Kathy Kinney

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.

Dir. Martin Ritt · With Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz

Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.

Dir. Bruce Helford, Drew Carey · With Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles, Diedrich Bader