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A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a "military mentality" and of a bureaucratic society in general.
Subgenre: | absurdismblack comedy |
Themes: | madnessdyinginsanitytheftmilitaryherofuneralfeardrinkingjealousybetrayalrapesuicidesurrealismfriendship …murderdeath (See All) |
Mood: | nightmaresatire |
Locations: | military hospitalmilitary cemeterysea rescuetruckitalyairplanemotorcyclebeachhospital |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshipmilitary policefather in law son in law relationshipamerican soldierbiblethiefsister sister relationshipphotographerdancernursegirlprostitutebrother brother relationshipdoctorfriend …father son relationshipmother son relationship (See All) |
Period: | year 1944world war two |
Story: | lieutenant colonelmilitary promotionnurse patient relationship21 gun salutelife raftanti fascistneck bandagebrigadier generalarmy pilotco pilotsearch and rescueman sitting on a toiletsitting on a toiletlong island new yorkrunning up stairs …rome italymilitary leavemilitary convoyairplane crashfriendly firethompson sub machine gun with box magazinemisfiring gunwoman raped and murderedhanging from a tree limbbombed out buildingsucking on one's thumbwoman wearing a one piece swimsuitupside down imagecold the illnessnumber 33company logofirst aid kitdeep focuscontrol tower23rd psalmmale hustlerbombardierthrown out a windowalexandria egyptair stripreference to franklin d. rooseveltmess hallabsent without leavebody castplane shot down360 degree well shothospital gownmoralewaiting in linefall to deathtourniquethorse and cartstrafingshrapnelsquadronsitting in a treerakearm injuryreference to the popesardiniaopportunistleg castsilknavigatori.v.cold the temperaturechaplaincottonno musicsyndicateepiphanydefenestrationawolkneed in the groinreference to benito mussolinisidewalk cafewounded soldiermediterranean seadeliriumsearchlightpacifismsalutereference to winston churchillwoman in uniformcigarette holdercockpitdesertionsliced in tworeference to josef stalinwoman wearing black lingeriecourt martialjumping out a windowcamera focus on female buttsurgical operationcurfew19 year oldcoconutdeserterclimbing out a windowleg woundorangefake moustacheblanketair raidmorphineclimbing a treebombercowardtomatocrazinesshorninesscrash landingwhistlingentrepreneuranti warwhisperingfascistplane crashmedalraftmajorrepeated scenepromotionbreast feedingeconomicsbandagebeing followedyellinghandshakeearphonespractical jokebriberychocolateblack bra and pantiescontractpipe smokingatheistpatriotismlaughinglieutenantlanternchairparachutetime lapse photographyswedendisembowelmentmiraclehypocrisybombingfollowing someonemoralityscamcolonelparadedesperationimpersonationsergeantpatientfaintingeggjeepwarehousecaptainitaliansurgeryobscene finger gesturecharacter says i love yougeneralhairy chestamerican flagtanktentstatuebuxomstabbed in the backattempted murderbusinessmanmicrophonebinocularspilotpublic nudityflash forwardgunshotlooking at the cameramarriage proposalpaincigar smokingsearchnonlinear timelinemapfemale pubic hairtoileteatingmontagestabbingdisguisenew yorksubjective cameraswimmingprayerislandprostitutiondead bodyrunningbombsunglassesshootingbare buttarrestdrinkcatmachine gunfoodblood splatterunderwearcorpsedreambeatingfireknifeexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingfemale full frontal nudityfemale frontal nuditybare chested malemale rear nuditynumber in titlebased on novelfemale nuditybare breastsmale nuditygunbloodfightviolenceflashback (See All) |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
Themes: | dyingherofuneraldrinkingbetrayalsuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | truckitalyairplanemotorcyclebeachhospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipdancergirldoctormother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | rome italysidewalk cafesearchlightreference to josef stalincourt martialbomberhandshakepipe smokingpatriotismswedenbombingfollowing someoneimpersonationjeepgeneral …businessmanmicrophonebinocularspublic nuditysearchfemale pubic haireatingstabbingprayerdead bodyrunningbombsunglassesshootingarrestdrinkcatmachine gunfoodblood splatterunderwearcorpsebeatingknifeexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingfemale full frontal nudityfemale frontal nuditybare chested malefemale nudityviolenceflashbackfightbloodgun (See All) |
In 1945, the Marines attack twelve thousand Japaneses protecting the twenty square kilometers of the sacred Iwo Jima island in a very violent battle. When they reach the Mount Suribachi and six Marines raise their flag on the top, the picture becomes a symbol in a post Great Depression America. The …government brings the three survivors to America to raise funds for war, bringing hope to desolate people, and making the three men heroes of the war. However, the traumatized trio has difficulty dealing with the image built by their superiors, sharing the heroism with their mates. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmilitaryherodrinkingsuicidedeathfriendshipmurder |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | airplanebeachhospital |
