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Subgenre: | coming of age filmsemi autobiographicalcoming of age |
Themes: | illnessdysfunctional familydeath of motherpovertydeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | inner cityurban settingnew york city |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipuncle niece relationshipbullymusiciangirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship β¦family relationships (See All) |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | watching televisionnew york knicksfour brotherswatching a cartoon on tvglue sniffingbrownstoneafrican american protagonistpatriarch10 year oldtenantcrazinessschoolteacherdomineering motherjazz musicparenthood β¦neighborhoodchild's point of viewshopliftingapartment buildingbrooklyn new york cityvisitloss of motherconvertiblewritten and directed by cast memberargumenttelevisionneighborbirthdayvomitingurinationdreamone word titledog (See All) |
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Bree β¦dlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | teacherbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | domineering motherparenthoodloss of motherconvertibleneighbor |
Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart β¦his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life. (Read More)
Themes: | illness |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching televisioncrazinessvisitargumentvomitingurinationdreamdog |
1972. Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), is a mortician and a widower. Her best friend is Thomas J Sennett (Macaulay Culkin). Then her father hires a new receptionist, Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and β¦life will never be the same again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipmusiciangirlteacherboybrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | loss of motherargumenttelevisionneighbor |
Zahra's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zahra until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits. Will the plan succeed?
Themes: | illnesspoverty |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | schoolteacherchild's point of viewneighbordog |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o β¦f The Beatles. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of motherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | musiciangirlteacherboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | jazz musicshopliftingargumentbirthdayurinationdream |
In Paris, the shy bureaucrat Trelkovsky rents an old apartment without bathroom where the previous tenant, the Egyptologist Simone Choule, committed suicide. The unfriendly concierge (Shelley Winters) and the tough landlord Mr. Zy establish stringent rules of behavior and Trelkovsky feels ridden by β¦his neighbors. Meanwhile he visits Simone in the hospital and befriends her girlfriend Stella. After the death of Simone, Trelkovsky feels obsessed for her and believes his landlord and neighbors are plotting a scheme to force him to also commit suicide. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | nightmare |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | tenantapartment buildingwritten and directed by cast memberneighborurinationdream |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Subgenre: | coming of age filmsemi autobiographicalcoming of age |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musicianteacherbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | domineering motherbirthdayvomitingurination |
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, β¦ escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. Things get bad... (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | girlteacherbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | neighborhoodshopliftingneighbor |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an β¦d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | musicianboybrother brother relationshipafrican americanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | african american protagonistjazz musicloss of motherbirthdaydreamone word titledog |
In the sumer of 1976, 30-year old Vince Papale is having a tough run of luck. He's been working as a substitute teacher for two days a week but has just found out that his job has been eliminated because of budget cuts. His wife gives up on him saying he'll never amount to anything and asks for a di β¦vorce. He works as a bartender and plays football with his friends. When the the new coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, Dick Vermeil, announces that he will hold open tryouts for the team, Vince reluctantly decides to give a try. Based on a true story. (Read More)
Themes: | illness |
Characters: | teacherbrother brother relationshipafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | loss of motherneighborurinationone word title |
At the edge of adolescence, Tracy is a smart straight-A student--if not a little naive (it seems...she smokes and she cuts to alleviate the emotional pain she suffers from having a broken home and hating her mom's boyfriend, Brady.) When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in sch β¦ool, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath of motherdeath |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | girlteacherbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | glue sniffingshopliftingone word titledog |
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend β¦Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned? (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Characters: | bullyteacherbrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | watching televisionbirthdayvomitingurinationone word title |
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, Matilda is misunderstood by her family because she is very different from their ways of life. As time passes, Matilda finally starts school that has a kindly teacher, loyal friends and a sadistic principal. As she gets fed β¦up with the constant cruelty, Matilda begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, Matilda suddenly turns the tables to stand up to her parents and outwit the principal. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipgirlteacherbrother sister relationshipafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching televisionchild's point of viewone word title |
