Drama, Comedy
In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women's gymnastics team. Today, she's still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life when a promising young gymnast threatens her local celebrity status.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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La Sirena
All She Wishes
The Human Comedy
My Sister Eileen
Hail the Conquering Hero
Alice Adams
Creature from Black Lake
Float
Kings Row
Nadia, Butterfly
Penrod
Blue Car
The Conquest of Canaan
The Hog Queen
Ruckus
Magnifico
The Extra Girl
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
To Each His Own
Skateland
SIMILAR MOVIES
La Sirena
IMDB 6 | May , 2020
The lives of Penny, a nighttime police dispatcher, and Nino, a barber, get turned upside down when 10-year-old Speed drives a stolen muscle car into their small rural town, looking for a mermaid.All She Wishes
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2015
When her birthday wish magically summons wacky Hollywood actor Drake to her small Midwestern town, Sophie has to figure out how to help him fit in until she can get him back home. But Drake is more interested in helping Sophie stand out.The Human Comedy
IMDB 6.2 | Mar , 1943
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.My Sister Eileen
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1942
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.Hail the Conquering Hero
IMDB 7.1 | Aug , 1944
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.Alice Adams
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1935
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?Creature from Black Lake
IMDB 5.1 | Mar , 1976
Some fishermen are attacked in the Louisiana swamps. When the word gets out of a mysterious Bigfoot-type creature, two researchers come to a small town to study and hopefully discover what the beast is. Their research from some farmers help the two men to learn that the creature may be a very angry and murderous missing link.Float
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 2024
Waverly thought she had her future figured out: she’d start her medical residency in Toronto after a summer visit to her parents in Taipei. When her plans suddenly change, she makes an impulsive detour to a small Canadian town where she meets local lifeguard Blake. After he saves her from nearly drowning at a beach party, Blake offers to teach Waverly to swim, and as the lessons continue, the two unexpectedly find themselves falling in love.Kings Row
IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 1942
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.Nadia, Butterfly
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2020
While young and in her prime, Nadia decides to retire from pro swimming after the Olympic Games; to escape a rigid life of sacrifice. After her very last race, Nadia drifts into nights of excess punctuated by episodes of self-doubt. But even this transitional numbness cannot conceal her true inner quest: defining her identity outside the world of elite sports.Penrod
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1922
Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and nasty neighbors. He heads the ABPA (American Boys' Protective Association) and through it disrupts a number of local social events. The townspeople are pretty fed up with Penrod and his gang, but when a couple of outlaws come to town, Penrod shows his mettle.Blue Car
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 2003
Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and encourages her to enter a national poetry contest. As tension at home escalates and Meg struggles to find a way to get to the poetry finals in Florida, Auster's role in her life becomes increasingly complex.The Conquest of Canaan
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1921
Joe Louden is an outcast in the small town of Canaan, and is especially disliked by Judge Pike. There is one inhabitant, however, who is fond of Joe -- the pretty but poor Ariel Tabor. But she inherits some money and goes to Paris with her father.The Hog Queen
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
When all hell breaks loose at a small-town Texas gay bar during the Hog Fest Drag Show and the people trapped inside scramble to survive the hogs…and each other.Ruckus
IMDB 5.5 | Mar , 1981
Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to chase him out of the city. Unfortunately for them, Kyle Hanson is a former Vietnam elite soldier and he uses his skills to fight back.Magnifico
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 2003
A boy builds a coffin for his terminally ill grandmother, while raising money to buy a wheelchair for his sister.The Extra Girl
IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 1923
Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio instead of her picture. When she arrives in Hollywood, the mistake is discovered and she starts working in the props department of the studio instead. Her parents then come out to California and invest some money with a very shifty individual.Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1952
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.To Each His Own
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 1946
During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot. After a scheme to adopt him ends up giving him to another family, she devotes her life to loving him from afar.Skateland
IMDB 5.1 | May , 2011
In the early 1980s, in small-town Texas, dramatic events force a 19-year-old skating rink manager to look at his life in a very new way.