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Jerry Falk and David Dobel, who meet at a business meeting, become fast friends. Their commonality is that they are both fledgling New York based comedy writers, largely writing material for stand-ups, are Jewish (although David is an atheist), and are each of bundle of different neuroses. Their big … difference is that Jerry is twenty-one, while David is sixty, with forty more years worth of life experience, knowledge and neuroses. While Jerry writes full time - he also working on a novel - David has kept his day job as a public school teacher just in case. In their relationship, David becomes somewhat of Jerry's mentor, providing advice on Jerry's life issues, most which revolve around the fact that Jerry is a product of inertia, he having trouble leaving anyone. That's why Jerry's still with the one and only manager he's ever had, Harvey Wexler. Jerry not only being Harvey's only client (which is a testament to his effectiveness in the job), Harvey also has a 25% take as stipulated in their contract, which he wants to extend for another seven years. That's why Jerry is still in therapy with a psychiatrist who has done him no good, and who advised Jerry to stay in therapy with him as opposed to taking a job in Los Angeles. But that not being able to leave largely applies to his love life. Jerry already has one divorce, his wife who left him. He is having problems with his current girlfriend Amanda, who he believes is the love of his life. He fell in love with her at first sig… (Read More)
Themes: | break upsurveillanceparanoiajealousyrevenge |
Mood: | movingbreaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | taxi driverkitchenhotelrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | dysfunctional relationshipstand up comedianpsychiatristjewishactresswriterteacherdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | reference to sophia lorensurvival kitcheating on one's boyfriendself disciplinecar smashingcomedy clubdirected by co startheatrical agentdietingclipboardjazz clubtaxi riderecord storewedding anniversarynew york skyline …compassflare gunneuroticspaghettipark benchcentral park manhattan new york citycontractatheistsex talkmedical examinationlove at first sightmentornew jerseyeccentricvandalismhand grenadeflirtingheart attackpremarital sextherapysplit screendirected by starconvertiblewritten and directed by cast memberfantasy sequencefired from the jobconfessiontalking to the cameracocaineflashlightmanhattan new york citypianoriflecomputerunderwearvoice over narrationpantiespartycigarette smokingtwo word titlesexflashbackmasturbation (See All) |
Alvy Singer, a forty year old twice divorced, neurotic, intellectual Jewish New York stand-up comic, reflects on the demise of his latest relationship, to Annie Hall, an insecure, flighty, Midwestern WASP aspiring nightclub singer. Unlike his previous relationships, Alvy believed he may have worked …out all the issues in his life through fifteen years of therapy to make this relationship with Annie last, among those issues being not wanting to date any woman that would want to date him, and thus subconsciously pushing those women away. Alvy not only reviews the many ups and many downs of their relationship, but also reviews the many facets of his makeup that led to him starting to date Annie. Those facets include growing up next to Coney Island in Brooklyn, being attracted to the opposite sex for as long as he can remember, and enduring years of Jewish guilt with his constantly arguing parents. (Read More)
Themes: | break upparanoiajealousy |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | hotelnew york city |
Characters: | stand up comedianjewishwriterdoctor |
Story: | taxi rideneuroticflirtingpremarital sextherapysplit screendirected by starconvertiblewritten and directed by cast membertalking to the cameracocainevoice over narrationcigarette smokingtwo word titlesex …flashback (See All) |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | jealousy |
Locations: | restaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | actresswriterteacherdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | neuroticspaghettiflirtingheart attackfired from the jobmanhattan new york citycomputervoice over narrationpartycigarette smokingflashbacksex |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri …ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | kitchenrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | doctorboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | new york skylinecentral park manhattan new york citysex talkmedical examinationflirtingpremarital sexsplit screentalking to the cameramanhattan new york cityunderwearvoice over narrationpantiespartycigarette smokingflashback |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both …came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiajealousy |
Locations: | taxi driverrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | jewishwriterdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | neuroticsex talkflirtingpremarital sexdirected by starcomputervoice over narrationpartycigarette smokingmasturbationsexflashback |
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Bree …dlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. (Read More)
Themes: | break upparanoiajealousy |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | hotelrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | teacherdoctormother daughter relationship |
Story: | flirtingpremarital sexconvertiblemanhattan new york citypartysex |
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: … truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | writerteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | park benchcentral park manhattan new york citynew jerseyfired from the jobmanhattan new york citycomputerunderwearvoice over narrationpartysex |
