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: | childhood, homophobia, sexuality, unfaithfulness, poverty, dance, drunkenness, fear, adultery, money, christmas, infidelity, friendship |
| Mood: | affection |
| Locations: | elevator, bathtub, cemetery, school |
| Characters: | bully, dancer, policeman, teacher, doctor, friend, homosexual |
| Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
| Story: | coal miner, ballet dancer, ballet teacher, dance class, royal ballet school, ballet school, ballet dancing, swan lake, coal mine, miners strike, pillow fight, jewelry box, boy wearing lipstick, dance teacher, boy wearing a dress, sledge hammer, riot police, riot shield, riot gear, gay crush, dance school, mobile library, working class, boxing lesson, boxing trainer, boxing gloves, destroying a piano, piano player, letter of acceptance, falling into a bathtub, male dancer, dance instructor, school uniform, merry christmas, christmas lights, teacher student relationship, dancing in the street, gay friend, tap dancing, boy boy kiss, breakfast tray, newcastle upon tyne, soccer shirt, standing on a table, police van, stuffed toy animal, reference to ginger rogers, boy dressed as a girl, boogie, self expression, sliding door, scab, dressing up, breakthrough, physical exam, gargling, billy club, reference to fred astaire, following a dream, impatience, picket line, against the odds, tutu, spinning, northern england, gay kid, mining town, pawnbroker, apron, mine shaft, jumping on a bed, stick, motivation, kiss on the cheek, laborer, triumph, nightstick, changing room, year 1984, washing, swan, circular staircase, coal, labor union, pillow, snowman, music box, surrogate mother, talent, soccer ball, postman, miner, punching bag, transvestism, mail, mooning, tombstone, librarian, strike, escalator, fence, inspiration, gay bashing, stage performance, apparition, teaching, electricity, jewelry, earphones, friendship between boys, joy, dead mother, ferry, snowing, lipstick, self discovery, theatre audience, makeup, sexism, child's point of view, embarrassment, compassion, crush, loss of wife, boxer, hammer, communist, demonstration, listening to music, recording, slow motion, egg, dress, grandmother grandson relationship, shaving, hugging, transvestite, record player, riot, cross dressing, trust, sacrifice, loss of mother, class, ballet, sadness, tragic event, pianist, gym, death of wife, audition, widower, coming out, library, grave, graveyard, best friend, bath, judge, boxing, toilet, montage, gay slur, death of mother, classroom, piano, bathroom, running, tears, lie, extramarital affair, book, letter, bare butt, london england, bus, punched in the face, face slap, urination, underwear, beating, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, brother brother relationship, coming of age, chase, martial arts, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, character name in title, family relationships, independent film, death, violence, nudity, police, blood, kiss, sex |
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: | childhood, drunkenness, money, friendship |
| Mood: | affection |
| Locations: | cemetery, school |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, friend |
| Story: | piano player, school uniform, joy, dead mother, theatre audience, listening to music, recording, record player, sadness, death of wife, graveyard, best friend, montage, death of mother, piano, running, tears, lie, book, letter, bus, punched in the face, urination, underwear, crying, telephone call, coming of age, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, sex, death, kiss, blood |
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: | unfaithfulness, drunkenness, adultery, money, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | elevator, bathtub, school |
| Characters: | policeman, teacher, doctor, friend |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | teacher student relationship, earphones, theatre audience, listening to music, recording, dress, record player, class, library, boxing, toilet, classroom, bathroom, tears, lie, extramarital affair, book, letter, face slap, underwear, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, brother brother relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, independent film, police, kiss, sex |
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: | unfaithfulness, adultery, infidelity |
| Locations: | bathtub, cemetery |
| Characters: | policeman, teacher, doctor |
| Story: | tombstone, snowing, trust, class, pianist, grave, graveyard, bath, classroom, piano, running, tears, lie, extramarital affair, bare butt, punched in the face, underwear, crying, telephone call, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, death, police, sex, kiss |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel…p... (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, drunkenness, adultery, money, infidelity, friendship |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, teacher, friend |
| Story: | escalator, lipstick, makeup, listening to music, recording, record player, class, ballet, sadness, gym, montage, classroom, lie, extramarital affair, punched in the face, face slap, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, chase, photograph, dancing, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
| Themes: | fear, money, christmas, friendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, friend |
| Story: | working class, merry christmas, dead mother, sacrifice, class, judge, toilet, classroom, running, tears, lie, letter, bare butt, punched in the face, face slap, beating, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, brother brother relationship, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, character name in title, family relationships, nudity, death, blood, violence, police |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr…overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
| Themes: | homophobia, dance, fear, christmas, friendship |
