Under Heaven (1998)
Two young lovers try to con a wealthy woman out of her inheritance by pretending to be brother and sister.
Two young lovers try to con a wealthy woman out of her inheritance by pretending to be brother and sister.
Joely RichardsonEleanor Dunston
Aden YoungBuck
Molly ParkerCynthia
Krisha FairchildCynthia's Mother
Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.

When Los Angeles based Max Roth inherits an orchard in British Columbia, his life changes in unexpected ways.

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

A man comes home after serving time in prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's estate. However, his adoptive father, who holds him responsible for his biological son's death, intends to fight him for everything.
Lydia is stuck: unable to finisher her MBA thesis, commit to her long-term relationship, and find a job she actually wants. Lydia's mother calls and informs her that a long-lost family friend has died, sending Lydia reeling for a person she used to know. Sorting through Bea’s postcards, Lydia glimpses a life lived fully: bold, romantic, free. Then comes a surprise — Bea has left her a crumbling lavender farm in Northern Italy. Her boyfriend Colin dismisses it entirely. That night, Lydia finds Bea’s postcards soaked in condensation, doubling as coasters for Colin’s TV dinner. Something cracks open. Bea’s words echo in her mind: these fields are calling her home.

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.

A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.

An unclaimed fortune, grown for centuries in a British bank account, becomes a potential windfall for Bernadito Castiñeiras and the residents of the tiny village of Yaragüey, Cuba. To receive his massive inheritance check, Bernadito must prove his lineage to the Castiñeiras nuns who first populated the region. In an isolated and impoverished town where many residents share the same surname, a feud breaks out between the "Castiñeiras" and "Castiñeyras" families.

Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept off their feet after their first meeting. They quickly fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah's uptight, rich family. After their wedding, the happy couple sets off - with the highest of hopes and ideals about love and marriage - on what they expect will be the perfect honeymoon in Italy. Thanks to a relentless string of bad luck with one disaster after another, and an impromptu visit from Sarah's wealthy one-time ex-lover Peter Prentiss, the newlyweds experience the honeymoon from hell that tests the limits of their young love. Is it worth throwing away their love and marriage?

Two obnoxious and dim-witted misfits attempt to save a school for needy children by attempting to sneak into the wealthy high society of Palm Beach to get the money needed for their cause.

Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
A fiery young couple may be as hot for each other as they are ill-suited. An astute look at the stormy passions and knotty intensity that make some relationships alluring to the point of being unbearable.

John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
In 1915, Elizabeth has fallen in love with Horace Robedaux, a young man her father condemns as a "wild boy." No matter how strict and protective, her parents cannot deter their daughter's growing independence.

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.