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The touching true story of 15-year-old Terry who promised his dying mother to look after his six younger brothers and keep them together as a family--a man's job on a boy's shoulders. He had to face many misfortunes and "parenthood" had such hard and unpleasant surprises for him, he was almost tempted to disappoint his mother..

A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.

An Englishwoman (Angela Lansbury) reviews her life with her adult children in mind.

When six-year-old Ruby is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the first time.

In 1932, a modernizing U.S. Army orders the Cavalry to destroy its horses but some sympathetic cavalrymen, defying orders, steal the horses in order to save them from destruction, to the dismay of the top Army-brass.

A heated custody battle ensues between the loving foster parents of a little girl, and the father who is apparently molesting her when she stays with him.

Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handle the wilderness on her own.

The life of a lonely and isolated woman is transformed when she opens herself up to the outside world and to a gentle, romantic relationship.

After winning a beauty contest in Texas, a teen-aged girl is unprepared for the demands of travel, press conferences and interviews that go with winning the title and participating in a national beauty pageant.

The mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier's parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The parents are assisted by their neighbor, Mrs. McAlister, in their patriotic and racially divided community.

A grumpy man must rejoin his community when his godchild gets in trouble and a childhood friend refuses to accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.

Margaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married, her parents interpret the move as a betrayal -- and Margaret is forced to figure out a way to bridge her old life with her new one.

In this gripping coming of age survival saga, a colonial family seeks a new life in the uncharted Maine wilderness in 1768. Their hopes, dreams, and survival are put to the supreme test when 13-year-old Matt is left to protect their claim.

A young mom, with a perfect family, wants to go back and finish college to find life outside of her family. The family supports her, but her student life gets hectic fast.

Sister given up by Italian family only to be reunited 22 years later.

Arkansas furniture maker Grins Jenkins is a loving father to his five kids, as well as the life of every party in their small town. When his wife Sharon, who used to be the 'bad cop', slowly dies of TB, so does Grins' sense of fun. The kids refuse to keep mourning forever, but Grins turns his back on the world and can't believe the kids are enjoying life again. Then Christmastime arrives and son Alvin refuses to let his siblings' dreams be spoiled.

A shop owner who is being evicted at Christmas rescues her Scrooge-like landlord from an accident.

Patty Duke stars as a woman who represents herself in court when she receives a derisory divorce settlement.

After a life-saving transplant operation made possible by his grandson's tragic death, a man strikes up a friendship with a mysterious young runaway, a girl who says she is hitchhiking to her aunt's house but who is actually running away from home.

It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to vent her rage at him over what he did, and discovers he's not the monster she thought he was. While Bancroft voices remorse, Brown finds herself beginning to forgive. Based on a true story.

A mentally ill woman fights to keep custody of her young son, Aaron, in the face of social stigma, courtroom drama and a spiteful ex-husband insisting that she will never be the kind of mother that Aaron needs.