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Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to β¦ rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptioncancerdrug useangermemorydrunkennessfearpregnancy |
Locations: | elevatortaxibuslos angeles californiaairplanehotelswimming poolbarnew york city |
Characters: | pregnant motherfather son relationshipex husband ex wife relationshiplittle girlbest friendphotographermusiciansingerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 19711970s |
Story: | tour busman wearing briefsestranged sonwhat happened to epiloguereading a letter aloudhotel desk clerklooking at oneself in a mirrorhotel roomsurprise partytelephone callreference to sylvia plathflushing drugs down a toilethyperactive childtalent managerends with real life photos β¦man wrapped in a towelprenuptial agreementreference to bruce springsteen2015fan the persondying hairballet classscotch whiskey40 year oldcigarette smokingsongwritingfemale in a showerends with biographical notesmeaning of lifemercedesman wearing towelblogtequilamiddle ageentertainernervousnessmale protagonistepilogueleukemiawhistlingunhappinesscigarettebillboardinspirationfemale in showermidlife crisisnervous breakdowndressing roombriefstoursonbackstagenew jerseyreconciliationpromiserock starone night standcaught having sexscene during opening creditscrucifixhappinesstape recorderrecordingeyeglassesrecord playertypewriterscene during end creditspianistcollege studentstorytellingprologuemicrophoneapologyconcertbandf wordtelephonepianobirthdayletterbikinicamerawatching tvrescuemirrorunderwearsongcell phonecryingbased on true storypartysingingtitle spoken by characterphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in titlebare chested maletwo word titlebare breastsinterviewkissnudity (See All) |
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.
Themes: | drug useangerdrunkenness |
Locations: | elevatorbuslos angeles californiaairplanehotelswimming poolbarnew york city |
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | tour bushotel roomtelephone callcigarette smokingwhistlingbriefstourreconciliationrock starrecordingrecord playerprologuemicrophoneconcertband β¦f wordtelephonebirthdaycamerawatching tvunderwearsongcryingbased on true storypartysingingphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybare chested maleinterviewkiss (See All) |
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician β¦. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionmemorydrunkenness |
Locations: | taxibusbar |
Characters: | photographermusiciansingerdoctor |
Story: | tour bustelephone callcigarette smokingsongwritingdressing roombriefsbackstagereconciliationone night standtape recordereyeglassespianistmicrophoneapologyconcert β¦bandpianocamerawatching tvmirrorunderwearsongcryingsingingtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditybare chested malenudityinterview (See All) |
Themes: | fear |
Locations: | taxihotelswimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | photographersingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguehotel roomtelephone callcigarette smokingends with biographical notesnervousnessbriefstape recordereyeglassesmicrophoneapologybandf wordtelephonebikini β¦camerawatching tvunderwearsongcryingbased on true storypartysingingtitle spoken by characterphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in titlebare chested malenudityinterviewkiss (See All) |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
Themes: | memorydrunkennessfearpregnancy |
Locations: | elevatortaxinew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipex husband ex wife relationshiplittle girlphotographersingerdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callscotch whiskeycigarette smokingleukemianervous breakdowntypewriterstorytellingmicrophoneapologyf wordtelephonepianolettercamera β¦mirrorsongcryingpartysingingphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare chested maletwo word titlebare breastskissnudity (See All) |
Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic years in the 1960s, as his inner demons and obsessions trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for years. In β¦ the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the unscrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationship grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useangerfear |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairplaneswimming pool |
Characters: | father son relationshipex husband ex wife relationshipmusiciansingerdoctorfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 19711970s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguelooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingsongwritingnervousnessunhappinessnervous breakdownbackstagepromisescene during opening creditseyeglassesscene during end creditspianistprologue β¦microphoneapologyconcertf wordtelephonepianobikinimirrorsongcryingpartysingingbare chested malekiss (See All) |
A documentary on the life of 'Amy Winehouse' (qv), the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Themes: | drug usememorydrunkennessfear |
Locations: | taxihotelbar |
Characters: | best friendphotographermusiciansingerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | telephone calltalent managerfan the personcigarette smokingnervousnesswhistlingnervous breakdownbackstageprologuemicrophoneapologybandf wordtelephonebirthday β¦camerasongcell phonecryingsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographbare chested maleinterviewkiss (See All) |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early β¦flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Themes: | drug usepregnancy |
Locations: | elevatorbuslos angeles californiaswimming poolbarnew york city |
Characters: | musiciansingerdoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingdressing roomtourbackstagerecordingpianistprologuemicrophoneconcertbandpianocamerawatching tvmirror β¦songcryingpartysingingtitle spoken by characterkiss (See All) |
