Please wait - finding best movies...
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for …a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiance, insist on putting the two up for the night. As they get to know each other, Bill becomes convinced that this is where Curly Sue belongs - in a home, cared for by someone that can give her the advantages that his homeless, nomadic existence lacks. He plans to leave the young girl in the care of Grey and take off.... but Curly Sue has other ideas! (Read More)
| Subgenre: | melodrama |
| Themes: | homelessnesspovertylove |
| Locations: | citykitchenbathtubchurchschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girlhomeless manmaidlawyergirlfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | red coatcon trickeating popcorncon artistchild in a bathbubble bathplaying pianofemale lawyerbathing girlscreaming girltween girlfirst day of schoolfancy restaurantmale in a showeramerican national anthem …pretending to cryhit with a telephonechild serviceshit with a planktowel on headbathing a childfemale female hugreference to the three stoogesnew clothesaffectionate hugnote read aloudargument between couplehomeless childwritten by producerpoor man rich womankicked in the shinmale female hugadult child friendshipwishing someone good luckhit with a doorgroup hug3d glassestrailer narrated by percy rodriguezcurly hairpunched in the nosestar spangled bannerends with freeze frametightsbelchingnational anthemwashing hairwoman punches a mancerealprecocious childcoatconberetrags to richesgiving a toastilliteracyyuppiecoca colapopcornblonde womanmakeoverwedding receptionhousekeeperhit on the headcard playingchild's point of viewforbidden lovestreet lifeproduced by directormovie theaterwatching a moviescene during opening creditsjail cellcard gamehuggingpizzaclass differencesscene during end creditscigar smokingbathhit by a caraccidentmontageorphanpianowritten by directorwatching tvpunched in the faceshowersingingtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titletwo word title (See All) |
Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. As if that weren't enough, Henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Fortunately, Henry has a loving wife and daughter to help him.
| Locations: | kitchenschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | maidlawyergirlfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | beretyuppiemovie theaterhuggingcharacter name in titletwo word title |
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in … love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | churchschool |
| Characters: | little girlgirl |
| Story: | housekeeperhit on the headforbidden lovehuggingcigar smokingorphanpianosingingtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titletwo word title |
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling acces …sory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | citykitchen |
| Characters: | maid |
| Story: | bubble bathfancy restaurantmale in a showermale female hugwishing someone good luckwoman punches a mancard gamecigar smokingpunched in the faceshower |
In the depths of the 1930's, Annie is a fiery young orphan girl who must live in a miserable orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. Her seemingly hopeless situation changes dramatically when she is selected to spend a short time at the residence of the wealthy munitions industrialist, Oliver … Warbucks. Quickly, she charms the hearts of the household staff and even the seemingly cold-hearted Warbucks cannot help but learn to love this wonderful girl. He decides to help Annie find her long lost parents by offering a reward if they would come to him and prove their identity. However, Miss Hannigan, her evil brother, Rooster, and a female accomplice, plan to impersonate those people to get the reward for themselves which put Annie in great danger. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertylove |
| Locations: | bathtub |
| Characters: | little girlgirl |
| Story: | tween girlkicked in the shincurly hairchild's point of vieworphansingingcharacter name in title |
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 …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
| Locations: | kitchenschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | girlfamily relationships |
| Story: | precocious childpizzaaccidentmontageorphanwatching tvsinging |
Eccentric actor Daniel Hillard is an amusing and caring father. But after a disastrous birthday party for his son, Daniel's wife Miranda draws the line and files a divorce. He can see his three children only once a week which doesn't sit well with him. Daniel also holds a job at a TV studio as a shi …pping clerk under the recommendation of his liason. But when Miranda puts out an ad for a housekeeper, Daniel takes it upon himself to make a disguise as a Scottish lady named Mrs Doubtfire. And Daniel must also deal with Miranda's new boyfriend Stu Dunemyer. (Read More)
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | female lawyertween girlfancy restauranthousekeeperchild's point of viewscene during opening creditstitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | maidlawyer |
| Story: | con trickcon artistconwedding receptionhousekeepercigar smokingsinging |
Nicky Spurgeon is an extremely accomplished con man who takes an amateur con artist, Jess, under his wing. Nicky and Jess become romantically involved, and with Nicky's profession of being a liar and a cheater for a living, he realizes that deception and love are things that don't go together. They …split, only to see each other three years later... And things get messy. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | con artistconscene during opening creditscard gamemontagewritten by directorpunched in the facetitle spoken by character |
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 … 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)
| Locations: | churchschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | maidlawyergirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | popcornwatching a moviehit by a caraccidentorphanwatching tv |
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches … age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | schoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girllawyergirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | female lawyerhuggingmontagepianowatching tvcharacter name in title |
In Bedridge, Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi.
