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U.S.-based Roshan Mehra's mother, Fatima, is Muslim, while his dad is Hindu. When his ailing grandmother, Annapurna, wants to re-locate to Delhi to spend her last days, he accompanies her. Upon arrival, they are greeted by Ali Beg, who wanted to marry Fatima, but was not able to disclose his feeling β¦s to her. He also gets to meet the Sharma family, who hope that he will wed Rama, the daughter of Madan, who is busy looking for a groom for his other rather rebellious daughter, Bittu, who wants to be the next Indian Idol. He also gets to meet assorted Muslim and Hindus, who welcome him with open arms, and he gets to witness that lower caste Indians are still being shunned despite of modern technology and the launching of satellites. When reports of a Kala Bandhar terrorizing the community increases, Hindus start to suspect that it may be a Muslim terrorist, while the Muslims fear that it may be a Hindu political ploy to demolish a mosque. (Read More)
Themes: | religious intolerancereligious bigotryreligious conflictnear death experienceafterlifepolice corruptionfalling in lovetheatrereligion |
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | religious fervorself justiceaunt nephew relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipuncle nephew relationshipamerican abroadmuslimlittle boyphotographerpolicemanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | jumping from rooftop to rooftopmonkey maskbrick walllynch mobmob violencemonkey costumeculture clashtheatre productionnext door neighboranimal maskbroken mirrorlooking at oneself in a mirrorreligious festivaldepiction of corrupt societycardiopulmonary resuscitation β¦mysterious creaturenavel piercingwatering a plantdisapproving fatherdelhi indiapop idolweeping womansweetsanimal birthends with narrationanimal costumewoman wearing a towelfather daughter conflictcalfshot with a gunrunning away from homebrain scanextended familyterminal cancerrat poisonlock of hairplay within a filmtaj mahalcourtyardphoto studioaspiring singerdying womanchild driving carposing for a photographmedia frenzyjumping out a windowstarts with narrationbrain tumorintergenerational friendshipbrickstatue of libertyfictional reality showdovetimes square manhattan new york citymosquekitecameo appearancetraffic jamreality showscene before opening creditshinduintoleranceparkourplaying poolhomecomingpigeonbribegunshot woundpool tablearranged marriagesocial commentarycultureindiangoatcommunitycrushmobjail celltemplehyphen in titleterminal illnessfreeze framearsonmonkeycowcharacter says i love youcity name in titlescene during end creditscharacter's point of view camera shotmistaken identityprotestold womannews reportambulanceneighbormaskarrestface slapurinationmirrorbeatingcell phonevoice over narrationnumber in titlekiss (See All) |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d β¦rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stopβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | religious intolerancepolice corruptionreligion |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | muslimpoliceman |
Story: | culture clashlooking at oneself in a mirrordepiction of corrupt societyhinduintolerancebribesocial commentaryjail cellfreeze frameprotestarrestface slapurinationmirrorbeating β¦cell phonevoice over narration (See All) |
On New Year's Eve in London, four strangers find themselves on the roof of a building known for suicides. Martin is a famous talk show host just out of jail, Maureen is a lonely single mother, Jess is young, reckless and heartbroken, and JJ is an American realizing the failures in his life. Through β¦mutual pain and humour, this unlikely group take the long way down and figure out what will keep them alive until Valentine's Day, one step at a time. (Read More)
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | american abroadfather daughter relationship |
Story: | cardiopulmonary resuscitationfather daughter conflictmedia frenzystarts with narrationintergenerational friendshipambulancevoice over narration |
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: | afterlifepolice corruptionreligion |
Characters: | little boypolicemanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorterminal cancerterminal illnesscharacter says i love youarrestface slapurinationmirrorcell phonekiss |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipamerican abroadmuslimlittle boyfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | culture clashlooking at oneself in a mirrormosquetraffic jamfreeze frameneighbormirrorkiss |
In Glenview, Ohio, Evan is the manager of the Costco department store and married to Abby. When the Costco night watchman, Antonio Guzman, is mysteriously murdered, Evan organizes The Neighborhood Watch, a watch team with his suburban neighbors Bob, Franklin and Jamarcus to protect the neighborhood β¦and find the killer of Antonio. Soon they discover that the murderer is an alien that is preparing to invade Earth, and they become the last hope of mankind on Earth. (Read More)
Themes: | near death experience |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | ends with narrationpool tablefreeze framecowcharacter says i love younews reportambulanceneighborarrestface slapurinationcell phonevoice over narration |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the β¦ death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