Characters: | photographerdancernursebrother brother relationshipfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | military promotionreference to franklin d. roosevelthospital gownmedalrepeated sceneparadesergeantjeepamerican flagtankstatueflash forwardmapsubjective cameraswimming …islanddead bodyrunningshootingarrestdrinkmachine gunblood splatterunderwearcorpseexplosiondancingcigarette smokingbloodfightviolenceflashback (See All) |
October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to sta …y behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio, part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely in tact and that he is running away from his past, in part or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which was interrupted by the war. He may not be running from his work as a spy for the Germans as Caravaggio believes, but rather the memory of an affair he had with married Katherine Clifton, the love of his life, and the memory of a promise not totally fulfilled. Hana may also test her theory of her fates with love and death as she embarks on a relationship of her own with Kip Singh, a Sikh from India, whose unit has camped on the now overgrown lawn of the church. Their work entails sweeping for and di… (Read More)
Themes: | dyingtheftfeardrinkingjealousybetrayalsuicidedeathmurderfriendship |
Locations: | truckitalyairplanemotorcyclebeach |
Characters: | thiefphotographerdancernursefriend |
Period: | year 1944world war two |
Story: | nurse patient relationshipairplane crashreference to benito mussolinimorphinefascistatheistpatientjeepitalianamerican flagtanktentstatuepilotflash forward …painnonlinear timelinemapfemale pubic hairsubjective cameraswimmingprayerrunningbombdrinkmachine gununderweardreambeatingfireknifeexplosiondancingcigarette smokingfemale full frontal nudityfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybased on novelflashbackgunblood (See All) |
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant 'T.E. Lawrence' (qv) is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his s …uperior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port. (Read More)
Themes: | dyinginsanityherofuneralfeardrinkingmurderdeath |
Locations: | military hospitaltruckmotorcyclehospital |
Characters: | photographernursefather son relationship |
Story: | military promotionsaluteair raidwhistlingmajorhandshakebriberylieutenantmiraclecolonelsergeantgeneraltentstatuebinoculars …painnonlinear timelinemapeatingsubjective cameradead bodyrunningbombshootingarrestdrinkmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingfireknifeexplosioncigarette smokingbare chested malegunviolencebloodflashbackfight (See All) |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
Themes: | dyinginsanitymilitaryherofeardrinkingbetrayalsuicidedeathfriendshipmurder |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | military hospitaltruckairplanemotorcyclehospital |
Characters: | military policesister sister relationshipdancernursegirldoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | opportunistawoldesertionreference to josef stalincourt martialdeserterair raidmorphinecowardmedalbandagechocolatebombingcolonelsurgery …generaltankstatuebinocularsflash forwardpainmapdead bodyshootingarrestdrinkmachine gunfoodcorpsedreambeatingfireexplosiondancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityfightgunviolencebloodflashback (See All) |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte …ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
Themes: | theftmilitarydrinkingjealousyfriendshipdeathmurder |
Locations: | airplanebeachhospital |
Characters: | military policethiefdancernursefriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | long island new yorkairplane crashair raidmedallieutenantparachutebombingcolonelfaintingcaptainamerican flagtentpilotmarriage proposalmap …prayerbombshootingdrinkmachine gununderwearfireexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingbare chested maleflashbackfightbloodgun (See All) |
The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command o …f the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmilitarydrinkingsuicidedeathmurderfriendship |
Locations: | airplanebeach |
Characters: | military policeamerican soldierphotographergirlfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | lieutenant coloneldeserterair raidbombermedalpatriotismlieutenantlanterncolonelcaptaingeneralamerican flagtanktentbinoculars …mapeatingstabbingislandbombshootingdrinkfoodblood splatterbeatingfireknifeexplosioncigarette smokingflashbackgunbloodviolence (See All) |
It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subo …rdinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmilitarydrinkingmurderdeathfriendship |
Locations: | airplanebeach |
Characters: | military policedancerprostitutefriend |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | friendly fireabsent without leavestrafingawolreference to benito mussolinicourt martialair raidbandagebombingcolonelsergeantjeepcaptainamerican flagmarriage proposal …stabbingswimmingprostitutionrunningdrinkmachine gunbeatingfireknifeexplosiondancingcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelfightgunblood (See All) |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's …use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Themes: | militaryfeardrinkingsuicidefriendshipmurderdeath |
