Drama, Romance
Parrish McLean lives with his mother Ellen on Sala Post's tobacco plantation in the Connecticut River Valley. His mother winds up marrying Sala's rival Judd Raike, ruthless planter who wants to drive Sala out of business. Judd insists that Parrish learn the business from the ground up.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Big Bad Swim
Thoroughbreds
Boomerang!
The Ref
Far from Heaven
Mystic Pizza
Holiday Inn
Christmas in Connecticut
Revolutionary Road
Afterschool
The Family Stone
Long Lost
The Swimmer
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Winter Meeting
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Theodora Goes Wild
Christmas in Connecticut
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Coast to Coast
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Big Bad Swim
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2006
An adult swim class sets the stage for this sexually charged comedy-drama about love, loss, and second chances. Three strangers -- inextricably connected through personal heartbreak -- find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life isn't always about diving right in -- it's about getting your feet wet once in awhile.Thoroughbreds
IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2018
Lily and Amanda, two high school students living in suburban Connecticut, rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of drifting apart. Together, they devise a plan to kill Lily's abusive stepfather by hiring a lowlife drug dealer.Boomerang!
IMDB 7 | Feb , 1947
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.The Ref
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1994
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.Far from Heaven
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2002
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.Mystic Pizza
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1988
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.Holiday Inn
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1942
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.Christmas in Connecticut
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 1945
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.Revolutionary Road
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2008
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.Afterschool
IMDB 5.4 | Oct , 2009
A prep-school student accidentally films the drug-related deaths of two classmates, then is asked to put together a memorial video.The Family Stone
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2005
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.Long Lost
IMDB 5 | Mar , 2019
When Seth receives a mysterious letter inviting him to spend the weekend at a secluded mansion in the country, he soon realizes the people inside the house may know him better than he knows himself.The Swimmer
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1968
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 1949
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.Winter Meeting
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 1948
A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.Long Day's Journey Into Night
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1962
An Irish miser, his morphine addicted wife, their debauched older son, and a gravely ill younger son. A quiet Connecticut vacation home on one foggy day in August 1912 becomes the backdrop for domestic decline.Theodora Goes Wild
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1936
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.Christmas in Connecticut
IMDB 4.7 | Dec , 1992
Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks. But when her manager, Alexander sees forest ranger Jefferson, who lost his cabin in a fire, comment on TV about wishing he could get a home-cooked Christmas dinner, he arranges for a special live show on Christmas, for Elizabeth to cook him Christmas Dinner. Only Elizabeth can't cook, and trying to keep Jefferson and the viewing public from finding out on a live show may be a little difficult.Martha Marcy May Marlene
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2011
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.Coast to Coast
IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 2004
Barnaby and Maxine Pierce, an embattled married couple in Connecticut, are on the verge of divorce. Their son is getting married in California and they decide to drive across the country to attend. Along the way, as they visit family and friends, they reflect on their tattered relationship and the events that transpired to create the estrangement.