Themes: | religion |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipuncle nephew relationshipmuslimlittle boyfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | mosquekitepigeonbribegoatold womanmirrorbeatingkiss |
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Themes: | near death experience |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | little boyfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | scene before opening creditspool tablesocial commentaryjail cellarsoncowcharacter's point of view camera shotnews report |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa β¦chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | near death experiencefalling in lovetheatre |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshippolicemanfather daughter relationship |
Story: | statue of libertyplaying poolpool tablejail cellprotestnews reportarresturinationbeatingkiss |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Themes: | near death experienceafterlife |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | little boypolicemanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | freeze framenews reportambulanceneighborarrestmirrorcell phone |
Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry B β¦uttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill's lives are put in danger. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in love |
Characters: | american abroadfather daughter relationship |
Story: | broken mirrorlooking at oneself in a mirrorsocial commentarycharacter says i love youcharacter's point of view camera shotmistaken identitynews reportmaskarrestmirror |
The Republic of Wadiya is ruled by an eccentric and oppressive leader named Hafez Aladeen. Aladeen is summoned to New York to a UN assembly to address concerns about his country's nuclear weapons program, but the trip goes awry.
Themes: | falling in love |
Characters: | photographer |
Story: | culture clashlooking at oneself in a mirrorbricktimes square manhattan new york citygoatscene during end creditsprotestface slapurinationmirrorcell phonekiss |
Melanie Carmichael, an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like fiancee of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn't forget about her family back down South. More importantly, h β¦er husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce papers seven years ago. To set matters straight, she decides to go to the south quick and make him sign the papers. When things don't turn out the way she planned them, she realizes that what she had before in the south was far more perfect than the life she had in New York City. (Read More)
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | little boypolicemanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | culture clashtimes square manhattan new york cityplaying poolhomecomingpool tablefreeze framescene during end creditsarrestcell phonekiss |
I Origins begins when graduate student, Ian Gray, is researching the evolution of human eyes with Karen and Kenny, in order to prove that eyes have evolved instead of "appeared" as creationists claim. His fascination with eyes takes him into areas that have profound personal and cultural consequence β¦s. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in lovereligion |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | american abroad |
Story: | starts with narrationscene before opening creditsindiannews reportmaskcell phone |
Professional Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon is more commonly known as THE GRAVEDIGGER. Jimmy was a mob hit-man, who was best friends with his boss Sean Maguire. But when Jimmy's son, Michael, is marked for death by the mob, Jimmy must go up against Sean to protect Michael at all costs. Together, he an β¦d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruption |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | starts with narrationtimes square manhattan new york citymobfreeze framenews reportarrestface slapbeatingcell phonevoice over narration |
P. K. is a comedy of ideas about a stranger in the city, who asks questions that no one has asked before. They are innocent, child-like questions, but they bring about catastrophic answers. People who are set in their ways for generations, are forced to reappraise their world when they see it from P β¦K's innocent eyes. In the process PK makes loyal friends and powerful foes. Mends broken lives and angers the establishment. P. K.'s childlike curiosity transforms into a spiritual odyssey for him and millions of others. The film is an ambitious and uniquely original exploration of complex philosophies. It is also a simple and humane tale of love, laughter and letting-go. Finally, it is a moving saga about a friendship between strangers from worlds apart. (Read More)
Themes: | religion |
Characters: | muslimpolicemanfather daughter relationship |
Story: | hindubribeindiantemplearresturinationvoice over narration |
After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs β¦ for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. (Read More)
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipuncle nephew relationshipmuslimpolicemanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | mosquetraffic jamarranged marriagebeatingcell phonekiss |
