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Tobe is about 16, living with her dad and younger brother in LA's San Fernando Valley. She invites a gas station attendant named Harlan to come to the beach with her and her friends. He's from South Dakota, wears a cowboy hat, talks country, and has been a ranch hand. They have a great time, his sim …ple expressions seem like wisdom, he's attentive and polite, and even though he's more than twice her age, she wants to spend time with him. When her father objects, she rebels. Harlan, meanwhile, thinks she's his soul mate, and he starts making plans to get her away from her father. Worlds are set to collide, but which ones? (Read More)
Themes: | affairmental illnessdrug usepsychopaththeftdeceptiondrinkingmoneykidnappingmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | campfiregas stationoceanpolice carbusbathtubtrainrestaurantbeachhospital |
Characters: | horse thiefself inflicted gunshot woundstepfather stepson relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipjewjewishthiefactordancerpolicemanteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingertattoo …father daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenagerpolice (See All) |
Story: | san fernando valley californiacowboy bootsshared bathcowboy hatmariachi bandsan diego californiatalking to mirrormirror ballhorse ridinggun nutdisturbed identitycutting one's armmentally derangedhousing developmentjuvenile hall …pizza hutwyatt earpwestern filmmakingseaweedlutheransouth dakotaash scatteringecstasy the drugtennis ballrebellious daughtermarshaltrailer trashfiddledoughnutsex with a minorgas station attendantsnowglobelassoneo westernfreewayhawktrespassingvalleywriting a letterstar crossed loverstequilapawnshopdance clubhearing voicesclimbing through a windowlandladyfilm camerabroken windowmedalrabbihideoutcremationbreak indrifterillusionspittingpillabusive fathervoice over letterthirty somethingswinggunshot woundmovie setdelusionmobile phonetarget practiceveterantensionhidingtempleguitaristshot in the stomachbreaking and enteringteen angstbulletroperecord playerpremarital sexgarageobscene finger gestureflowerloss of fatherdomestic violencefilm within a filmshot in the shoulderrabbitcowboyliarsuburbstalkerargumentpolice officer killedon the runbathscantily clad femaleapologymapmontagecaliforniabandsubjective cameracleavageswimmingguitarprayercafetearsrifleliebikinislow motion sceneface slapshot in the chestmirrorhorseshot to deathshootoutsongcryingtelephone callpistolchasesingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingbloodsexgunfightviolencekiss (See All) |
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
Themes: | psychopathdeceptionkidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | gas stationpolice carbus |
Characters: | thiefbrother sister relationshiptattoofather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspoliceteenager |
Story: | cowboy hathorse ridinglassostar crossed loversdriftershot in the stomachbulletropecowboypolice officer killedon the runbandrifleslow motion sceneface slap …shot in the chesthorseshot to deathshootoutpistolchasecigarette smokingfightviolencekissbloodgun (See All) |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usepsychopathdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | trainrestaurant |
Characters: | policemanbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | cowboy bootscowboy hattrailer trashsnowglobeshot in the stomachgaragerabbitapologyprayercafetearslieface slapshot in the chestmirror …shot to deathcryingtelephone callpistolchasephotographcigarette smokingbloodgunsexviolence (See All) |
In the 1860s, five men have been tracking a sixth across Nevada for more than two weeks. They shoot and wound him, but he gets away. They pursue, led by the dour Carver, who will pay them each $1 a day once he's captured. The hunted is Gideon, resourceful, skilled with a knife. Gideon's flight and C …arver's hunt require horses, water, and bullets. The course takes them past lone settlers, a wagon train, a rail crew, settlements, and an Indian philosopher. What is the reason for the hunt; what connects Gideon and Carver? What happened at Seraphim Falls? (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | campfiretrain |
Characters: | thiefbrother sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | cowboy bootscowboy hathorse ridingshot in the stomachbulletcowboyon the runsubjective cameraprayertearsrifleslow motion sceneface slapshot in the chesthorse …shot to deathshootoutcryingpistolchasedancingviolencefightblood (See All) |
'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | campfirebeach |
Characters: | thiefteenage boysingerfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | cowboy hathorse ridingdrifterbulletshot in the shoulderrabbittearsrifleshot in the chestmirrorhorseshot to deathshootoutsongcrying …pistolchasesingingcigarette smokingkissgunviolenceblood (See All) |
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 …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 usemoneydeath |
Locations: | police carbathtubbeachhospital |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipjewdancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | shared bathecstasy the drugdance clubcremationswingflowerbathapologysubjective cameraswimmingtearsface slapshot in the chestmirrorsong …cryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographdancingcigarette smokinggunkissviolencebloodsex (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 …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 usetheftdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | busbathtubtrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | jewishthiefactordancersingerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | neo westernvalleyguitaristrecord playerfilm within a filmcowboybathmontagecaliforniabandsubjective cameraguitarprayercaferifle …slow motion scenehorsesongtelephone callsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfightsex (See All) |
