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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)
Themes: | campingforgivenessvengeancegriefredemptiondeath of fathertheftrobberymemorydrunkennessdrinkingjealousyfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | shooting a carlog cabinmotelfarmrural settingbicyclebussmall townrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | dysfunctional relationshipgrandfather granddaughter relationshipteenage girlsheriffwaitressbullythiefpolicemanpolice officergirlfemale protagonistboydoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend …mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpoliceteenager (See All) |
Story: | cheyenne wyomingmilking a cowlong underwearhorse ridingreference to mcdonald's restaurantcamera focus on a female buttreference to winnie the poohinterstate highwaybutte montanatin snipsemotional healingcalgary alberta canadabroken plateescargotcigarette butt …wichita kansasbroken ribdry cleanerslearning to drivemaulingtalking to the deadbreaking a car windowanimal cageprinterfather in law daughter in law relationshippadlockhoneywyominglassofootprintabusive boyfriendraccoonsnailcar breakdowniowamorphinetreehousegravestonedomestic abuseloss of childrodeoabandoned houseloss of daughtercrutchesmeatplaying poolsandwichdonkeyplaying cardstombchaintrophyranchcanepool tablezooloss of wifebarnhypodermic needlepokershavingropepickup truckrunawaycowbearflowerdeath of husbanddeath of sonbasementinjectionscarcowboyliarbinocularswomancaferifleliesecretdrinkcatcomputermirrorcar accidenthorseunderweardreambeatingphotographcigarette smokingf ratedfightsexviolencegun (See All) |
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: | campingmemorydrunkennessdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motelrural settingsmall townrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | teenage girlwaitressbullygirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | horse ridingwyominglassorodeomeatplaying poolranchpool tableshavingropepickup truckbearcowboyliarbinoculars …caferifleliedrinkmirrorhorsebeatingphotographcigarette smokingfightgunviolence (See All) |
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: | forgivenessredemptiondrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | motelbicyclebussmall townrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | sheriffwaitresspolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | horse ridinglassodonkeyranchbarnropepickup truckcowboybinocularscaferifledrinkcar accidenthorseunderwear …photographcigarette smokingsexviolence (See All) |
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.
Themes: | redemptiondrunkennessfriendship |
Locations: | motelfarmbussmall townbar |
Characters: | sheriffwaitressthiefpolice officergirlboyfamily relationshipspoliceteenager |
Story: | horse ridinglassopool tablebarnpokerropepickup truckcowscarcowboyriflecar accidenthorsebeatingcigarette smoking …f ratedfightgunviolence (See All) |
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: | forgivenessgriefdeath of fathermemorydrinkingfriendshiplove |
Locations: | busrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | waitresspolicemanpolice officergirlboydoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | horse ridingloss of wifeflowerdeath of sonbinocularscaferifleliesecretdrinkcomputermirrorcar accidenthorseunderwear …beatingphotographcigarette smokinggunfightviolence (See All) |
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend …Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned? (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenessdeath of fathertheftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | rural settingbicyclesmall townbar |
Characters: | sheriffbullythiefpolicemanfriendpolicehomosexualteenager |
Story: | snailpickup truckliarliesecretdrinkbeatingcigarette smokinggunviolence |
Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 t …hat went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter. (Read More)
Themes: | campingredemptiondrinkinglovefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | rural settingbicyclesmall town |
Characters: | sheriffpolicemanboydoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshiphomosexualpolice |
Story: | lassofootprinttreehouseropepickup truckbearscarliarbinocularsrifleliedrinkcomputerunderwearphotograph …sexgunviolencefight (See All) |
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its ang …er and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. (Read More)
Themes: | griefredemptiontheftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | motelrural settingbussmall townbar |
Characters: | thiefgirlfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | loss of childbarnpickup truckcowdeath of sonliedrinkcomputercar accidentbeatingphotographsex |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Themes: | vengeancegriefredemptiondrunkennessdrinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motelbicyclerestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | sheriffpolicemanboydoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | loss of daughterplaying poolhypodermic needlepickup truckdeath of husbandscarcafesecretdrinkcomputercar accidentunderwearbeatingphotographcigarette smoking …gun (See All) |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t …o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberymemorydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanpolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | playing poolpool tableliarrifleliedrinkcomputerdreambeatingphotographcigarette smokingfightviolencegun |
