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Warren Schmidt has led a safe, predictable life working in the insurance industry in Omaha, Nebr. for many years, yet now faces retirement. At the same time he is forced to take a hard look at his wife, his life and his relationship with his estranged daughter. An often hilarious series of events fo …llow as Schmidt embarks on an unpredictable RV journey to attend his daughter's wedding in Denver. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | fish out of waterblack comedy |
| Themes: | death of wifegriefdysfunctional familydepressiontravelseductionfuneralweddinginfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | museumroad moviegas stationroad tripairportbathtubcemeteryrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | love letterself narrationinsurance agentjapanese americanself discoverycatholicnative americanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wedding toastmullet haircutomaha nebraskalawrence kansaslife crisisdenver coloradoretirement partymidlife crisischild's drawingolder woman nudehighway travelletter writingvoice over letterwedding rehearsalfuneral home …wedding receptioninterracial marriagereference to buffalo billtrailer campself absorbeddairy queenchannel surfingmoral storyfuture in lawscondolencescommodeactuarysalespeoplemalaisespiritual journeyanger managementtourist attractiongolden agearrowheadlife changingwinnebagoreference to george washingtonmotor hometelephone boxreference to walt disneyson in lawpen palchildhood homein jokemulletshooting starwaterbedfigurinemobile homecorrespondenceodysseyhouseguestfamily gatheringbohemiannebraskamorticianfirst person narrationreference to abraham lincolnunwanted kissrecreational vehiclebanquetkansasgeneration gaptoastfraternityvacuum cleanercoloradocrisiscar troublereflectionirreverencedivorceeexistentialismhot tubsalesmanfrustrationmedicationcharityironyretirementloss of wifeinjuryanswering machinesupermarketafricanspeechon the roadwidowerdrawingnuntoiletwomanold manorphanf wordcollegeletterkissingurinationcryingvoice over narrationcharacter name in titlefemale nuditybased on noveltwo word titlemale nudityflashback (See All) |
Eighty-six-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his eight-year-old grandson Billy, in "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa". Jackass characters Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) and Billy (Jackson Nicoll) will take movie audiences along for the most insane … hidden camera road trip ever captured on camera. Along the way Irving will introduce the young and impressionable Billy to people, places, and situations that give new meaning to the term "childrearing". The duo will encounter male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons, and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens. Real people in unreal situations, making for one really messed up comedy. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifefuneralwedding |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad triprestaurantbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationship |
| Story: | highway travelfuneral homewedding receptionson in lawon the roadold manmale nudityflashback |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | griefdysfunctional familytravelfuneralweddingmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | museumroad tripairportcemetery |
| Characters: | self discoveryfamily relationships |
| Story: | funeral homechannel surfingkansason the roadurinationcryingvoice over narrationflashback |
Shaken by the death of his father and discouraged by his stalled career, writer Sal Paradise goes on a road trip hoping for inspiration. While traveling, he is befriended by charismatic and fearless Dean Moriarty and Moriarty's free-spirited and seductive young wife, Marylou. Traveling across the Am …erican southwest together, they strive to break from conformity and and search the unknown, and their decisions change the very course of their lives. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeraldeath |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripcemeterybar |
| Story: | denver coloradovoice over letternebraskacoloradoon the roadletterurinationcryingvoice over narrationbased on novelfemale nuditymale nudityflashback |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe …s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | infidelitydeath |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | road movieroad triprestaurantbar |
| Characters: | native americanfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | mullet haircuthighway travelmulletkansasirreverencesalesmanretirementon the roadwomancryingcharacter name in title |
