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1938. Julia Lambert and Michael Gosselyn are the royal couple of the London theater scene, Julia an actress and Michael a former actor who took over running the theater and its troupe upon the passing of their mentor, Jimmie Langton. Jimmie is still constantly with Julia in spirit as she navigates t …hrough life. Besides their work, Julia and Michael lead largely separate lives, they long ago having stopped a sexual relationship. Julia of late has been feeling disenchanted with her life, she not wanting to admit it's because she is approaching middle age. Her disenchantment manifests itself in wanting Michael to close their current production early so that she can recharge her juices, something he is reluctant to do if only for not wanting to let the theater sit empty. What Julia ends up doing instead is embarking on an affair with Tom Fennel, an adoring young American who is young enough to be her son. As Julia and Tom's relationship progresses, the more she falls in love with him and becomes dependent upon him for her happiness. But as she finds out that Tom is not as innocent and shy as he first made himself to seem, she may learn that Tom cannot be that direct conduit to happiness and fulfillment at this stage in her life. However, she may find an avenue through Tom that may truly reenergize herself for herself. (Read More)
Themes: | theatrehumiliationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousymoneyinfidelitymarriagerevengefriendship |
Locations: | art museummuseumelevatortaxilondon englandnightclubrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | teacher student relationshiptheatre directorgay friendaunt niece relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipamerican abroadmaidactressdancerstudentteachersingerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationship …husband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual (See All) |
Period: | year 19381930s |
Story: | acting coachtheatre productiontheatre audienceaspiring actressgarden partyopen marriagereference to shakespeare's twelfth nightreference to neville chamberlaintheater managerquote from hamletrowing machinecold creamgas meterwest end londoncharleston the dance …theater producerpiccadilly circus londonopera glassesexercise bicyclereference to queen elizabeth iicurtain callreference to cleopatradressercalisthenicscigarette caseplay within filmman and woman in bedbritish royaltycharadesstanding ovationshakespearean quotationreference to charles dickensexercisingsocial climberdivavanityloanplaywrightnaivetysailboatveterinariangay manchauffeurmidlife crisismahjongdressing roomtuxedoswingbutlermentorrowboatbackstageswimsuitgossipwristwatchrehearsalreference to adolf hitlercakefarceteareference to william shakespearecowactingpianistflowersmassageauditionchampagneportraitbinocularslimousineriverhallucinationpianobathroomcafetearsbeerpaintingface slapunderwearsongcryingpartysingingdancingcharacter name in titlebased on novelkisssex (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | theatreunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagerevengefriendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | theatre directorolder woman younger man relationshipactressdancersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | theatre productioncurtain callswimsuitteaflowersauditionchampagnetearsbeerface slapsongcryingsingingdancingsex …kiss (See All) |
New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then mak …e sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there's no accounting for taste... (Read More)
Themes: | moneymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxi |
Characters: | theatre directorolder woman younger man relationshipactressdancersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | theatre productiontheatre audiencereference to queen elizabeth iistanding ovationplaywrightbackstagerehearsalreference to adolf hitlerreference to william shakespearepianistmassageauditionchampagnepianobathroom …tearsbeerface slapsongcryingpartysingingdancingsexkiss (See All) |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Themes: | theatreunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousymoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatornightclub |
Characters: | actressdancersingerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencereference to cleopatranaivetydressing roombackstagerehearsalpianistauditionlimousinepianotearssongcryingpartysinging …dancingkisssex (See All) |
Eve (Anne Baxter) is waiting backstage to meet her idol, aging Broadway star Margo Channing (Bette Davis). It seems innocent enough as Eve explains that she has seen Margo in EVERY performance of her current play. Only playwright/critic DeWitt (George Sanders) sees through Eve's evil plan, which is …to take her parts and her fiance, Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill). When the fiance shows no interest, she tries for playwright Lloyd Richards (Hugh Marlowe), but DeWitt stops her. After she accepts her award, she decides to skip the after-party and goes to her room, where a young woman named Phoebe has sneaked into her room and fallen asleep. This is where the "Circle of Life" now comes to fruition as Eve will get played like she played Margo. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessjealousymoneyinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipmaidactressfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | curtain calldresserdivavanityplaywrightdressing roombutlerbackstagerehearsalreference to william shakespeareactingauditionchampagnepianoface slap …cryingpartycharacter name in titlekiss (See All) |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | theatrehumiliationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Characters: | maiddancersingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencedivanaivetysailboatrowboatgossipcakeflowerschampagnetearspaintingsongcryingpartysinging …dancingcharacter name in titlebased on novelkisssex (See All) |