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a d …angerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingkidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | campfirebustrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | policemanfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | cowboy hathorse ridinglassoneo westernhawkbulletropecowboymapprayercaferifleshot in the chesthorseshootout …telephone callpistolchasephotographdancingcigarette smokingbloodsexviolence (See All) |
Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boy …friend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoney |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipthiefdancerteenage boyteenage girltattoofamily relationshipsteenager |
Story: | sex with a minortrespassingclimbing through a windowswingtensionbreaking and enteringteen angstsuburbsubjective cameratearsslow motion sceneface slapmirrorhorsecrying …telephone callsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkisssexfight (See All) |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
Themes: | affairdrug usedrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | campfirebustrainrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspoliceteenager |
Story: | south dakotadrifterflowerdomestic violenceargumentmapcaliforniaswimmingguitarprayercafetearsrifleslow motion sceneface slap …horsecryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfightviolencesexblood (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingkidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | police carbusrestauranthospital |
Characters: | policemanbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | horse ridingcremationtensionhidingflowerscantily clad femaleapologysubjective cameracleavageswimmingcafetearsriflelieslow motion scene …face slapmirrorhorseshot to deathcryingtelephone callchasephotographcigarette smokingfightbloodgunviolence (See All) |
A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. "Condor" must find out who did this and get in from the cold before the hitmen get him.
Themes: | kidnappingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carrestauranthospital |
Characters: | policemanteenage boyteenage girlsingerpolice |
Story: | target practiceveteranhidingbreaking and enteringbulletrecord playerliaron the runcaferiflelieshot to deathsongtelephone callpistol …chasesingingphotographkissgunfightbloodsex (See All) |
Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper co …nnection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of "fishing trips", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | campfiretrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | dancerteenage girlsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | cowboy hathorse ridingfiddlelassoneo westerncremationspittingropecowboyliarcleavageswimmingcafetearsrifle …lieface slapmirrorhorsesongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokinggunkissviolencebloodfight (See All) |
Adult film director Jack Horner is always on the lookout for new talent and it's only by chance that he meets Eddie Adams who is working as a busboy in a restaurant. Eddie is young, good looking and plenty of libido to spare. Using the screen name Dirk Diggler, he quickly rises to the top of his ind …ustry winning awards year after year. Drugs and ego however come between Dirk and those around him and he soon finds that fame is fleeting. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingmoneymurder |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | actorsingerfather son relationship |
Story: | san fernando valley californiasex with a minorfilm camerafilm within a filmshot in the shouldercowboyscantily clad femaleapologymontagecaliforniacleavageguitartearsbikiniface slap …shot in the chestmirrorshot to deathshootoutsongcryingtelephone callpistolsingingdancinggunfightkissbloodviolence (See All) |
In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been …behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnesstheftdrinkingmoneykidnappingmurderdeath |
Locations: | trainrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefdancerpolicemansingertattoofather son relationshippolice |
Story: | mirror ballspittingrecord playerfilm within a filmsuburbmontagesubjective cameracafetearsslow motion scenesongcryingtelephone callsingingphotograph …dancingcigarette smokingfightbloodviolencekiss (See All) |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets … Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptiondrinkingmoneykidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | police carbathtubtrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
Story: | south dakotaneo westernhideoutshot in the stomachshot in the shoulderon the runbathbandcafetearsrifleslow motion sceneface slapshot in the chestshot to death …shootoutsongcryingtelephone callpistolchasesingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkisssexviolencebloodgun (See All) |
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 …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)
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carbusrestauranthospital |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipthiefdancerpolicemansingerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | mobile phoneshot in the shoulderon the runmontagecaferifleslow motion sceneshot in the chestmirrorhorseshot to deathsongpistolchasesinging …photographdancingcigarette smokinggunfightbloodkisssexviolence (See All) |
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: | drinkingmoneymurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationpolice carhospital |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipdancerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlsingerfamily relationshipspoliceteenager |