The executive Bob Munro is stressed, feeling threatened of losing his job and his lifestyle, since his abusive boss Todd Mallory hired the Stanford's geek Laird to work in their soda's company. Bob has promised his wife Jamie Munro, his teenage daughter Cassie Munro and his young son Carl Munro to s …pend vacations in Hawaii, but Todd demands him to prepare a presentation and attend a business meeting with the owners of a family company in a merging operation scheduled in the same period. Bob hides the truth to his family, rents a recreational vehicle and tries to convince his dysfunctional family that a road trip to the Colorado Rocky Mountains would be good to bring old values back to their family. After many incidents and while in the trailers parking area, the rookie Bob is helped by the bizarre but friendly Gornicke family. They escape from the Gornickes and initiate a journey of difficulties and leaning, retrieving their forgotten family bonds. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familymarriage |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad trip |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | highway traveltrailer campmotor homerecreational vehiclecoloradoon the road |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifegrieftravelfuneralweddingdeath |
| Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
| Characters: | father daughter relationship |
| Story: | voice over letterfrustrationretirementloss of wifewidowerold manorphanf wordlettercryingvoice over narrationcharacter name in titlebased on novelflashback |
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
| Themes: | travelweddinginfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | road tripairportbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | omaha nebraskawedding receptionspeechon the roadwomanf wordcryingvoice over narrationfemale nuditybased on novel |
Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other … hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifegriefdepressionseductionmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | midlife crisisreflectionloss of wifewidowerold mancollegelettercryingflashback |
When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favorabl …e successor being finally chosen. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifedysfunctional familyfuneralweddingmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | bathtubcemeteryrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | catholicfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wedding receptiontelephone boxloss of wifewidowerwomanurinationtwo word titlebased on novelfemale nudity |
The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and i …nforms him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate this "mystery" by his closest friend and neighbor, Winston, an amateur sleuth and family man. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames. Unannounced visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he haphazardly confronts both his past and, consequently, his present. (Read More)
| Themes: | travelmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | road movieroad tripairportcemetery |
| Characters: | love letterself discoveryfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | highway travelodysseyon the roadwomanlettercryingfemale nudity |
Four middle-aged men decide to take a road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. Taking their motorcycles, these "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New Mexico for a drink not knowing that the bar belongs to the "Del … Fuegos", a mean biker gang. When the Del Fuegos steal a bike that belongs to the Wild Hogs, the four men form a plan to steal their bike back. (Read More)
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripbar |
| Characters: | self discoveryfamily relationships |
| Story: | midlife crisishighway travelreflectionon the roadwomancrying |
In 1902, in London, the spinster Beatrix Potter lives with her bourgeois parents. Her snobbish mother, Helen Potter, had introduced several bachelors to Beatrix until she was twenty years old, but she had turned them all down. Beatrix Potter has been drawing animals and making up stories about them …since she was a child, but her parents have never recognized her as an artist. One day, Miss Potter offers her stories to a print house, and a rookie publisher, Norman Warne, who is delighted with her tales, publishes her first children's book. This success leads Norman to publish two other books, and Miss Potter meanwhile becomes the best friend of his single sister Millie Warne. Soon Beatrix and Norman fall in love with each other, but Helen does not accept that her daughter would marry a "trader". However, Beatrix's father Rupert Potter proposes that his daughter spend the summer with his wife and him in their country house in Lake District, and if she is still interested in Norman after the summertime, he would bless their marriage. When Miss Potter stops receiving letters from Norman, she is disappointed. Then one day she receives a letter from Millie explaining what had happened to Norman. (Read More)
| Themes: | griefmarriagedeath |
| Characters: | love letterfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | child's drawingletter writingvoice over lettercorrespondencebanquetdrawinglettercryingvoice over narrationcharacter name in titletwo word titleflashback |
Harry and Lloyd are two good friends who happen to be really stupid. The duo set out on a cross country trip from Providence to Aspen, Colorado to return a briefcase full of money to its rightful owner, a beautiful woman named Mary Swanson. After a trip of one mishap after another, the duo eventuall …y make it to Aspen. But the two soon realize that Mary and her briefcase are the least of their problems. (Read More)
| Themes: | travel |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripairportrestaurantbar |
| Story: | highway travelnebraskahot tubon the roadtoiletwomanurination |
Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father-in-law, Phil (Chris Cooper), to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel. What starts as a complaint letter to a vending machine company turns into a s …eries of letters revealing startling personal admissions. Davis' letters catch the attention of customer service rep, Karen (Naomi Watts), and, amidst emotional and financial burdens of her own, the two form an unlikely connection. With the help of Karen and her son Chris (Judah Lewis), Davis starts to rebuild, beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifegriefinfidelity |
| Locations: | airport |
| Characters: | father daughter relationship |
| Story: | voice over lettercorrespondenceloss of wifewidowertoiletlettermale nudityflashback |
1972. Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), is a mortician and a widower. Her best friend is Thomas J Sennett (Macaulay Culkin). Then her father hires a new receptionist, Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and …life will never be the same again. (Read More)
| Themes: | grieffuneralmarriagedeath |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | funeral homemotor homemorticiandivorceeloss of wifesupermarketwidowercryingtwo word title |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifedysfunctional familyfuneralinfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | airportcemeteryrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | funeral homechildhood homewidowertoiletf wordurinationflashback |
A week before his friend Jack is to be married, best man Miles and the prospective groom head off to wine country for a week of fun, relaxation and - of course - wine drinking. Miles is the oenophile and does his best to teach Jack a bit about the art of appreciating great wine. All Jack cares about … is drinking and carousing, something he accomplishes when he meets the attractive Stephanie at one of the vineyards. Miles is something of a sad sack, a high school English teacher who is a failed writer at heart. He has yet to get over the fact that his wife has divorced him and that she has remarried and he now faces that nerve racking wait for word from a prospective publisher. Miles has an opportunity to start anew when he meets Stephanie's friend Maya but when he let's slip that Jack is about to be married any hope of a relationship seems to be lost. (Read More)
| Themes: | depressionweddinginfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | road movieroad triprestaurant |
| Story: | midlife crisishighway traveldivorceemedicationanswering machineon the roadfemale nuditybased on novel |
An emotionally broken woman, Kathy, suddenly finds herself homeless after her house is wrongly repossessed and auctioned. Seeking respite from his marriage, Lester, a sympathetic sheriff's deputy comes to the aid of Kathy and becomes intimately involved in her situation. Soon, Behrani, a proud emigr …ant Iranian and his family move into the house only to find their new lives burdened by harassment from Lester and Kathy as they attempt to reclaim her former home. The once prosperous colonel denies Kathy's pleas for he knows his recent purchase promises a profitable return and a better future for his adolescent son and his wife. But latent consequences lie beneath Behrani's well intentioned plan as Kathy's emotions spiral out of control and her actions spark a tragic chain of events that will leave no resident unscathed in the House of Sand and Fog. (Read More)
| Themes: | depressionweddinginfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | gas stationbathtubrestaurant |
| Story: | wedding receptiontelephone boxwaterbedmedicationinjurywomanletterbased on novelfemale nuditymale nudityflashback |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | death of wifegrieffuneraldeath |
| Locations: | airportbar |
| Characters: | catholicfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | toastloss of wifeanswering machinewidowerdrawingnunflashback |
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. I …n the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | funeralmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | road movieroad tripbathtubrestaurant |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | voice over letterreference to walt disneyfirst person narrationold manlettercryingvoice over narration |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, … and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
| Themes: | depressionseductionfuneralweddinginfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | denver coloradowedding receptionhouseguestunwanted kisstoiletlettercryingfemale nuditymale nudity |
The night he retires as a Nevada sheriff, Jerry Black pledges to the mother of a murdered girl that he will find the killer. Jerry doesn't believe the police arrested the right man; he discovers this is the third incident in the area in the recent past with victims young, blond, pretty, and small fo …r their age. So he buys an old gas station in the mountains near the crimes in order to search for a tall man who drives a black station wagon, gives toy porcupines as gifts, and calls himself the wizard: clues from a drawing by the dead girl. Jerry's solitary life gives way to friendship with a woman and her small, blond daughter. Has Jerry neglected something that may prove fatal? (Read More)
| Themes: | marriagedeath |