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h …is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia |
Locations: | kitchenhotelrestaurant |
Characters: | psychiatristjewishwriterdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | atheistmedical examinationnew jerseydirected by starwritten and directed by cast membercocaineunderwearpantiespartycigarette smokingsex |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | break upjealousyrevenge |
Locations: | taxi driverhotelrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | writerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | sex talklove at first sightmanhattan new york citycomputerpantiescigarette smokingflashback |
Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him. As he is about to be honored for his writing by the college that expel …led him, he faces writer's block and the impending marriage of his latest flame to a writer friend. As scenes from his stories and novels pass and interact with him, Harry faces the people whose lives he has affected - wives, lovers, his son, his sister. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | psychiatristjewishwriter |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citysex talkheart attackdirected by starwritten and directed by cast membermanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationtwo word title |
Eleven vignettes, all homages to New York City life, are presented. I. Ben, a pickpocket, is attracted to Molly on first sight, and gets into an interesting "pissing match" with Molly's married lover, NYU professor Garry. II. Mansuhkhbai, an orthodox Jain diamond wholesaler, and Rifka, an orthodox J …ewish diamond retailer who is getting married tomorrow, learn that they have more in common than just diamonds. III. David, a musician and music editor for a video being directed by Abarra, is having problems meeting Abarra's demands while he slowly falls for Abarra's assistant, Camille, who he's never met but has only talked to on the telephone solely about work. IV. A young man believes he's made a powerful connection to a stranger, a young woman, in the simple act of lighting her cigarette, and proceeds to convince her of the same and as such that there is a future for them from that point on, and not at some unspecified time down the road. V. A high school senior, who has been dumped by his girlfriend just before senior prom, is given a gift by his local pharmacist, Mr. Riccoli, the senior not understanding the full implication of the gift until the full process of prom night is over. VI. Each on their way to their first official date together after what started out solely as a one night stand, Gus and Lydia each contemplate not keeping the date. VII. Isabelle, a retired opera diva, has returned to a hotel where she's stayed many times and where she has strong memories of encou… (Read More)
Locations: | taxi driverhotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | jewishactresswriterteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | park benchcentral park manhattan new york cityflirtingsplit screendirected by starmanhattan new york citycomputerunderwearvoice over narrationpantiescigarette smokingsexflashback |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte …r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoia |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | psychiatristmother daughter relationship |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citynew jerseyeccentricpremarital sextherapyfantasy sequencecocainemanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationpartycigarette smokingmasturbationsex |
Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches both his job and wife out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself energized, more competitive than ever, and possessed with amazingly heighte …ned senses. Meanwhile, the beautiful daughter of his shrewd boss begins to fall for him - without realizing that the man she's begun to love is gradually turning into the creature by which he was bitten. (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Locations: | kitchenhotelnew york city |
Characters: | writer |
Story: | new york skylinecontractmedical examinationpremarital sexfired from the jobmanhattan new york citycomputerpantiesparty |
Themes: | break upjealousy |
Locations: | hotelrestauranthospital |
Characters: | teacherdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citycontractsex talksplit screenconfessionmanhattan new york citypantiescigarette smokingflashbacksexmasturbation |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
Locations: | kitchenrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | actressdoctormother daughter relationship |
Story: | spaghettieccentrictherapymanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationcigarette smokingsex |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome …nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | kitchenrestauranthospital |
Characters: | writerdoctormother daughter relationship |
Story: | park benchatheistheart attackfired from the jobcocainecomputervoice over narrationflashbacksexmasturbation |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain …in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
Characters: | actresswriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | jazz clubcontractvandalismsplit screenconvertiblefantasy sequencefired from the jobpianocomputerpartyflashback |
Seven segments related to one another only in that they all purport to be based on sections of the book by David Reuben. The segments range from "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?" in which a court jester gives an aphrodisiac to the Queen and is, in the end, beheaded to "What Happens During Ejaculation?" in whi …ch we watch 'control central' during a successful seduction. (Read More)