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 19 β¦72 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath of motherdeath |
Characters: | bullybrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | neighborhoodneighborbirthdaydog |
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | parenthoodbirthdayvomitingone word title |
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Toget β¦her, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen. This friendship helps Jess deal with the tragedy that makes him realize what Leslie taught him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
Characters: | bullygirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child's point of viewbirthdaydog |
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend, he thinks it's because he's fat. A man is unable to tell her next door neighbor he finds her sexually attractive. An old couple wants to split up, but they don't want to get a divorce. A therapist masturbates to teen magazines. An 11 year old kid is insecure abo β¦ut the fact that he hasn't cum yet. Office workers try to recall the face of a coworker who recently died. A woman is sure she has everything she could ever want. The lives of these individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | teacherboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | apartment buildingneighborvomitingdreamone word titledog |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei β¦ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | illnessdysfunctional familydeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | bullygirlteacherboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | shopliftingbirthday |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of motherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | inner cityurban setting |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipafrican americanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | loss of mothervomitingdog |
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads en β¦ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath of motherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | musiciangirlbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | loss of mothervomitingurinationdream |
Living in India, Mary Lennox, a young, privileged girl, is left orphaned when her parents are killed in an earthquake. She is sent back to England where she goes to live on her uncle's estate. It is a fairly isolated existence and she has to find things to keep herself occupied. She finds a sickly y β¦oung boy...and a secret garden. (Read More)
Themes: | death of mother |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipgirlboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child's point of viewneighbordreamdog |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
Themes: | illnessdeath of motherdeath |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | musicianteacherbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | visitloss of motherdream |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, β¦ and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
Themes: | illnessdeath of motherdeath |
Characters: | girlboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching televisionwatching a cartoon on tvconvertibleargumentbirthdayvomiting |
Amal is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her β¦ but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes. (Read More)
Characters: | bullygirlbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching televisionbirthdayvomitingdream |
A hitman who lives by the code of the samurai, works for the mafia and finds himself in their crosshairs when his recent job doesn't go according to plan. Now he must find a way to defend himself and his honor while retaining the code he lives by.
Themes: | death |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | girlteacherboyafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | watching a cartoon on tvbrooklyn new york cityconvertibledreamdog |
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferr β¦ed to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of motherpovertydeath |
Characters: | bullyteacherbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child's point of viewloss of motherurination |
It is Friday and Craig Jones (Ice Cube) is unemployed, having, yesterday, been fired. He is lounging around his house with his friend Smokey (Chris Tucker), a rather incompetent weed dealer. Smokey's problem is that he tends to smoke, rather than sell, his product. This has lead to trouble with Smok β¦ey's supplier, Big Worm, who now wants his money, or his product back, or Smokey is a dead man. Then there's Deebo, the local bully, plus Craig's jealous, psychotic girlfriend, Joi, and Debbie, the neighbour Craig has a crush on. A lot can happen while lounging around your house on a Friday. (Read More)
Characters: | bullybrother sister relationshipafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | neighborhoodconvertibleneighborone word title |
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.
Subgenre: | semi autobiographical |
Themes: | illnessdeath of motherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipgirlbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | neighborurination |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep β¦aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherdeath |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipgirlboymother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching a cartoon on tvloss of motherneighbor |
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shippi β¦ng news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey... (Read More)
Themes: | povertydeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | musicianfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | watching televisionparenthoodtelevisionvomitingdream |
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old β¦ carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else? (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherdeath |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipuncle niece relationshipmusicianbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | brooklyn new york cityloss of motherbirthdayone word titledog |
Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.
