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In 18th century France, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont play a dangerous game of seduction. Valmont is someone who measures success by the number of his conquests and Merteuil challenges him to seduce the soon to be married Cecile de Volanges and provide proof in writing of his s …uccess. His reward for doing so will be to spend the night with Merteuil. He has little difficulty seducing Cecile but what he really wants is to seduce Madame de Tourvel. When Merteuil learns that he has actually fallen in love with her, she refuses to let him claim his reward for seducing Cecile. Death soon follows. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | prejudicevengeancecrueltyeducationevilhumiliationredemptioncorruptionextramarital affairangerseductionadulterybetrayalrapemarriage …revengedeathlove (See All) |
Mood: | poetic justice |
Locations: | castlefrance |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipcatholiclove triangleteenage girl |
Period: | 1700s18th century |
Story: | class prejudicesex educationsophisticated womanmanipulative womanseduction gamevoice over letterrape of a minorarranged marriageillegitimate pregnancymanipulative personalitybad breakupsexual dominationsexual manipulationlibertinagecupping …sophisticationdeviousnesssecret loverbroken promisegeorgian eracasanovamalicesmallpoxhandwritingemotional manipulationlibertineinnocence lostemotional abusepsychological manipulationopera housecorrespondencedouble entendremusic teacherdying wordsunwanted pregnancybritish renaissancemanipulative behaviorignorancearistocracyfatal attractiondecadencedying manwrathwagermind gamecatholicismfemale removes her dressteenage pregnancycrowdaristocratmiscarriagefemale dominationaudiencerageloss of virginitydesirehatepassionkeyparkfemme fataleforeign language adaptationstabbed to deathwomansword fighttearslettercryingtitle spoken by characternipplesfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelsex (See All) |
Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont are seductive, manipulative step-siblings who get what they want when they want it. Kathryn makes a bet with Sebastian: Sebastian must bed Annette, daughter of the headmaster at their school, before the end of summer break. Annette has stated that she would wai …t until love and marriage to sleep with a man. If Kathryn wins, she gets Sebastian's vintage 1959 Jaguar Roadster. If Sebastian wins, he gets Kathryn, the only girl he knows he'll never have. Also in play is Cecile, a naive girl whose mother had enlisted Kathryn to help her fit in at her new school. However, Kathryn (with Sebastian's help) plans to ruin Cecile's reputation as revenge on Kat's ex-boyfriend, who left her for Cecile. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudicecrueltyevilhumiliationredemptioncorruptionseductionbetrayalrapemarriageloverevenge |
Mood: | poetic justice |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | class prejudicemalicewagermind gameloss of virginitydesirehatefemme fataleforeign language adaptationnipplesfemale frontal nuditybased on novelfemale nuditysex |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationextramarital affairseductionadulterymarriagedeath |
Locations: | france |
Characters: | catholic |
Period: | 18th century |
Story: | voice over lettersmallpoxdecadenceaudienceloss of virginityfemme fatalewomantearslettercryingfemale rear nuditybased on novelfemale nuditysex |
In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual promiscuity flourish. Thirteen years later, in the midst of political and economical problems, Charles II asks for the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from e …xile back to London. John is a morally-corrupt drunkard and a sexually- active cynical poet. When the King asks John to prepare a play for the French ambassador so as to please him, John meets the aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her into a great star. He falls in love with her and she becomes his mistress. During the presentation to the Frenchman, he falls into disgrace with the court. When he was thirty-three years old and dying of syphilis and alcoholism, he converts to being a religious man. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptioncorruptionextramarital affairadulterylovedeath |
Locations: | castle |
Characters: | catholicteenage girl |
Story: | handwritinglibertinedying wordsdecadencewagercrowdaudiencedesirepassionlettertitle spoken by characternipplesfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudity …sex (See All) |
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Themes: | extramarital affairseductionadulterybetrayalrapemarriagelovedeath |
Locations: | castle |
Characters: | catholiclove triangle |
Story: | arranged marriagemiscarriagewomantearscryingtitle spoken by characterbased on novelsex |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | crueltyevilextramarital affairangeradulterymarriagerevengedeath |
Story: | manipulative personalitysexual manipulationemotional manipulationpsychological manipulationcrowdaudiencedesirefemme fatalewomanlettercryingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novel |
Georgiana Spencer became Duchess of Devonshire on her marriage to the Duke in 1774, at the height of the Georgian period, a period of fashion, decadence, and political change. Spirited and adored by the public at large she quickly found her marriage to be a disappointment, defined by her duty to pro …duce a male heir and the Duke's philandering and callous indifference to her. She befriends Lady Bess but finds she is once again betrayed by her husband who wields his power with the three eventually living uncomfortably together. Against this background, and with the pressures of an unfaithful husband, strict social pressures and constant public scrutiny, Georgiana falls passionately in love with Charles Grey, a rising young Whig politician. However, despite his ongoing liaison with Lady Bess, the Duke refuses to allow her to continue the affair and threatens to take her children from her. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairadulteryrapemarriagedeathlove |
Locations: | castle |
