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Don Anderson is the Mickey's food restaurant chain's Marketing Director. He is the inventor of the "Big One" the hamburger best seller of Mickey's. An independent research reports the presence of cow's feces in the Big One. So Don is sent to Cody, Colorado, to verify if the slaughterhouse, main supp …lier of Mickey's, is efficient as it appears and the production process is regular. During his investigations he discovers the horrible truth behind a simple hamburger; the reality is not like we think it is. Don discovers what the mass production system involves, from the temp workers like Amber, to the exploitation of Mexican irregular immigrants. It is not only the meat that is crushed in the mincing machine, but all our society. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftrobberyinvestigationdrinkingpoliticsmoneylove |
| Mood: | high schoolsatire |
| Locations: | sex in a trucksex in carlaboratorymexicokitchendeserthotelrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | american dreamuncle niece relationshipsecretarymaidwaitressthiefsister sister relationshipstudentteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship …father son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships (See All) |
| Story: | cattle ranchercattle ranchmexican immigrantmarketing executivemeat processing plantred meatreference to the disney corporationanimal slaughteradvertising executivesexual harassmentfast food restaurantu.s. mexico borderillegal immigrationillegal immigrantstudent activism …student groupfrozen foodprocessed foodfood industryfast foodhigh school studentcollege studentunderage drinkingbased on bookreference to burger kingreference to taco bellanaheim californiaindustrial accidentfocus groupanimal activist groupmeatpackingcustomer servicemicrobiologyeco terrorismpublic healthbig businesscheeseburgerpbsschool lockerbroken backassembly lineborder guardenvironmental activismfrench friesmischiefranchercorporate crimedriver's licensebedtime storymicrowave ovenmethamphetaminepolitical activismanimal activistmarketingslaughterhousecleaning ladyspitepiloguehamburgeranimal rightsborder crossingcoloradocattlemeatethicsharassmentranchcorporationslaughtervegetarianenvironmental issueensemble castadvertisingbutcherrear entry sexwatching televisionmexicandrug abusedemonstrationvandalismpickup truckchesssubtitled scenecowratcrossreadingfactoryliarlocker roomprotestbusinessmanflash forwardimmigrationvanimmigrantfootballeatingsoccersubjective camerascientistmarijuanacafeliebookletterdrinkcomputerfoodunderwearwoman on topcell phonethree word titleknifecigarette smokingsex scenebloodgundog (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: | investigationdrinking |
| Locations: | mexicokitchendesertrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | waitresshusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | cattle ranchmexican immigrantu.s. mexico borderillegal immigrantborder guardranchercattleranchmexicanpickup trucksubtitled sceneimmigrantcafedrinkunderwear …cell phoneknifecigarette smokingblooddog (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: | drinkingpoliticsmoneylove |
| Locations: | hotelrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | waitresssister sister relationshipteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | cattle ranchranchercattleranchreadingbusinessmanimmigrantsubjective cameracafebookletterdrinkfoodcigarette smokingblood …dog (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 usetheftrobberydrinking |
| Locations: | mexicobar |
| Characters: | thiefboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | mexican immigrantillegal immigrantmexicanreadingliareatingmarijuanalieletterdrinkcomputerfoodcigarette smokingbloodgun |
John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. W …hen they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous! (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoney |
| Locations: | mexicokitchenrestaurant |
| Characters: | maidmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mexican immigrantillegal immigrantimmigrationimmigranteatingcafeletterdrinkfoodunderwearcell phonedog |
4 interlocking stories connected by a single gun converge at the end to reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Mor …occan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. Then, on the opposite side of the world the married couple's Mexican nanny takes the couple's 2 children with her to her son's wedding in Mexico, only to come into trouble on the return trip. Combined, it provides a powerful story and an equally powerful looking glass into the lives of seemingly random people around the world and it shows just how connected we really are. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usedrinking |
| Locations: | mexicodesert |
| Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mexican immigrantu.s. mexico borderillegal immigrationillegal immigrantunderage drinkingborder guardensemble castmexicanpickup truckcrosslocker roomimmigrationvanimmigrantsubjective camera …cafecell phoneknifecigarette smokingsex scenebloodgun (See All) |
