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Puppeteer Craig Schwartz and animal lover and pet store clerk Lotte Schwartz are just going through the motions of their marriage. Despite not being able to earn a living solely through puppeteering, Craig loves his profession as it allows him to inhabit the skin of others. He begins to take the abi …lity to inhabit the skin of others to the next level when he is forced to take a job as a file clerk for the off-kilter LesterCorp, located on the five-foot tall 7 1/2 floor of a Manhattan office building. Behind one of the filing cabinets in his work area, Craig finds a hidden door which he learns is a portal into the mind of 'John Malkovich' (qv), the visit through the portal which lasts fifteen minutes after which the person is spit into a ditch next to the New Jersey Turnpike. Craig is fascinated by the meaning of life associated with this finding. Lotte's trips through the portal make her evaluate her own self. And the confident Maxine Lund, one of Craig's co-workers who he tells about the portal if only because he is attracted to her, thinks that it is a money making opportunity in selling trips into Malkovich's mind after office hours for $200 a visit. Craig, Lotte and Maxine begin to understand that anyone entering the portal has the ability to control Malkovich's mind, which also alters his entire being. This experience makes Maxine fall in love with a composite. This ability to control Malkovich's mind begs the question of the ultimate psychedelic trip for Malkovich hims… (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sexualitycelebritylesbianismadulterysurrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | taxi driverofficenew york city |
Characters: | love triangleactor |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york citycelebrity name in titlemonkey actoractor playing himselftrapped in a human bodyforced perspectivepuppet masterbody transformationswitching bodiesvisual metaphorsoul transferenceinside the mindbody switchingrealizationlynchian …puppeteerrubik's cubepuppet showmarionettebody swapbechdel test passedchimpanzeewetting pantsportalworld trade center manhattan new york citypetbuildingimmortalitycaptainkissing while having sexmagical realismdirectorial debutunderwatercharacter's point of view camera shotpossessioncharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsman with glassesgay slursubjective cameramenage a troismanhattan new york cityurinationmirrorsurprise endingthree word titlecharacter name in title (See All) |
Josh Baskin would do anything to be big to hang out with his crush at the carnival. He finds a Zoltar machine, and he wishes to be big. After Zoltar tells him, "his wish is granted", Josh notices the machine is unplugged. He wakes up the next morning in an adult's body but he still has the same pers …onality. With the help of his best friend, Billy, Josh learns how to act like a grown up. But as he gets a girlfriend and a fun job, he doesn't want to be a kid again. Will Josh stay big or become a 13 year old boy again? (Read More)
Locations: | officenew york city |
Story: | body transformationswitching bodiesbody switchingbody swapmanhattan new york citymirror |
In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer's block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a …bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | lynchianmagical realismman with glassesurinationsurprise endingcharacter name in title |
All 'Jay Baruchel' (qv) expected coming to LA was a fun time with 'Seth Rogen' (qv) with all the wild partying to have both by themselves and at 'James Franco' (qv)'s housewarming party. Suddenly, the Rapture hits and the Biblical Apocalypse has begun. Now, Jay and Seth are desperately sheltering in … James' house for rescue along with a few other friends. Together, they must band together to attempt to survive the end of the world, only for Jay to find that they are all too dumb and superficial to do it until they discover the only way out. (Read More)
Themes: | celebrity |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | actor playing himselfcharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsman with glassesgay slururination |
In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican, Michael …must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protoge's love affair with his daughter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | puppet showworld trade center manhattan new york citycharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsman with glassesgay slurmanhattan new york city |
Six different people, each from a very different walk of life, awaken to find themselves inside a giant cube with thousands of possible rooms. Each has a skill that becomes clear when they must band together to get out: a cop, a math whiz, a building designer, a doctor, an escape master, and a disab …led man. Each plays a part in their thrilling quest to find answers as to why they've been imprisoned. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Story: | buildingdirectorial debutcharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditssubjective cameraurinationsurprise ending |
Subgenre: | absurdism |
Themes: | surrealism |
Story: | immortalitycaptaincharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditssubjective camerasurprise endingcharacter name in title |
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: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | adultery |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york cityworld trade center manhattan new york citycharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialoguegay slursubjective cameramanhattan new york citysurprise ending |
Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Fresh off of a successful production of Death of a Salesman, he has traded in the suburban blue-hairs and regional theater of Schenectady for the cultured audiences and bright footlights of Broadway. Armed with a MacArthur grant and determined to … create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he can put his whole self, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a small mock-up of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off the tracks. The shadow of his ex-wife Adele, a celebrated painter who left him years ago for Germany's art scene, sneers at him from every corner. Somewhere in Berlin, his daughter Olive is growing up under the questionable guidance of Adele's friend, Maria. He's helplessly driving his marriage to actress Claire into the ground. Sammy Barnathan, the actor Caden has hired to play himself within the play, is a bit too perfect for the part, and is making it difficult for Caden to revive his relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel. Meanwhile, his therapist, Madeline Gravis, is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counselling him. His second daughter, Ariel, is disabled. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. As the years … (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sexualityadulterysurrealism |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | directorial debutman with glassesmanhattan new york cityurinationthree word title |
Camden College. Sean Bateman is the younger brother of depraved Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman. He's also a drug dealer who owes a lot of money to "fellow" dealer Rupert Guest, as well as a well-known womanizer, for he sleeps with nearly half of the female population on campus. Lauren Hynde is, …technically, a virgin. She's saving herself for her shallow boyfriend, Victor Johnson, who's left the States to backpack across Europe. Her slutty roommate, Lara, has the hots for Victor as well. Paul Denton, who used to date Lauren, is openly bisexual and attracted to Mitchell Allen, who's dating Candice to prove to Paul that he's not gay. Sean loves Lauren. Paul loves Sean. And Lauren may love Sean. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | wetting pantscharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialoguegay slursubjective cameraurinationmirror |
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to g …et Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | love triangleactor |
Story: | petmagical realismmirror |
Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. When one of his old encounters discovers that she is H.I.V.-positive, after only one encounter with a guy, Tell …y remains undaunted. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | lesbianism |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | actor playing himselfkissing while having sexgay slururination |
Will Shakespeare is a known but struggling poet, playwright and actor who not only has sold his next play to both Philip Henslow and Richard Burbidge but now faces a far more difficult problem: he is bereft of ideas and has yet to begin writing. He is in search of his muse, the woman who will inspir …e him but all attempts fail him until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps. She loves the theatre and would like nothing more than to take to the stage but is forbidden from doing so as only men can be actors. She is also a great admirer of Shakespeare's works. Dressing as a man and going by the name of Thomas Kent, she auditions and is ideal for a part in his next play. Shakespeare soon sees through her disguise and they begin a love affair, one they know cannot end happily for them as he is already married and she has been promised to the dour Lord Wessex. As the company rehearses his new play, Will and Viola's love is transferred to the written page leading to the masterpiece that is Romeo and Juliet. (Read More)
Themes: | sexuality |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | love triangleactor |
Story: | kissing while having sexunderwaterno opening creditsthree word titlecharacter name in title |
After Babe's great victory in the shepherding contest, Farmer Arthur Hoggett turns down all offers to make money with his pig's talents. But when he gets hurt severely in the well, his wife has to take up farming. She does her best but cannot meet the bank's requirements, which results in the necess …ity of getting back to Babe. Soon, Esme Hoggett is sitting in a plane headed for "the" city. There, Babe unwillingly causes deep trouble. He has to stay with Mrs. Hoggett in the only hotel in town that accepts pets. Friendly neighbours send officials who catch all animals from the hotel: Cats, dogs, chimpanzees and many others. Babe, who managed to stay free, decides to help his new friends and gets unexpected help - not only by Ferdinand, who flew all the way to the city. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york citymonkey actorchimpanzeemanhattan new york citycharacter name in title |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo …ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | lynchianportalcharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditssubjective cameramirrorsurprise ending |
Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry B …uttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill's lives are put in danger. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | office |
Story: | character's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditssubjective cameramirrorsurprise ending |
The next door neighbors Nell Bedworth and Woody Deane have opposite behaviors and hate each other: the virgin geek Nell is polite, sensitive and well-prepared to go to Yale, while Woody is rude and his greatest expectation is to join a mediocre university due to his abilities playing football. When …Nell and Woody are assigned to visit a museum together, they argue in front of a statue of an Aztec god. During the night, their souls swap bodies, bringing difficult situations to them. They first try to damage each other's reputation in high school, but soon they discover that their dream of joining college can only happen with mutual respect and support. (Read More)
Story: | body transformationswitching bodiessoul transferencebody switchingbody swapurination |
