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A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
| Subgenre: | black independent filmautobiographical |
| Themes: | redemptionangerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | mexicoshipnightclubairplanehotelchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | psychiatristjapaneseafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | u.s. navydisciplinary hearingshore leavesearch for familydemotionbriglocustdirected by co starwheatmother son reuniontemperfoster homepancakecleveland ohiochild abandonment …san diego californianavychild molestationfamily reuniongraduationthanksgivinggunfireextortionsailorbookstoreconvenience storepoemblack americanex convictdatedirected by starracial slurdream sequencechild abusegay slurjailbeatingcharacter name in titleflashbackkissfight (See All) |
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when … let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionangermurder |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | directed by co starblack americanracial slurjailbeatingcharacter name in titleflashback |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
| Themes: | angerrobberymurder |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | graduationconvenience storeracial slurgay slurbeatingflashbackfight |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese … airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | autobiographical |
| Themes: | robberymurder |
| Locations: | shipairplanehotelchurch |
| Characters: | japanesemother son relationship |
| Story: | u.s. navypoembeatingfightkiss |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | nightclubchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | convenience storeblack americanjailbeatingkissfight |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto …n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | nightclubhotelchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | extortionex convictracial slurgay slurbeatingflashback |
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: | angerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | mexico |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | convenience storeblack americangay slurbeatingkissfight |
Four adopted brothers come to avenge their mother's death in what appears to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boys' investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local hoodlum. Two cops who are …trying to solve the case may also not be what they seem. (Read More)
| Themes: | robberymurder |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | thanksgivingconvenience storeex convictracial slurfight |
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)
| Subgenre: | autobiographical |
| Themes: | angerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | hotelchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | poemblack americanracial slurjailbeatingfightkiss |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte …ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
| Themes: | robberymurder |
| Locations: | shipairplane |
| Characters: | japanesemother son relationship |
| Story: | u.s. navyracial slurchild abuseflashbackfightkiss |
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 1 …2 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution's spring. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionangerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | church |
| Story: | ex convictracial slurchild abusegay slurbeatingcharacter name in title |
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs in …to the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story. (Read More)
| Themes: | angermurder |
| Locations: | nightclubchurch |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | temperthanksgivingextortionblack americanracial slurflashback |
The Human Stain is the story of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a classics professor with a terrible secret that is about to shatter his life in a small New England town. When his affair with a young troubled janitor (Kidman) is uncovered, the secret Silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife, his … children and colleague, writer Nathan Zuckerman, fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences. It is Zuckerman who stumbles upon Silk's secret and sets out to reconstruct the unknown biography of this eminent, upright man, esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life, and to understand how this ingeniously contrived life came unraveled. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionangermurder |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | psychiatristafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | u.s. navychild abusekissflashbackfight |
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: | redemptionmurder |
| Locations: | nightclubrestaurant |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | ex convictdatedream sequencechild abusejailbeatingflashbackkissfight |
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | gunfireex convictdirected by stargay slurjailkissflashback |
Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo ('Mark Wahlberg (I)' (qv)) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal ('Anthony Mackie' (qv)) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilde …r Paul Doyle ('Dwayne Johnson (I)' (qv)). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they're left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream. (Read More)
| Themes: | robberymurder |
| Locations: | mexicochurchrestaurant |
| Story: | extortionex convictracial slurgay slurbeatingflashbackfight |
John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Rick …y is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions. (Read More)
| Themes: | angermurder |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | thanksgivingconvenience storeex convictracial slurgay slurbeatingfight |
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal wh …o has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? (Read More)
| Themes: | angerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | psychiatristafrican american |
| Story: | convenience storeblack americandateracial slurgay slurjailbeatingkissfightflashback |
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: | robbery |
| Locations: | hotelchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | japanesemother son relationship |
| Story: | sailordateracial slurcharacter name in titlefightkiss |
