This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
| Themes: | hunting, blindness, dying, illness, theft, loneliness, drunkenness, torture, drinking, jealousy, christmas, friendship, revenge, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | usa, campfire, farm, woods, boat, snow, forest, church, hospital |
| Characters: | thief, baby, musician, soldier, girl, doctor, friend |
| Period: | 1860s, winter |
| Story: | army deserter, cotton picking, two man saw, runaway slave, killing of rapist, playing violin, star crossed lovers, turkey the bird, civil war, confederate army, union army, voice over letter, union soldier, confederate soldier, wounded soldier, horse and carriage, hand to hand combat, attempted rape, reference to wuthering heights, confederate states of america, cold blooded murder, military encampment, charleston south carolina, cherokee tribe, wild turkey, removing bullet, military desertion, home guard, chained together, year 1861, long johns, victorian fashion, year 1864, magnolia, root beer, bushwhacker, crabs, bowel movement, tragic romance, yankee, abolition, cider, plow, cradle, mandolin, shackled, goatherd, victorian age, confederacy, u.s. civil war, lovers reunited, cotton, herb, fiddler, death of lover, appalachia, dead parents, cold weather, omen, fiddle, seed, gunpowder, fire fight, frozen body, atlantic ocean, freezing, south carolina, tragic love, chopping wood, banjo, coat, deserter, trench, march, reference to abraham lincoln, dove, plantation, starving, corn, chains, hymn, post office, north carolina, american civil war, rooster, hanged man, marching band, held captive, saw, scarecrow, reverend, bayonet, pocket watch, cornfield, coast, flare, well, fingering vagina, treason, female bonding, fence, shot in the neck, death of loved one, defecation, farming, horseback riding, main character dies, southern accent, sermon, bandit, crow, pigeon, cane, snowing, capture, swamp, rowboat, kicking, target practice, minister, interracial romance, star, explosive, cannon, slave, preacher, goat, rapist, violin, sheep, rebel, buttocks, slavery, injury, wound, shaving, tradition, kissing while having sex, cow, cabin, reunion, pig, death of child, cross, american flag, countryside, pianist, hanging, rabbit, reading, passion, 19th century, flash forward, sniper, bird, nonlinear timeline, stabbed in the chest, prisoner, throat slitting, army, eating, woman, massacre, mountain, native american, shot in the back, combat, revolver, prayer, piano, dead body, death of father, rural setting, rifle, vomiting, book, shooting, letter, battle, drink, shotgun, blonde, shot in the chest, mirror, horse, food, blood splatter, shot to death, underwear, rain, corpse, pregnancy, shootout, train, rape, pistol, knife, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, photograph, african american, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, two word title, based on novel, sex scene, gun, flashback, blood, murder, kiss, death |
In the 1860s, five men have been tracking a sixth across Nevada for more than two weeks. They shoot and wound him, but he gets away. They pursue, led by the dour Carver, who will pay them each $1 a day once he's captured. The hunted is Gideon, resourceful, skilled with a knife. Gideon's flight and C…arver's hunt require horses, water, and bullets. The course takes them past lone settlers, a wagon train, a rail crew, settlements, and an Indian philosopher. What is the reason for the hunt; what connects Gideon and Carver? What happened at Seraphim Falls? (Read More)
| Themes: | theft, drinking, revenge |
| Locations: | campfire, farm, woods, snow, forest |
| Characters: | thief, baby, musician, soldier, girl |
| Period: | 1860s, winter |
| Story: | confederate army, union soldier, confederate soldier, attempted rape, yankee, gunpowder, freezing, american civil war, cornfield, snowing, rebel, injury, wound, civil war, cabin, 19th century, army, eating, mountain, native american, combat, revolver, prayer, dead body, rifle, shooting, drink, shotgun, shot in the chest, horse, food, shot to death, rain, corpse, shootout, train, pistol, knife, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, murder, death, flashback, blood |
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cous…in, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. (Read More)
| Themes: | theft, drunkenness, jealousy, christmas, friendship, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | thief, baby, soldier, girl, doctor |
| Period: | 1860s |