Scott Pilgrim plays in a band which aspires to success. He dates Knives Chau, a high-school girl five years younger, and he hasn't recovered from being dumped by his former girlfriend, now a success with her own band. When Scott falls for Ramona Flowers, he has trouble breaking up with Knives and tr …ies to romance Ramona. As if juggling two women wasn't enough, Ramona comes with baggage: seven ex-lovers, with each of whom Scott must do battle to the death in order to win Ramona. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | lesbianismsurrealism |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | wetting pantsportalcharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueman with glassessubjective cameraurinationcharacter name in title |
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)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york citygay slurmanhattan new york citysurprise ending |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | taxi drivernew york city |
Story: | portalpossessioncharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsman with glassesmanhattan new york citysurprise ending |
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)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | adultery |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | officenew york city |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york citymanhattan new york cityurination |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye …ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york citykissing while having sexcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsgay slurmanhattan new york citysurprise ending |
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interp …reted as an allegory for Thatcherism. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | sexualityadulterysurrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Story: | man with glassesurination |
Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! In JCVD, Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquil …ity he can no longer enjoy in the United States. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Locations: | taxi driver |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | actor playing himselfcharacter repeating someone else's dialoguegay slurcharacter name in title |
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)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | taxi driver |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | character's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueman with glassessubjective cameraurinationsurprise endingthree word titlecharacter name in title |
Max is a genius mathematician who's built a supercomputer at home that provides something that can be understood as a key for understanding all existence. Representatives both from a Hasidic cabalistic sect and high-powered Wall Street firm hear of that secret and attempt to seduce him.
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | lynchiandirectorial debutcharacter's point of view camera shotmanhattan new york citymirror |
Tells the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the most sought after high school basketball prospect in the nation. Jesus and his dream to make it to the big ranks in professional basketball are overshadowed by his father, Jake, who is spending his life in prison for killing Jesus' mother.
Themes: | lesbianism |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | world trade center manhattan new york citygay slurmenage a troismanhattan new york citythree word title |
Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970's college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington that he hits on an outrageous off-the-wall style that catches audience attention. Despite his on-air blue talk, at home he is a loving … husband. He needs all the support he can get when he joins NBC in New York and comes up against a very different vision of radio. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | celebritylesbianismadultery |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | actor playing himselfpuppet showurination |
Having awoken from their spring break extravaganza at Lake Victoria, the swarm heads upstream where they look to make a meal out of Big Wet, a local water park where when it comes to fun, nobody does it wetter! Though they came to get wet, get loaded and get some, the staff and patrons get more than … they bargained for when they must face the fiercest, most bloodthirsty piranhas yet. Lead by the strong-willed, studious Maddy and her friends, Barry and Kyle, the trio must dive in and take on these man-eating creatures using every ounce of their being but can they be stopped? (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismindependent film |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | actor playing himselfunderwaterno opening creditsgay slursubjective cameraurinationsurprise ending |
Ellie has been taking care of her younger brother Jimmy since their parents death. One night after picking him up from a party they are involved in a car accident on Mullholland Drive. While trying to rescue a woman from the other car a creature attacks and kills her, also injuring both Ellie and Ji …mmy. After some research Jimmy realizes the creature could only have been a werewolf. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult filmindependent film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | actor playing himselfgay slursurprise ending |
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me …tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)
Themes: | lesbianismadultery |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | kissing while having sexmanhattan new york cityurination |
After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano … blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | adultery |
Locations: | taxi drivernew york city |
Story: | lynchianno opening creditsman with glassesmanhattan new york cityurinationmirrorthree word title |
Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, lives above her apartment. Stuart finds a space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He goes back to the 19th Century and takes pictures of the place. Leopold -- a man living in the 1870s -- is p …uzzled by Stuart's tiny camera, follows him back through the gap, and they both ended up in the present day. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insight from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | actor |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york cityportalmanhattan new york citycharacter name in title |