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | psychiatristdoctor |
Story: | sex talkpremarital sexdirected by starconvertiblewritten and directed by cast membertalking to the cameracigarette smokingsex |
Larry and Carol are fairly normal New Yorkers who have sent their son off to college. They meet an elderly couple down the hall and later in the week find that the wife has suddenly died. Carol becomes suspicious of Paul who seems to be too cheerful and too ready to move on. She begins her investiga …tion. Larry insists she is becoming too fixated on their neighbor as all of the irregularities seem to have simple non-homicidal explanations. Ted, a recently divorced friend helps her investigation and Larry begins to become jealous of their relationship and agrees to help her. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiajealousy |
Locations: | hotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | actresswriter |
Story: | heart attackflirtingdirected by starwritten and directed by cast membermanhattan new york citycigarette smokingflashback |
Forty-two year old Isaac Davis has a romanticized view of his hometown, New York City, most specifically Manhattan, as channeled through the lead character in the first book he is writing, despite his own Manhattan-based life being more of a tragicomedy. He has just quit his job as a hack writer for … a bad television comedy, he, beyond the ten second rush of endorphins during the actual act of quitting, now regretting the decision, especially as he isn't sure he can live off his book writing career. He is paying two alimonies, his second ex-wife, Jill Davis, a lesbian, who is writing her own tell-all book of their acrimonious split. The one somewhat positive aspect of his life is that he is dating a young woman named Tracy, although she is only seventeen and still in high school. Largely because of their differences a big part of which is due to their ages, he does not see a long term future with her. His life has the potential to be even more tragicomical when he meets journalist Mary Wilkie, the mistress of his best friend, college professor Yale Pollack. Although Isaac's first impression of Mary is that she is a pretentious intellectual, he falls for her. They do become friends with the potential of becoming more than just friends as she knows that being the "other woman" in Yale's life is not a long term role that she wants. An Isaac/Mary coupling may complicate matters even more with Yale being mutually in their lives. Regardless, Isaac may be able to rationalize events a… (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | writerteacher |
Story: | new york skylinecentral park manhattan new york citypremarital sexdirected by starconvertiblewritten and directed by cast membermanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationcigarette smoking |
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | kitchenrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | actressboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | jazz clubcentral park manhattan new york citysex talkpremarital sexunderwearpantiespartycigarette smokingsex |
In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity … as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | hotelrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | cheating on one's boyfriendcentral park manhattan new york cityfired from the jobmanhattan new york citycomputerunderwearpantiesflashback |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. …As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | actresswriterteacherdoctor |
Story: | medical examinationconvertiblefantasy sequencepianounderwearvoice over narrationpantiescigarette smokingsexflashback |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy … neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | kitchenrestauranthospital |
Characters: | actresswriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | computerpartycigarette smokingflashback |
It's 2003. Thirty-eight-year-old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationships with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on … life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death, and Hal's new outlook on life during that time, will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take care of who was originally Hal's very needy Jack Russell terrier, Arthur. (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | hotelnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | jewishactressdoctormother daughter relationship |
Story: | vandalismtherapyconfessionflashlightcomputerunderwearvoice over narrationpartycigarette smokingflashback |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy |
Locations: | restaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | teacherdoctormother daughter relationship |
Story: | central park manhattan new york cityheart attackmanhattan new york citypianounderwearpartycigarette smokingsexflashback |
At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a man who uses an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and his priest, he contacts Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a professional sex surrogate and a typical soccer mom with a house, a mortgage and a husband. Inspired by a true st …ory, The Sessions, follows the fascinating relationship which evolves between Cheryl and Mark as she takes him on his journey to manhood. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousyrevenge |
Locations: | hotelrestauranthospital |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | sex talkfantasy sequencefired from the jobconfessionvoice over narrationpantiespartycigarette smokingtwo word titleflashbackmasturbationsex |
Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe.