| Story: | plantation, star crossed lovers, civil war, confederate army, union army, confederate soldier, wounded soldier, horse and carriage, attempted rape, confederate states of america, charleston south carolina, yankee, u.s. civil war, cotton, fiddler, fiddle, march, american civil war, pocket watch, fence, horseback riding, capture, explosive, cannon, slave, rebel, slavery, wound, reunion, death of child, cross, reading, passion, 19th century, prisoner, army, woman, prayer, dead body, death of father, rifle, book, letter, battle, mirror, horse, food, pregnancy, train, pistol, singing, explosion, photograph, african american, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, family relationships, based on novel, sex scene, death, murder, blood, gun, kiss |
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: | blindness, dying, torture, drinking, jealousy, revenge, friendship |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire, church |
| Characters: | soldier, friend |
| Story: | horse and carriage, hand to hand combat, military encampment, deserter, marching band, bayonet, slave, rebel, slavery, hanging, 19th century, sniper, army, massacre, combat, prayer, dead body, rifle, shooting, battle, drink, horse, rain, corpse, shootout, father son relationship, family relationships, based on novel, gun, kiss, murder, death, blood |
Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the three Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the ga…ng's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness, torture, drinking, christmas, revenge |
| Locations: | campfire, farm |
| Characters: | doctor |
| Story: | horse and carriage, attempted rape, chains, shot in the neck, horseback riding, capture, kicking, slave, wound, tradition, cross, hanging, 19th century, stabbed in the chest, prisoner, eating, massacre, mountain, shot in the back, revolver, prayer, dead body, rifle, vomiting, drink, shotgun, shot in the chest, horse, food, blood splatter, shot to death, rain, corpse, pregnancy, shootout, rape, pistol, knife, singing, photograph, family relationships, murder, blood, death |
In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial …Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield... This is why The Last Samurai (2003) is one of the best movies like Cold Mountain (2003). (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness, torture, drinking, revenge, friendship, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | woods, snow, forest |
| Characters: | soldier, friend |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | civil war, army, hand to hand combat, u.s. civil war, american civil war, held captive, bayonet, shot in the neck, death of loved one, minister, cannon, rebel, tradition, passion, 19th century, flash forward, stabbed in the chest, prisoner, throat slitting, woman, massacre, native american, train, shot in the back, combat, prayer, death of father, rifle, battle, drink, shotgun, horse, blood splatter, shot to death, rain, shootout, pistol, knife, mother son relationship, father son relationship, murder, blood, flashback, gun, kiss, death |
Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
| Themes: | torture, friendship |
| Mood: | epic |
| Characters: | soldier, friend |
| Period: | 1860s |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, confederacy, u.s. civil war, south carolina, american civil war, bayonet, main character dies, target practice, cannon, slave, slavery, civil war, 19th century, army, shot in the back, combat, revolver, letter, battle, shot in the chest, blood splatter, shot to death, corpse, pistol, african american, death, blood |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea…st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
| Themes: | hunting, illness, drinking, revenge |
| Locations: | woods, forest |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | voice over letter, hand to hand combat, appalachia, southern accent, kicking, interracial romance, kissing while having sex, death of child, cross, american flag, sniper, prisoner, eating, shot in the back, revolver, dead body, death of father, rifle, vomiting, shooting, letter, drink, shot in the chest, mirror, food, blood splatter, shot to death, underwear, corpse, pregnancy, shootout, train, pistol, photograph, african american, father son relationship, family relationships, sex scene, murder, blood, gun, flashback, death |
While exploring g uncharted wilderness in 1823, legendary fronjitiersman Hugh Glass sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back home while avoiding natives on their own hunt. Grief-stricken and fuel…ed by vengeance, Glass treks through the wintry terrain to track down John Fitzgerald, the former confidant who betrayed and abandoned him. (Read More)
| Themes: | hunting, drunkenness, friendship, revenge |
