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Two young Texas cowboys on the cusp of manhood ride into 1940's Mexico in search of experience. What they find is a country as chaotic as it is beautiful, as cruel and unfeeling as it is mysterious, where death is a constant, capricious companion.
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | wealthfuneralprisonmurder |
| Locations: | texasmexicocourtroomrural settingairplanetrain |
| Characters: | self justicepolice arrestsherifflawyerhostagepolice officersinger |
| Period: | 1940s |
| Story: | horse ranchcattle ranchranch handu.s. mexico borderhorse ridingrio grande riverbronc ridingstabbed with knifecauterypoor man rich womanbunkhousecattle drivemexican american bordermustangspurs …penitentiarylassowrongful arresthandcuffedphysicianpistol whipplaying poolmusic bandranchknife fightthunderstormswitchbladerailway stationchesson the roadcowboyskinny dippingcoffindream sequencefalse accusationjudgeprisonerrevolverjailanimal in titleriflegunfighthorsecorpsebeatingdancingbased on novelsex (See All) |
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 …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthfuneral |
| Locations: | texasairplanetrain |
| Characters: | singer |
| Period: | 1940s |
| Story: | horse ranchcattle ranchranch handbronc ridingranchthunderstormrailway stationcowboycoffinjudgeriflehorsebeatingbased on novel |
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a d …angerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | texasmexicotrain |
| Characters: | self justicesheriff |
| Story: | cattle ranchranch handu.s. mexico borderhorse ridingmexican american borderlassoranchon the roadcowboyriflehorsecorpsedancingsex |
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | police arrestsherifflawyerpolice officersinger |
| Story: | wrongful arresthandcuffedmusic bandcoffinjudgeprisonerrevolverdancingsex |
1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole an …d Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | courtroomtrain |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerhostage |
| Story: | horse ridingpistol whipranchcowboyjudgeprisonerrevolverjailriflegunfighthorsebeatingbased on novel |
Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cow …boys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | rural setting |
| Characters: | self justicesheriffhostage |
| Story: | cattle ranchcattle drivepistol whipthunderstormcowboycoffinrevolverjailriflegunfighthorsebeatingbased on novel |
Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper co …nnection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of "fishing trips", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | texasmexicocourtroomrural settingtrain |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | ranch handu.s. mexico borderhorse ridingbronc ridinglassoplaying poolranchcowboyskinny dippingjudgeriflehorsebeatingdancing |
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sl …oth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerhostage |
| Story: | horse ridingspurscowboycoffinjudgerevolverriflegunfighthorsecorpsebased on novel |
A bandit terrorizes a small Mexican farming village each year. Several of the village elders send three of the farmers into the United States to search for gunmen to defend them. They end up with seven, each of whom comes for a different reason. They must prepare the town to repulse an army of thirt …y bandits who will arrive wanting food. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralmurder |
| Locations: | texasmexicotrain |
| Story: | knife fightswitchbladecowboycoffinrevolverriflegunfighthorse |
Monco is a bounty killer chasing El Indio and his gang. During his hunting, he meets Col. Douglas Mortimer, another bounty killer, and they decide to make a partnership, chase the bad guys together and split the reward. During their enterprise, there will be lots of bullets and funny situations. In …the end, one of the bounty hunters shows the real intention of his hunting. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | texasmexicorural settingtrain |
| Characters: | sheriff |
| Story: | horse ridingrailway stationchesscowboyrevolverjailriflegunfighthorsebeating |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | courtroomtrain |
| Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officer |
| Story: | playing pooljudgerevolverjailcorpsebeatingbased on novel |
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | texas |
| Characters: | sheriffhostagepolice officer |
| Story: | horse ridinglassoon the roadcowboyrevolverriflegunfighthorsecorpsebeating |
To escape an abusive boyfriend, without announcing her plans in advance, Jean Gilkyson takes her young daughter Griff to the Wyoming ranch of her father-in-law, Einar. Jean and Einar are disaffected, as he blames her for the death of his son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitc …h, who was attacked by a bear, and Einar does not know that he has a granddaughter. While Mitch heals and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving Griff. (Read More)
| Locations: | rural setting |
| Characters: | sheriffpolice officer |
| Story: | horse ridinglassoplaying poolranchcowboyriflehorsebeatingsex |
A gold mining camp in the California foothills is besieged by a neighboring landowner intent on stealing their claims. A preacher rides into camp and uses all of his powers of persuasion to convince the landowner to give up his attacks on the miners.
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | sheriff |
| Story: | horse ridingspursrailway stationcowboyrevolverriflegunfighthorsebeating |
In 1880, four men travel together to the city of Silverado. They come across many dangers before they finally engage the "bad guys" and bring peace and equality back to the city.