Themes: | humiliationmoneymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeach |
Characters: | actressdancersingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | theatre audienceloanreference to william shakespeareflowersauditionchampagnelimousinecafeface slapunderwearsongcryingpartysingingdancing …character name in titlesexkiss (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: | jealousymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeach |
Characters: | theatre directoraunt niece relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipactressteacherdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre productionplaywrightteaflowerschampagnelimousinecafetearscryingpartykisssex |
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: | theatreunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousymoneyinfidelitymarriagerevenge |
Locations: | elevatortaxilondon englandrestaurant |
Characters: | dancerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre audienceteaportraitbathroomcafetearsface slapcryingdancingkiss |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeach |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipstudentteachersingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pianistpianocafetearsunderwearsongcryingpartysingingsexkiss |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | museumelevatorrestaurant |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipstudentteachersingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencereference to charles dickensbathroomcafetearsbeerface slapunderwearsongcryingpartysingingsexkiss |
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferr …ed to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorlondon england |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipgay frienddancerteacherdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | theatre audiencepianistauditionpianobathroomtearsface slapunderwearcryingdancingcharacter name in titlesexkiss |
In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual promiscuity flourish. Thirteen years later, in the midst of political and economical problems, Charles II asks for the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from e …xile back to London. John is a morally-corrupt drunkard and a sexually- active cynical poet. When the King asks John to prepare a play for the French ambassador so as to please him, John meets the aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her into a great star. He falls in love with her and she becomes his mistress. During the presentation to the Frenchman, he falls into disgrace with the court. When he was thirty-three years old and dying of syphilis and alcoholism, he converts to being a religious man. (Read More)
Themes: | theatreunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | actressdancersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | acting coachtheatre productiontheatre audienceaspiring actressplaywrightbackstagerehearsalreference to william shakespeareportraitface slapsongsingingdancingkisssex |
Aviator Andre Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him. He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself i …s involved in an affair with Genevieve de Marras, but he is trying to break it off. Meanwhile, Andre seeks help from his old friend Octave, who gets Andre an invitation to the country home where Robert and Christine are hosting a large hunting party. As the guests arrive for the party, their cordial greetings hide their real feelings, along with their secrets - and even some of the servants are involved in tangled relationships. (Read More)
Themes: | theatreextramarital affairadulteryjealousymoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipmaiddancersingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencecurtain callcigarette casebutlerbackstagefarceteapianistflowerspianoface slapsongpartysingingdancing …kiss (See All) |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of … honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | museumtaxirestaurant |
Characters: | maiddancerstudentsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | rowboatcakelimousinecafepaintingface slapunderwearsongpartysingingdancingsexkiss |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
Themes: | theatrehumiliationextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | london englandrestaurant |
Characters: | maiddancerteachersingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | rowboatgossippianistflowersriverpianocafetearssongcryingsingingdancingbased on novelkiss |
Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to wa …tch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties? (Read More)
Themes: | theatrehumiliationjealousy |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipstudentteachersinger |
Story: | theatre audiencerehearsalpianistauditionpianocafeface slapunderwearsingingbased on novelsexkiss |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp …ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousyfriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | actressdancerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | theatre audiencecharleston the dancechauffeurdressing roomtuxedobutlerbackstageflowersauditionlimousinecafetearspaintingcryingdancing …kiss (See All) |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat …e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeach |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipdancerfriendmother daughter relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencegossipfarcebathroomcafetearsbeercryingpartydancingkiss |