| Characters: | bully, dancer, policeman, teacher, doctor, friend, homosexual |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | teacher student relationship, gay friend, theatre audience, sexism, crush, listening to music, hugging, trust, class, sadness, library, best friend, gay slur, classroom, bathroom, running, tears, book, letter, punched in the face, face slap, beating, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, brother brother relationship, coming of age, photograph, dancing, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, kiss |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened… that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhood, drunkenness, money, christmas, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub |
| Characters: | bully, friend, homosexual |
| Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
| Story: | gay crush, gay friend, gargling, gay kid, earphones, snowing, child's point of view, crush, listening to music, sadness, library, best friend, bath, gay slur, running, tears, letter, bus, face slap, urination, underwear, beating, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, coming of age, photograph, cigarette smoking, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, independent film, nudity, kiss, violence, blood |
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: | money, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub, cemetery |
| Characters: | dancer, friend |
| Story: | dance class, tap dancing, snowing, grave, graveyard, bath, judge, montage, gay slur, running, lie, bus, urination, underwear, telephone call, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, independent film, kiss, violence, blood, death |
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: | unfaithfulness, drunkenness, adultery, money, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | bully, dancer, policeman, teacher, friend |
| Story: | piano player, school uniform, compassion, demonstration, riot, class, audition, coming out, toilet, montage, classroom, piano, tears, extramarital affair, book, punched in the face, underwear, beating, crying, telephone call, coming of age, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, character name in title, police, sex, blood, kiss |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
| Themes: | drunkenness, fear, money, friendship |
| Locations: | cemetery, school |
| Characters: | policeman, teacher, doctor, friend |
| Story: | school uniform, loss of wife, grandmother grandson relationship, loss of mother, class, sadness, death of wife, widower, graveyard, bath, death of mother, classroom, lie, letter, bus, underwear, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, photograph, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, police, death |
This is the beginning of the eighties and everybody is moving to the beat of Pop music, as the brand-new concept of the music video appears on television for the first time. However, in Dublin, Conor, a teenager with a sensitive heart, is trying to deal with a tense family relationship, reconnect wi…th his older brother while dealing with the hostile environment in his new public school. And then one day, he sees her. Tall, with long chestnut hair, a buttery complexion and big, dark eyes; an enigmatically beautiful girl standing in front of his school's gate, indolently observing people passing by. But who is she and how could a boy ever get noticed by such a distant girl? That's easy. He would form a band. Surprisingly, with every lyric Conor writes, the gap narrows and with every song he plays, her heart fills with affection. In the end, before a sea of opportunities lying ahead of them, what will the future hold for a brave love like this? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
| Mood: | affection |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | bully, dancer, teacher, friend |
| Period: | 1980s |
| Story: | piano player, teacher student relationship, kiss on the cheek, earphones, ferry, makeup, listening to music, recording, record player, sadness, montage, gay slur, piano, lie, extramarital affair, punched in the face, face slap, crying, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, coming of age, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, independent film, sex, kiss |
In a 1950's mining town called Coalwood, Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However in October 1957, everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik goes into orbit. With that event, Homer becomes inspired to learn how… to build rockets. With his friends and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the town and especially Homer's father thinks that they are wasting their time. Only one teacher in the high school understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the prize. Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars. (Read More)
| Themes: | dance, drunkenness, friendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, friend |
| Story: | coal mine, teacher student relationship, mining town, triumph, coal, labor union, miner, fence, demonstration, recording, record player, class, gym, classroom, tears, bus, crying, brother brother relationship, dancing, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, death, police |
Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who… have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, fear, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | elevator, school |
| Characters: | bully, policeman, teacher, doctor, friend |
| Story: | soccer ball, friendship between boys, loss of wife, grandmother grandson relationship, loss of mother, class, death of wife, widower, gay slur, death of mother, classroom, running, tears, lie, extramarital affair, london england, beating, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, police, death, violence, blood, kiss, sex |
Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.