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | kitchenbathtubschool |
| Characters: | girlfamily relationships |
| Story: | popcornwedding receptionbathmontagepianowatching tvcharacter name in title |
Following the tragic death of their five-year-old son Frankie, Irish couple Johnny and Sarah Sullivan and their remaining two offspring, 10 year old Christy Sullivan and 5 year old Ariel Sullivan, emigrate illegally to the United States via Canada with little in their pockets. Their final destinatio …n is Manhattan where Johnny hopes to work as a stage actor. They move into a unit in a run town tenement housed primarily with drug addicts, transvestites and one tenant coined "the man who screams". They do whatever they can to eke out a supportive family environment in this difficult situation, the support which ultimately extends to those around them, most specifically "the screamer" who turns out to be an African-American artist named Mateo with AIDS. But the memory of Frankie hangs over the family in good and bad ways, especially as Sarah learns she's pregnant. Christy, who records their life's goings-on with her beloved camcorder, believes that the angel of Frankie has granted her three wishes, which she guards until absolutely needed. (Read More)
| Locations: | bathtubschool |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | tween girlstar spangled bannernational anthemchild's point of viewmovie theaterwatching tvshowertitle spoken by character |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York …and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
| Themes: | homelessnesslove |
| Locations: | churchschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | girlfamily relationships |
| Story: | child's point of viewpizzahit by a carorphanpianosingingtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
As a child piano prodigy, 'David Helfgott' (qv)'s musical ambitions generate friction with his overbearing father, Peter. When Helfgott travels to London on a musical scholarship, his career as a pianist blossoms. However, the pressures of his newfound fame, coupled with the echoes of his tumultuous … childhood, conspire to bring Helfgott's latent schizophrenia boiling to the surface, and he spends years in and out of various mental institutions. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | citybathtubrestaurant |
| Characters: | family relationships |
| Story: | playing pianoscene during opening creditscigar smokingbathpiano |
The sisters come back to Deloris's show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school which is doomed for closure. One of the girls, who is the most talented of the bunch, is forbidden to sing by her mother, although the choir has made it to …the state championship. A group of stereotypical incompetent monks tries to stop them. (Read More)
| Themes: | poverty |
| Locations: | churchschool |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | female female hugnote read aloudclass differencesscene during end creditspianosinging |
John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. W …hen they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous! (Read More)
| Locations: | kitchenrestaurant |
| Characters: | maidgirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | housekeeperclass differenceswatching tvshowersinging |
Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he'd be rid off.
| Characters: | family relationships |
| Story: | con artistbubble bathberetcard gamecigar smokingbathorphanpiano |
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 …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)
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | first day of schoolcerealprecocious childchild's point of viewtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
| Subgenre: | melodrama |
| Themes: | homelessness |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | homeless man |
| Story: | street lifescene during opening creditsmontagewritten by directorpunched in the facetitle spoken by character |
After hearing a popular DJ rail against yuppies, a madman carries out a massacre in a popular New York bar. Dejected and remorseful, the DJ strikes up a friendship with Parry, a former professor who became unhinged and then homeless after witnessing his wife's violent death in the bar shooting. The …DJ seeks redemption by helping Parry in his quest to recover an item that he believes is the Holy Grail and to win the heart of the woman he loves. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | melodrama |
| Themes: | homelessness |
| Story: | belchingberetyuppiecoca colamakeoverscene during opening creditspizzahit by a cartitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
Musical adaptation of 'Charles Dickens (I)' (qv)'s classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
| Subgenre: | melodrama |
| Themes: | homelessnesspovertylove |
| Characters: | family relationships |
| Story: | rags to richeschild's point of viewclass differencesorphancharacter name in title |
Bright, well-educated, handsome Conor O'Neill's promising future was wrecked by his gambling addiction, which dragged him into heavy drinking and petty crime, but worst of all, the stifling grip of loan-shark bookies. Desperate for a loan, he accepts to stand in for lawyer friend Jimmy Fleming as co …ach of a Chicago black 'projects' ghetto Little League baseball team. His sense of pride, becoming the boys' sole idol, and competition, plus their attractive teacher, motivate Conor. But the crushing loan problem rather requires leaving town. (Read More)
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | affectionate hugadult child friendshipwishing someone good luckhit with a doorscene during opening creditsjail cellpizzawatching tvpunched in the facetwo word title |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat …e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerfamily relationships |