Nick Powell is an excellent high-school student who raises money by selling homework and results of quizzes to his schoolmates. He aims to travel to London for a writer's course - telling his best friend, Pete Egan, that he has already bought the airplane ticket but he has not told to his mother yet …. Annie Newton has a problem with Pete, who owes money to her. As events unfold, due to a case of mistaken identity Nick takes a severe beating from Annie and her gang, his body dumped in a sewer. The next morning, he discovers he cannot be seen - he is now a spirit in a state of limbo and can only observe as the events of that day unfold. (Read More)
| Themes: | angerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | poemex convictbeating |
Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globali …zation. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award(R)-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | shipairplane |
| Story: | u.s. navygunfireextortionsailorbeatingcharacter name in titlefight |
Jon Martello objectifies everything in his life: his apartment, his car, his family, his church, and, of course, women. His buddies even call him Don Jon because of his ability to pull "10s" every weekend without fail. Yet even the finest flings don't compare to the transcendent bliss he achieves al …one in front of the computer watching pornography. Dissatisfied, he embarks on a journey to find a more gratifying sex life, but ends up learning larger lessons of life and love through relationships with two very different women. (Read More)
| Locations: | nightclubchurch |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | datedirected by stargay slurcharacter name in titlekissflashbackfight |
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)
| Subgenre: | black independent film |
| Themes: | angermurder |
| Locations: | nightclubrestaurant |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | directed by co starthanksgivingracial slurgay slurbeatingflashbackfight |
When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps …it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionanger |
| Locations: | nightclubhotelrestaurant |
| Story: | cleveland ohiobeatingfight |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | child molestationfamily reunionblack americanracial slurchild abusebeating |
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)
| Themes: | redemptionangermurder |
| Locations: | mexicorestaurant |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | foster homechild abusejailflashbackfightkiss |
The true story of Danny Greene, an impoverished but charismatic young Irish-American who rises to power as president of the longshoreman's local union and is charged with corruption but evades serious jail time by becoming an FBI informant. With fearless nerve he joins forces with a Mafia gangster t …o rise to power in Cleveland's underworld, gaining the reputation of a Robin Hood-like figure with nine lives as he escapes countless assassination attempts. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | cleveland ohiothanksgivingextortionpoemjailbeating |
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: | redemptionangermurder |
| Locations: | mexiconightclubhotel |
| Story: | convenience storegay slurbeatingfight |
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: | angermurder |
| Locations: | nightclubchurch |
| Characters: | psychiatrist |
| Story: | child abusejailbeating |
A touching tale of a wayward young man who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself, until one day he meets his soul mate who opens his mind and his heart.
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | psychiatrist |
| Story: | ex convictdatechild abusejailcharacter name in titleflashback |
A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a n …ightclub, renews an affair with a dancer but old associates and old instincts suck him back into a world of violence and mistrust. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Story: | extortionex convictracial slurbeatingcharacter name in titlekissflashback |
1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde's criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and …bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Regardless, they decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don't plan on hurting anyone physically or killing anyone despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde's older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck's nervous wife, Blanche Barrow, a preacher's daughter. The gang's life changes after the first fatal shot is fired. Following, their willingness to shoot to kill increases to protect themselves and their livelihood. Their notoriety precedes them, so much so that no matter what one's opinion is of them, most want to have some association to the Barrow gang, to help them, to be spoken in the same breath as them, or to capture and or kill them. Of the many people they encounter in their crime spree, t… (Read More)
| Themes: | robberymurder |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | family reuniongunfireconvenience storepoemblack americanex convictjailcharacter name in titlefightkiss |
Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up th …rough the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy? (Read More)
| Themes: | angerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | nightclubrestaurant |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | extortionracial slurbeating |
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's se …cret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionangermurder |
| Locations: | nightclubairplanehotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | racial slurbeatingkissfight |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
| Locations: | nightclubairplanehotelchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | psychiatristmother son relationship |
| Story: | poemdatekiss |
Three years and 10 successful title defenses after beating Apollo Creed, with whom he has become great friends, a now wealthy Rocky Balboa is considering retirement. Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to Clubber Lang, who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's trainer Mickey …. Rocky sinks into a depression, and Apollo decides to train Rocky for a rematch against Lang so Rocky can try to win the title back. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionanger |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | directed by starracial slurbeatingcharacter name in titleflashbackkissfight |