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: | drug useangermemorydrunkennesspregnancy |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiaswimming poolbarnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girlbest friendmusiciansingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingnervous breakdownone night standeyeglassesstorytellingmicrophoneapologybandbirthdayletterwatching tvunderwearsongcell phone β¦partysingingtitle spoken by characterphotographfemale nuditycharacter name in titlebare chested malekiss (See All) |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this β¦gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usememorydrunkenness |
Locations: | barnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipbest friendsinger |
Story: | what happened to epiloguelooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingends with biographical notesepiloguepromiserecordingeyeglassesrecord playertypewritercollege studentprologueapologyband β¦f wordtelephonebirthdaymirrorunderwearsongcryingpartysingingtitle spoken by characterphotographbare chested malekissnudity (See All) |
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)
Themes: | angerdrunkenness |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | father son relationshipbest friendmusiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone callcigarette smokingdressing roombackstagetape recorderrecordingrecord playermicrophonebandtelephonepianobirthdaylettermirror β¦underwearsongcryingbased on true storypartysingingphotographtwo word titlekiss (See All) |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a β¦rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | elevatortaxibusairplanebarnew york city |
Characters: | photographermusiciansingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingsonnew jerseycrucifixrecordingeyeglassesrecord playerpianistmicrophoneconcertbandpianocamera β¦watching tvunderwearsongbased on true storypartysingingphotographfemale nuditybare chested maleinterviewnudity (See All) |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Themes: | memorypregnancy |
Locations: | elevatortaxilos angeles californiaairplanehotel |
Characters: | father son relationshipsingerdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | what happened to epiloguereading a letter aloudlooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingreconciliationscene during opening creditsrecordingeyeglassesrecord playerapologyconcertf wordtelephoneletter β¦mirrorsongcryingbased on true storysingingphotograph (See All) |
In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored the β¦re to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usememoryfear |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairplanebar |
Characters: | musiciansingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 19711970s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone callfan the personepilogueinspirationhappinessrecordingmicrophoneconcertbandtelephonewatching tvsongsingingphotograph β¦bare chested maleinterview (See All) |
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: | drug usedrunkennessfearpregnancy |
Locations: | elevatortaxilos angeles californiaswimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipphotographersingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 19711970s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone callcigarette smokingends with biographical notesbriefsscene during opening creditsrecordingeyeglassesrecord playercameramirrorunderwearsongcryingbased on true story β¦partysingingphotographfemale nuditybare chested malekiss (See All) |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain β¦in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | memory |
Locations: | elevatorlos angeles californiaswimming poolbar |
Characters: | little girlphotographermusiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callwhistlingdressing roombackstagerecordingrecord playerpianistprologueapologyconcertbandtelephonepianocamera β¦mirrorsongcell phonepartysingingphotographkiss (See All) |
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: | redemptiondrug usememorydrunkennessfearpregnancy |
Locations: | buslos angeles californiahotelswimming pool |
Characters: | father son relationshipmusiciansingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | tour buscigarette smokingpianistmicrophoneconcertbandpianobirthdaycamerasongcryingsingingtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titlekiss |
Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office β¦, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. (Read More)
Themes: | angerdrunkenness |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiaairplanehotelnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipphotographersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone callnervousnessbackstagetape recorderrecordingeyeglassesrecord playermicrophoneapologyf wordtelephonebirthdaycamerawatching tv β¦mirrorsongpartysingingphotographcharacter name in titletwo word titleinterviewnudity (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion β¦s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | memorydrunkennessfearpregnancy |
Locations: | bushotelbar |
Characters: | father son relationshipex husband ex wife relationshipbest friendsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokinghappinessapologyf wordtelephonebirthdaybikinimirrorsongcell phonecryingsingingphotograph β¦female rear nudityfemale nuditybare chested malekissnudity (See All) |
It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters, but have spent a summer in Greece on the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send hi β¦s teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk. (Read More)