| Story: | giving a toastwedding receptionwatching a moviescene during end creditswatching tvshower |
"Some people lose their faith because Heaven shows them too little," says Thomas Daggett. "But how many people lose their faith because Heaven showed them too much?" Daggett nearly became a priest; now he's a cop. He may want to put religion behind him, but one morning a weird, eyeless, hermaphrodit …ic corpse turns up. Suddenly he is on a path that will put him right in the middle of a war in Heaven. And once again, Heaven will show him too much: gore, blood, charred flesh, living corpses and much worse. Even more central to the heavenly war effort is a young girl. This American Indian child has something Gabriel wants. And Gabriel is willing to kill her and anyone in his path - or even reanimate a corpse or two - to get it. (Read More)
| Themes: | homelessness |
| Locations: | churchschool |
| Characters: | little girlhomeless mangirl |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | hit on the headscene during opening creditspizzahit by a carorphanwritten by directorpunched in the facetitle spoken by character |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyergirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | con artistconwatching a moviehuggingaccidentpunched in the faceshowersingingtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
In 1944 falangist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess …, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | kitchenbathtub |
| Characters: | girl |
| Story: | bubble bathtween girlberethousekeepercard playingchild's point of viewcard gamepunched in the facesingingcharacter name in title |
Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull … it off? (Read More)
| Locations: | bathtubrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girllawyer |
| Story: | con artistconcoca colahit on the headjail cellcigar smoking |
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down - which might not be such a bad thing.
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | bathtub |
| Characters: | girlfamily relationships |
| Story: | child's point of viewforbidden lovescene during opening creditsbathorphantwo word title |
Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar pr …odigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight. (Read More)
| Locations: | school |
| Characters: | girlfamily relationships |
| Story: | tween girlscene during opening creditsscene during end creditsmontagepianosingingtitle spoken by character |
Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Pet …er Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again. (Read More)
| Characters: | little girllawyergirlfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | child's point of viewhuggingorphantitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title |
On the Wall Street of the 1980s, Bud Fox is a stockbroker full of ambition, doing whatever he can to make his way to the top. Admiring the power of the unsparing corporate raider Gordon Gekko, Fox entices Gekko into mentoring him by providing insider trading. As Fox becomes embroiled in greed and un …derhanded schemes, his decisions eventually threaten the livelihood of his scrupulous father. Faced with this dilemma, Fox questions his loyalties. (Read More)
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | con artistyuppiepizzaclass differencescigar smokingmontagepunched in the facetitle spoken by charactertwo word title |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
| Themes: | homelessnesspoverty |
| Locations: | citybathtubchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | maidgirlfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | coca colapopcornstreet lifebathwatching tvsinging |
Nader ('Payman Maadi' (qv)) and Simin ('Leila Hatami' (qv)) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), …who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. (Read More)
| Themes: | poverty |
| Locations: | kitchenschool |
| Characters: | little girlmaidgirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | scene during opening creditsclass differencesscene during end creditshit by a carpianocharacter name in title |
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center ins …ide Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | cityschool |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | first day of schoolcerealpizzascene during end creditstwo word title |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
| Subgenre: | melodrama |
| Themes: | povertylove |
| Locations: | kitchenbathtubchurch |
| Characters: | girl |
| Story: | illiteracybathpianotitle spoken by character |
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 …oung boy...and a secret garden. (Read More)
| Locations: | bathtub |
| Characters: | little girlmaidgirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | housekeeperchild's point of vieworphantitle spoken by character |
Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woma …n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | movie theaterjail cellpizzacigar smokingmontagepunched in the face |
Set in the 1930s, the story takes place in an old-fashioned English country house where a weekend shooting party is underway. The story centers on the McCordle family, particularly the man of the house, William McCordle. Getting on in years, William has become benefactor to many of his relatives and … friends. As the weekend goes on, secrets are revealed, and it seems everyone, above stairs and below, wants a piece of William and his money, but how far will they go to get it? (Read More)