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: | drunkennessdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | small townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | sheriffwaitressboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | long underwearhorse ridingiowaranchcanedeath of husbandcowboycaferifledrinkmirrorhorseunderwearbeatingcigarette smoking …gunviolence (See All) |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life …, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathertheftrobberydrunkennessdrinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motelbicyclebusrestaurantbar |
Characters: | teenage girlthiefpolicemangirlfemale protagonistfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshiphomosexualpolice |
Story: | interstate highwayliarwomanliedrinkcar accidentunderweardreambeatingcigarette smokingf ratedgunviolence |
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 35th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his Wes …t Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title. When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game. "Varsity Blues" explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bussmall townrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | teenage girlsheriffthiefpolice officergirlboydoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | trophypickup truckinjectioncaferifledrinkunderweardreambeatingcigarette smokingsex |
With an absent father and a withdrawn and depressed mother, 17 year-old Ree Dolly keeps her family together in a dirt poor rural area. She's taken aback however when the local Sheriff tells her that her father put up their house as collateral for his bail and unless he shows up for his trial in a we …ek's time, they will lose it all. She knows her father is involved in the local drug trade and manufactures crystal meth, but everywhere she goes the message is the same: stay out of it and stop poking your nose in other people's business. She refuses to listen, even after her father's brother, Teardrop, tells her he's probably been killed. She pushes on, putting her own life in danger, for the sake of her family until the truth, or enough of it, is revealed. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingfriendshiplove |
Locations: | farmrural settingsmall townbar |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipteenage girlsheriffpolicemangirlfemale protagonistboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipsteenagerpolice |
Story: | breaking a car windowbarnpickup truckliarrifleliedrinkhorsedreambeatingphotographcigarette smokingf ratedfightviolence …gun (See All) |
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estrang …ed mother. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenesstheftmemorydrunkennessdrinkingjealousylove |
Locations: | farmbicyclesmall townbar |
Characters: | sheriffthiefdoctormother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager |
Story: | horse ridinglearning to driveranchflowerliarliedrinkmirrorhorsephotographcigarette smokingfightviolence |
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: | redemptiondeath of fathermemorydrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclesmall townrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipsheriffwaitressbullygirldoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | morphinegravestonetrophydeath of sonbasementliarcafeliedrinkmirrorcar accidentunderwearphotograph |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenessredemptiondrunkennessdrinkingjealousylovefriendship |
Locations: | busrestaurantbar |
Characters: | waitressbullypolicemangirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendpolice |
Story: | gravestoneliarcafeliesecretdrinkmirrorcar accidentunderwearbeatingphotographviolencefight |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
Themes: | memorydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | rural settingbicyclebus |
Characters: | waitresspolicemanpolice officerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | father in law daughter in law relationshipplaying cardsloss of wifehypodermic needledeath of husbanddeath of sonliarliedrinkunderweardreamphotographcigarette smoking |
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: | griefdeath of fathertheftmemorydrinkingfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclebusrestauranthospital |
Characters: | teenage girlpolicemangirlboydoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | cigarette buttcar breakdowncaneloss of wiferopecaferifleliedrinkcatmirrorphotograph |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
Themes: | griefdeath of fathertheftrobberymemorydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | farmrural settingsmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | thiefpolicemangirlboyfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipsteenagerhomosexualpolice |
Story: | sandwichbarnropeliarcafeliedrinkhorseunderweardreamphotographcigarette smokingfightgunviolence …sex (See All) |
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: | forgivenessgriefmemorydrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | farmrural settingbussmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | teenage girlwaitresspolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspoliceteenager |
Story: | playing cardsshavingbearflowerdeath of soncaferifledrinkhorseunderweardreambeatingphotographcigarette smokingsex …violencefight (See All) |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece …s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathertheftdrunkennessdrinkingfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | busrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | thiefpolicemangirlboydoctorfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | scarcaferiflesecretdrinkmirrorcar accidenthorseunderwearbeatingphotographcigarette smokinggunfightsex …violence (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | forgivenessdeath of fatherdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | waitresspolicemangirlfemale protagonistboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | barnpickup truckliarwomanliedrinkcomputermirrorbeatingphotographcigarette smokingviolencegunfight |
