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A black soldier is killed while returning to his base in the deep south. The white people of the area are suspected at first. A tough black army attorney is brought in to find out the truth. We find out a bit more about the dead soldier in flashbacks - and that he was unpopular. Will the attorney fi β¦nd the killer ? (Read More)
Subgenre: | courtroom dramamurder mystery |
Themes: | murder investigationracismdrunkennesssuiciderevenge |
Locations: | running after a trainbaseballbus |
Characters: | murder of a soldieru.s. soldiermilitary lawyermilitary policemilitary officersoldierafrican american |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | army captainbaseball gameafrican american soldierrevenge killingreference to jack bennyreference to joe louisreference to douglas macarthursand thrown in eyesreference to the new york yankeesofficers clubfoot lockerassault coursearmy lieutenantmilitary salutechurch organ β¦handcuffed manaviator sunglasseselectro acoustichomicide investigationarmy privatearmy sergeantbottle of beerwriting on a mirrorarmy colonelreference to franklin d. rooseveltmess hallrunning to escapestockadereference to the nazispewmale tearshomerunwearing sunglasses insideassignmentpulitzer prize sourcesearchlightplatoonracial segregationarmy lifealibibarracksarkansassouthernracial discriminationracial tensionmurder by gunshotracial prejudicen wordkiss on the lipstelling someone to shut upflaredrunken manvulgarityabuse of powerpipe smokingsmokeracistpunched in the chestpunched in the stomachpool tableu.s. armycivil rightstold in flashbackkicked in the stomachscene during opening creditsrace relationsreference to adolf hitlerheavy rainjeepcaptaintypewriterprofanityracial slurapostrophe in titlepunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightbased on playpistolthree word titleflashback (See All) |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased β¦gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennesssuicide |
Characters: | u.s. soldiersoldier |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | army captainarmy privatearmy sergeantplatoonu.s. armyreference to adolf hitlercaptainshot in the chestfistfightpistol |
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his former Sheriff partner.
Themes: | murder investigationracismsuicide |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial segregationracial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudiceabuse of powercivil rightsrace relationsracial slur |
In September 1971, a platoon of recruits arrives in Ft. Polk, LA, for infantry training before leaving for war. The final week takes place in Tigerland, a swamp similar to Vietnam. Jim Paxton has enlisted; he wants to experience everything and write books later. He befriends Roland Bozz, a cool Texa β¦n with a gift for getting into trouble and for helping misfits get discharges. At least one sociopath in the platoon hates Bozz, even as the sergeants grudgingly recognize his leadership abilities. As the platoon heads into its week in Tigerland, Paxton's body gives out, Bozz makes plans to go AWOL, and the sociopath gets hold of live ammo. Is the Louisiana swamp more dangerous than the DMZ? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Characters: | u.s. soldiermilitary police |
Story: | stockadeplatoonpipe smokingpunched in the stomachu.s. armyrace relationscaptainracial slurpunched in the facepistol |
It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subo β¦rdinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Characters: | u.s. soldiermilitary policesoldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | army captainstockadebarracksu.s. armyjeepcaptainfistfight |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | n wordvulgaritytold in flashbackkicked in the stomachheavy rainprofanityracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistolthree word titleflashback |
Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
Themes: | racism |
Characters: | military officersoldierafrican american |
Story: | racial tensionracial prejudicen wordracistrace relationsracial slurshot in the chestpistol |
During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.