| Locations: | bathtub, school |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, doctor |
| Story: | dead mother, loss of wife, loss of mother, pianist, gym, death of wife, widower, death of mother, piano, tears, book, bus, punched in the face, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, brother brother relationship, photograph, dancing, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, character name in title, family relationships, kiss |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love…s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear, money, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub, cemetery, school |
| Characters: | policeman, teacher, friend |
| Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
| Story: | teacher student relationship, police van, mail, snowing, embarrassment, demonstration, listening to music, egg, class, library, graveyard, judge, classroom, tears, lie, book, letter, face slap, underwear, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, coming of age, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, kiss, police, death |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to …respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear, christmas, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub, school |
| Characters: | bully, teacher, doctor, friend |
| Story: | piano player, mail, snowing, communist, listening to music, class, tragic event, pianist, bath, classroom, piano, bathroom, running, tears, lie, book, letter, urination, underwear, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, brother brother relationship, chase, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, blood, death |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
| Themes: | drunkenness, fear |
| Locations: | elevator, school |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, doctor |
| Story: | piano player, school uniform, kiss on the cheek, earphones, communist, montage, piano, bathroom, running, tears, lie, book, letter, face slap, urination, beating, crying, telephone call, chase, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, sex, nudity, violence, kiss, police |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei…ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhood, dance, drunkenness, fear, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub, cemetery, school |
| Characters: | bully, dancer, policeman, teacher, friend |
| Story: | school uniform, friendship between boys, embarrassment, hugging, class, graveyard, classroom, tears, lie, letter, bare butt, bus, punched in the face, face slap, underwear, beating, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, coming of age, photograph, dancing, father son relationship, mother son relationship, kiss, blood, police, violence, death |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul…-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
| Themes: | poverty, money, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub, school |
| Characters: | bully, policeman, teacher, doctor, friend |
| Story: | surrogate mother, loss of wife, listening to music, grandmother grandson relationship, shaving, loss of mother, class, death of wife, bath, death of mother, classroom, running, tears, lie, punched in the face, urination, underwear, beating, crying, telephone call, chase, photograph, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, character name in title, police, blood, violence, death |
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)
| Themes: | drunkenness, christmas, friendship |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, friend |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | piano player, school uniform, embarrassment, loss of wife, class, death of wife, widower, graveyard, toilet, classroom, piano, bathroom, lie, underwear, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, kiss, nudity, sex, death |
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: | unfaithfulness, drunkenness, fear, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | dancer, friend |
| Story: | surrogate mother, listening to music, sadness, audition, grave, graveyard, best friend, running, tears, lie, extramarital affair, book, bare butt, bus, face slap, crying, telephone call, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, kiss, nudity, sex, death |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, dance, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub, cemetery |
| Characters: | bully, dancer, friend |
| Story: | listening to music, recording, record player, transvestite, loss of mother, bath, death of mother, running, lie, extramarital affair, book, letter, london england, bus, face slap, telephone call, brother brother relationship, chase, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, blood, violence, kiss |
Class struggle becomes all too real as a young doctor moves into a modern apartment block in suburban 1975 London. Drugs, drink & debauchery dissolve into murder, mayhem and misogyny in this pseudo-post-apocalyptic breakdown of societal norms.