Okwe is an illegal Nigerian immigrant leading a hard life and struggling to survive in London's underground. He works as a hotel receptionist in the night time and as he has a doctor degree he practices some medicine, during the day, in a very odd way. Besides that he must constantly escape from Imm …igration officers. One day Okwe discovers by chance an illegal scheme of surgeries is being lead by Juan, his boss in the hotel. Juan quickly comes up with a tempting proposal: if Okwe accepts to perform the illegal surgeries he makes a lot of money and gets legalized situation in the U.K. Can Okwe keep his moral values intact? (Read More)
| Themes: | theftrobberydrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | kitchenhotel |
| Characters: | maidthiefmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | illegal immigrationillegal immigrantchesscrossfactoryimmigrationimmigrantdrinkunderwearcigarette smokingblood |
Santiago's father, Hernan Munez, smuggled his penniless Mexican family over the US border to seek a better, albeit modest future in L.A. Eldest son Santiago dreams of more, like native Angelinos, then joining Hernan's gardening firm. His change arrives when a British ex-pro spots him as an exception …al soccer natural and promises he can arrange a real British talent scout to check him out. Although that falls trough and dad forbids it, Santiago accepts grandma's savings to try out with English premier league club Newcastle. Despite his asthma, he gets in and befriends the freshly transferred, desperately undisciplined bad boy star scorer, party animal Gavin Harris, who becomes his bothersome house-mate, a recipe for trouble and yet each's salvation. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinkingmoney |
| Locations: | mexicokitchenrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | american dreamteenage boymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | u.s. mexico borderillegal immigrationsubtitled scenelocker roomflash forwardimmigrantsoccercafedrinkunderwearcell phone |
Berlin student Jule is hoplessly indebted due to an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat she moves in with her boyfrend Peter and soon learns that Peter and his flatmate, Jan, are breaking into luxurious mansions at night. Instead of stealing … or vandalizing, though, they carefully and ornately rearrange furniture and valulables and leave obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a visit to the villa of her creditor. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkingpoliticsmoneylove |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | uncle niece relationshipmaidwaitressthiefstudentboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | ethicsdemonstrationvandalismprotestbusinessmanvaneatingmarijuanacafeletterdrinkfoodunderwearcell phonecigarette smoking …gun (See All) |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u …p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingpoliticsmoneylove |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | uncle niece relationshipteenage boybrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | cheeseburgerfrench friespolitical activismdemonstrationliarvanimmigranteatingsoccermarijuanalieletterdrinkfood |
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol …business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usedrinkingpoliticsmoneylove |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | hotelrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | studentteenage boychildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | college studentmarketingranchcorporationadvertisingreadingliarbusinessmanvaneatingcafeliedrinkcomputerfood …underwearcell phonecigarette smokinggun (See All) |
Victor Novarski reaches JFK airport from a politically unstable country. Due to collapse of his government, his papers are no longer valid in the airport, and hence he is forced to stay in the airport till the war cools down. He makes the airport his home and develops a friendship with the people wh …o work there until he can leave. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftmoney |
| Locations: | kitchenhotelrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | thief |
| Story: | fast food restaurantillegal immigrantreference to burger kinghamburgervandalismimmigrationimmigranteatingbookcomputerfoodcell phonecigarette smoking |
It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.
| Themes: | drug userobberydrinking |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | studentteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | underage drinkingschool lockervandalismpickup truckliarfootballmarijuanaliedrinkcigarette smokinggun |
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought home by Vince (Garcia), the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful ac …tor in private. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftrobberydrinking |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteenage boybrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | high school studentcollege studentreadingliarlocker roomeatingsubjective cameramarijuanaliedrinkfoodcell phoneknifecigarette smoking |
Four members of a high school band called Mystery do everything they can to attend a KISS concert in Detroit. In order to make it to the show they must steal, cheat, strip, deal with an anti-rock mom and generally do whatever it takes to see the band that has inspired them to be musicians.
| Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | sex in carrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteenage boyteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | vandalismcrossliarvansubjective cameramarijuanacafeliedrinkunderwearcigarette smokingdogblood |
An admired high school hockey player with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girlfriend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended period …s of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. Obviously, with the mental incapacitation, he is unable to have meaningful work. Thus he works as a night cleaning man in a bank. It is there he comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader befriends him and gets him involved with a young woman who further reels him in. After they get close and after reeling him in with his own failures, the bank plan unfolds. Confused but wanting to escape his current existence, he initially goes along with the scheme. After realizing he is being used, he attempts to stop the robbery, which of course immediately goes awry. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftrobberydrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | uncle niece relationshipwaitressthiefstudentteenage boybrother sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | chessflash forwardsubjective cameramarijuanacafedrinkcomputerfoodunderwearcell phonegundog |
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: | theftrobberydrinkinglove |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | waitressthiefteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | meatranchpickup truckcowliarcafeliedrinkcomputerunderwearcigarette smokinggun |
Echoes of "Madame Bovary" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two yea …rs for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead? (Read More)
| Themes: | drinking |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | advertising executiveharassmentadvertisingdemonstrationvandalismreadingliarvancafeliebookletterdrinkcomputerfood …underwearcell phonesex scenedog (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: | theftrobberyinvestigationdrinkingmoney |
| Locations: | hotelrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | thiefmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | advertising executiveliarbusinessmaneatingcafeliedrinkcomputerfoodcell phonecigarette smokingdogbloodgun |
Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and … two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftinvestigationdrinkingmoney |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | animal slaughterslaughtercowcrossflash forwardeatingsubjective cameramarijuanaliebookletterdrinkcomputerfoodknife …cigarette smokingblooddoggun (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: | drug usetheftinvestigationdrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | hotelbar |
| Characters: | thief |
| Story: | cleaning ladyrear entry sexliarlocker roombusinessmaneatingmarijuanaliedrinkcomputerfoodunderwearwoman on topcell phonecigarette smoking …sex scenegunblood (See All) |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinkingmoney |
| Locations: | hotelrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | waitressthiefsister sister relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | rear entry sexpickup truckreadingliareatingcafeliebookletterdrinkcomputerfoodunderwearcell phoneknife …cigarette smokingdog (See All) |
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its ang …er and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftrobberyinvestigationdrinking |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bedtime storywatching televisionpickup truckcowreadingflash forwardliedrinkcomputerfoodthree word titleknifeblood |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkingpoliticslove |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | uncle niece relationshipthiefstudentteenage boyteenage girlchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bedtime storybutcherdrug abusedemonstrationcrossreadingliarprotestflash forwardeatingmarijuanacafeliebookdrink …foodcigarette smokingdogblood (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: | drug usepolitics |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | waitressteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | high school studentharassmentwatching televisiondrug abusevandalismliareatingsubjective cameramarijuanaliecomputerfoodunderwearcell phonecigarette smoking …gunblood (See All) |
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 35th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his Wes …t Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title. When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game. "Varsity Blues" explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftrobberydrinking |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | high school studentdrug abusepickup truckcrosslocker roomfootballsubjective cameracafedrinkunderwearcigarette smokingblood |