Locations: | truckairplanemotorcyclebeach |
Characters: | military policethiefdancerprostitutedoctorfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | lieutenant colonelmoralecurfewbombercowardmedalbombingcolonelparadepatientjeepgeneraltankmicrophonebinoculars …flash forwardsearchstabbingprayerprostitutiondead bodyrunningbombsunglassesshootingarrestdrinkmachine gununderwearbeatingfireexplosiondancingcigarette smokingbare chested maleviolenceflashbackbloodfightgun (See All) |
In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convince …d he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe. (Read More)
Themes: | militarydrinkingbetrayalsuicidedeathfriendshipmurder |
Locations: | airplanemotorcyclehospital |
Characters: | photographerdancermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | year 1944world war two |
Story: | lieutenant colonelstrafingreference to benito mussolinicourt martialblanketair raidmedalmajorbandagelieutenantbombingcolonelgeneraltanktent …flash forwardeatingswimmingbombshootingarrestdrinkfoodexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingbloodviolencegun (See All) |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f …inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
Themes: | theftfeardrinkingjealousydeathfriendshipmurder |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | military hospitalmilitary cemeterytruckairplanemotorcyclehospital |
Characters: | thiefphotographernursegirlprostitutefriend |
Story: | mess hallcold the temperaturedeliriumcourt martialdesertercowardlieutenantbombingsergeantpatientcaptaintankpainnonlinear timelineeating …stabbingdisguisesubjective cameradead bodybombshootingdrinkcatmachine gunfoodunderwearcorpsedreamexplosioncigarette smokingfemale nuditybased on novelflashbackgun (See All) |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is …short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | military cemeteryairplane |
Characters: | military policedancergirlfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | absent without leave360 degree well shotpacifismanti warbeing followedfollowing someoneimpersonationsergeantjeephairy chestamerican flagtankmicrophonepublic nudityeating …subjective camerarunningsunglassesbare buttdrinkfoodunderwearexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingbare chested malemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare breastsmale nudityflashback (See All) |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
Themes: | drinkingsuicidedeathfriendshipmurder |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | thiefdancernursegirlprostitutebrother brother relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | lieutenant colonelmajorbeing followedhandshakelieutenantfollowing someonesergeantegghairy chesttentflash forwardgunshotmapprayerdead body …runningshootingbare buttdrinkmachine gunfoodunderwearbeatingexplosiondancingcigarette smokingbare chested malemale rear nuditymale nudityflashbackgunfightbloodviolence (See All) |
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 day …s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | funeralfeardrinkingmurderfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | truckairplane |
Characters: | american soldierdancernursebrother brother relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | lieutenant colonelfriendly firehorninessanti warparadesergeantobscene finger gesturetanktentbusinessmanflash forwardpaintoiletsubjective cameraprayer …dead bodyrunningshootingbare buttdrinkmachine gununderwearcorpsefiretitle spoken by characterdancingbare chested malefemale nuditymale nudityfightbloodflashbackviolence (See All) |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
Themes: | theftbetrayalmurderdeathfriendship |
Locations: | truckairplane |
Characters: | biblethiefdancerprostitutedoctorfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | year 1944world war two |
Story: | surgical operationbomberwhistlingfascistchocolateparachutebombingparadejeepsurgeryattempted murdermicrophoneflash forwardfemale pubic hairtoilet …eatingdisguiseprayerdead bodybombshootingbare buttarrestmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingexplosiondancingcigarette smokingfemale full frontal nudityfemale frontal nuditybare chested malemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare breastsmale nuditybloodviolenceflashbackfight (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin …ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmilitaryherofeardrinkingrapemurderdeath |
Locations: | truck |
Characters: | girlprostitutefather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | military convoyhorse and cartcigarette holderwhistlingmajorlieutenantlanterncoloneltankpainstabbingdisguisesubjective cameraprayerprostitution …dead bodyrunningshootingdrinkcatmachine gunfoodblood splattercorpseexplosioncigarette smokingbased on novelbloodflashback (See All) |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese … airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingtheftmilitarybetrayalsuicidefriendshipsurrealismdeathmurder |