Themes: | racismrevenge |
Characters: | soldierafrican american |
Story: | army captainarmy sergeantarmy lifebarracksracial slurflashback |
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when β¦ let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr. (Read More)
Themes: | racism |
Characters: | african american |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | racial segregationracial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudiceracistcivil rightsrace relationsracial slurshot in the chestpistolflashback |
1983. Tom Highway is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when β¦he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers, sees Highway as a relic of an old styled military. Highway's commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring, the platoon leader, is also a younger man who has no combat experience, but is academically inclined and happy-go-lucky. Highway finds that his team is a rag-tag bunch of slackers, who includes wannabe rock musician Stitch Jones, with who Highway had an inauspicious earlier meeting. The men in the platoon, who truly believe Highway is crazy, hate him, and don't understand why they have to follow his harsh training regimen when the United States is not currently at war. The major, who is all about efficiency regardless of combat readiness, has the same views of Highway. He is clear that he sees Highway's platoon sβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | military officersoldierafrican american |
Story: | assault coursearmy lieutenantplatoonbarrackspunched in the chestpool tableheavy rainprofanityracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistol |
In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League player. As both anti β¦cipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist hostility on and off the field, from player and fan alike. As Jackie struggles against his nature to endure such abuse without complaint, he finds allies and hope where he least expects it. (Read More)
Themes: | racism |
Locations: | baseball |
Characters: | african american |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | baseball gameracial segregationracistcivil rightsrace relations |
A two-segment look at the effect of the military mindset and war itself on Vietnam era Marines. The first half follows a group of recruits in boot camp under the command of the punishing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second half shows one of those recruits, Joker, covering the war as a correspondent β¦ for Stars and Stripes, focusing on the Tet offensive. (Read More)
Themes: | suicide |
Characters: | u.s. soldiersoldier |
Story: | platoonarmy lifebarracksn wordu.s. armyracial slurshot in the chestfistfightthree word title |
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for brutally killing two black men who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that co β¦mmitted acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did. (Read More)
Themes: | racismrevenge |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudicen wordracistrace relationsreference to adolf hitlerracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestpistolthree word titleflashback |
The naked corpse of Captain Elisabeth Campbell, daughter of Lieutenant General "Fighting Joe" Campbell, is found staked out on the urban warfare range of Fort MacCallum. Army CID detectives and ex-lovers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill are called in to investigate, and find themselves wrapped up in a β¦maelstrom of sexual impropriety and misguided face-saving. (Read More)
Themes: | murder investigationsuicide |
Characters: | military officer |
Story: | army captainarmy colonelu.s. armycaptainapostrophe in titlethree word titleflashback |
Bright, well-educated, handsome Conor O'Neill's promising future was wrecked by his gambling addiction, which dragged him into heavy drinking and petty crime, but worst of all, the stifling grip of loan-shark bookies. Desperate for a loan, he accepts to stand in for lawyer friend Jimmy Fleming as co β¦ach of a Chicago black 'projects' ghetto Little League baseball team. His sense of pride, becoming the boys' sole idol, and competition, plus their attractive teacher, motivate Conor. But the crushing loan problem rather requires leaving town. (Read More)
Locations: | baseball |
Story: | baseball gamerunning to escapewearing sunglasses insidetelling someone to shut uppunched in the stomachscene during opening creditsheavy rainpunched in the faceshot in the chest |
The story ultimately revolves around two "men of honor"; their relationship, their individual and joint failures and triumphs. Carl Brashear is determined to be the first African American Navy Diver in a time where racism is rife. Leslie Sunday is his embittered trainer, determined to see him fail. β¦Fate, challenges and circumstances eventually draw these two men together in a tale of turbulence and ultimately triumph. (Read More)
Themes: | racism |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial segregationracial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudicecivil rightsrace relationsracial slurthree word title |
In 1965, the coach of the high school girl basketball team Don Haskins is invited by the Texas Western Miners to be their coach. Despite the lack of budget, Haskins sees the chance to dispute the NCAA and moves with his wife and children to the college dormitory. He recruits seven talented and rejec β¦ted black players to play with five Caucasian players and formed a legendary team that won the 1966 national championship against the powerful Kentucky. (Read More)
Themes: | racism |
Locations: | bus |
Story: | racial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudicen wordracistcivil rightsrace relationsracial slur |
An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by reckless β¦ly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat, behaving as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennesssuicide |
Characters: | u.s. soldierafrican american |
Story: | army sergeantarmy colonelsearchlightflaresmokepunched in the stomachu.s. armyracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestthree word title |
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | drunken manpunched in the chestpunched in the stomachscene during opening creditspunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistolflashback |
In 1945, the Marines attack twelve thousand Japaneses protecting the twenty square kilometers of the sacred Iwo Jima island in a very violent battle. When they reach the Mount Suribachi and six Marines raise their flag on the top, the picture becomes a symbol in a post Great Depression America. The β¦government brings the three survivors to America to raise funds for war, bringing hope to desolate people, and making the three men heroes of the war. However, the traumatized trio has difficulty dealing with the image built by their superiors, sharing the heroism with their mates. (Read More)
Themes: | racismdrunkennesssuicide |
Characters: | u.s. soldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | reference to franklin d. rooseveltplatoonflarerace relationsjeepshot in the chestflashback |
The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rig β¦hts Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history. (Read More)
Themes: | racism |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial segregationracial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudiceracistcivil rightsrace relations |
Italy, 1944. As the war takes its toll on Allied forces in Europe, a squadron of black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen are finally given the chance to prove themselves in the sky - even as they battle discrimination on the ground. It's a tribute to the unsung heroes who rose above extraordinary β¦challenges and ultimately soared into history. (Read More)
Themes: | racism |
Characters: | african american |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | racial segregationjeepcaptainracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chest |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is β¦short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | u.s. soldiermilitary policeafrican american |
Story: | military salutebarracksn wordu.s. armyscene during opening creditsjeepflashback |
Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. Rodriguez, the neighborhood baseball guru, takes Smalls under his wing - soon he becomes part of the local baseball buddies. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the β¦ desirous lifeguard at the local pool, the snooty rival ball team, and the travelling fair. Beyond the fence at the back of the sandlot menaces a legendary ball-eating dog called The Beast, and the kids inevitably must deal with him. (Read More)
Locations: | baseball |
Story: | baseball gamereference to the new york yankeeshomerunkiss on the lipstelling someone to shut upscene during opening creditsprofanity |
In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all β¦time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favour of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of duty for himself, Ali refuses to submit on principle to cooperate in an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so poorly. The cost of that stand is high as he finds himself unable to legally box in his own country while his case is contested in court. What follows is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much for what he believes in and a comeback that would cement his legend as one of the great sports figures of all time. (Read More)
Themes: | racismdrunkenness |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial discriminationn wordracistu.s. armycivil rightsrace relationsracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfight |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte β¦ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | baseball |
Characters: | military policemilitary officersoldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | u.s. armyreference to adolf hitlercaptainracial slurpistolflashback |
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an imp β¦ossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. (Read More)
Characters: | u.s. soldiermilitary officersoldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | army privateplatoonu.s. armyreference to adolf hitlercaptainshot in the chestpistol |
Three amateurs stickup a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the hitman hired to track them down and restore order.
Themes: | drunkenness |
Story: | punched in the chestpunched in the stomachkicked in the stomachheavy rainprofanitypunched in the faceshot in the chestpistolthree word titleflashback |
After accomplishing the assignment of dismantling a human trafficking organization, the former military and drifter Jack Reacher goes to Washington to invite his liaison, Major Susan Turner, to have dinner with him. However, he meets her substitute, Colonel Sam Morgan, who explains that Major Turner β¦ has been arrested and accused of espionage. Jack seeks out her veteran lawyer, Colonel Bob Moorcroft, who explains that Major Turner has also been accused of the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan. Further, he also tells Jack he is being sued, accused by a woman of being the father of her fifteen year-old daughter, Samantha. When Moorcroft is murdered, Jack is accused of being the killer and sent to a prison. He sees that Turner and he have been framed and also that Turner will be killed by two assassins. However, he rescues her and they flee. Soon, they realize that there is a conspiracy involving military people from the army and a government contractor that is a powerful arms dealer. Jack also learns that Samantha is in danger and Turner and he rescue her. They decide to protect her since a skilled assassin is hunting them down while they try to find the motive of the conspiracy. Who can be trusted? (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | military lawyermilitary policesoldier |
Story: | assignmentpunched in the chestu.s. armykicked in the stomachscene during opening creditsheavy raincaptainpunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistolflashback |
Frank Dux has spent most his life being trained by Tanaka to participate in the Kumite, the ultimate martial arts tournament, where participants are seriously injured, even killed. Frank decides to go despite being told by his superiors in the army that he can't because they need him. Two army offic β¦ers are sent to get him and the trail leads to Hong Kong but Frank eludes them. While Frank advances, he knows that he may have to face Chong Li, the defending champion, who has killed a few participants. (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | military policemilitary officersoldier |
Story: | punched in the chestpunched in the stomachu.s. armykicked in the stomachcaptainpunched in the facefistfightflashback |
