastically different...

Irene is a woman in her thirties with a four-year-old daughter who has just separated from her husband and cannot find her place in the world....

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's...