Characters: | love triangle |
Period: | 18th century |
Story: | arranged marriagegeorgian eraaristocracydecadencepassionwomanletterfemale rear nudityfemale nuditysex |
While looking for an apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, encounters Paul, a mysterious American expatriate mourning his wife's recent suicide. Instantly drawn to each other, they have a stormy, passionate affair, in which they do not reveal their names to each other. Their relationship …deeply affects their lives, as Paul struggles with his wife's death and Jeanne prepares to marry her fiance, Tom, a film director making a cinema-verite documentary about her. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | extramarital affairangerrapelovedeath |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationship |
Story: | dying wordswrathfemale removes her dressragewomancryingnipplesfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudity |
In 1767, the British Princess Caroline is betrothed to the mad King Christian VII of Denmark, but her life with the erratic monarch in the oppressive country becomes an isolating misery. However, Christian soon gains a fast companion with the German Dr. Johann Struensee, a quietly idealistic man of …the Enlightenment. As the only one who can influence the King, Struensee is able to begin sweeping enlightened reforms of Denmark through Christian even as Caroline falls for the doctor. However, their secret affair proves a tragic mistake that their conservative enemies use to their advantage in a conflict that threatens to claim more than just the lovers as their victims. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationextramarital affairadulterybetrayalmarriagelove |
Characters: | love triangle |
Period: | 1700s18th century |
Story: | voice over letterarranged marriagesmallpoxaristocracytearslettercryingfemale rear nudityfemale nudity |
The myth of King Arthur brought once again to the screen. Uthur Pendragon is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlin. At his death Uthur buries the sword into a stone, and the next man that can pull it out will be King of England. Years later Arthur, Uthur's bastard son draws Excalib …ur and becomes king. Guided by Merlin, Arthur marries Guenivere and gathers the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur's evil half-sister Morgana sires a son with him, who may prove his downfall. (Read More)
Themes: | evilangeradulterymarriagedeath |
Locations: | castle |
Story: | dying wordsbritish renaissancedying manpassionstabbed to deathsword fighttitle spoken by characterfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudity |
The son of Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee, Devdas (Shahrukh Khan) was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He grew up in the lush village of Taj Sonapur, where he spent his childhood, indulged by his lovely playmate Paro (Aishwarya). They grew up sharing a special relationship, in which they existed o …nly to each other. Oblivious of all the differences of status and background, a bond that would never break grew between them. Slowly, it changed to love but it was still unsaid. But the reverie was broken when his family sent Devdas to London for education. Paro's world crashed knowing that her Devdas would be gone and she lit a diya, for it signified the fast coming back of her loved one. Years passed and Devdas returned. Devdas was besotted by her stunning beauty and longed to have her back. But Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee (Vijay Crishna), Devdas' father, met Paro's mother Sumitra's (Kiran Kher) marriage proposal with condescending arrogance. It caused a rift between the families and even though Devdas tried to convince his father, only antagonism came his way. Finally, he moved away from Paro and wrote a letter to her, asking her to forget him. Only, he didn't realize that he would never be able to forget her ever! And much later, when he reached out to her, it was too late as she was far too humiliated. She scorned him for not standing by her and they parted forever with a heart-broken Paro entering into a chaste marriage with a wealthy, much older man, Zamindar Bhuvan (Vijayen… (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | prejudicevengeanceeducationhumiliationangerbetrayalmarriagedeathlove |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshiplove triangle |
Story: | voice over letterarranged marriagearistocrattearslettercryingbased on novel |
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ship's bar. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. While living in Paris for sev …eral years trying to be a writer, he becomes obsessed with a woman he met by chance on a bus. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. (Read More)
Themes: | crueltyhumiliationextramarital affairadulterymarriagerevengedeathlove |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationship |
Story: | fatal attractionmiscarriagepassionfemme fatalewomantearscryingnipplesfemale frontal nuditybased on novelfemale nuditysex |
A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, a …nd though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptionangerseductionbetrayaldeath |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | manipulative womandying wordsfatal attractionwrathmind gamedesirefemme fatalewomannipplesfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditysex |
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the story of three people in love, a love which does not af …fect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years. (Read More)
Themes: | adulterymarriagelove |
Locations: | france |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | manipulative womanvoice over letterfatal attractionwomanlettertitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his met …tle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down. (Read More)
Themes: | vengeancecrueltyevilcorruptionangerbetrayalmarriagerevengedeathlove |
Story: | decadencewrathcrowdragedesirestabbed to deathwomancryingtitle spoken by characternipplesfemale nuditybased on novel |
Happily married New York lawyer Dan Gallagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?