After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not … to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptiondrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | busbar |
Characters: | policemanpolice officergirlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | playing poolsandwichpickup truckbinocularswomansecretdrinkcomputermirrorunderweardreambeatingcigarette smokingf ratedfight …sexviolence (See All) |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
Themes: | redemptiondeath of fathertheftdrunkennessdrinkingjealousyfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | farmrural settinghospital |
Characters: | thiefgirldoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | caneshavingcowwomanrifledrinkmirrorhorseunderwearphotographgun |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | memorydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bussmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | teenage girlpolicemanpolice officergirlfemale protagonistboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | abandoned housecafedrinkcomputermirrorcar accidentunderwearbeatingphotographcigarette smokingviolencesexfight |
An admired high school hockey player with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girlfriend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended period …s of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. Obviously, with the mental incapacitation, he is unable to have meaningful work. Thus he works as a night cleaning man in a bank. It is there he comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader befriends him and gets him involved with a young woman who further reels him in. After they get close and after reeling him in with his own failures, the bank plan unfolds. Confused but wanting to escape his current existence, he initially goes along with the scheme. After realizing he is being used, he attempts to stop the robbery, which of course immediately goes awry. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberymemorydrinking |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | sheriffwaitressthiefpolicemanpolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfamily relationships |
Story: | trophyshavingscarwomancaferifledrinkcomputercar accidentunderwearbeatingphotographgunsexviolence |
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: | forgivenessgrieftheftdrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | waitressthiefdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | playing cardspickup truckdeath of husbandliarwomancafeliesecretdrinkcomputercar accidentunderwearphotographcigarette smokingf rated …sex (See All) |
The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their undergr …ound "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. (Read More)
Themes: | theftmemorydrunkennessdrinkingfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | thieffriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | zooflowerbasementliarrifleliedrinkcatmirrorhorseunderweargunsexfight |
When Ruby Baker's parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett, must travel to Malibu, to live with Terrence and Erin Glass, their former neighbors. At first, all seems well. Ruby is making new friends at school and Rhett is getting more video games and flashy toys than he's ever … had in his life. When Ruby speaks to her family's estate lawyer, he tells her that her parents have left Rhett and her $4 million. Suddenly, Ruby begins to notice odd behavior from Terry and Erin. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | teenage girlpolicemanpolice officergirlfemale protagonistboydoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | morphinehypodermic needleinjectioncafedrinkcomputercar accidentdreamcigarette smokinggun |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathertheftrobberydrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motelbussmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | waitressthiefpolicemanhusband wife relationship |
Story: | runawaydeath of husbandwomancaferiflesecretdrinkcomputerbeatingphotographcigarette smokinggunfightsex |
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: | redemptiondrunkennessdrinkingjealousyfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | farmrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | teenage girlwaitresspolicemandoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | ranchdeath of soncowboycaferifledrinkcatmirrorhorsebeatingcigarette smokingfight |
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingjealousyfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motelsmall townhospital |
Characters: | thiefgirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | pickup truckliarwomanliedrinkdreambeatingcigarette smokingf ratedgun |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenesstheftmemorydrinkinglovefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclerestauranthospital |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipteenage girlthiefpolicemangirlfemale protagonistboydoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
Story: | playing cardsflowerbasementliarwomancaferifleliedrinkcatdreamcigarette smokingf ratedfight |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkinglovefriendship |
Locations: | bicyclebusrestaurant |
Characters: | teenage girlthiefgirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | gravestonedeath of husbandcafeliesecretdrinkmirrorunderweardreamphotographcigarette smokingf ratedsex |
'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.