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, drunkenness, adultery, money, infidelity |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, doctor |
| Story: | earphones, listening to music, recording, shaving, record player, class, gym, montage, lie, extramarital affair, bare butt, london england, punched in the face, face slap, underwear, beating, brother sister relationship, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, kiss, sex, blood, violence, nudity |
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: | unfaithfulness, drunkenness, adultery, money, infidelity, friendship |
| Characters: | dancer, doctor, friend, homosexual |
| Story: | piano player, earphones, shaving, death of wife, widower, toilet, montage, gay slur, death of mother, piano, running, tears, lie, extramarital affair, letter, bus, face slap, underwear, beating, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, chase, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family relationships, sex, kiss, death, violence, blood |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr…aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
| Themes: | money, friendship |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, teacher, doctor, friend |
| Story: | teacher student relationship, snowing, loss of wife, hammer, listening to music, slow motion, loss of mother, death of wife, widower, coming out, grave, death of mother, running, lie, book, letter, bus, crying, telephone call, chase, photograph, dancing, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, character name in title, kiss, blood, death |
Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have …to say and they don't like it. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear, money, christmas, friendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | bully, teacher, friend |
| Story: | school uniform, changing room, snowing, recording, record player, pianist, piano, book, letter, punched in the face, face slap, urination, beating, brother sister relationship, telephone call, coming of age, cigarette smoking, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, kiss, sex, nudity, violence, blood |
Rocky Balboa is forced to retire after having permanent damage inflicted on him in the ring by the Russian boxer Ivan Drago. Returning home after the Drago bout, Balboa discovers that the fortune that he had acquired as heavyweight champ has been stolen and lost on the stockmarket by his accountant.… His boxing days over, Rocky begins to coach an up-and-coming fighter named Tommy Gunn. Rocky cannot compete, however, with the high salaraies and glittering prizes being offered to Gunn by other managers in town. (Read More)
| Themes: | poverty, money, christmas |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | bully, doctor |
| Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
| Story: | boxing trainer, boxing gloves, teacher student relationship, punching bag, fence, boxer, gym, boxing, montage, running, punched in the face, brother sister relationship, coming of age, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, character name in title, kiss, blood |
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: | sexuality, unfaithfulness, adultery, infidelity |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, doctor |
| Story: | teacher student relationship, circular staircase, inspiration, dead mother, lipstick, makeup, loss of mother, pianist, piano, running, tears, lie, extramarital affair, underwear, beating, crying, telephone call, chase, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, kiss, sex |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa…chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
| Themes: | dance, drunkenness, friendship |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, teacher, friend |
| Story: | riot police, physical exam, strike, escalator, snowing, theatre audience, hammer, demonstration, riot, class, sadness, gym, montage, classroom, running, letter, bus, punched in the face, urination, beating, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, chase, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, death, police, kiss, blood |
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, adultery, christmas, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, friend |
| Story: | school uniform, apparition, theatre audience, recording, slow motion, record player, class, montage, classroom, extramarital affair, letter, face slap, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, coming of age, dancing, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family relationships, independent film, death, blood, kiss |
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: | unfaithfulness, adultery, money, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | cemetery, school |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, friend |
| Story: | dance class, school uniform, teacher student relationship, dancing in the street, snowing, listening to music, recording, hugging, record player, class, montage, classroom, tears, lie, extramarital affair, book, letter, london england, bus, crying, coming of age, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss, sex |
