Mikey es un muchacho de 13 años que junto con su hermano mayor y sus amigos, que se hacen llamar "Los Goonies", deciden subir a jugar al desván de su casa, donde su padre guarda antigüedades. Allí encuentran el mapa de un tesoro.
Dennis Nash un trabajador de la construcción en paro, se ha retrasado considerablemente en el pago de su hipoteca. Desalojado de la casa familiar por el agente inmobiliario local Rick Carver – un hombre sin escrúpulos que ha encontrado una vocación lucrativa en tiempos de crisis –, Dennis encuentra alojamiento temporal en un motel mientras intenta desesperadamente cómo obtener un hogar para su familia. Pronto, Dennis encuentra a Carver en su puerta una vez más, pero ahora con una oferta de un puesto de trabajo, y la promesa de ayudar a Dennis a recuperar su casa. Incapaz de resistirse, Dennis entra en un mundo de transacciones en la sombra y ambigüedad moral, donde las pérdidas de la mayoría son la ganancia de unos pocos.
Eubanks, un criador de cerdos de la vieja escuela de Georgia, al borde de perder la granja familiar, se embarca en un viaje por carretera con Howard, su amado y enorme cerdo. Durante su camino a través de la frontera con México para encontrar un nuevo hogar a "Howie", los problemas con el alcohol y el deterioro de salud comienzan a cobrarle factura, modificando sus planes. Su distanciada hija, Eunice, se ve obligada a unirse a ellos en su aventura. Impulsado por fuertes convicciones y terquedad en sus viejas costumbres, Eubanks intenta hacer las paces a través de su devoción a "Howie" y el deseo de reparar sus relaciones rotas.
Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.
Mientras lamenta la pérdida de su marido en Afganistán, una viuda con dificultades financieras lucha por criar a su hija en su ausencia mientras se encuentra con un piloto de carreras.
Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but Jewell decides to fight for her family.
When their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over his business and get revenge on the men who had him killed
The true story of a real estate developer who disappeared into the Southwestern desert in 1992, leaving behind a series of VHS tapes.
A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to the brink of ruin.
In 1979, Louis Malle traveled into the heart of Minnesota to capture the everyday lives of the men and women in a prosperous farming community. Six years later, during Ronald Reagan's second term, he returned to find drastic economic decline. Free of stereotypes about America's "heartland," GOD'S COUNTRY, commissioned for American public television, is a stunning work of emotional and political clarity.
Sarah is headed back to her hometown for Hanukkah with news of her engagement. Upon returning she finds out that her father had a heart attack and things have gotten out of hand.
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.
Young real estate agent Clara Morales encouraged risky loans to her clients during the housing boom. She must now rescue her father’s home from foreclosure - a consequence of the loan she advised him to take.
Billy Carson and Fuzzy Jones have just collected a reward and Fuzzy indulges in a dream of getting away from the hectic life he has been leading and wants to settle down. They arrive in Red Rock just as the newspaper is being sold at foreclosure and, despite the attempts by Lafe Barlow to intimidate him from bidding. Fuzzy finds himself the owner of a newspaper. Fuzzy meets Edith Martin, daughter of the former owner, and unthinkingly commits himself to carrying on her father's policy of bringing a telegraph line to Red Rock. For reason of his own, Barlow is against this and has his henchmen wage a campaign of terror against the ranchers and citizens. Before long, Billy who had been lazily indifferent to everything connected to Fuzzy and his newspaper, decides to take a hand on the side of the good guys.
A rundown establishment, a retro diner, lies in the middle of nowhere on the MOTORWAY. It's our hero's, Jimmy's, only legacy and connection to his deceased parents. It's where he lived his whole life. Even when the new MOTORWAY blocked access to the diner, Jimmy preferred to stay, holding on to the memories of his family and providing a job to three incompetent but deep-down good-hearted employees: Mara, the rebellious till girl; Nicko, the grumpy handyman who struggles to complete his pension plan; and Abi, a Nigerian immigrant who works there as the cook.
Marcy Meyers is down on her luck. Faced with piling bills, the remnants of a failed marriage, and now an imminent home foreclosure, she has nowhere to turn but to the hope of a miracle. That miracle she finds in Shoot the Moon, a national game show that promises a one in a lifetime chance to win it all. But Marcy's faith in the show comes with a price. As her relationship with her daughter Alice is put to the test, the clock ticks towards a seemingly inescapable fate. Shoot the Moon tells the story of miracles and the extraordinary place they are found.