Themes: | angermemoryfear |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | father son relationshipex husband ex wife relationshiplittle girlphotographerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roomtelephone callreference to sylvia plathfan the personwhistlingunhappinesssonpromisehappinessstorytellingprologuef wordpianocameraunderwear β¦cell phonefemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybare chested maletwo word titlekiss (See All) |
Themes: | drug usememorydrunkennessfear |
Locations: | elevatortaxihotelswimming pool |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girldoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorhotel roomtelephone callcigarette smokingpromisescene during opening creditseyeglassescollege studentprologueapologyf wordtelephonewatching tvmirrorunderwear β¦partybare chested malebare breastskiss (See All) |
In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez more than his face from a recent bike accident was his pressing need for story ideas. That is when he discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill, homeless street musician who possesses extraordinary talent, even through his half- β¦broken instruments. Inspired by his story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about Ayers and attempts to do more to help both him and the rest of the underclass of LA have a better life. However, Lopez's good intentions run headlong in the hard realities of the strength of Ayers' personal demons and the larger social injustices facing the homeless. Regardless, Lopez and Ayers must find a way to conquer their deepest anxieties and frustrations to hope for a brighter future for both of them. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessfear |
Locations: | elevatortaxilos angeles californiaairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | father son relationshipex husband ex wife relationshipmusiciansinger |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone callcigarette smokingepiloguetape recordereyeglassesstorytellingprologueconcertmirrorunderwearsongcell phonecryingsinging β¦bare chested male (See All) |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc β¦alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
Themes: | cancerdrug usememory |
Locations: | elevatortaxiairplaneswimming poolbar |
Characters: | father son relationshipsingerdoctorfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingtequilacaught having sextape recorderrecordingeyeglassesrecord playertypewriterpianistprologueapologyf wordtelephonepiano β¦lettersongcell phonecryingsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographfemale nuditybare chested maletwo word titleinterviewkiss (See All) |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the β¦ other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryfear |
Locations: | elevatorairplanehotelswimming pool |
Characters: | father son relationshipphotographermusiciansingerdoctorfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callman wrapped in a towelcigarette smokingeyeglassesprologuemicrophoneapologyconcertf wordtelephonebirthdaylettercamerawatching tvsong β¦singingtitle spoken by characterphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybare chested malekiss (See All) |
Peter is a composer and a likable sad sack who's devastated when his girlfriend of five years, Sarah Marshall, the star of a cheesy CSI-style crime show, dumps him. He weeps, he rails, he mopes. Finally, his step-brother Brian suggests Hawaii, so Peter heads for a resort on Oahu where, as he's check β¦ing in, he sees Sarah and her new beau, Aldous, a polymorphously perverse English rocker. The weeping and moping start again, until Peter is rescued by Rachel, a thoughtful hotel clerk who invites him to a luau and to hang out. Although he constantly runs into Sarah and Aldous, Peter starts to come alive again. Will Sarah realize what she's lost, and what about Rachel? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairplanehotelswimming poolbar |
Characters: | photographermusiciansingerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel desk clerktelephone callrock starscene during end creditsmicrophoneapologybandpianocamerawatching tvmirrorunderwearsongcell phonecrying β¦singingphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in titlebare chested malekiss (See All) |
Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force β¦performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useangermemorydrunkenness |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiaairplanehotelbarnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girlphotographermusiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Period: | year 19711970s |
Story: | entertainernervous breakdowntourbackstagerock startape recordermicrophoneconcertcamerawatching tvcryingpartysingingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity β¦two word titleinterviewnudity (See All) |
Violet Weston ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiance), eldest daughter Barbara (with her β¦separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August. (Read More)
Themes: | cancerdrug useangermemoryfear |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | father son relationshipsingerdoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingsonrecordingeyeglassesrecord playerstorytellingprologueapologyf wordtelephonepianomirrorsong β¦cryingsingingphotographkiss (See All) |
England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as 'King George VI' (qv), but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extr β¦aordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | fear |
Locations: | elevatorairplane |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girlphotographersingerdoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone callcigarette smokingwhistlingpromiserecordingeyeglassesrecord playertypewriterstorytellingmicrophoneapologyf wordtelephonecamera β¦songcryingbased on true storysingingtitle spoken by characterkissinterview (See All) |