Locations: | truckairplanemotorcyclehospital |
Characters: | thiefnursedoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | saluteair raidchocolateatheistparachutebombingsergeantfaintingtankstatuebinocularspilotcigar smokingdead bodysunglasses …shootingfoodunderweardreambeatingexplosionbased on novelbloodfightgun (See All) |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
Themes: | dyingtheftfeardrinkingsuicidefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | truckairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | thiefphotographerdancerbrother brother relationshipdoctorfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | air stripcigarette holderwhistlingbandagepipe smokingdesperationjeepitaliancigar smokingsubjective cameraprayerdead bodyrunningdrinkunderwear …corpsefireknifeexplosiondancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditybased on novelfightbloodgun (See All) |
The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old ma …n for two days. (Read More)
Themes: | madnessdyinginsanitymilitaryfearrapedeathmurdersurrealism |
Locations: | truckairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | photographerdancergirlmother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | horse and cartanti warfascistparachutebombingtankgunshotlooking at the cameraeatingsubjective cameradead bodybombshootingmachine gunfood …corpsefireexplosiondancinggunviolence (See All) |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d …rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stop… (Read More)
Themes: | dyingherofeardrinkingsuicidedeathmurderfriendship |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | airplanemotorcyclehospital |
Characters: | dancergirldoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | airplane crashsalutewhistlinghandshakepatriotismlanterntime lapse photographybombingscamfaintingmicrophonepilotflash forwardgunshotmarriage proposal …mapeatingmontagedisguisesubjective cameraprayerdead bodyrunningbombsunglassesshootingarrestdrinkfoodblood splattercorpsebeatingfireexplosiondancingcigarette smokingbare chested maleflashbackfightbloodgunviolence (See All) |
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha …nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingdrinkingbetrayalrapedeathmurder |
Locations: | airplanebeach |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipphotographerdancerprostitutedoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | opportunistair raidlanternbombingcolonelcaptaintentmicrophonebinocularspilotsearcheatingmontagesubjective cameradead body …runningbombsunglassesshootingdrinkmachine gunfoodblood splattercorpsefireknifeexplosiondancingcigarette smokingviolencebloodgunfight (See All) |
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: | funeralfeardrinkingjealousyrapefriendshipmurderdeath |
Characters: | photographerdancergirlbrother brother relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | climbing out a windowcharacter says i love youhairy chestamerican flagflash forwardtoileteatingstabbingprayerdead bodyrunningsunglassesbare buttarrestdrink …foodcorpsebeatingknifedancingcigarette smokingbare chested malemale rear nuditymale nudityfightflashbackgunbloodviolence (See All) |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingfeardrinkingbetrayaldeathmurder |
Locations: | beachhospital |
Characters: | dancernursegirlprostitutebrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | sitting on a toiletwaiting in linerepeated scenebreast feedingdesperationwarehousecharacter says i love youhairy chestmicrophonemarriage proposalpaintoileteatingmontagesubjective camera …dead bodyrunningarrestdrinkfoodunderwearcorpsedreamtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingbare chested malefemale nudityviolencefightblood (See All) |
Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war t …o end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny. (Read More)
Themes: | insanitymilitaryfeardrinkingbetrayalmurdersurrealismdeath |
Locations: | airplanemotorcyclebeach |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipphotographerdancer |
Story: | bombercrash landinganti warpipe smokingfollowing someonedesperationwarehousecaptaingeneraltankstatueattempted murderbinocularspilotflash forward …nonlinear timelinemapmontagedisguiseislandbombdrinkmachine guncorpsebeatingfireknifeexplosiondancingcigarette smokingbare chested malemale nudityviolencefightflashback (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingrapesuicidefriendshipdeathmurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | father in law son in law relationshipphotographernursegirldoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | arm injurysidewalk cafeclimbing out a windowrepeated scenehandshakedesperationbinocularsflash forwardsearchnonlinear timelinefemale pubic haireatingsubjective cameraswimmingdead body …runningshootingbare buttarrestdrinkfoodunderwearcorpsebeatingcigarette smokingfemale full frontal nudityfemale frontal nuditybare chested malemale rear nuditybased on novelfemale nuditymale nudityviolencebloodfightgunflashback (See All) |