| Locations: | usa, campfire, woods, boat, snow, forest |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, cold weather, gunpowder, hanged man, shot in the neck, horseback riding, southern accent, rapist, injury, wound, pig, cross, hanging, 19th century, sniper, bird, stabbed in the chest, throat slitting, massacre, native american, shot in the back, combat, rifle, battle, shot in the chest, horse, blood splatter, shot to death, rain, corpse, shootout, rape, pistol, knife, father son relationship, based on novel, two word title, flashback, murder, blood, death |
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)
| Themes: | dying, drunkenness, torture, drinking, revenge |
| Locations: | forest, woods, snow, church |
| Characters: | soldier, girl, friend |
| Story: | horse and carriage, well, horseback riding, crow, snowing, cannon, goat, wound, cow, pig, cross, rabbit, 19th century, flash forward, stabbed in the chest, prisoner, army, eating, woman, shot in the back, death of father, rifle, book, battle, drink, shot in the chest, mirror, horse, food, underwear, rain, corpse, pistol, knife, explosion, title spoken by character, father daughter relationship, mother son relationship, flashback, death, blood, kiss, gun, murder |
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. This is why Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) is one of the best movies like Cold Mountain (2003). (Read More)
| Themes: | blindness, dying, illness, drinking, friendship |
| Mood: | epic |
| Characters: | soldier, girl, friend |
| Story: | voice over letter, hand to hand combat, military desertion, deserter, trench, bayonet, horseback riding, kicking, target practice, cannon, american flag, reading, army, eating, rifle, book, shooting, letter, battle, drink, horse, food, blood splatter, shot to death, rain, pregnancy, pistol, knife, singing, explosion, photograph, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, gun, blood, death, murder, flashback |
Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerf…ul of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tries to establish himself in the area and also seek revenge over his father's death. (Read More)
| Themes: | theft, torture, jealousy, revenge |
| Mood: | epic |
| Period: | 1860s |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, victorian fashion, victorian age, u.s. civil war, american civil war, pocket watch, shot in the neck, rowboat, cannon, shaving, civil war, kissing while having sex, pig, american flag, hanging, rabbit, 19th century, stabbed in the chest, throat slitting, army, woman, shot in the back, prayer, shooting, battle, shot in the chest, mirror, blood splatter, shot to death, corpse, knife, father son relationship, sex scene, kiss, murder, death, flashback |
Set in the kingdom of Ehb, the story follows Farmer ('Jason Statham' (qv)), who was adopted by his village. When Farmer's wife, Solana ('Claire Forlani' (qv)), and his son leave to sell vegetables at the town of Stonebridge, Farmer's farm is attacked by creatures called Krugs. With the help of his f…riend and neighbor Norrick ('Ron Perlman (I)' (qv)), he travels to Stonebridge where his wife and son are. Before he arrives, the Krugs, controlled by the wizard Gallian ('Ray Liotta' (qv)), kill his son and capture his wife. Farmer, with the help of Bastian ('Will Sanderson' (qv)), his brother-in-law, and Norrick sets out to find and rescue his wife. The King's nephew Fallow ('Matthew Lillard' (qv)) is conspiring with the wizard Gallian to take over the kingdom led by King Konreid ('Burt Reynolds'). (Read More)
| Themes: | dying, torture, love, revenge, friendship |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | farm, woods, forest |
| Characters: | soldier, friend |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, chopping wood, farming, crow, capture, slave, pig, hanging, reading, passion, prisoner, throat slitting, army, eating, mountain, massacre, combat, death of father, book, battle, horse, food, blood splatter, rain, pregnancy, knife, explosion, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, murder, kiss, death, blood, flashback |
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: | drinking, friendship |
| Locations: | campfire, boat, church |
| Characters: | thief, musician, girl, friend |
| Story: | horse and carriage, hand to hand combat, battle, trench, bayonet, well, horseback riding, cane, kicking, sheep, tradition, cross, flash forward, prisoner, woman, prayer, piano, dead body, rifle, book, shooting, drink, shot in the chest, mirror, horse, food, shot to death, underwear, train, singing, explosion, photograph, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, death, blood, flashback, gun, murder |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg…eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
| Themes: | hunting, illness, drinking, jealousy, christmas, love, friendship |
| Locations: | farm, woods, snow, church |
| Characters: | friend |