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death a β¦nd Sid is arrested for her murder. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | taxibushotelbarnew york city |
Characters: | photographermusiciansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | tour busreference to bruce springsteencigarette smokingtourrock starconcertcameramirrorsongcryingsingingfemale nuditycharacter name in titlenuditykiss |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp β¦ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
Themes: | angerdrunkenness |
Locations: | buslos angeles californiaairplanebar |
Characters: | photographerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorfan the personcigarette smokingwhistlingunhappinessdressing roombackstagerecordingrecord playertypewritermicrophoneapologytelephonecameramirror β¦cryingphotographtwo word titleinterviewkiss (See All) |
In 1975, San Fernando Valley teen Joan Larkin reinvents herself as Joan Jett, a guitarist who wants to form an all-girl punk band. She pitches the idea to a sleazy manager, Kim Fowley, who pairs her with a drummer and then searches for a face: he finds Cherie Currie, at age 15, the perfect jailbait β¦image for his purpose; by luck, she can sing. Two others round out the band, The Runaways. Fowley books a tour, signs them to Mercury Records, and packs them off to crowds in Japan. Seeds of conflict sprout early: Fowley puts Cherie front and center in the publicity, she's soon strung out on drugs and vodka, and jealousies arise. Without adult supervision, where can Joan and Cherie end up? (Read More)
Themes: | drug useanger |
Characters: | musiciansingerfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone calltourreconciliationrock starrecordingrecord playermicrophoneconcertbandf wordbirthdayunderwearsongparty β¦singingtitle spoken by characterphotograph (See All) |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr β¦aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
Themes: | cancerangermemorypregnancy |
Locations: | bushotelswimming pool |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girlphotographerdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callbriefspromisescene during opening creditseyeglassesprologueapologyf wordtelephonelettercamerarescuemirrorcrying β¦photographcharacter name in titlebare chested malekiss (See All) |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
Themes: | pregnancy |
Locations: | elevatorbusbarnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipmusiciansingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingrecordingrecord playerstorytellingmicrophoneapologyconcerttelephoneunderwearsongcryingsingingtitle spoken by characterphotograph β¦character name in title (See All) |
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Themes: | cancerdrug useangermemory |
Locations: | elevatorbus |
Characters: | father son relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callepilogueleukemiaunhappinesspromisestorytellingprologueapologytelephoneletterwatching tvmirrorsongcrying β¦singingphotographinterview (See All) |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife β¦ is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
Themes: | cancerdrug usememorydrunkennesspregnancy |
Locations: | elevatortaxibusairplanehotelswimming poolbarnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipsingerdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone callcigarette smokingtape recordereyeglassespianistmicrophonebandtelephonepianowatching tvunderwearsongcryingbased on true story β¦singingtitle spoken by characterphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare chested malenudity (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr β¦overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | cancerdrug usememoryfear |
Characters: | father son relationshipbest friendphotographersingerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callunhappinessnervous breakdowndressing roombackstagepromisehappinesseyeglassestypewritercollege studentapologyf wordtelephonebirthday β¦lettercamerawatching tvmirrorcryingpartysingingphotographkiss (See All) |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as β¦he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptioncancerdrug usememorydrunkennessfear |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girldoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingbriefscrucifixprologuemicrophoneapologytelephonebirthdaywatching tvmirrorunderwearcell phonecrying β¦singingtitle spoken by characterphotographfemale nuditybare chested malekiss (See All) |
Themes: | drug useangerfearpregnancy |
Locations: | taxihotelswimming poolbar |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girlbest frienddoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingtequilascene during opening creditseyeglassesscene during end creditscollege studentapologybandf wordtelephonewatching tvtitle spoken by characterbare chested malekiss |
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Themes: | angermemorydrunkennesspregnancy |
Locations: | taxi |
Characters: | father son relationshipdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | estranged sonlooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingnervousnessunhappinesshappinessprologueapologytelephonewatching tvmirrorcryingkiss |
Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot h β¦im, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? (Read More)
Themes: | drug usefearpregnancy |
Locations: | elevatortaxiairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girlbest friendsingerdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | hotel roomtelephone callflushing drugs down a toiletcigarette smokingdressing roombackstagepromiseapologyf wordmirrorunderwearsongcryingsingingphotograph β¦female frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare chested malekiss (See All) |
Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are.