In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working …but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | london englandnightclubrestaurant |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteachersingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | west end londonnaivetygossiprehearsalteareference to william shakespeareflowerschampagnecafetearspaintingsongcryingsingingdancing …kisssex (See All) |
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr …eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousymoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxinightclubrestaurant |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipmaiddancersingerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | open marriagenaivetytuxedoflowerspianocafetearsbeerface slapunderwearsongcryingsingingdancingsex …kiss (See All) |
England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as 'King George VI' (qv), but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extr …aordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | moneymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatorlondon england |
Characters: | singerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | reference to shakespeare's twelfth nightreference to neville chamberlaincigarette casereference to charles dickenschauffeurrehearsalreference to adolf hitlerteareference to william shakespeareauditionlimousinetearsbeersongcrying …singingdancingkiss (See All) |
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousymoneyinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | taxilondon englandrestaurant |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | swingcaketeaflowerschampagnelimousinecafetearsbeercryingkiss |
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)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxinightclubrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipdoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | chauffeurlimousinerivercafetearsbeerunderwearcryingpartysingingdancingcharacter name in titlekiss |
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)
Themes: | theatre |
Locations: | elevatornightclub |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipactressdancersingermother daughter relationship |
Story: | theatre productionaspiring actressplaywrightdressing roombackstagerehearsalpianistflowersauditionchampagnepianosongpartysingingdancing …kiss (See All) |
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: | moneyfriendship |
Locations: | nightclubrestaurant |
Characters: | dancersingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | chauffeurmidlife crisispianistlimousinepianocafetearsface slapunderwearsongcryingsingingdancingkisssex |
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the story of three people in love, a love which does not af …fect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years. (Read More)
Themes: | theatreadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | singermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | theatre audiencerowboatreference to william shakespearepianistrivercafepaintingface slapsongsingingcharacter name in titlebased on novelkiss |
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)
Themes: | humiliationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | dancerstudentteachersingerfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | playwrightchauffeurbackstageauditionlimousinepianocafetearsunderwearsongcryingpartysingingdancingcharacter name in title …kisssex (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousyinfidelity |
Locations: | nightclubbeach |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipactressdancerteachersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | cigarette casepianistchampagnepianotearsunderwearsongcryingsingingdancingkisssex |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the … Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
Themes: | moneyfriendship |
Locations: | taxinightclubbeach |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipdancersingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | sailboatpianistflowersbinocularslimousinepianotearssongcryingpartysingingdancingkiss |
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1926. Einar Wegener (played by Eddie Redmayne) and his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander) are a happily married couple. Both are artists, Einar preferring landscapes and she portraits. One day Einar poses for a portrait of Gerdas while wearing a dress. This is initially done as a lark …, as is the later attendance at a party dressed as a woman. However, Einar soon discovers that she is in fact a woman and over time prefers being Lili. At first she and Gerda try to have her situation "cured" but this leads nowhere (other than to many doctors trying to have Lili locked up as a pervert and/or lunatic). Her voyage of self-discovery will ultimately lead to her undergoing the first ever sex-change operation. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | london englandrestaurant |
Characters: | gay frienddancerdoctorhusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | open marriageportraitriverpaintingpartydancingbased on novelsex |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York …and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
Themes: | theatrejealousyfriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | dancersingerfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | reference to charles dickenspianistflowerslimousinepianocafetearsbeersongcryingpartysingingdancingcharacter name in titlekiss |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeach |
Characters: | dancerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | swimsuitteachampagnecafetearsbeercryingsingingdancingcharacter name in titlekisssex |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin …ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | elevatortaxinightclubrestaurant |