| Story: | sheep, voice over letter, horse and carriage, fiddler, hymn, pocket watch, fence, horseback riding, minister, cow, 19th century, eating, woman, piano, dead body, rural setting, rifle, letter, drink, shot in the chest, mirror, horse, food, rain, pregnancy, singing, based on novel, death, kiss, murder |
It's a post-apocalyptic world, several years after whatever the cataclysmic event, which has in turn caused frequent quakes as further potential hazards. The world is gray and getting quickly grayer as more and more things die off. A man and his pre-teen son, who was born after the apocalypse, are c…urrently on the road, their plan to walk to the coast and head south where the man hopes there will be a more hospitable environment in which to live. The man has taught his son that they are the "good people" who have fire in their hearts, which in combination largely means that they will not resort to cannibalism to survive. The man owns a pistol with two bullets remaining, which he will use for murder/suicide of him and his son if he feels that that is a better fate for them than life in the alternative. Food and fuel are for what everyone is looking. The man has taught his son to be suspect of everyone that they may meet, these strangers who, out of desperation, may not only try to steal what they have managed to scavenge for their own survival, but may kill them as food. Although life with his father in this world is all the boy has known, he may come to his own thoughts as to what it means holistically to be one of the good or one of the bad. Meanwhile, the man occasionally has thoughts to happier times with his wife/the boy's mother before the apocalypse, as well as not as happy times with her after the apocalypse and the reason she is no longer with them. This is why The Road (2009) is one of the best movies like Cold Mountain (2003). (Read More)
| Themes: | blindness, dying, illness, theft, christmas, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire, farm, snow, forest, church |
| Characters: | thief |
| Story: | hanged man, coast, wound, cross, pianist, hanging, reading, nonlinear timeline, eating, woman, revolver, piano, dead body, death of father, rifle, vomiting, book, shot in the chest, mirror, horse, food, underwear, rain, corpse, pregnancy, pistol, knife, explosion, title spoken by character, photograph, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, two word title, based on novel, gun, kiss, murder, flashback, blood, death |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
| Themes: | blindness, dying, illness, theft, drunkenness, torture, drinking, jealousy, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire, woods, snow, forest, church |
| Characters: | thief, soldier |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | treason, snowing, rowboat, goat, tradition, cross, reading, army, massacre, prayer, dead body, book, battle, drink, horse, food, rain, rape, knife, singing, father son relationship, family relationships, two word title, kiss, death, flashback, blood, murder |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased …gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Locations: | forest |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, hanged man, death of loved one, main character dies, southern accent, cannon, shaving, death of child, sniper, army, woman, massacre, shot in the back, combat, revolver, rifle, vomiting, battle, shot in the chest, horse, blood splatter, shot to death, corpse, shootout, pistol, knife, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, photograph, death, blood, murder |
During Grant's presidency, Jonah Hex is a remorseless bounty hunter. In the Civil War, he was a rebel whose honor put him afoul of a Confederate general, Quentin Turnbull, who murdered Jonah's family while Jonah watched. As a result of the ordeal, Jonah's face is disfigured and he can talk with the …dead. After staging his own death, Turnbull, with a group of rebel stalwarts, hatches a plan to bring the Union to its knees. Grant wants Hex to stop it. While the nation readies to celebrate Independence Day, Hex and an unlikely ally have little time to stop Turnbull and his weapon of mass destruction. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness, torture, revenge |
| Locations: | campfire, woods, church |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | union army, confederate soldier, attempted rape, charleston south carolina, south carolina, american civil war, horseback riding, cane, cannon, rebel, civil war, american flag, stabbed in the chest, massacre, native american, shot in the back, revolver, dead body, rifle, shot in the chest, horse, shot to death, rain, corpse, shootout, train, pistol, knife, explosion, title spoken by character, death, flashback, murder |
Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnnie must rescue both his loves.