Themes: | cancerdrug useangermemorydrunkenness |
Locations: | taxibusbar |
Characters: | father son relationshipbest frienddoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callmeaning of lifenervous breakdownone night standapologyf wordbirthdaywatching tvmirrorcell phonecryingbased on true storypartytitle spoken by character β¦kiss (See All) |
A chance encounter between a travelling salesman and a lonely hitman triggers a strangely profound relationship which provokes each to act in ways neither would have imagined possible. Fate steps in to form a friendship between two men from irreconcilable worlds that will alter the lives of both for β¦ever. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelswimming poolbar |
Characters: | father son relationshipmusicianhusband wife relationship |
Story: | man wearing briefshotel roomtelephone callballet classcigarette smokingnervous breakdowneyeglassesrecord playerstorytellingapologybandbirthdaywatching tvmirrorunderwear β¦cell phonecryingphotographkiss (See All) |
God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter in present-day Brussels, Belgium. She concludes that her dad is doing a terrible job and decides to rewrite the world, descending to earth in search of her own 6 messengers to write a brand new testament and change the s β¦tatus quo. (Read More)
Themes: | angermemory |
Locations: | elevatorairplane |
Characters: | father son relationshipdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingbriefsscene during opening creditscrucifixhappinesseyeglassesrecord playerprologuef wordbikiniwatching tvmirrorunderwear β¦songcell phonecryingsingingtitle spoken by characterfemale frontal nuditybare chested malebare breastsnudity (See All) |
Adam ('Tom Hiddleston' (qv)), an underground musician, reunites with his lover for centuries ('Tilda Swinton' (qv)) after he becomes depressed and tired with the direction human society has taken. Their love is interrupted and tested by his wild and uncontrollable little sister ('Mia Wasikowska' (qv β¦)). (Read More)
Themes: | memoryfear |
Locations: | taxiairplane |
Characters: | musiciansingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingtape recorderrecordingrecord playermicrophonebandf wordtelephonewatching tvsongcryingsingingphotographfemale nudity β¦bare chested malebare breastsnuditykiss (See All) |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz β¦es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
Themes: | angerdrunkennessfear |
Locations: | swimming poolbar |
Characters: | photographersinger |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguetelephone call40 year oldmidlife crisisbriefstape recorderrecordingeyeglassesrecord playertypewriterbirthdaycamerawatching tvmirrorunderwear β¦songcryingsingingcharacter name in titlebare chested maleinterviewkiss (See All) |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did β¦, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usememorydrunkenness |
Locations: | taxibar |
Characters: | father son relationshipmusiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingnew jerseycrucifixtape recorderrecordingrecord playerstorytellingprologuemicrophoneapologywatching tvunderwearsongcell phone β¦cryingpartysingingphotographbare chested malekiss (See All) |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the β¦concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | memorypregnancy |
Locations: | taxibarnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipphotographersingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingpianistapologyconcertpianobirthdaycameraunderwearsongcell phonecryingpartysingingfemale nudity β¦kiss (See All) |
In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife and raises his son Shigehiko Aoyama alone. Seven years later, the teenage Shigehiko asks why his middle-aged father does not remarry and Shigeharu meets his friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, who is a film producer, and tells his inte β¦ntion. However, Shigeharu has difficulties to approach to available women to date and Yasuhisa decide to organize a sham audition for casting the lead actress for the fake movie. They receive several portfolios of candidates and Shigeharu becomes obsessed by the gorgeous Asami Yamazaki. Despite the advice of the experienced Yasuhisa, Shigeharu calls Asami to date and he falls for her. But who is the mysterious Asami? (Read More)
Themes: | drug useangerfear |
Locations: | elevatorhotelbar |
Characters: | father son relationshiplittle girldoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callcigarette smokingunhappinesssonhappinesspianistconcerttelephonepianowatching tvmirrorunderwearcell phonetitle spoken by character β¦photographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybare chested malekissinterviewnudity (See All) |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | drug usememory |
Locations: | bushotelnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipphotographersingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingscene during opening creditsrecordingeyeglassesrecord playermicrophoneapologyf wordtelephonelettercameramirrorsongsinging β¦photographbare chested malekiss (See All) |
Themes: | drug use |
Locations: | swimming poolbarnew york city |
Characters: | father son relationshipmusicianhusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callcigarette smokingrecordingeyeglassesrecord playermicrophoneconcertbandtelephonewatching tvunderwearbased on true storyphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity β¦bare chested maletwo word titlekiss (See All) |