| Locations: | gas stationrestaurant |
| Characters: | native americanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | retirement partydivorceeironyretirementdrawingwomanbased on novel |
A "story inside a story," in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man wh …ose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifegriefinfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | road tripbathtubrestaurant |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | retirementloss of wifetoiletwomanf wordfemale nuditybased on novelmale nudityflashback |
In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as …number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders (Sunset Manor) and is addicted in heroin. When her seven-year-old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi) in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and to make a dream come true. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad trip |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | highway travelcar troubleirreverenceanswering machinespeechon the roadwomanold mancrying |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeraldeath |
| Locations: | gas stationbathtubcemeterybar |
| Characters: | catholicfamily relationships |
| Story: | on the roadnunwomanold manorphanlettercharacter name in titlefemale nuditymale nudity |
"NEBRASKA" is a father and son road trip, from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska that gets waylaid at a small town in central Nebraska, where the father grew up and has scores to settle. Told with deadpan humor and a unique visual style, it's ultimately the story of a son trying to get through …to a father he doesn't understand. (Read More)
| Locations: | road movieroad tripcemeterybar |
| Characters: | family relationships |
| Story: | highway travelnebraskaon the roadold manf word |
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest …son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydepressionfuneral |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | airportbathtubrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | family gatheringtoastspeechdrawingold manlettercryingfemale nuditymale nudity |
A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling up to London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date …. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget. There is drinking, truths, an old stalker class mate with a long standing crush, lost divorce papers, lost hopes, competitive indoor sports and yeah Jack finding out the truth that Nancy isn't his blind date. 'Man Up' a romantic comedy about taking chances, finding about being yourself, making decisions and rolling with the consequences. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | travelseductionmarriage |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationship |
| Story: | toastdivorceefrustrationironyspeechtoiletwomanf wordcrying |
Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together.. …. until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | infidelitydeath |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripbar |
| Story: | frustrationon the roadtoiletwomanold manurinationcryingbased on novelfemale nuditymale nudityflashback |
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Bree …dlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familyweddinginfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | airportrestaurant |
| Characters: | family relationships |
| Story: | nebraskaloss of wifesupermarketwomancollegebased on novel |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifegriefdysfunctional familyweddingmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | medicationsupermarkettoiletwomanold manletterurinationcryingvoice over narrationbased on novelflashback |
Mitch, Frank and Beanie are disillusioned with their personal lives begining when Mitch's nymphomanic girlfriend, Heidi, cheats on him, then former party animal Frank gets married, but unwilling to let go of his wild life, and Beanie is a family man seeking to reclaim his wild and crazy youth. Beani …e suggests that they form their own fraternity in Mitch's new house on a college campus to re-live their glory days by bringing together a variety of misfit college students, losers, middle-aged and elderly retirees as their new friends and later try to avoid being evicted by the new Dean of Students, Pritchard, whom still holds a personal grudge against all three of them. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralweddinginfidelity |
| Locations: | airportcemetery |
| Story: | wedding receptiontoastfraternitysupermarketold mancollegefemale nuditymale nudity |
After being robbed of a week's take, small-time pot dealer David is forced by his boss to go to Mexico to pick up a load of marijuana. In order to improve his odds of making it past the border, David asks the broke stripper Rose and two local teenagers to join him and pretend they're on a family hol …iday. (Read More)
| Locations: | road movieroad tripairport |
| Story: | denver coloradohighway travelrecreational vehicleon the roaddrawingwomanf wordcharacter name in title |