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | sheriff |
| Story: | lassoranchchesscowboyrevolverjailriflegunfighthorse |
1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he's a thorn in the side of the rich rancher Murphy, as he's a competitor in selling cattle. One day he's shot by Murphy's men. Judge Wi …lson can't do anything, since Sheriff Brady is one of Murphy's men. But attorney Alex persuades him to constitute Tunstall's young friends to Deputies and give them warrants of arrest for the murderers. Instead of arresting them, William Bonney just shoots them down. Soon the 5 guys become famous and William gets the name "Billie the Kid" - but they're also chased by dozens of Murphy's men and the army. The people however honor him as fighter for justice. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | mexicorural setting |
| Characters: | sherifflawyer |
| Story: | lassomusic bandranchcowboyrevolvergunfighthorsedancing |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets … Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | airplanetrain |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerhostagepolice officersinger |
| Story: | pistol whiprailway stationjudgejailriflegunfightcorpsebeatingdancingsex |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | singer |
| Period: | 1940s |
| Story: | cattle ranchranch handcattle driveranchfalse accusationriflehorsecorpsedancingsex |
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 … 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: | murder |
| Characters: | sheriffhostage |
| Story: | handcuffedpistol whipchesscowboyfalse accusationprisonerrevolverriflegunfighthorsecorpse |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
| Locations: | texastrain |
| Characters: | sherifflawyersinger |
| Story: | knife fightswitchbladerailway stationjailriflehorsebeatingdancingsex |
Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by whom? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin g …ang leader Frank, in her honor. He is accompanied by Harmonica, a man already on a quest to get even. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralprisonmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | sheriff |
| Story: | railway stationcowboycoffinfalse accusationrevolvergunfighthorsecorpsebeating |
Josey Wales makes his way west after the Civil War, determined to live a useful and helpful life. He joins up with a group of settlers who need the protection that a man as tough and experienced as he is can provide. Unfortunately, the past has a way of catching up with you, and Josey is a wanted ma …n. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | texasrural setting |
| Characters: | hostage |
| Story: | horse ridingcowboyprisonerrevolvergunfighthorsecorpsedancingbased on novel |
Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker to marry his daughter, ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife travel to Miami to Greg's parents, who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker, who are as different from them as can be. As asked in the first movie, what sort of people name their son Gayl …ord M. Focker? (Read More)
| Themes: | wealth |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officer |
| Story: | physicianmusic bandfalse accusationjudgejaildancing |
In 19th-century New Mexico, a father (Tommy Lee Jones) comes back home, hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Maggie (Cate Blanchett). Maggie's daughter is kidnapped, forcing father and estranged daughter to work together to get her back.
| Locations: | mexicorural setting |
| Characters: | sheriff |
| Story: | ranchcowboyriflegunfighthorsecorpsebeatingbased on novel |
Ellen, an unknown female gunslinger rides into a small, dingy and depressing prairie town with a secret as to her reason for showing up. Shortly after her arrival, a local preacher, Cort, is thrown through the saloon doors while townfolk are signing up for a gun competition. The pot is a huge sum of … money and the only rule: that you follow the rules of the man that set up the contest, Herod. Herod is also the owner, leader, and "ruler" of the town. Seems he's arranged this little gun-show-off so that the preacher (who use to be an outlaw and rode with Herod) will have to fight again. Cort refuses to ever use a gun to kill again and Herod, acknowledging Cort as one of the best, is determined to alter this line of thinking ... even if it gets someone killed ... (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | mexicorural setting |
| Story: | spurshandcuffedcowboydream sequenceprisonerrevolverriflegunfightbeating |
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John … convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | mexico |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | u.s. mexico borderwrongful arresthandcuffedprisonerrevolvergunfightbeating |
After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random vi …olence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | sheriff |
| Story: | horse ridingspurscowboyrevolverriflegunfighthorse |
Meryl and Paul Morgan have separated since his infidelity. He's a Manhattan lawyer, seeking forgiveness. She's moved on, focusing on real estate sales. As he walks her to an appointment one evening, pleading his case, they witness a murder; the murderer sees them. The FBI wants them in witness prote …ction until the killer is caught. He's already hunting them. The FBI sends them to Ray, Wyoming, a tiny ranch town, where they stay with the aging sheriff and his gun-toting wife (who's his deputy). Meryl and Paul must sort out their relationship while their New York ways bump up against those of the West. Meantime, Meryl knows two things that Paul doesn't. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | sherifflawyer |
| Story: | horse ridingranchriflehorse |
Malena is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malena in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is pres …umed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | funeral |
| Locations: | courtroomairplanetrain |
| Characters: | lawyersinger |
| Period: | 1940s |
| Story: | railway stationjudgebeatingdancingsex |
A teenage girl riding a horse is hit by a truck. To help heal her troubled/injured daughter, and horse, the mother takes them to Montana to recuperate at the ranch of a 'horse whisperer', a horse healer of mystical talents. The mother proceeds to fall in love with him, as well.