Robert Trench, an undercover DEA agent, takes advantage of gunman Michael Stigman's idea to rob a bank to bust him and a mob boss. However, it proves too successful with much more money seized than anticipated with Trench's forces not stopping the getaway. Complicating things still more, Stigman tur β¦ns out to be a Naval Intelligence agent who shoots Trench and takes the money. The interservice debacle suddenly finds Trench and Stigman in a bloody web of corrupt clandestine rivalries as they are hunted, blackmailed and isolated for the money on both sides of the law. Now, the fugitives must work together to find a way out of this situation with no one to turn to but themselves. (Read More)
Story: | scene before opening creditsgunshot woundgoatmobjail celltemplefreeze framearsoncowcharacter's point of view camera shotmaskarresturinationmirrorbeating β¦cell phonenumber in title (See All) |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia β¦tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)
Themes: | religion |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | muslimpolicemanfamily relationships |
Story: | mosquetraffic jamgoatcowarrestface slapcell phonevoice over narration |
Roger Ferris is a CIA operative in the Middle East; Ed Hoffman is his control at Langley. Cynicism is everywhere. In Amman, Roger works with Hani Salaam, Jordan's head of security, whose only dictum is "Don't lie to me." The Americans are in pursuit of a cleric who leads a group placing bombs all ov β¦er Europe. When Hani rebukes Ed's demand that Jordan allow the Americans to use one of Jordan's double agents, Roger and Ed hatch a plan to bring the cleric to them. The plan is complicated by its being a secret from Hani and by Roger's attraction to a local nurse. Satellites and cell phones, bodies and lies: modern warfare. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in lovereligion |
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipamerican abroadmuslimphotographerfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | mosquejail cellface slapurinationbeatingcell phonevoice over narration |
Ever since his match with Clubber Lang, Rocky Balboa has a peaceful life. And now he and former champion, Apollo Creed, enjoy good times and are now the best of friends. But Rocky's peaceful life as a boxer gets paused after a match Apollo went into. Unfortunately, Creed fought Ivan drago, a 6'5" Ru β¦ssian who has never lost a match, and sadly, brutally murders Apollo in the ring. A funeral is held and times start going downhill fast. Now, in order to restore honor, Rocky challenges Drago to a match and must beat him for sweet, bitter vengeance. (Read More)
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipamerican abroadlittle boyfamily relationships |
Story: | culture clashlooking at oneself in a mirrorsocial commentaryfreeze framecharacter says i love youcharacter's point of view camera shotnews reportbeatingkiss |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece β¦s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipphotographerpolicemanfather daughter relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorfictional reality showfreeze framecharacter says i love youmirrorbeatingcell phonevoice over narrationkiss |
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 β¦ 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: | falling in love |
Characters: | muslimphotographer |
Story: | culture clashmosqueindianterminal illnesscity name in titleambulanceface slapbeatingcell phonevoice over narration |
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns at birth, three friends Moe, Larry and Curly spend their time eye poking and slapping each other all the day long. But when their orphanage suddenly goes bankrupt, the three Stooges set out to save it by journeying into the world to find a way to rais β¦e the money required. But their quest brings them into being used in a murder scheme and landing them into a popular reality show. (Read More)
Locations: | rooftop |
Story: | reality showscene during end creditsprotestnews reportambulancearrestface slapurinationcell phonenumber in title |
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma β¦ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | policeman |
Story: | times square manhattan new york cityarsoncharacter says i love youscene during end creditsnews reportambulancearrestface slapurinationcell phonenumber in title |
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: β¦ truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)
Characters: | little boypolicemanfather daughter relationship |
Story: | theatre productionbroken mirrorlooking at oneself in a mirrorcharacter says i love youneighbormirrorcell phonevoice over narrationkiss |
Michael Mason, a pick-pocket living in Paris steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes, killing four people. CCTV footage reveals Masons face and the French police tag him as a terrorist thr β¦eat. The explosion, although botched, was set up by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank, (closed on French National Day) -hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar, discovers the real story behind Masons "terrorist attack". The two men, on different sides of the law, collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruption |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | american abroad |
Story: | mosquepool tablearsoncharacter's point of view camera shotprotestnews reportambulancemaskarrestbeatingcell phone |