Characters: | maiddancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | loanpianistflowerspianobathroomcafetearsbeersongcryingsingingdancingbased on novelkiss |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | moneyfriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | dancerstudentteachersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencedressing roombackstageteapianocafetearsbeerunderwearsongcryingpartysingingdancingkiss …sex (See All) |
Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole …rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | dancersingerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | flowerscafetearsface slapsongcryingsingingdancingkisssex |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousyinfidelity |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | studentteachermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre productiontheatre audienceteaflowersmassagechampagnecafetearsunderwearcryingpartycharacter name in titlekisssex |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Themes: | theatrehumiliationmoney |
Locations: | art museummuseumelevatortaxi |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipdancersingerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencewristwatchhallucinationtearspaintingsongcryingsingingdancing |
Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police. The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play written by Georg Dreyman, who is considered by many to be the ultimate example of the loyal citizen. Wiesler has a gut feeling that Dreyman can't be as ideal as he seems, and … believes surveillance is called for. The Minister of Culture agrees but only later does Wiesler learn that the Minister sees Dreyman as a rival and lusts after his partner Christa-Maria. The more time he spends listening in on them, the more he comes to care about them. The once rigid Stasi officer begins to intervene in their lives, in a positive way, protecting them whenever possible. Eventually, Wiesler's activities catch up to him and while there is no proof of wrongdoing, he finds himself in menial jobs - until the unbelievable happens. (Read More)
Themes: | theatrefriendship |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | theatre directoractressdancerstudentteacherfriend |
Story: | theatre productiontheatre audienceplaywrightbackstagepianistchampagnebinocularslimousinepianotearsunderwearcryingpartydancingkiss |
Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagerevenge |
Locations: | restaurantbeach |
Characters: | maidsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | sailboatfarcechampagnebinocularslimousinesongsingingsex |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, … and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipmaiddancerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | sailboatchauffeurtuxedobutlerflowerschampagnebathroombeerpaintingunderwearcryingpartydancingkiss |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | maidactressstudentsingerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | swimsuitteaportraithallucinationbathroompaintingunderwearsongsingingbased on novelsex |
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping him on his children. Despite t …he fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Read More)
Themes: | theatreunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | studentteachersingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | playwrightmidlife crisisreference to william shakespeareflowersbathroomcafetearssongcryingsingingcharacter name in titlesexkiss |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell …ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
Themes: | theatremoneymarriage |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | actressdancerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre productiontheatre audiencebackstageteachampagnepianocafetearsunderwearcryingpartydancingbased on novelkisssex |
Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot h …im, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? (Read More)
Themes: | adulteryjealousymoneyfriendship |
Locations: | elevatortaxibeach |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipamerican abroaddancersingerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | dressing roomswingbackstagehallucinationbathroomtearspaintingface slapunderwearsongcryingsingingdancingkisssex |
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: | theatreextramarital affairjealousy |
Locations: | london englandbeach |
Characters: | actress |
Story: | theatre productionplaywrightrowboatbackstagerehearsalfarcereference to william shakespeareactingauditionface slapdancingcharacter name in titlekiss |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymarriage |
Locations: | taxilondon englandrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | theatre productionreference to charles dickensbackstageswimsuitreference to adolf hitlerchampagnecafepartydancingsex |
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: | theatrerevenge |
Locations: | elevatorrestaurant |
Characters: | dancersingerhomosexual |
Story: | theatre audienceplaywrightgay manchauffeurrowboatrehearsalfarceauditionsingingdancing |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, …not the answering of them. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipmaidstudentteachersingerdoctorfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | garden partycakepianistflowershallucinationpianotearsbeerface slapsongcryingpartysingingbased on novelkiss …sex (See All) |
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)
Themes: | moneymarriage |
Locations: | london englandnightclubrestaurant |
Characters: | actressdancerstudentsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | theatre productionveterinariancowhallucinationcafebeerunderwearsongsingingdancingkisssex |