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: | theftfuneralfeardrinkingmurderdeathsurrealismfriendship |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | motorcyclehospital |
Characters: | thiefdancergirlprostitutedoctorfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | surgical operationair raidearphonesbriberypipe smokingswedenhypocrisybombingmoralityfaintingsurgeryobscene finger gesturetankflash forwardpain …toileteatingprayerdead bodyrunningshootingarrestdrinkcatfoodcorpsedreamexplosiondancingcigarette smokingfightbloodflashback (See All) |
Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fiancee give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice …, but little do they know he's actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmilitaryfeardrinkingjealousyfriendshipdeathmurder |
Characters: | dancerprostitutefriendfather son relationship |
Story: | friendly firemisfiring gundesertercowardpatriotismhypocrisyparadegeneraltentmarriage proposaldisguiseprayerdead bodyshootingdrink …corpsedancingnumber in titlebased on novelmale nuditygunbloodviolencefight (See All) |
In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The … political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper Konig to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper. (Read More)
Themes: | herojealousybetrayalsuicidefriendshipdeathmurder |
Locations: | airplanehospital |
Characters: | photographergirlfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | moraleshrapnelreference to josef stalindesertermedalmajorbombingwarehousetankstatuebinocularsmapmontageprayerdead body …shootingmachine gunblood splattercorpsefireexplosiondancingcigarette smokinggunviolencebloodflashback (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
Themes: | theftfuneraldrinkingfriendshipdeathsurrealismmurder |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | truckitalyairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | thiefdancergirlprostitutebrother brother relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | rome italymale hustlercowardhandshaketime lapse photographyfaintingitalianhairy chesttentstatuesearchnonlinear timelineprostitutionbombsunglasses …shootingdrinkunderweardreamknifedancingcigarette smokingbare chested malefemale nuditymale nudityfightflashbackgunviolence (See All) |
Roger Ferris is a CIA operative in the Middle East; Ed Hoffman is his control at Langley. Cynicism is everywhere. In Amman, Roger works with Hani Salaam, Jordan's head of security, whose only dictum is "Don't lie to me." The Americans are in pursuit of a cleric who leads a group placing bombs all ov …er Europe. When Hani rebukes Ed's demand that Jordan allow the Americans to use one of Jordan's double agents, Roger and Ed hatch a plan to bring the cleric to them. The plan is complicated by its being a secret from Hani and by Roger's attraction to a local nurse. Satellites and cell phones, bodies and lies: modern warfare. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingbetrayalsuicidefriendshipdeathmurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipphotographernursegirlbrother brother relationshipdoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | sidewalk cafebandagebeing followedfollowing someonejeepsurgeryobscene finger gestureamerican flagbinocularspaincigar smokingsearcheatingstabbingprayer …dead bodyrunningbombsunglassesdrinkmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingfireexplosioncigarette smokingbased on novelmale nuditybloodviolenceflashbackgun (See All) |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingtheftmilitarydrinkingmurderdeathfriendship |
Locations: | truckairplane |
Characters: | thiefdancerdoctorfriendmother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | climbing a treebomberwhistlingwhisperingraftlanternbombingcaptainhairy chesttentswimmingislanddead bodyrunningbomb …arrestdrinkcorpsefireexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingbare chested maleflashbackviolencefightblood (See All) |
In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such …activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeathmurder |
Locations: | airplanemotorcyclebeach |
Characters: | dancergirlprostitutedoctormother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | reference to benito mussolinireference to josef stalinparachutebombingcaptainitalianflash forwardislandbombshootingdrinkmachine gunexplosiondancingcigarette smoking …female frontal nudityfemale nuditygunblood (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | funeralfeardrinkingbetrayalfriendshipmurderdeath |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | dancergirlfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | being followedbriberyfollowing someonedesperationmicrophoneflash forwardpainsearchtoileteatingsubjective cameradead bodyrunningarrestdrink …foodblood splatterunderwearcorpsebeatingfiredancingcigarette smokingbare chested malefemale nudityflashbackviolencefightblood (See All) |