Sometime in the 1970's, police officers from New York City wanted a safe haven to live, away from the dangers of the streets of New York City, this is when they established a "Cop Land" in the small New Jersey town of Garrison. Freddy Heflin who was always admired by the New York cops wanted to beco β¦me one, but because he was deaf in one ear this prevents him from achieving his goal, but has become sheriff of Garrison. Recently there have been a dark omen surrounding the NYPD, and Freddy is now investigating on this case, then Internal Affairs officer Mo Tilden is also on the case and asks Freddy for help, but Freddy could not. Now Freddy suspects that a New York City cop named Ray Donlan might be one of the many cops who is corrupted by the mob and other criminals. Now, Freddy must find a cop who is nicknamed "Superboy" who can testify against Donlan and protect him, before Donlan finds Superboy and kills him. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruption |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipuncle nephew relationshippoliceman |
Story: | times square manhattan new york citymobjail cellarsonnews reportambulancearrestbeatingvoice over narration |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s β¦eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | lynch mobintolerancemobprotestarrestbeatingkiss |
When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission to eradicate a drug cartel responsible for a bomb that had killed members of her team.
Themes: | near death experiencepolice corruption |
Characters: | american abroad |
Story: | culture clashtraffic jamcharacter's point of view camera shotnews reportarresturinationbeatingcell phone |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Characters: | photographerpolicemanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | media frenzyhomecomingbribecharacter says i love youarrestface slapmirrorbeatingcell phone |
Themes: | near death experience |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshippolicemanfather daughter relationship |
Story: | scene during end creditscharacter's point of view camera shotnews reportambulancemaskarrestface slapbeatingcell phonevoice over narrationkiss |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental β¦ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | religious intolerancereligion |
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipmuslimpolicemanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | culturejail cellprotestold womanneighborarrestvoice over narrationkiss |
After witnessing the brutal murders of a convenience store owner and his son, firefighter Jeremy Coleman barely escapes with his life. As he is forced to testify against the crime lord, Hagan, he is placed in the witness protection program under the watch of the U.S. Marshals. When his new identity β¦becomes compromised Jeremy is forced to take an unexpected course of action in order to get his life back and save the lives of those he loves. (Read More)
Themes: | near death experience |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | self justicepoliceman |
Story: | scene before opening creditsgunshot woundjail cellarsonnews reportambulancebeatingcell phonekiss |
Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a top-secret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remote-control toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the β¦ toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit... (Read More)
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | little boyfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorbribecharacter's point of view camera shotneighbor |
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. β¦ Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... (Read More)
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshiplittle boy |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorpool tablefreeze framenews reportneighborface slapbeatingcell phone |
In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank's henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, Maria, the tough but uneducated daughter of a fa β¦rmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, Maria and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women's options? (Read More)
Themes: | near death experience |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | american abroadphotographerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | culture clashlooking at oneself in a mirrorsocial commentaryarsonarrestface slapkiss |
Tom Reagan (played by Gabriel Byrne) is the right-hand man, and chief adviser, to a mob boss, Leo (Albert Finney). Trouble is brewing between Leo and another mob boss, Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), over the activities of a bookie, Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) and Leo and Tom are at odds on how to d β¦eal with it. Meanwhile, Tom is in a secret relationship with Leo's girlfriend, Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), who happens to be the sister of Bernie. In trying to resolve the issue, Tom is cast out from Leo's camp and ultimately finds himself stuck in the middle between several deadly, unforgiving parties. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruption |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | mob violencebroken mirrormobcharacter's point of view camera shotface slapmirrorbeating |
John and Laura Baxter are in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic. She insists that she sees the spirit of the Baxters' daughter, who recently drowned. Laura is intrigued, but John resists the idea. He, however, seems to have his own psychic flashes, seei β¦ng their daughter walk the streets in her red cloak, as well as Laura and the sisters on a funeral gondola. (Read More)