Robert Dupea has given up his promising career as a concert pianist and is now working in oil fields. He lives together with Rayette, who's a waitress in a diner. When Robert hears from his sister that his father isn't well, he drives up to Washington to see him, taking Rayette with him. There he ge …ts confronted with his rich, cultured family that he had left behind. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familyinfidelity |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad triprestaurant |
| Characters: | self discoveryfamily relationships |
| Story: | houseguestgeneration gapexistentialismon the roadfemale nudity |
In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. She's Mary Dinkle, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distracted father. He's Max Horowitz, an overweight man with Asperger's, living alon …e in New York. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence, interrupted by a stay in an asylum and a few misunderstandings. Mary falls in love with a neighbor, saves money to have a birthmark removed and deals with loss. Max has a friendship with a neighbor, tries to control his weight, and finally gets the dream job. Will the two ever meet face to face? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | fish out of waterblack comedy |
| Themes: | griefdepression |
| Locations: | bar |
| Story: | letter writingpen palcorrespondenceorphanvoice over narrationcharacter name in title |
Jim Levenstein has finally found the courage to ask his girlfriend, Michelle Flaherty to marry him. She agrees to get married, but the problems don't stop there for Jim. Now along with Paul Finch and Kevin Myers, Jim must plan the wedding. Unfortunately Steve Stifler is in town and won't let the wed …ding go past without having some fun himself, which includes setting up a secret bachelor party. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingmarriage |
| Locations: | airportbathtubrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | highway travelwedding receptionfuture in lawson the roadold mantwo word titlefemale nuditymale nudity |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
| Themes: | death of wifegriefinfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | road triprestaurantbar |
| Characters: | self discoveryfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | divorceecharityon the roadwidowerold manf wordurinationcryingvoice over narrationfemale nuditymale nudityflashback |
The wide generation gap between Tess Coleman and her teenage daughter Anna is more than evident. They simply cannot understand each other's preferences. On a Thursday night they have a big argument in a Chinese restaurant. Both receive a fortune cookie each from the restaurant owner's mother which c …auses them to switch bodies next day. As they adjust with their new personalities, they begin to understand each other more and eventually it's the mutual self-respect that sorts the things out. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familywedding |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | wedding rehearsalwedding receptionbanquetgeneration gaptoastsupermarketbased on noveltwo word title |
Jacob Pederson lives in shanty surroundings in Bombay, India, and assists in the running of Anand Orphanage and School. He had attempted a number of projects to assist orphans, including child prostitutes - all quite in vain. He has adopted a young male orphan, Pramod, and takes special care of him. … With growing pressure on the facilities, which is on the verge bankruptcy, the orphanage receives an offer of funding from wealthy Danish citizen, Jorgen, which may put an end to its problems. In order to obtain the money, Jacob must travel to Copenhagen, meet with Jorgen, get financial assistance, and be back to celebrate Pramod's 8th birthday. He sets forth, is received by Christian Refner, an employee and future son-in-law of Jorgen. Jacob is shown all possible courtesy and even housed in a posh apartment. He subsequently meets with Jorgen, shows him video-tapes and submits that a few Kroner could really save several lives which would otherwise succumb to minor illnesses and infections. Jorgen views the videos, but does not display much interest. He invites Jacob to attend his daughter's wedding. Jacob does attend the ceremony, is introduced to Helene, Jorgen's wife; the bride, Anna; and Jorgen's twins - Martin and Morten. After the wedding ceremony, Christian makes a speech. Quite unconventionally, Anna also decides to make a speech - it is this speech that will shatter Jacob's world, slowly make him realize that this invitation to Copenhagen was a ploy to not only ensnare him… (Read More)
| Themes: | travelfuneralweddinginfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | airportbathtubrestaurant |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wedding receptiontoastspeechorphancryingfemale nuditymale nudityflashback |
Echoes of "Madame Bovary" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two yea …rs for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | infidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | family relationships |
| Story: | figurinereflectionirreverencemedicationretirementsupermarketletterkissingcryingvoice over narrationfemale nuditybased on noveltwo word titlemale nudityflashback |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifedysfunctional familyfuneralweddinginfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wedding receptioninjuryf wordcryingcharacter name in title |
