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On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drif …ts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. Just as they secure the balloon, the wind rushes into the field, and at once the rescuers are airborne. Joe manages to drop to the ground, as do most of his companions, but one man is lifted skywards. As Joe, Claire and the other rescuers watch this strangely beautiful sight, they see the man fall to his death. Recalling the day's events at dinner with his friends Robin and Rachel, Joe reveals the impact the accident has had on his battered psyche. Ironically the balloon eventually lands safely, the boy unscathed. But fate has far more unpleasant things in store for Joe. Going to retrieve the body of the fallen man with fellow rescuer Jed Parry, for example, turns out to be a very bad move. Jed feels an instant connection with Joe--one that, as the weeks go by, becomes ever more intense. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | self sacrificemental illnessguiltobsessionlonelinessmemoryherodrinkingreligiondeathfriendship |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | religious fanaticprofessorbiblegay kissreference to godlove trianglewriterbabyphotographergirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboychildrendoctor …boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual (See All) |
Story: | hot air balloon crashrope burnhot air balloondangerous friendgrandfather grandchild relationshipoxfordshire englandcutting one's fingerbeing stalkedreliving the pastsecond thoughtsballoonistgoodnesssculptingemotional breakdownau pair …fear of heightsart studiovertigoliving togetheromenpost traumatic stressvasegreat britainsecret lovetheologyfatal attractionsleeplessnesscowardobsessive lovebiologykindnesskitebathrobeurineautographsculptorcafeteriasaving a lifemale male kissbeing followedharassmentholding handsbrushing teethfieldcanecellphonebookstoredelusionhaunted by the pastplaygroundbraveryfollowing someoneapplepicnicart galleryfatetv showsheepvandalismbreaking and enteringballoonshavingropeclasshauntingwitnessstalkingcountrysidebaseball batuniversitychampagnespiritualitystalkerauthorattempted murderparkunderwater scenedrawingapologyaccidenteatingstabbingcandlewinenewspaperswimmingsciencereference to jesus christprayerclassroomcollegecafedead bodybirthdayrunningbookfalling from heightdrinkcameracomputerslow motion scenefoodunderwearcorpsetelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingtwo word titlebased on novelviolenceflashbacksexblooddogkiss (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: | obsessionmemorydrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | photographergirlbrother sister relationshipdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | saving a lifebeing followedfieldfollowing someonebreaking and enteringbaseball batstalkerunderwater sceneeatingcandledead bodybirthdayrunningbookfalling from height …drinkcamerafoodcorpsetelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingbased on noveldogflashbackkissblood (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 …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessguiltlonelinessmemorydrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | gay kissreference to godwriterphotographergirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboydoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | cafeteriamale male kissholding handsclassapologyeatingcandlewinereference to jesus christprayerclassroomcollegecafebirthdayrunning …bookdrinkcameraslow motion scenefoodtelephone callknifephotographbased on novelkissflashback (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | guiltlonelinessdrinkingreligiondeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | professorbiblereference to godteacherboydoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | saving a lifeclassattempted murderunderwater scenedrawingaccidentswimmingreference to jesus christprayercafebirthdaydrinkcomputerfoodunderwear …corpsetelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingtwo word titleflashbackbloodkiss (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: | guiltobsessionmemorydrinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | babyphotographergirlbrother sister relationshipboydoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | cellphonehaunted by the pastplaygroundcountrysidebaseball batparkapologyeatingnewspaperswimmingcafedead bodyrunningdrinkcamera …computerslow motion scenefoodunderwearcorpsetelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbased on noveldogflashbackbloodviolence (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 …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: | memorydrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godbabyphotographergirlteacherboydoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | saving a lifeholding handscanefateropeapologycandlewinenewspaperreference to jesus christcaferunningbookdrinkcamera …slow motion scenefoodtelephone callphotographbased on novelkissflashbackblooddog (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: | guiltobsessiondrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Characters: | babyphotographergirlbrother sister relationshipboychildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | breaking and enteringclasschampagneapologyeatingstabbingprayerclassroomdead bodyrunningdrinkcameracomputerfoodcorpse …telephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingdogviolencebloodflashback (See All) |
Class struggle becomes all too real as a young doctor moves into a modern apartment block in suburban 1975 London. Drugs, drink & debauchery dissolve into murder, mayhem and misogyny in this pseudo-post-apocalyptic breakdown of societal norms.