| Themes: | theft, love |
| Locations: | usa, woods, forest |
| Characters: | girl, thief, soldier |
| Period: | 1860s |
| Story: | confederate army, army, train, civil war, union army, union soldier, confederate soldier, horse and carriage, military encampment, u.s. civil war, chopping wood, post office, american civil war, bayonet, horseback riding, capture, cannon, wound, 19th century, rural setting, rifle, shooting, battle, horse, food, rain, explosion, photograph, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, two word title, murder, kiss |
Shane rides into a conflict between cattleman Ryker and a bunch of settlers, like Joe Starrett and his family, whose land Ryker wants. When Shane beats up Ryker's man Chris, Ryker tries to buy him. Then Shane and Joe take on the whole Ryker crew. Ryker sends to Cheyenne for truly evil gunslinger Wil…son. Shane must clear out all the guns from the valley. This is why Shane (1953) is one of the best movies like Cold Mountain (2003). (Read More)
| Themes: | drinking, jealousy, friendship, revenge |
| Locations: | farm |
| Characters: | friend |
| Story: | chopping wood, hymn, fence, horseback riding, target practice, wound, cow, cabin, pig, american flag, reading, 19th century, mountain, prayer, dead body, death of father, rifle, book, shooting, battle, drink, shotgun, shot in the chest, horse, food, rain, shootout, pistol, singing, title spoken by character, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, based on novel, kiss, death, blood, gun, murder |
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter named D'Leh's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. When a band of mysterious horse-riding warlords raid the Yaghal camp and kidnaps his heart's desire - the beautiful Evolet along with many others, D'Leh is forc…ed to lead a small group of hunters south to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. Driven by destiny, the unlikely band of warriors must battle saber-toothed cats and terror birds in the Levant. (Read More)
| Themes: | hunting, blindness, dying, friendship, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire, boat, snow |
| Characters: | girl, friend |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, horse, seed, target practice, slave, slavery, injury, wound, flash forward, bird, prisoner, army, eating, massacre, mountain, combat, dead body, battle, food, rain, corpse, knife, mother son relationship, father son relationship, murder, blood, kiss, death |
A German dentist buys the freedom of a slave and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of the slave's wife who belongs to a ruthless plantation owner.
| Themes: | torture, drinking, revenge |
| Locations: | campfire, farm, woods, snow, forest |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | slave, plantation, runaway slave, chains, horseback riding, southern accent, target practice, slavery, cabin, 19th century, flash forward, sniper, eating, woman, mountain, massacre, shot in the back, revolver, death of father, rifle, shooting, letter, drink, shotgun, shot in the chest, horse, food, blood splatter, shot to death, shootout, pistol, knife, singing, explosion, african american, father son relationship, two word title, murder, kiss, flashback, blood, death, gun |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc…alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
| Themes: | dying, drinking, friendship, love, revenge |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire, woods, snow, forest |
| Characters: | girl, doctor, friend |
| Story: | voice over letter, goatherd, plantation, horseback riding, snowing, star, slave, goat, slavery, reunion, pianist, flash forward, nonlinear timeline, throat slitting, eating, shot in the back, prayer, piano, dead body, rifle, book, shooting, letter, drink, horse, food, blood splatter, corpse, shootout, pistol, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, photograph, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, based on novel, two word title, sex scene, death, murder, gun, kiss, blood, flashback |
Epic adventure Exodus: Gods and Kings is the story of one man's daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000… slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. (Read More)
| Themes: | hunting, dying, illness, revenge |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire, farm, boat |
| Characters: | thief, soldier, friend |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, cradle, omen, well, treason, horseback riding, slave, goat, sheep, slavery, cow, death of child, hanging, flash forward, stabbed in the chest, army, eating, mountain, shot in the back, combat, death of father, battle, shot in the chest, horse, food, shot to death, rain, corpse, knife, explosion, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, death, blood, murder, kiss |
| Themes: | blindness, jealousy, love, revenge |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire, snow |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | shackled, slave, rebel, slavery, reunion, cross, flash forward, nonlinear timeline, stabbed in the chest, prisoner, army, mountain, combat, letter, battle, shot in the chest, horse, corpse, knife, explosion, title spoken by character, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, based on novel, blood, death, murder, flashback |
The painter Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.