| Locations: | kitchenbathtub |
| Characters: | maid |
| Story: | housekeepercard playingclass differencescigar smokingorphanpianosinging |
After The Atomic War the world is divided into three states. London is a city in Oceania, ruled by a party who has total control over all its citizens. Winston Smith is one of the bureaucrats, rewriting history in one of the departments. One day he commits the crime of falling in love with Julia. Th …ey try to escape Big Brother's listening and viewing devices, but, of course, nobody can really escape... (Read More)
| Themes: | povertylove |
| Locations: | city |
| Story: | forbidden lovescene during opening creditsjail cellclass differencesmontageorphanwritten by directorsinging |
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 …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)
| Locations: | citychurchschool |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | tween girlchild's point of viewwatching tvpunched in the facesinging |
When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, h …e teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again. (Read More)
| Characters: | little girlgirl |
| Story: | con artistpizzacigar smokingmontageorphanpianosingingtitle spoken by character |
John Kimble is a tough city cop who's been on the trail of drug dealer Cullen Crisp for years. He finally tracks Crisp down but it seems the only person that can testify against him is his ex-wife. The problem is she's disappeared and all Kimble knows is the name of the school in Oregon where her so …n attends. When things don't quite go to plan, Kimble finds he has to go undercover on his toughest assignment yet - Kindergarten teacher! (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | citykitchenschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girllawyerfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | ends with freeze framescene during opening creditshit by a carmontagepianopunched in the faceshowertwo word title |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | churchschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | street lifehuggingaccidentmontageorphanwatching tvshowersingingtitle spoken by character |
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mecha …nical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Locations: | bathtubschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girlgirl |
| Story: | tween girl3d glasseschild's point of viewwatching a moviebathmontageorphancharacter name in title |
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New Yo …rk too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! (Read More)
| Themes: | homelessness |
| Locations: | city |
| Characters: | maidfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | woman punches a manprecocious childcoca colahuggingpizzashower |
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld ('Christian Bale' (qv)), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser ('Amy Adams (III)' (qv)) …is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso ('Bradley Cooper (I)' (qv)). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. 'Jeremy Renner' (qv) is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn ('Jennifer Lawrence (III)' (qv)) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | melodrama |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | con artisthit with a telephonecurly hairconjail cellcigar smokingmontagewritten by directorpunched in the facesingingtwo word title |
Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy - his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old's mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank's formidable moth …er Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Octavia Spencer plays Roberta, Frank and Mary's landlady and best friend. Jenny Slate is Mary's teacher, Bonnie, a young woman whose concern for her student develops into a connection with her uncle as well. (Read More)
| Locations: | schoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyergirlfamily relationships |
| Story: | first day of schoolchild servicesscene during opening creditsmontagepianowatching tvsingingtitle spoken by character |
It is the mid-nineteenth century. Ada is a mute who has a young daughter, Flora. In an arranged marriage she leaves her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano. Life in the rugged forests of New Zealand's North Island is not all she may have imagined and nor is her relation …ship with her new husband Stewart. She suffers torment and loss when Stewart sells her piano to a neighbour, George. Ada learns from George that she may earn back her piano by giving him piano lessons, but only with certain other conditions attached. At first Ada despises George but slowly their relationship is transformed and this propels them into a dire situation. (Read More)
| Characters: | little girl |
| Story: | playing pianotween girlhuggingpianotitle spoken by charactertwo word title |
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon charms his younger relatives Miles and Maizy with …his hefty cooking and his new way of doing the laundry. His carefree style does not impress everyone though - especially his rebellious teenage niece, Tia, and his impatient girlfriend, Chanice. With a little bit of luck and a lot of love, Uncle Buck manages to surprise everyone in this heartwarming family comedy. (Read More)
| Themes: | love |
| Characters: | little girlfamily relationships |
| Story: | tween girlends with freeze framecigar smokingpunched in the facetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titletwo word title |
© 2023 FilmTagger.com
·
New Movies
·
About
·
RSS
·
Conditions
·
Privacy
FilmTagger.com