Themes: | afterlife |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | policemanfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | broken mirrorcity name in titlecharacter's point of view camera shotold womanambulancearrestmirrorkiss |
The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban "ghetto," over a span of twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Said, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these French suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force hav β¦e raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his handgun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody. (Read More)
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshippoliceman |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorcowprotestarrestmirrorbeating |
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: | religion |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipphotographerpolicemanfather daughter relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorjail cellarrestface slapurinationmirrorbeatingkiss |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both β¦came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Characters: | american abroadphotographerfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | culture clashfreeze framecity name in titlearrestcell phonevoice over narrationnumber in titlekiss |
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 β¦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: | religion |
Characters: | little boyfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorarranged marriagemobprotestarrestface slapmirrorbeatingvoice over narrationkiss |
Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to int β¦ensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure. (Read More)
Themes: | near death experienceafterlife |
Characters: | little boyfather daughter relationship |
Story: | broken mirrorlooking at oneself in a mirrordying womanfreeze framecharacter says i love youcharacter's point of view camera shotbeatingkiss |
Stu is getting married. Along with Doug, Phil, and his soon-to-be brother-in-law Teddy, he regretfully invites Alan to Thailand for the wedding. After a quiet night on the beach with a beer and toasting marshmallows by the camp fire, Stu, Alan and Phil wake up in a seedy apartment in Bangkok. Doug i β¦s back at the resort, but Teddy is missing, there's a monkey with a severed finger, Alan's head is shaved, Stu has a tattoo on his face, and they can't remember any of it. The wolf-pack retrace their steps through strip clubs, tattoo parlors and cocaine-dealing monkeys on the streets of Bangkok as they try and find Teddy before the wedding. (Read More)
Characters: | american abroad |
Story: | gunshot woundfreeze framemonkeyscene during end creditsmistaken identityarrestbeatingcell phonenumber in title |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t β¦he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptionreligion |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipphotographerpolicemanfamily relationships |
Story: | mob violencekitefreeze framescene during end creditsarrestface slapvoice over narrationkiss |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte β¦r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in love |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshippolicemanfamily relationships |
Story: | jail cellfreeze framecharacter says i love youarresturinationmirrorvoice over narrationkiss |
Zohan Dvir works as a Special Agent and lives with his orthodox parents in Israel. He wants to give up this life full of dangerous encounters with Palestinians. While in the process of apprehending a Palestinian activist known simply as the Phantom, he fakes his death, hides in a dog-kennel on a pla β¦ne bound for New York, and decides to try his hand as a hair-stylist. He is refused employment initially, but when he offers to work for free, Dahlia hires him as a cleaner. When a hair-stylist named Debbie quits, Zohan replaces her, winning over elderly female clientele, and falling in love with Dahlia herself. Before Zohan could propose to her, Dahlia's landlord, Walbridge, who has been raising rents regularly, hires skinhead goons to terrorize the neighborhood, creates misunderstandings between Jews, Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians, and drives them out, so as to enable him to construct a new building which is topped by a roller coaster. When Zohan decides to confront these skinheads, he does not realize that he is in for quite a few surprises himself. (Read More)
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | muslimpolicemanfather daughter relationship |
Story: | cameo appearanceparkourgoatcommunitycowold womanarrestbeating |
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal wh β¦o has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? (Read More)
Themes: | police corruption |
Locations: | rooftopairport |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshippoliceman |
Story: | mob violencegunshot woundpool tablemobarsonnews reportambulancearrestbeatingcell phonekiss |
84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship β¦with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiance, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning. (Read More)
Themes: | near death experience |
Characters: | american abroad |
Story: | culture clasharranged marriagesocial commentarycharacter says i love youcharacter's point of view camera shotold womannews reportarrestface slapmirrorbeatingvoice over narrationkiss |