Story: | sex with a minorlandladytarget practicerecord playerscantily clad femalesubjective cameracleavageswimmingtearslieslow motion sceneface slapcryingtelephone callpistol …dancingcigarette smokinggunsexbloodfightkiss (See All) |
It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, …a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their p… (Read More)
Themes: | psychopaththeftdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | campfirepolice carbathtubtrainrestaurant |
Characters: | horse thiefstepfather stepson relationshipthiefdancerpolicemanteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingertattoofather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | horse ridingloss of fatherdomestic violencerabbitliarcafetearsriflelieface slapmirrorhorsesongcryingtelephone call …chasesingingphotographdancinggunblood (See All) |
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
Themes: | deceptionmoneykidnappingmurderdeath |
Locations: | gas stationpolice car |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshiptattoofather son relationship |
Story: | neo westerndriftergunshot woundshot in the stomachshot in the shoulderstalkerpolice officer killedon the runtearsrifleface slapshot in the chestshot to deathshootoutcrying …telephone callpistolcigarette smokingfightviolencegunblood (See All) |
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha …nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingmoneykidnappingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | busrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | dancerbrother sister relationshipsingertattoofather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | thirty somethinggunshot woundmobile phonetarget practicehidingmontagesubjective cameracafetearsrifleshot in the chestmirrorshot to deathshootoutsong …cryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkissbloodfightviolencegunsex (See All) |
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h …is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingmoneykidnapping |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carbathtubrestaurant |
Characters: | jewjewishactordancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | shared bathfreewaytemplerecord playerliarsuburbswimmingguitarcafelieslow motion scenesongcryingtelephone callsinging …dancingcigarette smokinggunkisssex (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 usedrinkingmoney |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerfamily relationshipsteenager |
Story: | san diego californiaguitaristrecord playerpremarital sexobscene finger gestureloss of fatherscantily clad femalecaliforniabandcleavageswimmingguitarsongcryingtelephone call …singingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkisssex (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 …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | busrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefdancerteenage boyteenage girlsingerfather son relationship |
Story: | pawnshopguitaristteen angstrecord playerargumentmontagebandguitarcafetearsliemirrorsongcryingtelephone call …singingphotographdancingcigarette smokingsexkissblood (See All) |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnesspsychopathdeceptionkidnappingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carbusbathtubtrainrestaurant |
Characters: | policemanbrother sister relationshipsingerfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | drifterpillliarbathcaliforniaprayercafetearsriflelieface slapsongcryingtelephone callchase …singingphotographcigarette smokingfightgunviolenceblood (See All) |
In the third movie of Rodriguez's "Mariachi" trilogy, a Mexican drug lord pretends to overthrow the Mexican government, and is connected to a corrupt CIA agent who at that time, demands retribution from his worst enemy to carry out the drug lord's uprising against the government.
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | bushospital |
Characters: | thiefdancersingerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | mariachi bandneo westerntequilatarget practiceguitaristshot in the stomachbulletshot in the shouldercleavageguitarprayercaferiflebikinislow motion scene …shot to deathshootouttelephone callpistolsingingdancingcigarette smokingfightgunkissviolenceblood (See All) |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
Themes: | drug usedrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carrestaurant |
Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | pawnshopprayercafetearsface slapshootoutsongcryingtelephone callpistolsingingdancingcigarette smokinggunkiss …violencesexbloodfight (See All) |
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 …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: | drug usepsychopaththeftmoneykidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | police carbusbeach |
Characters: | thiefdancerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | hidingrecord playerpremarital sexobscene finger gesturedomestic violenceswimmingprayertearsrifleface slapshot in the chestshot to deathshootoutcryingtelephone call …pistolchasephotographdancingbloodfightviolencegunkiss (See All) |
Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. A …ctually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoney |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationbustrain |
Characters: | thiefpolicemansingerpolice |
Story: | fiddledoughnutgas station attendantfilm cameraropeapologymontageswimmingguitarcafetearsface slapsongcryingtelephone call …singingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Themes: | deceptionmoneykidnappingmurderdeath |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | teenage girltattoofather daughter relationshippoliceteenager |