Themes: | death of fathertheftrobberydrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | thiefgirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | long underwearhorse ridingwomanrifledrinkcatmirrorhorsedreamcigarette smokingviolencegun |
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: | griefdeath of fathermemorydrinkingjealousyfriendshiplove |
Locations: | restaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshipteenage girlpolicemanfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | loss of childloss of daughterloss of wifecafedrinkcomputerdreamphotographsexviolencegun |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | memorydrinkingfriendshiplove |
Locations: | rural settingbussmall town |
Characters: | bullygirlfemale protagonistboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | trophycaneflowerdeath of sonwomanrifleliesecretdrinkmirrorphotographcigarette smokingf ratedviolence |
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)
Themes: | theftrobberydrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | motelsmall townrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | sheriffwaitressthiefpolicemanfemale protagonistdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | death of husbandwomancafedrinkcomputercar accidentunderwearsexviolencegun |
While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those injuries, including one to his eye and leg. He has resumed a sexual r …elationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the army assigns him to the Casualty Notification Team in his area. Not having a background in counseling, psychology or grief management, he is unsure if he is well suited to this job. He is partnered with a career soldier, Captain Tony Stone, who teaches Will the precise protocol involved in the job. Tony tells Will, who quickly learns by on the job experience, that this job has its own dangers. As Will learns to adapt to the range of emotions of the next of kin, he is unprepared for the reaction of Olivia Pitterson, whose husband was killed in Iraq. His initial encounter with Olivia leads to him wanting to get to know her better, which may not be in either her or his best interest. Despite being a recovering alcoholic, the more experienced Tony tries to guide Will as best he can under their collective circumstances. (Read More)
Themes: | griefdeath of fathermemorydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | waitresspolicemanboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | loss of daughtercrutchesplaying poolpool tabledeath of husbanddeath of soncaferifleliedrinkcatcomputermirrorcar accidentunderwear …photographcigarette smokingsexfight (See All) |
This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Star …ting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberydrinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | thiefgirldoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | honeymorphinehypodermic needleshavingpickup truckwomancafeliedrinkmirrorunderwearphotographcigarette smokingfightsex |
Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who … have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenessvengeancegriefjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bicyclesmall townhospital |
Characters: | bullypolicemanboydoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | crutchesloss of wifepickup truckliarwomanrifleliecomputerbeatingphotographf ratedfightsexviolence |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberymemorydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | busrestauranthospital |
Characters: | teenage girlbullythiefpolicemanfriendpoliceteenager |
Story: | padlocksandwichhypodermic needlebasementinjectionscarcaferifledrinkunderweardreambeatingphotographcigarette smokinggun …sexfight (See All) |
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: | death of fathertheftdrunkennessdrinkingfriendshiplove |
Locations: | farmrural settingsmall townrestaurant |
Characters: | teenage girlsheriffwaitressthiefpolicemangirlboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | horse ridingrunawaycowdeath of husbandliarwomancaferifleliesecretcatmirrorhorsephotographgun |
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: | vengeancerobberymemoryfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | rural settingsmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | sheriffboydoctorfriend |
Story: | playing cardsbarncowcowboywomancaferiflehorsedreambeatingviolencegun |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberydrinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclebusrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanpolice officerboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | shavingliarbinocularscafeliedrinkunderwearcigarette smoking |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | griefmemorydrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | bullypolicemandoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | tin snipsbreaking a car windowabandoned houseloss of wifeshavingliarliedrinkcar accidentunderwearbeatingphotographcigarette smokingviolencefight |
The husband of aviation engineer Kyle Pratt has just died in Berlin. Now she is flying back to New York with his coffin and their six-year-old daughter Julia. Three hours into the flight Kyle awakens to find that Julia is gone! It's a big double-decker plane, so very concerned mother has a lot of te …rritory to cover in order to find her daughter. But as Kyle fights to discern the truth, she takes matters into her own hands. (Read More)
Themes: | griefredemptiondeath of fatherrobberymemory |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bushospital |
Characters: | grandfather granddaughter relationshippolicemanpolice officergirlfemale protagonistboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | breaking a car windowdeath of husbandliarwomanliemirrorf ratedgunfight |
Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In …their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathertheftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | motelrural settingbussmall townbar |
Characters: | waitressthiefpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhomosexual |
Story: | rodeocowboydrinkmirrorhorsedreambeatingcigarette smokingsex |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, … even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptiondrunkennessdrinkingjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bicyclebarhospital |
Characters: | waitresspolicemandoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipsteenagerpolice |
Story: | father in law daughter in law relationshipdeath of sonliesecretdrinkcar accidentunderwearphotographcigarette smokingsex |