Some time after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race towards the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren (an infamous bounty β¦ hunter) and Chris Mannix (a man who claims to be Red Rock's new sheriff). Lost in a blizzard, the bunch seeks refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery. When they arrive they are greeted by unfamiliar faces: Bob, who claims to be taking care of the place while Minnie is gone; Oswaldo Mobray, the hangman of Red Rock; Joe Gage, a cow puncher; and confederate general Sanford Smithers. As the storm overtakes the mountainside, the eight travelers come to learn that they might not make it to Red Rock after all... (Read More)
Themes: | racismrevenge |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | n wordpipe smokingracistpunched in the chestscene during opening creditsracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistolthree word titleflashback |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro β¦ss two generations. (Read More)
Themes: | racismdrunkenness |
Characters: | u.s. soldiersoldierafrican american |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | racial discriminationracial prejudicepipe smokingracistrace relationspunched in the facefistfight |
Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people's lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Among the players are: the Caucasian district attorney, who uses race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently b β¦een carjacked by two black men, believes that her stereotypical views of non-whites is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race both to their advantage and as an excuse; partnered Caucasian police constables, one who is a racist and uses his authority to harass non-whites, and the other who hates his partner because of those racist views, but who may have the same underlying values in his subconscious; a black film director and his black wife, who believes her husband doesn't support their black background enough, especially in light of an incident with the racist white cop; partnered police detectives and sometimes lovers, one Hispanic female and the other black male, the latter who is dealing with a drugged out mother that feels he isn't concerned enough about taking care of family; an East Asian man who is run over but who is hiding some valuable cargo in the back of his van; a Persian store owner, who feels he isn't getting satisfaction from American society when his store is robbed time and time again; and a Hispanic locksmith, who just wants to keep his family, especially his young daughter, safe in a seemingly unsafe world. (Read More)
Themes: | racismrevenge |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudicen wordabuse of powerracistrace relationsshot in the chestpistol |
At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. A police detective, Web Smith is called in to investigate but before getting there, he gets a call from someone who instructs him to pick up Joh β¦n Connor, a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs. When they arrive there Web thinks that everything is obvious but Connor tells him that there's a lot more going on. (Read More)
Subgenre: | murder mystery |
Themes: | racismsuiciderevenge |
Story: | racisttold in flashbackrace relationsheavy rainpunched in the facefistfightpistol |
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 19 β¦72 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. (Read More)
Themes: | racismrevenge |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudicen wordracistrace relationsheavy rainracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestpistol |
Set in the Southern United States, 'Monster's Ball' is a tale of a racist white man, Hank, who falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's interracial affair leads to confusion and new ideas β¦ for the two unlikely lovers. (Read More)
Themes: | racismdrunkennesssuicide |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial tensionracial prejudiceracistracial slurapostrophe in title |
A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day.
Themes: | racism |
Characters: | military policesoldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | u.s. armyjeepfistfightpistolthree word title |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
Themes: | racismdrunkenness |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | pulitzer prize sourceracial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudicerace relationsracial slurthree word title |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston β¦police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a speβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | racismsuiciderevenge |
Story: | n wordflareracistpunched in the chestkicked in the stomachrace relationsreference to adolf hitlercaptainracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestpistolthree word title |
In 1946, the former boxers Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are policemen in Los Angeles. Lee has a good relationship with his chief and uses a box fight between them to promote the department and get a raise to the police force. They succeed and are promoted to homicide detectives, workin β¦g together. Bucky becomes a close friend of Lee and his girlfriend Kay Lake, forming a triangle of love. When the corpse of the aspirant actress 'Elizabeth Short (I)' is found mutilated, Lee becomes obsessed to solve the case called by the press Black Dahlia. Meanwhile, Bucky's investigation leads him to a Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy constructor that resembles the Black Dahlia. In an environment of corruption and lies, Bucky discloses hidden truths. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennesssuicide |
Characters: | u.s. soldierafrican american |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | racial discriminationreference to adolf hitlertypewriterracial slurshot in the chestfistfightpistolthree word titleflashback |
Themes: | revenge |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | n wordpunched in the chestu.s. armykicked in the stomachracial slurpunched in the facefistfightpistolflashback |
Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss. Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chase β¦d by enforcers and wanted by the mob. Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes...and this time, it's all or nothing. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Story: | drunken manpunched in the stomachkicked in the stomachscene during opening creditsracial slurpunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistolflashback |
Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.
