Wish I Was Here
Jul 18, 2014 | IMDB 6.5
107 min Watch NowDrama, Comedy
Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Born Romantic
The Sensei
Socket
Life 101
Boyfriends
Misty
Romero
Gas
Humble Pie
The Vicious Kind
Rotten Shaolin Zombies
Like Father and Son
The Mountain
The Hands You Shake
When Do We Eat?
Dirty Country
Storm
Kingdom: Ashin of the North
Moon, 66 Questions
Hiding in the Open
SIMILAR MOVIES
Born Romantic
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2000
In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCormack) fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers, who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. A winning romantic comedy, Born Romantic is the second feature by British writer-director David Kane of This Year's Love fame.The Sensei
IMDB 4.5 | May , 2008
Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he's severely beaten at school, Karen O'Neil, a martial arts Sensei, secretly trains him to defend himself. When the town discovers their secret, a series of catastrophic events unfolds.Socket
IMDB 3.5 | Jul , 2007
Dr. Bill Matthews is struck by lighting. While recovering at the hospital where he works, he begins an intimate relationship with Dr. Craig Murphy, who invites Bill to join a strange group of lightning survivors.Life 101
IMDB 3.1 | May , 1995
A college freshman Ramsy, played by Corey Haim experiences love for the first time in the 1960s when he asks out Joy, played by Ami Dolenz. An education of the heart.Boyfriends
IMDB 4.9 | Nov , 1996
Paul, Matt, and Will (in their 30s) have been friends for years. They converge at the seaside for the weekend, each with a boyfriend in tow. Paul is with Ben, his companion of five years: their relationship is on the rocks after months of Paul's moodiness since his brother Mark died. Matt brings Owen, whom he's dated for three months and wants to live with; to everyone else, they seem singularly.Misty
IMDB 5.9 | Jun , 1961
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IMDB 7 | Aug , 1989
Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.Gas
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2004
Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family inheritance he must work alongside his brother, Mookie (Kain) — a former drug-dealer who had previously cost Damon a college scholarship — in keeping the family's long-running gas station in business for at least one year. As the siblings repeatedly butt heads over matters both great and small, they soon come to realize that it takes more than money to hold a family together.Humble Pie
IMDB 6.2 | Jan , 2007
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IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2009
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IMDB 3.5 | Jan , 2004
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IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 2020
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IMDB 4.3 | Mar , 2024
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2013
Two criminals misplace $1.5 million of dirty money, wich is discovered by three college grads on their first night in the real world. Feeling this is their only opportunity for success in a bad economy, the graduates soon find themselves plunged into the worst night of their lives as they struggle to hold on to their fortune in this darkly comic thriller.When Do We Eat?
IMDB 5.3 | Apr , 2006
An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."Dirty Country
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2007
Larry Pierce is a family man and factory worker who lives in Middletown, Indiana with his wife Sandy. Outside of his regular nine-to-five job, Pierce has also been writing and recording raunchy country albums since 1994. After being forced to retire from his job after thirty-one years, the 53-year-old Pierce hooks up with the rock group -itis and performs his first concert in front of a live audience.Storm
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2009
Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor of Hague's Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, charges a Serbian commander for killing Bosniaks. However, her main witness might be lying, so the court sends a team to Bosnia to investigate.Kingdom: Ashin of the North
IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 2021
Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family.Moon, 66 Questions
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2022
Artemis, a single 24-year-old living in Paris, France, receives a frantic phone call from her mother—her father Paris is in the hospital and she must return home to Athens to care for him. Resentful of the tasking as she grew up estranged from her father, she becomes reacquainted with him over one emotional summer, learning the secret as to why their relationship was stifled when she finds out Jacob, Paris' friend, who's been always around from her childhood, was actually her dad's lover.Hiding in the Open
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2013
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