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir …ing genuine courage. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | dyingmilitaryfeardrinkingbetrayaldeathmurdersurrealism |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipdancergirlprostitutebrother brother relationshipfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | laughinglanternitaliangeneralstabbed in the backattempted murderflash forwardgunshotmapeatingstabbingrunningarrestdrinkcat …foodunderwearcorpsefireknifeexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingflashbackgunbloodviolencefight (See All) |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | dyingtheftfuneraldrinkingsuicidedeathsurrealism |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | truckbeachhospital |
Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | i.v.parachutemiraclewarehousetentmicrophonebinocularsflash forwardsearcheatingstabbingswimmingdead bodysunglassesarrest …drinkfoodunderweardreamknifedancingcigarette smokingbare chested maleflashbackbloodgun (See All) |
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: | insanitydrinkingrapesuicidemurdersurrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | dancergirldoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | repeated sceneearphonespipe smokingstabbed in the backflash forwardnonlinear timelineeatingmontagestabbingsubjective cameraswimmingdead bodyshootingbare buttdrink …foodunderwearcorpsebeatingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingbare chested malemale rear nuditybased on novelfemale nuditybare breastsmale nudityflashbackgunbloodviolence (See All) |
Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and wa …ter and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die. The movie focuses on a few of the students and how they cope. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mitsuko, while others like the heroes of the movie--Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada--are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwell down lower and lower on an hourly basis, is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive? (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | dyingherojealousysuicidedeathfriendshipmurdersurrealism |
Mood: | nightmaresatire |
Locations: | truckbeach |
Characters: | photographergirldoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | jumping out a windowbandagepatriotismdisembowelmentdesperationjeepobscene finger gesturestabbed in the backmicrophonebinocularsgunshotmapstabbingislanddead body …runningbombshootingcatmachine gunfoodblood splattercorpsedreambeatingfireknifeexplosiontitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingbased on novelfightflashbackgunviolenceblood (See All) |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Subgenre: | absurdismblack comedy |
Themes: | theftjealousyfriendshipmurderdeath |
Locations: | motorcycle |
Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | cowardbeing followedhandshakepipe smokinglanternfollowing someonestatuebinocularsflash forwardgunshotlooking at the cameramarriage proposalnonlinear timelineeatingmontage …stabbingsubjective cameradead bodyrunningarrestcatfoodcorpseknifetitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingbare chested malefemale nuditymale nuditygunflashbackbloodviolence (See All) |
A regular family - Maria ('Naomi Watts' (qv)), Henry ('Ewan McGregor' (qv)) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vaca …tion until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them? (Read More)
Themes: | feardeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | truckairplanebeachhospital |
Characters: | nursebrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | sitting in a treecold the temperatureleg woundorangeclimbing a treerepeated sceneearphoneslanternitaliansurgeryhairy chesttentpainsearchmap …eatingsubjective cameraswimmingdead bodyrunningfoodblood splattercorpsefemale frontal nuditybare chested malemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare breastsmale nuditybloodflashback (See All) |
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an imp …ossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | militarybetrayalmurderdeath |
Locations: | truckitalyairplanebeach |
Characters: | doctor |
Period: | year 1944world war two |
Story: | majorlieutenantcoloneldesperationsergeantwarehousecaptaingeneralamerican flagtanktentstatuebinocularsflash forwardmap …montagedisguisebombarrestblood splattercorpsefireknifeexplosiontitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingbare chested maleblood (See All) |
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.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | insanityfeardrinkingjealousy |
Locations: | motorcyclebeachhospital |
Characters: | photographerdancerdoctormother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | woman wearing black lingeriecoconuthorninessearphoneshairy chestmicrophonepublic nudityflash forwardfemale pubic haireatingmontagerunningarrestdrinkfood …dreambeatingdancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditybare chested malefemale nuditybare breastsfightflashbackviolence (See All) |
After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs … for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingfriendshipmurderdeath |
Locations: | airplanehospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipdoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | shrapnelpipe smokingbombingegghairy chestamerican flagmicrophonesearchsubjective cameraprayerdead bodybombshootingbare buttdrink …blood splatterunderwearcorpsedreambeatingexplosiontitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingbare chested malemale rear nuditymale nudityflashbackgunbloodviolence (See All) |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
Themes: | dyingtheftfearsurrealismfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | truckairplanebeachhospital |
Characters: | thiefphotographergirldoctorfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | strafingair raidtomatoanti warbandagebombingeatingswimmingdead bodyrunningbombcatfoodcorpsebeating …fireexplosionbased on novelbloodfightflashback (See All) |
The true story of 'Desmond T. Doss' (qv), the conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery and regard for his fellow soldiers. We see his upbringing and how this shaped his views, especially his religious view and anti-killing stance. We see … Doss's trials and tribulations after enlisting in the US Army and trying to become a medic. Finally, we see the hell on Earth that was Hacksaw Ridge. (Read More)
Locations: | military cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | biblenursebrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | tourniquetpacifismcourt martialleg woundanti warrepeated scenecharacter says i love youhairy chestpublic nudityflash forwardmarriage proposalbare buttbeatingknifeexplosion …bare chested malemale rear nuditymale nuditybloodviolenceflashback (See All) |
Italy, 1944. As the war takes its toll on Allied forces in Europe, a squadron of black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen are finally given the chance to prove themselves in the sky - even as they battle discrimination on the ground. It's a tribute to the unsung heroes who rose above extraordinary …challenges and ultimately soared into history. (Read More)
Themes: | military |
Locations: | italy |
Period: | year 1944world war two |
Story: | airplane crashplane shot downstrafingsquadronplane crashmajorparachutecoloneljeepcaptainitaliancharacter says i love yougeneralbinocularsmarriage proposal …arrestexplosiontitle spoken by characterbare chested male (See All) |
In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfi …eld pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him? (Read More)
Themes: | militaryfeardrinkingsuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | truck |
Characters: | military policebiblefather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | absent without leaveawolpacifismsalutepatriotismsergeantamerican flagsearchstabbingprayerdead bodyrunningbare buttarrestdrink …underwearcorpsedreambeatingknifetitle spoken by characterbare chested malemale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nuditygunflashbackfight (See All) |
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: | dyingfearjealousybetrayalsurrealismfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | airplanebeachhospital |
Characters: | dancerprostitutedoctorfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | sitting on a toiletrepeated scenebreast feedingflash forwardnonlinear timelinefemale pubic hairtoileteatingsubjective cameraswimmingdead bodyrunningshootingbare buttfood …underwearcorpsedreambeatingfireknifedancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditybare chested malefemale nuditymale nudityviolenceflashbackbloodgun (See All) |
Themes: | feardrinkingrapefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | photographerdancerprostitutefriendmother son relationship |
Story: | repeated scenehairy chestmicrophoneflash forwardmarriage proposalpaineatingswimmingprayerprostitutionrunningsunglassesbare buttdrinkfood …underwearbeatingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditybare chested malefemale nudityfightviolencegunbloodflashback (See All) |
In 1965, while bombing Laos in a classified mission, the propeller plane of the German-American US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler is hit and crashes in the jungle. Dieter is arrested by the peasants, tortured by the Vietcong and sent to a prisoner camp, where he meets five other mentally deranged prisone …rs and guards. He becomes close to Duane and organizes an escape plan; however, the unstable Gene opposes to Dieter's plan. When they discover that there is no more food due to the constant American bombings in the area and their guards intend to kill them, Dieter sets his plan in motion. However, an unexpected betrayal splits the group and Dieter and Duane find that the jungle is their actual prison. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmilitarybetrayaldeathmurderfriendship |
Locations: | truckairplanehospital |
Characters: | nursefriend |
Story: | airplane crashfriendly fireair raidbombercrash landingraftpipe smokingbombingpilotgunshoteatingprayerrunningbombmachine gun …foodfiretitle spoken by characterviolencegun (See All) |