| Themes: | hunting, torture, drinking |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | baby |
| Story: | horse and carriage, violin, wound, shaving, cross, hanging, 19th century, flash forward, eating, woman, prayer, dead body, rifle, battle, drink, horse, food, corpse, rape, explosion, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, death |
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: | torture, jealousy, friendship, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | boat, snow, hospital |
| Characters: | soldier, girl, friend |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | sniper, deserter, trench, shot in the neck, wound, hanging, massacre, shot in the back, prayer, dead body, rifle, vomiting, shooting, letter, battle, shot in the chest, horse, blood splatter, shot to death, corpse, train, singing, explosion, photograph, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, sex scene, gun, kiss, murder, blood, death, flashback |
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and… the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet. (Read More)
| Themes: | dying, torture, friendship, revenge |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire, woods, snow, forest |
| Characters: | baby, soldier |
| Story: | death of loved one, main character dies, snowing, capture, shaving, american flag, sniper, prisoner, army, massacre, mountain, shot in the back, combat, rifle, shooting, battle, shotgun, shot in the chest, horse, food, shot to death, rain, corpse, shootout, pistol, knife, explosion, photograph, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, murder, blood, flashback, death |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t…o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
| Themes: | theft, drunkenness, drinking, friendship |
| Characters: | thief, friend |
| Story: | hanging, reading, throat slitting, army, eating, shot in the back, dead body, rifle, shooting, letter, drink, shotgun, shot in the chest, food, blood splatter, shot to death, rain, corpse, pregnancy, shootout, pistol, explosion, photograph, african american, gun, kiss, blood, murder, death |
Lt. John Dunbar is dubbed a hero after he accidentally leads Union troops to a victory during the Civil War. He requests a position on the western frontier, but finds it deserted. He soon finds out he is not alone, but meets a wolf he dubs "Two-socks" and a curious Indian tribe. Dunbar quickly makes… friends with the tribe, and discovers a white woman who was raised by the Indians. He gradually earns the respect of these native people, and sheds his white-man's ways. This is why Dances With Wolves (1990) is one of the best movies like Cold Mountain (2003). (Read More)
| Themes: | hunting, friendship, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | campfire |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Period: | 1860s |
| Story: | civil war, woman, hand to hand combat, u.s. civil war, american civil war, bayonet, defecation, horseback riding, interracial romance, 19th century, army, massacre, native american, combat, revolver, rural setting, battle, horse, blood splatter, shot to death, shootout, pistol, knife, title spoken by character, based on novel, blood, flashback, murder |
The five highly trained Bennett sisters in Georgian England must try to protect themselves from the growing zombie threat, find suitable husbands for themselves, battle marriage proposals and unlikely suitors, and save the country before it's too late.
| Themes: | illness, drunkenness, friendship, revenge |
| Locations: | woods, forest |
| Characters: | soldier, friend |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, pocket watch, explosive, cannon, violin, rebel, pig, 19th century, stabbed in the chest, throat slitting, massacre, combat, rifle, letter, battle, horse, blood splatter, rain, corpse, pistol, knife, explosion, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, family relationships, based on novel, death, flashback, gun, blood, murder, kiss |
Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A ser…ies of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness, torture, drinking, love |
| Locations: | boat, snow |
| Characters: | musician, girl |
| Story: | horse and carriage, treason, horseback riding, cane, rowboat, cannon, kissing while having sex, cross, flash forward, massacre, shot in the back, prayer, dead body, death of father, book, shooting, drink, mirror, horse, rain, pregnancy, singing, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, sex scene, flashback, murder, kiss, death |
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 1…2 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution's spring. (Read More)
| Themes: | dying, illness, theft, drunkenness, drinking, love |
| Locations: | church, hospital |
| Characters: | thief, doctor |
| Story: | attempted rape, hymn, scarecrow, reverend, sermon, crow, kicking, rapist, cross, shot in the back, rural setting, rifle, book, shooting, drink, shot in the chest, underwear, rain, pregnancy, singing, father son relationship, gun, murder, blood, death |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con…vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
| Themes: | dying, illness, loneliness, drunkenness, drinking, revenge, love |
| Locations: | snow, church, hospital |
| Characters: | doctor |
| Story: | reverend, minister, buttocks, cross, hanging, flash forward, bird, nonlinear timeline, prisoner, revolver, prayer, vomiting, shooting, drink, food, underwear, rain, corpse, pregnancy, pistol, knife, singing, photograph, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, two word title, gun, flashback, death, murder, blood, kiss |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a… good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. This is why C'est Arrive Pres De Chez Vous (1992) is one of the best movies like Cold Mountain (2003). (Read More)