Themes: | death of mother |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | parenthoodloss of mother |
When Ruby Baker's parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett, must travel to Malibu, to live with Terrence and Erin Glass, their former neighbors. At first, all seems well. Ruby is making new friends at school and Rhett is getting more video games and flashy toys than he's ever β¦ had in his life. When Ruby speaks to her family's estate lawyer, he tells her that her parents have left Rhett and her $4 million. Suddenly, Ruby begins to notice odd behavior from Terry and Erin. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipgirlbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | loss of motherargumentdream |
This is the beginning of the eighties and everybody is moving to the beat of Pop music, as the brand-new concept of the music video appears on television for the first time. However, in Dublin, Conor, a teenager with a sensitive heart, is trying to deal with a tense family relationship, reconnect wi β¦th his older brother while dealing with the hostile environment in his new public school. And then one day, he sees her. Tall, with long chestnut hair, a buttery complexion and big, dark eyes; an enigmatically beautiful girl standing in front of his school's gate, indolently observing people passing by. But who is she and how could a boy ever get noticed by such a distant girl? That's easy. He would form a band. Surprisingly, with every lyric Conor writes, the gap narrows and with every song he plays, her heart fills with affection. In the end, before a sea of opportunities lying ahead of them, what will the future hold for a brave love like this? (Read More)
Subgenre: | semi autobiographicalcoming of age |
Characters: | bullygirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching televisiontelevisionvomiting |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u β¦p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of mother |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipgirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | neighborvomiting |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy β¦ neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | illnessdeath of motherdeath |
Characters: | girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | neighborvomitingdog |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his β¦ mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | illnessdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | urban settingnew york city |
Characters: | bullyteacherbrother brother relationshipafrican americanmother son relationship |
Story: | neighborhoodapartment buildingneighborvomitingurinationdream |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | urban settingnew york city |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | jazz musicneighborhoodbrooklyn new york cityneighbordog |
An anthology film retelling the story of the famous Studio 54, a hot disco hangout for the social elite of New York. The movie follows several characters at once, some of whom are in desperate straits and on the verge of crashing.
Themes: | death |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musicianbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | watching televisionvomitingurinationone word title |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | illnessdeath of motherdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | boyafrican americanmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | neighborbirthdaydreamone word titledog |
SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early '80s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, th β¦e eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God's 'chosen ones' and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will's mind is blown wide open and he's easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters' diabolical home movie. Will's imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter's complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious roller-coaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendshiβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Mood: | nightmare |
Characters: | bullygirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | shopliftingvisitconvertiblevomitingdreamdog |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj β¦amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
Themes: | illnessdeath of mother |
Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child's point of viewneighbordog |
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor s β¦ends the wrong application. So, Shaun goes to great lengths with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley and his drugged-out loser brother Lance to get into Stanford any way they see fit. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
Characters: | teacherboybrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching televisionvomitingdog |
Ineffectual, 'has-been' film-maker (Dennis Quaid) swindles his way into an interview with a film executive (Greg Kinnear) in order to pitch an outrageous and controversial comedy manuscript. After pitching the first of his thirteen offbeat fables, the dejected artist forces the rest of his disjointe β¦d allegory on the executive at gunpoint. He tells stories of a woman on a blind date with a man who has testicles growing from his neck, in another a smitten woman offers her neck to her boyfriend to 'poop' on -as a sign of commitment and love. In yet another two parents take home-schooling to a whole new level of indecency, striving to give their isolated teenage son all the 'regular' torment and humiliation of puberty by bullying, peer-pressuring and even seducing him themselves. An off-beat, elephant-in-the-room type film. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
Characters: | girlboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | watching televisionapartment buildingargumenttelevisionneighborbirthdayurination |
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as β¦she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life... The anticipated disaster failed to occur, and yet the family's world has been shaken to its core, a question mark hanging over their father in particular. Tomas and Ebba's marriage now hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | patriarchvisitargumentbirthdayurinationone word titledog |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, β¦ even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | musicianmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching a cartoon on tvapartment buildingbirthdayvomitingurinationdog |
This film looks at life in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. As he does everyday, Sal Fragione opens the pizza parlor he's owned for 25 years. The neighborhood has changed considerably in the time he's been there and is now composed primarily of African-Americans an β¦d Hispanics. His son Pino hates it there and would like nothing better than to relocate the eatery to their own neighborhood. For Sal however, the restaurant represents something that is part of his life and sees it as a part of the community. What begins as a simple complaint by one of his customers, Buggin Out - who wonders why he has only pictures of famous Italian-Americans on the wall when most of his customers are black - eventually disintegrates into violence as frustration seemingly brings out the worst in everyone. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musicianbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipafrican americanfather son relationship |
Story: | brownstoneneighborhoodbrooklyn new york citywritten and directed by cast memberneighbor |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | death |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | apartment buildingloss of motherneighborurinationdog |
The movie is about a boy with a unique aging disorder: one that makes him age 4 times faster than normal. It picks up when Jack (Robin Williams) is 10 years old, but looks 40. He tries to go to public school for the first time, and to become friends with kids his own age. His physical appearance cau β¦ses him lots of problems, however. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional family |
Characters: | girlteacherboymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | 10 year oldchild's point of viewone word title |