Two things about Jane: she never says no to her friends (she's been a bridesmaid 27 times and selflessly plans friends' weddings), and she's in love with her boss, George, nurturing dreams of a lovely, romantic wedding of her own. She meets Kevin, a cynical writer who finds her attractive, and that …same week her flirtatious younger sister Tess comes to town. Jane silently watches George fall for Tess, a manipulative pretender. Worse, Jane may be called upon to plan their wedding. Meanwhile, Kevin tries to get Jane's attention and has an idea that may advance his career. Can Jane uncork her feelings? (Read More)
Locations: | taxi driverofficenew york city |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | no opening creditsmanhattan new york cityurination |
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new respo …nsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son. (Read More)
Locations: | officenew york city |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york citymanhattan new york cityurinationsurprise endingthree word titlecharacter name in title |
A man, Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend Clementine underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | adulterysurrealism |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | forced perspectiveinside the mindcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueman with glasses |
Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no long …er wants to be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven's life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | satire |
Story: | actor playing himselfcharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialoguesubjective camerasurprise endingthree word titlecharacter name in title |
After the Kingsman headquarters are blown up by a psychotic criminal named Poppy Adams. The surviving agents find their way to an allied secret organisation based in Kentucky, named Statesman. The two agencies must now work together in order to save the world and take down the so called 'Golden Circ …le'. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdism |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | taxi drivernew york city |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york citycharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsman with glassessubjective camerasurprise ending |
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends …up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | portalcharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialoguesubjective cameramanhattan new york citysurprise ending |
A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | puppet masterinside the mindkissing while having sexcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditssubjective camerasurprise ending |
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)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | celebrity |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | love triangleactor |
Story: | manhattan new york citycharacter name in title |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi …m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | adultery |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | chimpanzeecharacter's point of view camera shotsubjective camera |
Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel …) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | lynchianbechdel test passedcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsmanhattan new york citymirrorsurprise ending |
Themes: | surrealism |
Story: | immortalitydirectorial debutcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditssubjective cameramirrorsurprise endingcharacter name in title |
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)
Mood: | satire |
Story: | wetting pantscharacter's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsgay slursubjective cameraurinationthree word title |
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death a …nd Sid is arrested for her murder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Locations: | taxi drivernew york city |
Story: | world trade center manhattan new york citygay slurmanhattan new york citymirrorcharacter name in title |
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)
Locations: | new york city |
Story: | kissing while having sexcharacter's point of view camera shotman with glassessubjective cameramanhattan new york citysurprise endingcharacter name in title |
Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gasse …d at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us. (Read More)
Story: | character's point of view camera shotcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueno opening creditsman with glassessubjective cameraurinationmirrorcharacter name in title |
Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Ame …lia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | taxi drivernew york city |
Story: | chrysler building manhattan new york cityworld trade center manhattan new york cityman with glassesmanhattan new york citysurprise ending |
The story is centered on a microcosm of a post-apocalyptic society where food is so rare it's invaluable and is used as currency. The story centers on an apartment building with a delicatessen on the ground floor. The owner of the eatery also owns the apartment building and he is in need of a new ma …intenance man since the original "mysteriously" disappeared. A former clown applies for the job and the butcher's intent is to have him work for a little while and then serve him to quirky tenants who pay the butcher in, of course, grain. The clown and butcher's daughter fall in love and she tries to foil her father's plans by contacting the "troglodytes", a grain eating sub-group of society who live entirely underground. The "trogs" are possibly the most sensible of the lot, as they see food as food and not money. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismcult film |
Themes: | surrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Story: | chimpanzeebuildinggay slur |