Themes: | surveillancejealousy |
Locations: | hotelrestaurant |
Characters: | actresswriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | premarital sexfantasy sequencefired from the jobflashbacksex |
Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian 'Andy Kaufman (I)' (qv). Kaufman, along with his role on _"Taxi" (1978)_ (qv), was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, 'Jerry Lawler' (qv) (who plays hims …elf in the movie), a professional wrestler, got tired of seeing all of this and decided to challenge Kaufman to a match. In most of the matches the two had, Lawler prevailed with the piledriver, which is a move by spiking an opponent head-first into the mat. One of the most famous moments in this feud was in the early 80s when Kaufman threw coffee on Lawler on _"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)_ (qv), got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC. (Read More)
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | stand up comedianwriterdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | comedy clubtheatrical agentspaghettieccentricfired from the jobmanhattan new york cityunderwearpanties |
Locations: | taxi driverhotelrestaurant |
Characters: | doctormother daughter relationship |
Story: | park benchconfessiontalking to the cameracocaineriflecomputerunderwearpartycigarette smokingflashbacksex |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is …short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | mother daughter relationship |
Story: | park benchcentral park manhattan new york citymedical examinationlove at first sightfantasy sequencemanhattan new york cityrifleunderwearpantiespartycigarette smokingflashbackmasturbation |
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)
Themes: | break up |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | sex talknew jerseydirected by starconfessioncomputervoice over narrationtwo word titlemasturbationsexflashback |
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: | jealousy |
Locations: | restaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | psychiatristwriterdoctormother daughter relationship |
Story: | eccentricpianocomputer |
Attempting to impress his ideologies on religion, relationships, and the randomness (and worthlessness) of existence, lifelong New York resident Boris Yellnikoff rants to anyone who will listen, including the audience. But when he begrudgingly allows naive Mississippi runaway Melodie St. Ann Celesti …ne to live in his apartment, his reclusive rages give way to an unlikely friendship and Boris begins to mold the impressionable young girl's worldly views to match his own. When it comes to love, "whatever works" is his motto, but his already perplexed life complicates itself further when Melodie's parents eventually track her down. (Read More)
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | psychiatristmother daughter relationship |
Story: | atheistlove at first sighteccentrictalking to the cameramanhattan new york citytwo word title |
Although cheerful, friendly, intelligent, well-dressed, authentic and wealthy, Charlie Bartlett has problems. With his father gone and his mother loopy and clueless, he's been expelled from every private school for his victimless crimes. Now he's in a public school getting punched out daily by the s …chool thug. He ever longs to be popular - the go-to guy - and the true crux of his troubles is that he invariably finds the means to this end, whatever that might be. At Western Summit High, he makes peace with his tormentor by going into business with him - listening to kids' problems and selling them prescription drugs. Charlie's a hit, but attraction to Susan (daughter of the school's laissez-faire principal), new security cameras on campus, a student's overdose, and Charlie's open world view all converge to get him in serious trouble. Can this self-made physician possibly heal himself and just be a kid? (Read More)
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | psychiatristwriterteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | vandalismsplit screenfantasy sequencefired from the jobpianocomputerunderwearpartycigarette smokingsex |
As of November 1, 1959, mild mannered C.C. Baxter has been working at Consolidated Life, an insurance company, for close to four years, and is one of close to thirty-two thousand employees located in their Manhattan head office. To distinguish himself from all the other lowly cogs in the company in …the hopes of moving up the corporate ladder, he often works late, but only because he can't get into his apartment, located off of Central Park West, since he has provided it to a handful of company executives - Mssrs. Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhoff and Eichelberger - on a rotating basis for their extramarital liaisons in return for a good word to the personnel director, Jeff D. Sheldrake. When Baxter is called into Sheldrake's office for the first time, he learns that it isn't just to be promoted as he expects, but also to add married Sheldrake to the list to who he will lend his apartment. What Baxter is unaware of is that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik, an elevator girl in the building who Baxter himself fancies. In turn, Sheldrake has no idea of Baxter's own interest in Fran. And Fran, who is in love with Sheldrake, has no idea that she is only the latest in a long line of Sheldrake's mistresses, that Sheldrake has no intention of leaving his wife for her, and that the apartment belongs to Baxter, who she likes as a friend. As some of these facts come to light on Christmas Eve, one of the three makes a unilateral decision. That decision sets off a series of events over the … (Read More)
Themes: | break uprevenge |
Mood: | moving |
Locations: | taxi drivernew york city |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | spaghettipark benchcentral park manhattan new york cityflirtingfired from the jobmanhattan new york citypianocigarette smokingtwo word titlesex |
Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a yo …ung, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending. (Read More)