| Themes: | loneliness, drunkenness, drinking, christmas, love |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | thief |
| Story: | defecation, pigeon, kicking, death of child, pianist, bird, eating, shot in the back, revolver, piano, dead body, death of father, vomiting, letter, drink, shot in the chest, mirror, food, blood splatter, shot to death, underwear, corpse, pregnancy, shootout, train, rape, singing, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, murder, flashback, gun, blood, death |
Captain Smith is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after captain Newport's ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an English colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an arm…ed exploration, Smith is captured, but spared when the chief's favorite daughter Pocahontas pleads for the stranger who soon becomes her lover and learns to love their naive 'savage' way of harmonious life. Ultimately he returns to the grim fort, which would starve hadn't she arranged for Indian generosity. Alas, each side soon brands their own lover a traitor, so she is banished and he flogged as introduction to slavish toiling. Changes turn again, leading Smith to accept a northern-more mission and anglicized Pocahontas, believing him dead, becoming the mother of aristocratic new lover John Rolfe's son. They'll meet again for a finale in England. (Read More)
| Themes: | dying, theft, torture, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | boat, church |
| Characters: | thief, baby, soldier, friend |
| Story: | star crossed lovers, horse and carriage, hand to hand combat, gunpowder, starving, chains, well, farming, horseback riding, snowing, capture, swamp, interracial romance, cannon, hanging, reading, bird, stabbed in the chest, native american, shot in the back, prayer, rifle, book, battle, mirror, food, blood splatter, rain, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, blood, kiss, gun, death, murder |
| Themes: | jealousy, revenge, friendship |
| Locations: | woods, boat, forest |
| Characters: | thief, soldier |
| Story: | hand to hand combat, gunpowder, rowboat, target practice, explosive, slave, rebel, slavery, nonlinear timeline, stabbed in the chest, prisoner, throat slitting, army, massacre, shot in the back, combat, death of father, battle, shot in the chest, horse, blood splatter, shot to death, rain, corpse, knife, explosion, title spoken by character, father daughter relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, flashback, blood, murder, death |
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sl…oth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, revenge |
| Locations: | usa, campfire, farm, woods, snow, forest, church |
| Characters: | girl, doctor |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | rooster, hanged man, crow, snowing, capture, target practice, cabin, cross, hanging, 19th century, sniper, stabbed in the chest, mountain, native american, shot in the back, revolver, dead body, death of father, rifle, book, letter, drink, shotgun, shot in the chest, horse, blood splatter, shot to death, rain, corpse, shootout, train, pistol, knife, title spoken by character, photograph, murder, two word title, based on novel, blood |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
| Themes: | dying |
| Locations: | farm, woods, snow |
| Characters: | baby, soldier, doctor |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | well, fence, target practice, buttocks, reading, bird, nonlinear timeline, dead body, rural setting, rifle, book, mirror, food, rain, pregnancy, singing, photograph, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, blood, flashback, death |
It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, …a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their promise to their now-deceased father. With Willa devoted to her new husband, John and Pearl need some other adult assistance in evading Harry's veiled threats, an adult who not only can see the honesty and goodness in children but who can also see a true wolf in sheep's clothing like Harry. This is why The Night Of The Hunter (1955) is one of the best movies like Cold Mountain (2003). (Read More)
| Themes: | theft, drunkenness, drinking, christmas, love, friendship |
| Locations: | campfire, farm, snow, church |
| Characters: | thief, girl |
| Story: | preacher, woman, cotton, banjo, hymn, reverend, pocket watch, horseback riding, snowing, rowboat, minister, sheep, wound, cow, hanging, rabbit, reading, dead body, death of father, rural setting, rifle, book, letter, shotgun, mirror, horse, corpse, train, knife, singing, photograph, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, based on novel, gun, death, blood, murder |
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: | blindness, theft, drinking, jealousy, christmas, friendship, revenge |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | farm, boat, church, hospital |
| Characters: | girl, thief, soldier, friend |
| Story: | gunpowder, freezing, deserter, trench, bayonet, pocket watch, cannon, wound, cross, passion, nonlinear timeline, prisoner, eating, combat, dead body, death of father, rifle, shooting, letter, battle, drink, mirror, food, underwear, rain, corpse, pregnancy, train, pistol, singing, explosion, photograph, death, based on novel, murder, kiss, gun, flashback |
In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Jus…t when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers. (Read More)
| Themes: | illness, torture, drinking, love |
| Locations: | farm, church, hospital |
| Characters: | soldier, doctor |