In Connecticut, lonely widowed Professor Walter Vale has a boring life. He teaches only one class at the local college and is trying to learn how to play the piano, despite not having the necessary musical talent. Walter is assigned to attend a conference about Global Policy and Development at New Y…ork University, where he is to give a lecture about a paper on which he is co-author. When he arrives at his apartment in New York, he finds Tarek Khalil, a Syrian musician, and Zainab, a Senegalese street vendor, living there. He sympathizes with the situation of the illegal immigrants and invites the couple to stay with him. Tarek invites him to go to his gig at Jules Live Jazz. Walter is fascinated with his African drum and Tarek offers to teach Walter to play the drum. However, after an incident in the subway, Tarek is arrested by the police and sent to a detention center for illegal immigrants. Walter has just hired a lawyer to defend Tarek when, out of the blue, Tarek's mother Mouna arrives at the apartment from Michigan. He invites her to stay in Tarek's room and while trying to get Tarek released, Walter and Mouna get close to each other and he finds reasons to feel life can be exciting and worth living again. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | elevator, bathtub |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, teacher, friend |
| Story: | piano player, teacher student relationship, talent, jewelry, earphones, ferry, self discovery, listening to music, shaving, class, widower, bath, classroom, piano, book, underwear, telephone call, photograph, dancing, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, independent film, police, kiss |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, drunkenness, adultery, money, infidelity |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | piano player, following a dream, stage performance, self discovery, listening to music, shaving, death of wife, widower, piano, running, tears, book, bare butt, bus, face slap, urination, underwear, beating, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, coming of age, chase, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, independent film, nudity, police, blood, sex, violence, death |
In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been …behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, teacher |
| Story: | billy club, nightstick, jewelry, theatre audience, listening to music, recording, record player, judge, toilet, montage, tears, bare butt, punched in the face, underwear, beating, crying, telephone call, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, character name in title, independent film, death, kiss, blood, violence, police, nudity |
In Bedridge, Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi.
| Themes: | christmas, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub, cemetery, school |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, friend |
| Story: | fence, snowing, slow motion, grandmother grandson relationship, class, ballet, pianist, bath, montage, classroom, piano, tears, crying, telephone call, dancing, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships, death, kiss |
Malena is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malena in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is pres…umed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, poverty, adultery, infidelity |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, doctor |
| Story: | communist, class, judge, classroom, lie, letter, bare butt, face slap, urination, underwear, beating, crying, brother sister relationship, coming of age, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, character name in title, family relationships, kiss, blood, sex, death |
Poppy Cross is happy-go-lucky. At 30, she lives in Camden: cheeky, playful, frank while funny, and talkative to strangers. She's a conscientious and exuberant primary-school teacher, flatmates with Zoe, her long-time friend; she's close to one sister, and not so close to another. In this slice of li…fe story, we watch her take driving lessons from Scott, a dour and tightly-wound instructor, take classes in flamenco dance from a fiery Spaniard, encounter a tramp in the night, and sort out a student's aggressive behavior with a social worker's help. Along the way, we wonder if her open attitude puts her at risk of misunderstanding or worse. What is the root of happiness? (Read More)
| Themes: | dance, friendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | bully, dancer, teacher, friend |
| Story: | dance class, school uniform, teacher student relationship, teaching, class, classroom, running, lie, book, london england, bus, underwear, telephone call, chase, dancing, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by… 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhood, fear |
| Locations: | elevator, bathtub, cemetery, school |
| Characters: | bully, policeman |
| Story: | piano player, jumping on a bed, escalator, listening to music, recording, grandmother grandson relationship, record player, trust, class, graveyard, bath, classroom, piano, running, tears, lie, book, face slap, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, coming of age, dancing, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, independent film, death, kiss, police |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental…ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhood, unfaithfulness, fear, christmas, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | bathtub, cemetery, school |
| Characters: | dancer, policeman, teacher, doctor, friend, homosexual |
| Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
| Story: | swan, tombstone, earphones, sexism, communist, demonstration, hugging, class, grave, toilet, classroom, running, tears, lie, book, crying, telephone call, coming of age, chase, martial arts, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, death, blood, police, kiss |
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
| Themes: | homophobia, unfaithfulness, adultery, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | teacher, friend, homosexual |