Themes: | drinking |
Characters: | reference to godbabygirlbrother sister relationshipboydoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | autographcaneballoonshavingchampagneunderwater sceneapologyeatingstabbingcandlewineswimmingreference to jesus christdead bodyfalling from height …drinkslow motion scenefoodunderwearcorpsephotographcigarette smokingbased on noveldogkissflashbackbloodsexviolence (See All) |
Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, … and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on TV. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late. (Read More)
Themes: | self sacrificeobsessionherodeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | professorwriterdoctor |
Story: | saving a lifebrushing teethbookstoreapplefateauthorapologyaccidentwineswimmingclassroomrunningbookfalling from heightcomputer …foodtelephone callcigarette smokingbloodsexkiss (See All) |
Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has …fewer of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick! (Read More)
Themes: | self sacrificememoryreligiondeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | professorreference to godbabygirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | haunted by the pastbraveryfatevandalismbaseball batuniversityattempted murderunderwater scenedrawingstabbingreference to jesus christcollegecafeunderweartelephone call …knifecigarette smokingviolenceflashbackdogkissblood (See All) |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | mental illnessguiltmemorydrinkingdeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | babyboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | art studiobookstoreart galleryfateballoonclasshauntingunderwater scenedrawingeatingbirthdayrunningdrinkfoodunderwear …telephone callcigarette smokingdogkissbloodflashback (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: | guiltmemorydrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | gay kissreference to godwritergirlbrother sister relationshipboychildrendoctorfriendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | male male kissauthorunderwater sceneapologyeatingstabbingcandlenewspaperprayercafedead bodyrunningbookfalling from heightdrink …computerfoodcorpsetelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbased on noveltwo word titledogflashbackbloodkiss (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | guiltmemorydrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | professorgirlboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | being followedfieldfollowing someoneapplebreaking and enteringcountrysideeatingcandlecafedead bodyrunningbookdrinkcomputerfood …underwearcorpsephotographcigarette smokingdogflashbacksexviolenceblood (See All) |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
Themes: | memorydrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | gay kissphotographergirlboydoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | caneshavingdrawingwinenewspaperswimmingdead bodydrinkcameraunderweartelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelsexflashback |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltobsession |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | love trianglewriterphotographerchildrendoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | following someoneart galleryballoonshavingstalkingparkapologycafebirthdaybookcameracomputerslow motion scenephotographcigarette smoking …flashbackbloodkiss (See All) |
It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to … tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionlonelinessmemorydrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | professorgay kissgirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboyfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | male male kissshavingclassunderwater sceneaccidenteatingswimmingclassroomcollegedead bodybookdrinkfoodunderweartelephone call …photographcigarette smokingbased on novelkissflashbackdogblood (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 …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionmemorydrinkingdeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | love trianglebabyphotographerteacherboydoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | obsessive loveplaygroundclassapologyclassroomcafebirthdayrunningdrinkcameraunderweartelephone callcigarette smokingsexkiss …flashback (See All) |
A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary …feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiondrinkingreligiondeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | reference to godphotographerboychildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | sleeplessnesssaving a lifeholding handsunderwater sceneapologyeatingwinenewspaperswimmingsciencereference to jesus christprayercaferunningdrink …cameracomputerslow motion scenefoodunderweartelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelkisssex (See All) |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | writerbabygirlbrother sister relationshipboychildrendoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | art gallerychampagneauthordrawingapologyeatingcandlewinereference to jesus christbirthdaybookdrinkfoodtelephone callphotograph …cigarette smokingbased on novelflashbacksex (See All) |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiondrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | writerbabyphotographergirlboychildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | brushing teethpicnicropewitnessstalkingparkstabbingwinenewspapercafedead bodybirthdayrunningbookdrink …cameraunderweartelephone callphotographcigarette smokingviolenceblood (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltherodrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | photographergirlteacherboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | dangerous friendsaving a lifehaunted by the pastvandalismclasswitnessdrawingapologynewspaperclassroomcafebirthdaydrinkcameraunderwear …telephone callknifephotographbased on novelflashbackviolencekissblood (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: | mental illnessobsessiondrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | writerphotographergirlbrother sister relationshipboyfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | living togethereatingwinenewspaperswimmingcollegecafedead bodyrunningdrinkcamerafoodunderwearcorpsetelephone call …photographcigarette smokingblooddogviolencekissflashback (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 …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmemorydrinkingreligiondeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | gay kissbabygirlbrother sister relationshipboychildrendoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | sleeplessnessmale male kissbreaking and enteringapologyaccidenteatingcandlewinecafedead bodybirthdayrunningdrinkfoodunderwear …corpsetelephone callphotographcigarette smokingkissbloodviolence (See All) |