An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a …n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)
| Themes: | robberymurder |
| Locations: | airplanerestaurant |
| Story: | gunfireex convictracial slurgay slurbeatingflashbackfight |
In the summer of 1975 in a neighborhood in Boston, 3 kids, Dave Boyle and two of his friends, Jimmy and Sean, are playing on the sidewalk when Dave gets abducted by two men and endures several days of sexual abuse. Eventually, Dave escapes traumatized throughout adulthood. Jimmy is an ex-con and a f …ather of three, whose daughter Katie, is found dead and Dave becomes the number one suspect. Sean is a homicide detective, investigating Katie's murder, ends up finding himself faced with past and present demons as more is uncovered about Katie's murder. Learning Katie had a boyfriend, ballistics later turn up a gun belonging to the father, which then puts her boyfriend as the suspect. Will Sean find out who killed Katie? Will Jimmy make it through the investigation? And will Dave ever find out what really happened when he was abducted? (Read More)
| Themes: | robberymurder |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | child molestationconvenience storeex convictchild abuseflashbackfight |
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, …making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionanger |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | psychiatristafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | gay slurbeatingkiss |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge …ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
| Themes: | angerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | nightclubairplanerestaurant |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | convenience storeex convictracial slurbeating |
Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | pancakefamily reunionbookstorecharacter name in titlekiss |
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how th …ese cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. (Read More)
| Themes: | anger |
| Locations: | nightclubhotel |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | racial slurgay slurbeating |
John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all i …s well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionmurder |
| Locations: | hotelrestaurant |
| Story: | extortiongay slurbeatingcharacter name in titleflashback |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | psychiatristmother son relationship |
| Story: | child molestationgraduationracial slurchild abusegay slurbeatingflashbackfightkiss |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate …ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
| Themes: | angerrobberymurder |
| Characters: | psychiatrist |
| Story: | thanksgivingex convictracial slurbeatingflashbackfight |
Laconic and self-contained, Edward Wilson heads CIA covert operations during the Bay of Pigs. The agency suspects that Castro was tipped, so Wilson looks for the leak. As he investigates, he recalls, in a series of flashbacks, his father's death, student days at Yale (poetry; Skull and Bones), recru …itment into the fledgling OSS, truncated affairs, a shotgun marriage, cutting his teeth on spy craft in London, distance from his son, the emergence of the Cold War, and relationships with agency, British, and Soviet counterparts. We watch his idealism give way to something else: disclosing the nature of that something else is at the heart of the film's narration as he closes in on the leak. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | locustdirected by co starblack americandirected by starracial slurbeatingflashback |
A once handsome playboy, Cesar finds himself in a mental facility and he can't remember why. All he can remember is meeting the love of his life for one day, and then getting into a car accident which left his face horribly disfigured. But the pain of becoming physically undesirable may help him to …find the truth. (Read More)
| Themes: | angermurder |
| Locations: | nightclubchurch |
| Characters: | psychiatristmother son relationship |
| Story: | dream sequencebeatingkissflashback |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
| Themes: | robberymurder |
| Locations: | hotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | extortionex convictbeatingkissflashback |
After witnessing the brutal murders of a convenience store owner and his son, firefighter Jeremy Coleman barely escapes with his life. As he is forced to testify against the crime lord, Hagan, he is placed in the witness protection program under the watch of the U.S. Marshals. When his new identity …becomes compromised Jeremy is forced to take an unexpected course of action in order to get his life back and save the lives of those he loves. (Read More)
| Themes: | angerrobberymurder |
| Locations: | hotel |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | convenience storeracial slurbeatingkissflashbackfight |
Hannah, Holly and Lee are adult sisters from a show business family, their boozy actress mother who still believes she's an ingenue that can attract any man she wants, despite still being married to the girls' father, Evan. Hannah, on her second marriage to a man named Elliot, a financial advisor, i …s the success of the family, taking a break from her acting career to raise her children. Everyone turns to her for advice, while she never talks to others about what she needs or feels. Her first husband, Mickey, is a comedy show writer and hypochondriac, who is going through a crisis as he mistakenly believes he will die soon without a clear belief, as a non-practicing Jew, of what will happen to him in the afterlife. Single Holly is the insecure flaky sister, a struggling and thus continually unemployed actress, who has just started a catering business with her actress friend April, in order to do something constructive with her life. In her own security, Hannah even set up Holly and Mickey together following her own break-up with Mickey, Holly and Mickey's sole date which arguably was the worst night in both their lives. Holly turns to Hannah for everything in her life, including money, despite feeling Hannah overly judgmental about her failures. It's during a catering job that Holly and April meet David, an architect, who seems interested in both of them. Holly's insecurities may threaten her potential relationship with David and friendship with April. Lee, who collects unempl… (Read More)
| Locations: | nightclubhotel |
| Story: | directed by co starthanksgivingbookstoredatedirected by starcharacter name in title |
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