Themes: | racism |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | male tearsn wordtelling someone to shut upracial slurpunched in the facethree word titleflashback |
In Canton, Mississippi, 10-year-old Tonya Hailey is viciously brutalized by two white racist rednecks -- James Louis "Pete" Willard and Billy Ray Cobb. Almost immediately after Tonya is found and rushed to a hospital, Pete and Billy Ray are found at a roadside bar, where they had been bragging about ⦠what they did to Tonya. Tonya's understandably distraught and enraged father, Carl Lee Hailey, remembers a case from a year ago, when four white men raped an African-American girl in a nearby town, and got acquitted. Carl is determined to not let that happen in this case. While deputy Dwayne Powell Looney is escorting Pete and Billy Ray up a flight of stairs to a court room, Carl emerges from the building's basement with an assault rifle, and he kills Pete and Billy Ray for what they did to Tonya. Carl is later arrested at his house by African-American sheriff Ozzie Walls, and Carl is scheduled to be placed on trial. Despite the efforts of the NAACP and local African-American leaders to persuade Carl to choose some of their high-powered attorneys, Carl wants to be represented by his friend Jake Tyler Brigance, who has a wife named Carla and a daughter named Hannah. Presiding over the trial is white judge Omar Noose, and the prosecution attorney is Rufus Buckley, who would like nothing more than to win the case and swim in the publicity that a win would generate, because Rufus realizes that a murder conviction could help him gain higher office. Helping Jake on the case are his form⦠(Read More)
Themes: | racismrevenge |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | racial discriminationracial tensionracial prejudicen wordracistrace relationsracial slur |
PREDESTINATION chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.
Themes: | drunkennessrevenge |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | assignmentpool tabletypewriterpunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistolflashback |
After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things go wrong for Joey after a neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find that kid and the gun before the police and the mob do.
Themes: | racismsuicide |
Story: | racial discriminationracial prejudicetold in flashbackracial slurshot in the chestfistfightpistol |
A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexp β¦ected way. (Read More)
Themes: | racismrevenge |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | flarepunched in the chestkicked in the stomachheavy rainpunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistol |
In an innocent heartland city, five are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But instead of confessing, the accused man writes the words, "Get Jack Reacher." Reacher himself sees the news report and turns up in the city. The d β¦efense is immensely relieved, but Reacher has come to bury the guy. Shocked at the accused's request, Reacher sets out to confirm for himself the absolute certainty of the man's guilt, but comes up with more than he bargained for. (Read More)
Subgenre: | murder mystery |
Themes: | murder investigation |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | soldier |
Story: | punched in the stomachu.s. armypunched in the faceshot in the chestfistfightpistolflashback |
During World War II when the Americans needed to find a secure method of communicating they devised a code using the Navajo language. So Navajos were recruited to become what they call code talkers. They would be assigned to a unit and would communicate with other units using the code so that even t β¦hough the enemy could listen they couldn't understand what they were saying. And to insure that the code is protected men are assigned to protect it at all costs. One of these men is Joe Enders, a man who sustained an injury that can make him unfit for duty but he manages to avoid it and is told of his duty and that the man he is suppose to protect is Ben Yahzee. Initially there is tension but the two men learn to get along. (Read More)
Themes: | racismdrunkenness |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | u.s. soldier |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | race relationsracial slurshot in the chestfistfightpistolflashback |
Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all under the dangerous eye of the Luftwafe vetran Col. Wil β¦helm Visser. Never giving up the fight to win the war, McNamara is silently planning, waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy. A murder in the camp gives him the chance to set a risky plan in motion. With a court martial to keep Visser and the Germans distracted, McNamara orchestrates a cunning scheme to escape and destroy a nearby munitions plant, enlisting the unwitting help of young Lt. Tommy Hart. Together with his men, McNamara uses a hero's resolve to carry out his mission, ultimately forced to weigh the value of his life against the good of his country. (Read More)
Themes: | racismdrunkenness |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | reference to adolf hitlercaptainracial slurshot in the chestpistolflashback |