When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin ar …ranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmemorydrinkingreligionfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | gay kissreference to godwriterbabyphotographerdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | bathrobemale male kissfateapologycandleswimmingreference to jesus christprayerbirthdayrunningdrinkcameracomputerfoodtelephone call …photographflashbacksexkiss (See All) |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only …companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
Themes: | guiltlonelinessmemorydrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | babybrother sister relationshipdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | haunted by the pastbaseball bateatingstabbingnewspaperprayercafebirthdayrunningbookfalling from heightdrinkcameracomputerslow motion scene …foodcorpsetelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingviolencekissdogbloodflashback (See All) |
Themes: | drinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godwriterphotographerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | autographchampagneunderwater sceneapologyeatingswimmingreference to jesus christprayercaferunningdrinkcamerafoodunderweartelephone call …photographcigarette smokingflashbacksexviolencebloodkiss (See All) |
Set in France, Georges is a TV Literary Reviewer and lives in a small yet modern town house with his wife Ann, a publisher and his young son Pierrot. They begin to receive video tapes through the post of their house and family, along side obscure child-like drawings. They visit the police with hope …of aid to find the stalker, but as there is no direct threat, they refuse to help. As the tapes become more personal, Georges takes it upon himself to figure out who is putting through his family through such horror. A true Michael Haneke Classic. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltlonelinessmemoryfriendship |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | writerteacherboydoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bookstorehaunted by the paststalkerauthordrawingapologywineswimmingrunningbookcamerafoodtelephone callviolenceblood …dog (See All) |
Fresh from Des Moines, Iowa, Sara Matthews has just landed in Los Angeles as a college freshman studying fashion design. She meets handsome Stephen, party-lover Tracy, and roommate Rebecca. Rebecca is nice, sweet and ready to share everything with Sara. It could be the beginning of a beautiful frien …dship. But Tracy is convinced that there's something seriously wrong with Rebecca and bad things start happening to everyone close to Sara. If Sara is to have a normal college experience, she's going to have to get to the bottom of what's up with Rebecca and quickly get out of her clutches. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessobsessionfriendshipdeath |
Characters: | professorgay kissteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | dangerous friendobsessive lovebeing followeddelusionplaygroundfollowing someoneart gallerybreaking and enteringstalkinguniversitystalkerattempted murderdrawingapologystabbing …classroomcollegecafecameraslow motion scenetelephone callknifephotographtwo word titlekissbloodviolence (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 …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltlonelinessmemorydrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Characters: | reference to godbabyboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | art gallerychampagneunderwater sceneapologyeatingwineswimmingreference to jesus christbirthdayrunningbookdrinkcomputerfoodtelephone call …photographcigarette smokingkisssexflashback (See All) |
After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Tu …rner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom? (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | writerteacherboyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | breaking and enteringclasswitnessstalkingbaseball bataccidenteatingnewspaperswimmingclassroomdead bodyrunningbookdrinkcomputer …foodcorpsetelephone callknifekissdogviolenceblood (See All) |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in …timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingreligiondeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | babyphotographergirlbrother sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | being followedfollowing someoneart galleryeatingcandlewinereference to jesus christcollegecafebirthdaybookdrinkcamerafoodunderwear …telephone callcigarette smokingdogflashbacksexkiss (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: | lonelinessdrinkingreligiondeathfriendship |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | religious fanaticbiblereference to godphotographergirlteacherbrother sister relationshipboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | braveryclassdrawingwineswimmingreference to jesus christclassroomcafedrinkcomputerunderwearphotographcigarette smokingbased on noveltwo word title …flashbackviolencesexbloodkiss (See All) |
After causing an accident that left his daughter Christiane severely disfigured, the brilliant surgeon Dr. Genessier works tirelessly to give the girl a new face. He does so however by kidnapping young women and attempting face transplants. He has been woefully unsuccessful to date. The doctor's wor …ld begins to collapse around him when his daughter realizes just what he has been doing. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltlonelinessdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | professorgirlboydoctorfather daughter relationship |
Story: | bookstorefollowing someonestalkingcountrysideaccidenteatingstabbingcandlewinesciencecafefalling from heightfoodcorpsetelephone call …photographcigarette smokingbased on noveldogkissblood (See All) |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | deathfriendship |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | writerbrother sister relationshipboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationship |
Story: | cowardsaving a lifebeing followedfollowing someonewitnesschampagneauthordrawingeatingstabbingcandlewinenewspaperreference to jesus christdead body …birthdayrunningbookfoodcorpsetelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingsexbloodflashbackviolencedogkiss (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: | restaurant |
Characters: | love trianglewritergirlbrother sister relationshipboychildrendoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bookstoreapologyeatingnewspapercafebookfalling from heightcomputerfoodtelephone callphotographkiss |
