| A librarian fakes her death to escape her abusive marriage and start a new life elsewhere, but her husband manages to track her down. |
| 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 is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey. |
| 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 leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky. |
| A Thousand Acres (1997)[brak katalogu] A family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters. |
| Butter (2011)[brak katalogu] In Iowa, a girl in foster care discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest. |
| Whiteboyz (1999)[brak pliku] In Flip's path towards "keeping it real" by becoming hip-hop star, harsh realities surface to shake up his world. |