Themes: | redemptionextramarital affairseductionadulterymarriageloverevengedeath |
Story: | fatal attractiondesirepassionfemme fatalestabbed to deathwomannipplesfemale rear nudityfemale nuditysex |
Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the … events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairadulterymarriagelovedeath |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | voice over letterfemale removes her dresscrowdpassionforeign language adaptationtearslettercryingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelsex |
A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish produc …tion, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | evilcorruptionextramarital affairangeradulterydeathlove |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | wrathragewomantearscryingtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex |
The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his siste …r, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of Britain before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members). (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | crueltyevilbetrayalrapemarriagedeath |
Story: | dying wordsdying mancrowdragedesirehatepassionstabbed to deathcryingnipplesfemale frontal nuditysex |
After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not … to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionextramarital affairangeradultery |
Story: | handwritingwrathrageparkwomantearscryingtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex |
A "story inside a story," in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man wh …ose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationredemptionextramarital affairangerrapemarriagelovedeathrevenge |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipteenage girl |
Story: | womantitle spoken by characterfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novel |
Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.
Themes: | crueltycorruptionbetrayalrapedeath |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | dying wordsdecadencepassionkeystabbed to deathnipplesfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nuditybased on novelfemale nudity |
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: | prejudicehumiliationcorruptionangerdeath |
Story: | handwritingwrathragehatesword fightletter |
During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago, is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar, who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky, an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, howeve …r, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya. But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairadulteryrapemarriageloverevengedeath |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshiplove triangle |
Story: | aristocratkeyforeign language adaptationtitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, …who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionseductionrapemarriagelove |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipteenage girl |
Story: | sex educationhandwritingloss of virginitydesiretearscryingbased on novelsex |
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | extramarital affairadulterybetrayalrapemarriagedeathrevenge |
Locations: | castle |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | dying wordspassionsword fightfemale nudity |
The bitter, cynical and lonely Barbara Covett is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia and missing her special friend Je …nnifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart joins the high-school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart, who is about twenty years older than she; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly; and her son Ben that has Down's Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with the fifteen year-old student Steven Connolly, Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | educationhumiliationextramarital affairseductionadulterybetrayalmarriagerevenge |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipteenage girl |
Story: | fatal attractionparkcryingbased on novelsex |
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devou …tly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairangeradulterymarriagelovedeath |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipteenage girl |
Story: | teenage pregnancyrageparktearscryingtitle spoken by characterfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairangeradulterybetrayalmarriagerevenge |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | deviousnessdesireparktearscryingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity |
The thief Laurie Ash steals the expensive diamond jewel called 'Eye of the Serpent' in an audacious heist during an exhibition in Cannes 2001 Festival. She double-crosses her partners and is mistakenly taken as Lily, a woman who lost her husband and son in an accident and is missing since then, by a …n ordinary family. One day, while having bath in Lily's bathtub, Lily comes back home and commits suicide. Laurie assumes definitely Lily's identity, goes to America where she marries a rich man, who becomes the Ambassador of USA in France. When Laurie returns to France, her past haunts her. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptionseductionadulterybetrayal |
Story: | mind gamefemale removes her dressdesirepassionfemme fatalewomanfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity |
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… (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionbetrayalrapelovedeath |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipteenage girl |
Story: | voice over letterinnocence lostloss of virginitypassionwomantearslettercryingtitle spoken by characterbased on novelsex |
The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | crueltycorruptionangerbetrayallovedeathrevenge |
Characters: | catholic |
Story: | broken promisewrathdesirewomancryingfemale nuditybased on novel |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi …m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationextramarital affairseductionadulterymarriage |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshiplove triangle |
Story: | womantearscryingnipplesfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybased on novel |
Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.