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and una …mbitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he will risk his own life, stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifefuneralmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | airportbathtubrestaurant |
| Story: | odysseyloss of wifeanswering machineafricanwidowerlettercryingfemale nuditybased on novelflashback |
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
| Themes: | griefdysfunctional familydepressionfuneralweddingmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | bathtubcemetery |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | medicationloss of wifevoice over narrationcharacter name in titleflashback |
Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will be over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spir …ited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralweddinginfidelitymarriagedeath |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | midlife crisiswedding receptionmotor homemobile homecollegecryingmale nudity |
Sandy Patterson ('Jason Bateman' (qv)) gets a nice call confirming his name and other identifying information. The next thing he knows, a spa in Florida is reminding him of his appointment and his credit cards are maxed out. With his identity stolen, Sandy leaves his wife, kids and job to literally …bring the thief to justice in Colorado. Keeping tabs on the other Sandy ('Melissa McCarthy' (qv)) and run-ins with bounty hunters is harder than he was expecting, and ultimately the cross-country trip is going to find both Sandys learning life tips from one another. (Read More)
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripbathtubrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | highway travelon the roadorphanf wordtwo word title |
It's a post-apocalyptic world, several years after whatever the cataclysmic event, which has in turn caused frequent quakes as further potential hazards. The world is gray and getting quickly grayer as more and more things die off. A man and his pre-teen son, who was born after the apocalypse, are c …urrently on the road, their plan to walk to the coast and head south where the man hopes there will be a more hospitable environment in which to live. The man has taught his son that they are the "good people" who have fire in their hearts, which in combination largely means that they will not resort to cannibalism to survive. The man owns a pistol with two bullets remaining, which he will use for murder/suicide of him and his son if he feels that that is a better fate for them than life in the alternative. Food and fuel are for what everyone is looking. The man has taught his son to be suspect of everyone that they may meet, these strangers who, out of desperation, may not only try to steal what they have managed to scavenge for their own survival, but may kill them as food. Although life with his father in this world is all the boy has known, he may come to his own thoughts as to what it means holistically to be one of the good or one of the bad. Meanwhile, the man occasionally has thoughts to happier times with his wife/the boy's mother before the apocalypse, as well as not as happy times with her after the apocalypse and the reason she is no longer with them. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifetraveldeath |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad tripbathtub |
| Characters: | family relationships |
| Story: | arrowheadchildhood homeloss of wifeon the roaddrawingwomanold manurinationcryingvoice over narrationtwo word titlebased on novelmale nudityflashback |
Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson aren't your typical lovers - after killing her abusive father, they go on a road trip where, every time they stop somewhere, they kill pretty well everyone around them. They do however leave one person alive at every shootout to tell the story and they soon become a me …dia sensation thanks to sensationalized reporting. Told in a highly visual style. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familyseductiondeath |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | road moviegas stationroad trip |
| Characters: | native americanfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | mulletshooting starironyon the roadwomanf wordurinationflashback |
A seminal Thirty-Something movie in which a group of old college friends who are now all grown up and hardened by the big wide world come together for the funeral of Alex, a barely glimpsed corpse, who was at one time the brightest and the best of them, and yet who never managed to achieve half as m …uch as any of the others. The friends use the occasion to reacquaint themselves with each other and to speculate as to what happened to their idealism which had been abundant when they were younger. (Read More)
| Themes: | grieffuneraldeath |
| Locations: | bathtub |
| Story: | midlife crisisgeneration gapreflectionspeechcollegefemale nudity |
The Griswold family are on a quest. A quest to a Walley World theme park for a family vacation, but things aren't going to go exactly as planned, especially when Clark Griswold is losing all thought towards a mysterious blonde in a red Ferrari.
| Themes: | dysfunctional familytraveldeath |
| Locations: | road movieroad trip |
| Story: | highway travelkansascoloradoirreverenceon the roadfemale nudity |
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