Story: | teen angstbulletloss of fathershot in the shoulderpolice officer killedon the runmontagecaliforniasubjective camerarifleslow motion sceneface slapshot in the chesthorseshot to death …shootouttelephone callpistolchasephotographbloodgunfightviolence (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 …alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | campfireoceanbathtubrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | jewpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | writing a lettertequilavoice over letterrecord playerapologysubjective cameraprayercafetearsrifleface slaphorseshootoutsongcrying …telephone callpistolchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodfightgunkiss (See All) |
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: | drinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | trainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshippolicemanteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | cowboy bootscowboy hatcowboymontagebandsubjective cameraswimmingprayercafetearsriflemirrorhorsesongcrying …telephone callsingingcigarette smokingfightbloodkiss (See All) |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t …o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usepsychopaththeftdeceptiondrinkingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | thiefdancerpolicemantattoopolice |
Story: | mobile phoneliarriflelieshot in the chestshot to deathshootoutpistolchasephotographdancingcigarette smokinggunfightblood …violencekiss (See All) |
Themes: | drinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | police carbathtubrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | film cameradomestic violenceapologybandswimmingprayercafebikiniface slapsongcryingtelephone callchasesingingphotograph …dancingcigarette smokinggunkissbloodviolencefightsex (See All) |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Themes: | drinkingmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carbathtubhospital |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | snowglobebroken windowhidingbreaking and enteringrecord playersuburbstalkermontagesubjective cameratearscryingtelephone callchasephotographdancing …cigarette smokingkissblood (See All) |
Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carbusbathtubrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | guitaristapologymapguitarcafetearsmirrorsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographdancingkiss |
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
Themes: | deceptionmoneykidnappingmurderdeath |
Locations: | gas stationbusbathtubrestaurant |
Characters: | dancersingerfather son relationship |
Story: | shared bathbathapologymontagecafeliesongtelephone callsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkissgunviolence …blood (See All) |
Cat and mouse. Jonathan McQuarry is an auditor in Manhattan, moving from office to office checking their books. While working late, a smooth and well-dressed man named Wyatt Bose chats Jonathan up, offers him a joint, and soon they're pals. When their cell phones are accidentally swapped, Jonathan a …nswers Wyatt's phone to a series of women asking if he's free tonight. Jonathan discovers it's a sex club: busy powerful people meet each other anonymously in hotels. Jonathan falls for one of the club members, whom he knows only as "S," whom he's also seen on a subway. When she goes missing, patterns emerge and Jonathan faces demands involving violence and lots of money. (Read More)
Themes: | affairdrug usetheftdeceptiondrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | thiefdancerpolicemansingerpolice |
Story: | delusionguitaristliarmontageguitarliemirrorsongtelephone callsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingsexgun …kissviolenceblood (See All) |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | policemanteenage boysingertattoofather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | climbing through a windowhidingguitaristbreaking and enteringobscene finger gestureliarsuburbbathapologyswimmingguitartearslieslow motion scenesong …cryingtelephone callchasesingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodviolencefight (See All) |
To escape an abusive boyfriend, without announcing her plans in advance, Jean Gilkyson takes her young daughter Griff to the Wyoming ranch of her father-in-law, Einar. Jean and Einar are disaffected, as he blames her for the death of his son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitc …h, who was attacked by a bear, and Einar does not know that he has a granddaughter. While Mitch heals and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving Griff. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | busrestauranthospital |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanteenage girlfamily relationshipspoliceteenager |
Story: | horse ridinglassoropeflowercowboyliarcaferifleliemirrorhorsephotographcigarette smokinggunsex …fightviolence (See All) |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdeceptiondrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carbathtubtrainrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | tensionshot in the shoulderliarcafelieshot in the chestshot to deathshootouttelephone callpistolcigarette smokingkissgunbloodviolence |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | oceanpolice carbathtubrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | spittingswingguitaristbreaking and enteringrecord playerflowerliarsuburbbathapologyswimmingguitarprayercafetears …lieslow motion sceneface slapmirrorcryingtelephone calldancingfightkiss (See All) |
A German dentist buys the freedom of a slave and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of the slave's wife who belongs to a ruthless plantation owner.