| Locations: | rural setting |
| Story: | horse ridingranchanimal in titlehorsebased on novel |
An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | sheriffhostage |
| Story: | horse ridingcowboycoffinrevolverriflegunfighthorsecorpsebeating |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser …ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralmurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerhostagepolice officersinger |
| Story: | switchbladefalse accusationjudgerevolverriflegunfightcorpsebeatingdancingsex |
Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m …urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trum… (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomrural settingairplanetrain |
| Characters: | police arrestsherifflawyerpolice officer |
| Story: | penitentiaryhandcuffedcoffinjudgejailriflecorpse |
Billy "The Kid" and his gang are wanted by the law, and when "Doc" Scurlock and Chavez are captured, Billy has to save them. They escape and set south for Mexico. "Let's hire a thief to catch one", John S. Chisum said, so he paid Pat Garrett, one of Billy's former partners, $1000 for the killing of …William H. Bonney aka Billy "The Kid". (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | prison |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | sherifflawyer |
| Story: | knife fightcowboyjudgegunfighthorse |
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross, (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he has "grit", and a reputation of getting the job done. The two are joined by a … Texas Ranger, La Boeuf, (Glen Campbell), who is looking for the same man (Jeff Corey) for a separate murder in Texas. Their odyssey takes them from Fort Smith, Arkansas, deep into the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) to find their man. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | texascourtroom |
| Characters: | sheriff |
| Story: | mustangranchcowboyrevolverhorsebased on novel |
Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners …, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | mexicocourtroom |
| Characters: | police arrest |
| Story: | wrongful arrestfalse accusationjudgeprisonerrevolverjailbeating |
It's 1913, and the traditional American West is dying. Among the inhabitants of this dying time era are a outlaw gang called "The Wild Bunch". After a failed bank robbery, the gang head to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the newly formed world of the 20th cen …tury, the gang take the job and end up in a brutally, violent last stand against their enemies who deemed to be corrupt in a small Mexican town, ruled by a ruthless general. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | texasmexicotrain |
| Characters: | hostage |
| Story: | u.s. mexico bordercowboyskinny dippingrevolverriflegunfighthorsecorpse |
Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull … it off? (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthprisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerpolice officer |
| Story: | music bandjudgerevolverjailcorpsedancing |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomtrain |
| Characters: | lawyersinger |
| Story: | wrongful arrestranchrailway stationfalse accusationjudgeprisonerrifle |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | lawyerpolice officer |
| Story: | horse ridingskinny dippingcoffinfalse accusationrevolverjailriflehorsecorpsebeatingbased on novel |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthfuneralmurder |
| Locations: | airplanetrain |
| Characters: | singer |
| Period: | 1940s |
| Story: | railway stationcoffinjailhorsedancingsex |
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | mexico |
| Characters: | police arresthostagepolice officer |
| Story: | wrongful arrestpistol whiprevolverriflegunfightcorpsebeating |
Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madl …y in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | wealthprisonmurder |
| Locations: | mexicocourtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerpolice officersinger |
| Story: | chessjudgerevolverjailbased on novelsex |
The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during the early stages of WWII. Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that …will help them escape to America. But when Ilsa, a former lover of Rick's, and her husband, show up to his cafe one day, Rick faces a tough challenge which will bring up unforeseen complications, heartbreak and ultimately an excruciating decision to make. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | airplanetrain |
| Characters: | police arrestpolice officersinger |
| Period: | 1940s |
| Story: | music bandrailway stationchessdancing |
Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire--a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert--was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, owned by the greatest royal families. In 1890, a wealthy sheik invited an American, Frank T. Hopkins, a …nd his horse to enter the race for the first time. During the course of his career, Hopkins was a cowboy and dispatch rider for the U.S. cavalry--and had once been billed as the greatest rider the West had ever known. The Sheik puts his claim to the test, pitting the American cowboy and his mustang, Hidalgo, against the world's greatest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders--some of whom are determined to prevent a foreigner from finishing the race. For Frank, the Ocean of Fire becomes not only a matter of pride and honor, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse attempt the impossible. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | train |
| Story: | mustangspurslassomusic bandcowboyrevolverriflehorsedancing |
Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, a …cross rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | rural settingtrain |
| Characters: | sheriffpolice officer |
| Story: | knife fightcowboyriflegunfighthorse |
It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, …a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their p… (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomrural settingtrain |
| Characters: | sheriffsinger |
| Story: | horse ridingpenitentiaryswitchbladejudgeriflehorsecorpsedancingbased on novel |
In Texas, after the death of his mother, the unemployed oil and gas worker Toby Howard is losing his ranch to the Texas Midlands Bank. Toby is divorced from his wife who lives with their two sons. When his brother Tanner Howard is released from the prison, they team up to rob agencies of the Texas M …idlands Bank to raise money to pay the loan so that Toby may leave the real estate to his sons. Meanwhile the Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton who is near retirement and his Indian descendant partner Alberto Parker try to anticipate the next move of the thieves. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | texas |
| Characters: | lawyerhostagepolice officer |
| Story: | pistol whipranchcowboyrevolverriflegunfighthorse |
In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Jus …t when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomrural settingtrain |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | horse ridingplaying poolrailway stationprisonerjailriflebeatingdancing |
A triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) - a diabolical zealot and he …r twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor; she's no victim - a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve. Fear not. Retribution is coming. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | sheriff |
| Story: | horse ridingspursthunderstormcowboyrevolverriflegunfighthorsecorpsebeatingsex |
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