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A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Four not-so-old seniors have moved in together in a Florida home. They share the house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Dorothy's main goal is to find a companion she can relate to, while her mother, Sophia loves to tell "Picture this" type of stories. Rose is a little corny, but lovable never-the-less, and Blanche spends her time courting every man she can lay her hands on. All these fiesty seniors have either been divorced or widowed...

Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tr̀, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

A criminal psychologist is accused of the murder of her husband, a charge she is unable to defend herself against due to her deteriorating sanity.

Helen McCarter would seem to have it all. She's married to Charles who is one of Atlanta's most successful attorneys. But despite having wealth and prestige, things are not as they seem in the McCarter home. On the evening of their anniversary, Charles drops a bombshell on Helen-- he's divorcing her for another woman. Thrown out of the house with nowhere to go, Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, a sassy woman with no shortage of opinions and...

In the final season of the series, Overton and Synclaire enjoy their honeymoon and start their lives together. Though Kyle and Max go their separate ways after Kyle accepts a job in London, and Max begins to date, they might eventually reunite. Plus, an old flame returns to court Khadijah and Regine finds love as these very different women finally say goodbye to Living Single.

Sherry Graham, a self-destructive makeup saleswoman, lives life by her own set of rules. In the daytime, she confidently touts makeup products to new and old clients, but at night, she hangs out at bars picking up men. She often looks to self-help books for inspiration, and watches old black-and-white movies to escape the suburban milieu she finds herself in.

It is a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief-riddled woman, as she hurls herself at modern living in London. An unfiltered woman trying to heal, while rejecting anyone who tries to help her and keeping up her bravado all along.

Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, resulting in a life-altering friendship.