| Story: | civil war, voice over letter, horse and carriage, sermon, capture, target practice, rebel, cow, cross, pianist, reading, prisoner, massacre, prayer, piano, dead body, rural setting, rifle, letter, battle, drink, underwear, shootout, train, knife, singing, photograph, mother son relationship, family relationships, gun, death, kiss, blood, murder |
In rural Tennessee, Lazarus, a former blues musician who survives by truck farming, finds a young girl nearly beaten to death near his home. She's the white-trash town tramp, molded by a life of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and verbal abuse from her mother, who seems to delight in remindi…ng Rae of her mistake in not aborting her. Lazarus, who is also facing personal crisis at the dissolution of his marriage, nurses Rae back to health, providing her with gentle, fatherly advice as well as an education in blues music. Rae's boyfriend, Ronnie, goaded by the man who nearly beat Rae to death, misunderstands the relationship between Lazarus and Rae, and vows to kill him. Lazarus, exhibiting a street-smart understanding of violence and its motives, calls Ronnie's bluff, senses that he is as troubled as Rae, and becomes a guiding force in the young couple's resurrection. (Read More)
| Themes: | illness, drunkenness, drinking, love, friendship |
| Locations: | farm, church |
| Characters: | musician, girl, friend |
| Story: | attempted rape, hymn, reverend, farming, southern accent, capture, kicking, minister, preacher, wound, kissing while having sex, prisoner, army, eating, prayer, rural setting, rifle, vomiting, drink, food, underwear, pregnancy, singing, title spoken by character, african american, mother daughter relationship, sex scene, flashback, death, blood, gun, kiss |
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: | dying, drunkenness, drinking, christmas |
| Locations: | church, campfire, boat |
| Characters: | girl |
| Story: | attempted rape, bayonet, shot in the neck, wound, shaving, death of child, cross, sniper, army, massacre, prayer, dead body, death of father, rifle, shooting, battle, drink, mirror, horse, food, blood splatter, rain, corpse, rape, pistol, singing, explosion, photograph, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, based on novel, blood, murder, kiss, flashback, death |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li…ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Cecilia will ever speak to her, or if it takes the rest of her life. This is why Atonement (2007) is one of the best movies like Cold Mountain (2003). (Read More)
| Themes: | dying, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, love |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | church, hospital |
| Characters: | girl, doctor |
| Story: | star crossed lovers, voice over letter, wounded soldier, letter, lovers reunited, banjo, hymn, horseback riding, rowboat, wound, reunion, countryside, reading, passion, flash forward, nonlinear timeline, army, eating, woman, piano, dead body, rifle, drink, mirror, food, train, rape, singing, title spoken by character, photograph, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, based on novel, kiss, blood, flashback, death, gun |
Seven Australian teenage friends from a small town go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they didn't know was their country was being invaded by another country. Returning home, they discover that they are at war. With no training, t…hey band together to fight the enemy. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | campfire, farm, forest, church |
| Characters: | soldier |
| Story: | cornfield, target practice, cow, sniper, army, shot in the back, combat, piano, death of father, rifle, vomiting, shot in the chest, horse, blood splatter, shot to death, corpse, shootout, pistol, explosion, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, family relationships, based on novel, murder, blood, death |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c…ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
| Themes: | torture, drinking, jealousy, christmas, revenge |
| Mood: | epic |
| Locations: | farm, snow, church |
| Characters: | baby, musician, girl, doctor |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | horse and carriage, farming, horseback riding, cane, snowing, kicking, tradition, cross, pianist, bird, eating, woman, prayer, piano, death of father, rural setting, drink, horse, food, underwear, corpse, singing, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, death, kiss, blood |
Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper co…nnection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of "fishing trips", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes. (Read More)
| Themes: | hunting, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, love, friendship |
| Locations: | campfire, woods, snow, forest, church, hospital |
| Characters: | baby, girl |
| Story: | sheep, turkey the bird, mountain, fiddler, fiddle, chopping wood, post office, saw, farming, kicking, shaving, cross, eating, rural setting, rifle, shooting, drink, mirror, horse, food, rain, pregnancy, train, singing, title spoken by character, photograph, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, family relationships, two word title, sex scene, kiss, murder, flashback, gun, blood |
1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole an…d Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, revenge, friendship |
| Locations: | campfire |
| Characters: | friend |
| Story: | hanging, cane, pianist, reading, 19th century, prisoner, eating, native american, revolver, piano, rifle, book, shooting, drink, shotgun, shot in the chest, mirror, horse, food, shot to death, underwear, shootout, train, rape, pistol, title spoken by character, based on novel, death, gun, kiss, blood, murder |
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