Locations: | hotelrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | park benchcentral park manhattan new york citysplit screenfired from the jobflashlightmanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationcigarette smokingtwo word titlesexflashback |
Sexy, romantic comedy about a girl in her early 20s named Violet Sanford going to NYC to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. Violet gets a "day" job as a bar maid at a nightclub called Coyote Ugly. Coyote Ugly is the city's newest hot spot where the employees are a team of sexy, resourceful wom …en that provoke the clientele and press with their mischief. (Read More)
Locations: | kitchennew york city |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | record storenew jerseyfired from the jobmanhattan new york citypianopantiessex |
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old … carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else? (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy |
Locations: | kitchenrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | psychiatristjewishmother daughter relationship |
Story: | neuroticcocainemanhattan new york citycomputerunderwearpantiespartycigarette smokingsex |
Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women al …l around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection. (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | actressboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | theatrical agentflirtingpremarital sexmanhattan new york citypianopanties |
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive, she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citypremarital sexfantasy sequencefired from the jobmanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationpantiesflashback |
Alex Hitchens is "The Date Doctor." He helps men to land dates. Sara is a gossip columnist for a New York City tabloid. Both are very guarded around the opposite sex. Despite their natures, Alex and Sara begin a relationship. Complications ensue when Sara's latest scoop happens to be one of Alex's c …lients. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillance |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Story: | flirtingpremarital sexfantasy sequencemanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationsex |
Down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock is forced to romance rich old ladies to finance his efforts. When timid accountant Leo Bloom reviews Max's accounting books, the two hit upon a way to make a fortune by producing a sure-fire flop. The play which is to be their gold mine? "Springtim …e for Hitler." (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citycontractflirtingtalking to the cameramanhattan new york citytwo word title |
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: | revenge |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | split screendirected by starwritten and directed by cast memberfantasy sequenceconfessionunderwearcigarette smokingflashback |
In New York, when the shy and lonely project manager of a design firm Matt Saunders meets Jenny Johnson in the subway, he invites her to date and have dinner with him. Jenny immediately falls in love for him, they have sex and she discloses her true identity to him, telling that she is the powerful …superhero G-Girl. After meeting his co-worker and friend Hannah Lewis, the needy Jenny becomes jealous, controlling and manipulative, and Matt follows the advice of his best friend Vaughn Haige and dumps her, breaking her heart. Jenny turns Matt's life into hell, while he has a romance with Hannah. However, the archenemy of G-Girl and former high school sweetheart of Jenny, Professor Bedlam, proposes Matt to lure Jenny to strip her superpowers. (Read More)
Themes: | break upparanoiajealousyrevenge |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | neuroticflirtingfired from the jobsex |
Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a fathe …r. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife. (Read More)
Locations: | new york cityhospital |
Characters: | teacher |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citynew jerseyfired from the jobmanhattan new york citypianounderwearpartycigarette smokingsex |
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend, he thinks it's because he's fat. A man is unable to tell her next door neighbor he finds her sexually attractive. An old couple wants to split up, but they don't want to get a divorce. A therapist masturbates to teen magazines. An 11 year old kid is insecure abo …ut the fact that he hasn't cum yet. Office workers try to recall the face of a coworker who recently died. A woman is sure she has everything she could ever want. The lives of these individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection. (Read More)
Locations: | taxi driverkitchenrestauranthospital |
Characters: | teachermother daughter relationship |
Story: | new jerseytherapyfantasy sequenceunderwearcigarette smokingmasturbationflashbacksex |
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil …istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | restaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | psychiatristwriterteacherdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | heart attacktherapyunderwearpantiespartymasturbationsex |
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help … of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Read More)
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | taxi driver |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | car smashingtaxi ridemedical examinationvandalismheart attackpremarital sexconvertiblefantasy sequencevoice over narrationpantiescigarette smokingflashback |
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol …business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)
Locations: | hotelrestauranthospital |
Characters: | actressteacherdoctor |
Story: | theatrical agentdietingheart attacksplit screenfired from the jobriflecomputerunderwearvoice over narrationcigarette smokingsex |