Themes: | deceptiondrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | campfirebathtub |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipsingerfather son relationship |
Story: | tequilaspittingtarget practiceshot in the stomachshot in the shoulderliarbathapologymontagetearsriflelieslow motion sceneshot in the chesthorse …shot to deathshootoutsongcryingpistolchasesingingcigarette smokingfightgunkissviolenceblood (See All) |
Rancher Dan Evans heads into Bisbee to clear up issues concerning the sale of his land when he witnesses the closing events of a stagecoach robbery led by famed outlaw Ben Wade. Shortly thereafter, Wade is captured by the law in Bisbee and Evans finds himself one of the escorts who will take Wade to … the 3:10 to Yuma train in Contention for the reward of $200. Evans's effort to take Wade to the station is in part an effort to save his land but also part of an inner battle to determine whether he can be more than just a naive rancher in the eyes of his impetuous and gunslinging son William Evans. The transport to Contention is hazardous and filled with ambushes by Indians, pursuits by Wade's vengeful gang and Wade's own conniving and surreptitious demeanor that makes the ride all the more intense. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | campfiretrain |
Characters: | thiefteenage boysingerfather son relationship |
Story: | cowboy bootscowboy hathorse ridingmarshalhawkgunshot woundveteranshot in the stomachbulletcowboyprayerrifleshot in the chesthorseshot to death …shootoutsongpistolchasesinginggunbloodkissviolencefight (See All) |
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.
Themes: | drinkingmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshiptattoofather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | trespassingclimbing through a windowvoice over letterbreaking and enteringliarapologyprayertearslieface slapmirrorcryingtelephone callphotographdancing …cigarette smokingbloodfightviolencegun (See All) |
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: | theftdeathmurder |
Locations: | bathtubbeachhospital |
Characters: | thiefdancerbrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerfather daughter relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager |
Story: | shared bathsex with a minorteen angstrecord playerfilm within a filmapologymontagesubjective cameraface slapsongcryingtelephone callsingingdancingkiss …blood (See All) |
The Weiss family is the archetypical Hollywood dynasty: father Stafford is an analyst and coach, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals; mother Cristina mostly looks after the career of their son Benjie, 13, a child star. One of Stafford's clients, Havana, is an actress who dreams of shoo …ting a remake of the movie that made her mother, Clarice, a star in the 60s. Clarice is dead now and visions of her come to haunt Havana at night... Adding to the toxic mix, Benjie has just come off a rehab program he joined when he was 9 and his sister, Agatha, has recently been released from a sanatorium where she was treated for criminal pyromania and befriended a limo driver Jerome who is also an aspiring actor. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessdrug usepsychopaththeftdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | busbathtubrestauranthospital |
Characters: | jewthiefactordancerteenage boybrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | pillabusive fatherfilm within a filmargumentapologysubjective cameracafetearsliemirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smoking …bloodkissgunviolencesex (See All) |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea …st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usepsychopathdeceptiondrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | police cartrain |
Characters: | policemantattoofather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | trailer trashvoice over letterobscene finger gestureflowerapologytearsriflelieface slapshot in the chestmirrorshot to deathshootoutcryingtelephone call …pistolchasephotographcigarette smokingviolencegunbloodfight (See All) |
In rural Tennessee, Lazarus, a former blues musician who survives by truck farming, finds a young girl nearly beaten to death near his home. She's the white-trash town tramp, molded by a life of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and verbal abuse from her mother, who seems to delight in remindi …ng Rae of her mistake in not aborting her. Lazarus, who is also facing personal crisis at the dissolution of his marriage, nurses Rae back to health, providing her with gentle, fatherly advice as well as an education in blues music. Rae's boyfriend, Ronnie, goaded by the man who nearly beat Rae to death, misunderstands the relationship between Lazarus and Rae, and vows to kill him. Lazarus, exhibiting a street-smart understanding of violence and its motives, calls Ronnie's bluff, senses that he is as troubled as Rae, and becomes a guiding force in the young couple's resurrection. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedeceptiondrinkingdeath |
Locations: | busbathtubrestaurant |
Characters: | dancersingertattoo |
Story: | cowboy bootsguitaristgarageobscene finger gesturescantily clad femalemontagebandcleavageguitarprayercafetearsrifleslow motion scenesong …cryingtelephone callsingingdancingcigarette smokingfightkissgunviolenceblood (See All) |
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: | drinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | busrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingertattoofather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | juvenile halltrailer trashsex with a minorsnowglobeteen angstpremarital sexflowerrabbitcaliforniaswimmingcafetearscryingphotographcigarette smoking …gunkisssexviolencebloodfight (See All) |