Themes: | crueltyevilcorruptionangerseductionrapemarriagedeathrevenge |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | ragedesirepassionwomancryingbased on novelfemale nuditysex |
Malena is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malena in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is pres …umed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her. (Read More)
Themes: | adulteryrapemarriagelovedeath |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationship |
Story: | female removes her dressaudiencekeylettercryingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditysex |
Paris, je t'aime is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers have five minutes each; the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. The 20 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction … and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere. There's a reappearing mysterious character who is a witness to the Parisian life. A common theme of Paris and love fuses all. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudiceextramarital affairadulterymarriagedeathlove |
Locations: | france |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipteenage girl |
Story: | audienceparkstabbed to deathwomantearscryingsex |
Crime novelist Catherine Tramell is living in London, and becomes the center of police investigation (yet again) when her football player boyfriend drowns in a car accident and it is revealed that he was already dead because of a drug overdose before Tramell drove the car into water. Police psychoan …alyst Dr. Michael Glass is called for examining Tramell, and is intrigued by the seductive and manipulative woman. On the other hand , his friend Det. Roy Washburn is sure Tramell is guilty. Tramell asks Glass to treat her for her 'risk addiction' problem, and with each therapy session , Glass gets more and more suspicious about her intentions. As more and more murders are committed, including that of Glass's ex-wife, Glass becomes obsessed with proving Tramell's guilt even though the evidence is contradictory . (Read More)
Themes: | seduction |
Story: | manipulative womanfatal attractionmind gamefemme fatalewomantitle spoken by characterfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditysex |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | angerlovedeath |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | wrathcrowdaudienceragedesiretearslettercryingsex |
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille came into the world unwanted, expected to die, yet born with an unnerving sense of smell that created alienation as well as talent. Of all the smells around him, Grenouille is beckoned to the scent of a woman's soul, and spends the rest of his life attempting to smell her es …sence again by becoming a perfumer, and creating the essence of an innocence lost. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationseductionlovedeath |
Characters: | catholic |
Period: | 1700s18th century |
Story: | arranged marriageinnocence lostkeytearscryingfemale frontal nuditybased on novelfemale nudity |
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that th …ey can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything. (Read More)
Themes: | vengeancecrueltyevilcorruptionangerseductionraperevengedeath |
Locations: | france |
Story: | hatewomanfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditysex |
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
Themes: | redemptionextramarital affairadulterymarriagelovedeath |
Characters: | love triangleteenage girl |
Story: | correspondenceloss of virginitypassionlettercryingtitle spoken by character |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudiceredemptionmarriagelovedeath |
Characters: | older woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipcatholiclove triangleteenage girl |
Story: | innocence losttearslettercryingbased on novel |
Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madl …y in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love. (Read More)
Themes: | crueltyevilredemptionextramarital affairangeradulterylovedeathrevenge |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipteenage girl |
Story: | innocence losttearslettercryingbased on novelsex |
Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive hi …gh society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairmarriagelove |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | sophisticated womanaristocracyaristocratpassionwomanbased on novel |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell …ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
Themes: | seductionbetrayalrapemarriagedeathlove |
Story: | handwritingdesirepassionfemme fataletearslettercryingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybased on novelsex |
The infamous writer, the Marquis de Sade of 18th Century France, is imprisoned at Charenton Insane Asylum for unmentionable activities. He manages to befriend the young Abbe de Coulmier, who runs the asylum, along with a beautiful laundress named Madeline. Things go terribly wrong when the Abbe find …s out that the Marquis' books are being secretly published. The emperor Napoleon contemplates sending Dr. Royer-Collard to oversee the asylum, a man famed for his torturous punishments. It could mean the end of Charenton and possibly the Marquis himself. (Read More)
Themes: | crueltyhumiliationadulteryrape |
Locations: | france |
Period: | 18th century |
Story: | libertinedecadencepassiontitle spoken by charactersex |
In 1999, retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjamin Esposito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. That case is the brutal rape and murder of Liliana Coloto. In addition to seeing the extreme grief of the victim's husband Ricardo Morales, Benjamin, his assistan …t Pablo Sandoval, and newly hired department chief Irene Menendez-Hastings were personally affected by the case as Benjamin and Pablo tracked the killer, hence the reason why the unsatisfactory ending to the case has always bothered him. Despite the department already having two other suspects, Benjamin and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro Gomez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to but never pursued due to the differences in their ages and social classes. The other issue is that Gomez is still at large, no one aware if he is alive or dead. But as Pablo at the time mentioned that passion is one thing that cannot be changed in behavior, Benjamin learns now that that premise still holds true. (Read More)
Themes: | vengeancecrueltyhumiliationcorruptionangerrapedeathrevengelove |
Story: | wrathcrowdpassionkeytearslettercryingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybased on novel |
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: | marriagedeathlove |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationship |
Story: | voice over letterwagercrowddesiretearslettercryingbased on novelsex |
Forty-year-old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twen …ties onwards. Christine receives treatment from Dr. Nasch, a neurologist at a local hospital who provides her a camera to record her thoughts and progress each day, and calls her every morning to remind her to watch the video in the camera. Soon, she starts to discover the truth around her. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | extramarital affairangeradulterybetrayalmarriagelove |
Story: | voice over letterpsychological manipulationmanipulative behaviorkeyparklettercryingfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelsex |
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. A police officer called Leo sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers". Leo arrests Mei, …only to have Jin breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem... (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | corruptionseductionbetrayalrapemarriagerevengedeath |
Characters: | love triangle |
Story: | passionsword fighttearscryingsex |