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: | memorydrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | teacherdoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | being followedfollowing someonevandalismbreaking and enteringshavingclassstalkingapologyaccidenteatingswimmingreference to jesus christclassroomrunningfalling from height …drinkslow motion scenefoodunderweartelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackbloodviolence (See All) |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from … the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionmemorydrinkingreligiondeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | writergirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | sleeplessnesschampagnespiritualityparkunderwater sceneapologyeatingcandleswimmingbirthdaybookdrinkslow motion scenefoodtelephone call …photographcigarette smokingdogsexflashbackkiss (See All) |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | drinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | professorlove trianglewriterbabyteacherdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | picnicballoonchampagnecandlewinecafebirthdaydrinkcomputertelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingflashbacksex …kiss (See All) |
Rachel is a nice girl who is going to marry with Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working in the wedding preparations she meets Luce, wedding's florist, unexpectedly falling in love to her and discovering what is having love feeling to another woman. Unable to stop her Rachel me …ets Luce a few times hiding it to her family, specially her mother Tessa because she contracted Luce. At the same time that Heck tries to win the affection of his parents-in-law, above all the eccentric father-in-law Ned, Rachel tries following with the daily life and marriage with her husband, but the love and passion she feels for Luce causes a secret affair between both women, and a doubt in Rachel about the life she wants for herself. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | love trianglebabygirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | brushing teethplaygroundchampagneeatingnewspaperreference to jesus christcafebirthdaydrinkcomputerfoodtelephone callsexdog |
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 …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: | mental illnessguiltobsessionmemorydrinkingfriendship |
Characters: | professorgay kissreference to godwriterfriendhomosexual |
Story: | saving a lifemale male kissbreaking and enteringstalkerauthorapologystabbingwinereference to jesus christcollegebirthdaybookdrinkunderweartelephone call …knifephotographcigarette smokingsexkissbloodflashback (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 … 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)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | memoryherodrinkingreligiondeath |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godwritergirlboychildrendoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | playgroundfollowing someonebreaking and enteringeatingstabbingcandlewineprayercafedead bodyrunningdrinkslow motion scenefoodunderwear …corpsetelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingdogflashbackbloodsexviolence (See All) |
Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart …his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessobsessiondrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | nightmarerain |
Characters: | reference to godbabychildrendoctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sleeplessnessholding handsfielddelusionapologyeatingreference to jesus christclassroombookdrinkfoodunderweartelephone callknifephotograph …dog (See All) |
High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more i …nvested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves? (Read More)
Themes: | friendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | photographerteacherbrother sister relationshipboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | harassmentvandalismclassunderwater scenedrawingapologyeatingcandlenewspaperclassroomcameracomputerfoodunderwearcigarette smoking …based on novelkissbloodsexviolence (See All) |
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: | guiltmemoryreligiondeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godbabyboychildrenhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | being followedfollowing someonevandalismbreaking and enteringclassbaseball batunderwater sceneapologyeatingcandlenewspaperswimmingprayerclassroomcafe …dead bodyrunningbookslow motion scenefoodtelephone calldogflashbackkiss (See All) |
In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity … as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | writerphotographerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | cafeteriabrushing teethart gallerychampagneauthorapologyeatingcandlewinenewspapercafebirthdaybookcameracomputer …foodunderweartelephone callphotographbased on noveldogflashbackkiss (See All) |
This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Star …ting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | professorbabygirldoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | shavingparkunderwater sceneapologywineswimmingcafebookdrinkcamerafoodunderweartelephone callphotographcigarette smoking …based on novelbloodkisssex (See All) |
Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced …with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | girlteacherboychildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | dangerous friendclassattempted murderunderwater sceneeatingnewspaperswimmingclassroomdead bodybookfalling from heightdrinkfoodunderwearcorpse …telephone callknifecigarette smokingbased on noveldogbloodkiss (See All) |
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 … 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: | guiltmemorydrinkingreligiondeathfriendship |
Characters: | reference to godwriterbabyboychildrenfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | cowardkindnesskitewitnessauthorprayercollegebirthdayrunningbookfoodtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbased on novel …dogflashbackkissbloodsexviolence (See All) |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
Themes: | lonelinessdrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | babygirldoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | omenfieldcanesheepshavingcountrysideeatingprayerdead bodybookdrinkfoodunderwearcorpseknife …photographbased on noveltwo word titleflashbackbloodkiss (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)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | drinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | nightmare |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | reference to godbabygirlteacherboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | universitydrawingeatingcollegecafebirthdayrunningbookdrinkfoodunderweartelephone callphotographcigarette smokingtwo word title …flashbackkisssexblood (See All) |