| Story: | teacher student relationship, gay friend, jumping on a bed, embarrassment, demonstration, hugging, class, gym, best friend, gay slur, classroom, tears, lie, extramarital affair, letter, face slap, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, photograph, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, kiss |
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devou…tly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, drunkenness, adultery, infidelity |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | homosexual |
| Story: | pillow fight, grandmother grandson relationship, death of wife, grave, graveyard, bath, gay slur, death of mother, piano, tears, extramarital affair, bare butt, urination, underwear, beating, crying, brother brother relationship, photograph, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, character name in title, family relationships, death, blood, violence, kiss |
In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife and raises his son Shigehiko Aoyama alone. Seven years later, the teenage Shigehiko asks why his middle-aged father does not remarry and Shigeharu meets his friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, who is a film producer, and tells his inte…ntion. However, Shigeharu has difficulties to approach to available women to date and Yasuhisa decide to organize a sham audition for casting the lead actress for the fake movie. They receive several portfolios of candidates and Shigeharu becomes obsessed by the gorgeous Asami Yamazaki. Despite the advice of the experienced Yasuhisa, Shigeharu calls Asami to date and he falls for her. But who is the mysterious Asami? (Read More)
| Themes: | fear, friendship |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | dancer, doctor, friend |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | ballet dancer, ballet dancing, piano player, school uniform, ballet, pianist, death of wife, audition, widower, death of mother, piano, lie, underwear, telephone call, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, independent film, blood, kiss, nudity, sex, violence, death |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
| Themes: | unfaithfulness, dance, drunkenness, adultery, money, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | teacher, friend, homosexual |
| Story: | following a dream, stage performance, embarrassment, listening to music, recording, record player, coming out, bathroom, running, book, bus, urination, underwear, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, coming of age, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, kiss, sex |
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: | unfaithfulness, fear, adultery, infidelity |
| Locations: | cemetery, school |
| Characters: | policeman, teacher |
| Story: | fence, snowing, theatre audience, hugging, loss of mother, class, grave, graveyard, judge, classroom, tears, lie, extramarital affair, book, underwear, crying, telephone call, photograph, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, independent film, kiss, police, sex |
It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to… tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class. (Read More)
| Themes: | homophobia, drunkenness, fear, money, friendship |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, friend, homosexual |
| Story: | teacher student relationship, snowing, listening to music, recording, slow motion, shaving, record player, class, classroom, bathroom, tears, book, bare butt, london england, bus, urination, underwear, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, kiss, death, nudity, blood |
Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him m…ore and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection. The stunning, semi-autobiographical directing debut of 20-year-old actor Xavier Dolan. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhood, friendship |
| Mood: | affection |
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | dancer, teacher, friend |
| Story: | school uniform, teacher student relationship, gay bashing, coming out, library, montage, gay slur, classroom, lie, letter, bus, face slap, underwear, beating, telephone call, coming of age, chase, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother son relationship, father son relationship |
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: | sexuality, fear |
| Locations: | bathtub |
| Characters: | teacher |
| Story: | piano player, teacher student relationship, talent, teaching, theatre audience, embarrassment, class, pianist, audition, toilet, piano, letter, face slap, urination, underwear, beating, sex, blood, kiss |
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: | money |
| Locations: | elevator, cemetery |
| Characters: | dancer, doctor, friend |
| Story: | kiss on the cheek, circular staircase, theatre audience, demonstration, listening to music, recording, grandmother grandson relationship, record player, trust, judge, montage, running, tears, lie, book, letter, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, chase, photograph, dancing, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, death |
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: | unfaithfulness, poverty, adultery, money, christmas, infidelity, friendship |
| Locations: | elevator, cemetery |
| Characters: | dancer, doctor, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, recording, pianist, audition, graveyard, boxing, montage, piano, tears, extramarital affair, bus, crying, brother sister relationship, telephone call, dancing, cigarette smoking, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family relationships, death, sex, kiss |
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