Young Caucasian Dan Dunne teaches history and coaches the girls basketball team at a Brooklyn high school populated primarily by black and Hispanic students. To the chagrin of his superiors, Dan bucks the outlined curriculum of historical facts in favor of the philosophy of historical events, genera …lly discussing the concept of dialectics. As such, he captures the imagination of his students, at least in the classroom. Outside of the classroom, Dan's life is in shambles. He has a distant but cordial relationship with his family. He uses illicit drugs rampantly. Although his former girlfriend Rachel was able to clean up her drug habit, Dan believes that rehab will not work for him. Due to a combination of these issues, he treats women poorly. Thirteen year old Drey is a student in his class and a player on his basketball team. Drey has her own problems. Her parents are divorced, with her father a virtually non-existent figure in her life and her EMT mother generally absent as she is always working to provide for Drey. Her older brother Mike is incarcerated for selling drugs for a local dealer named Frank. Mike took the fall for Frank, who in turn protects Drey whether she wants to be associated with him or not. Dan and Drey's relationship changes when Drey catches Dan, believing he is alone, smoking crack in the girl's locker room bathroom. He is totally stoned. Their resulting friendship, which is seen as inappropriate by the few who know, is based on each being unable to dea… (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | kitchenrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | french frieshamburgerwatching televisiondemonstrationreadinglocker roomprotestsubjective cameracafebookdrinkunderwearcigarette smoking |
Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, h …e goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out? (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftinvestigationdrinkingpoliticsmoney |
| Locations: | hotelbar |
| Characters: | thiefmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | big businesspublic healthcorporate crimeethicscorporationwatching televisionliarbusinessmansoccerscientistliedrinkcomputercell phonecigarette smoking …gun (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: | theftrobberyinvestigationdrinkingpolitics |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | maidthiefsister sister relationshipteenage boyteenage girlchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | based on bookdriver's licensepickup truckcrossflash forwardcafebookletterdrinkunderwearcigarette smokinggunblood |
At the edge of adolescence, Tracy is a smart straight-A student--if not a little naive (it seems...she smokes and she cuts to alleviate the emotional pain she suffers from having a broken home and hating her mom's boyfriend, Brady.) When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in sch …ool, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftrobberydrinkingmoney |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | underage drinkingdrug abuseliarvanmarijuanaliedrinkunderwearcell phonecigarette smokingsex scenedogblood |
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 usedrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | uncle niece relationshipwaitressbrother sister relationshipchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | slaughterhouseensemble castwatching televisiondemonstrationprotestflash forwardeatingsubjective cameracafebookletterdrinkcomputerfoodwoman on top …cell phonecigarette smokingsex scenedoggunblood (See All) |
After being rejected from every college he applied, Bartleby Gaines decided to create a fictitious university, South Harmon Institute of Technology, with his friends, to fool their parents. But when their deception works too well and every other college rejects starts to apply to his school, B. must … find a way to give the education and future his students and friends deserves, including his own, while trying to win the heart of the girl next door. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneylove |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sexual harassmentcollege studentdriver's licensespitletterdrinkcomputerfoodcell phone |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftrobberydrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | kitchenhotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteenage boyteenage girlmother son relationship |
| Story: | fast food restauranthigh school studentbased on bookhamburgerdrug abusecrosslocker roomeatingcafedrinkfoodunderwearknifecigarette smokinggun …blood (See All) |
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend, Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small …Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftdrinking |
| Locations: | sex in carbar |
| Characters: | waitressthiefstudentteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | high school studentunderage drinkingbased on bookdrug abusemarijuanadrinkunderwearcell phoneknifecigarette smokingsex sceneblooddoggun |
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: | theftdrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | based on bookreadingflash forwardeatingcafeliebookletterdrinkfoodunderwearcigarette smokingblood |
In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfi …eld pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him? (Read More)
| Themes: | drug useinvestigationdrinking |
| Locations: | desertrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | childrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | bedtime storywatching televisionmexicanpickup truckreadingliarimmigrantcafeliebookdrinkcomputerunderwearcell phoneknife …gundog (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: | drug usedrinkingmoney |
| Locations: | mexicodesertrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | waitressteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | fast foodbased on bookborder crossingcattlemexicansubtitled scenereadingvancafebookdrinkunderwearthree word titleknifecigarette smoking …blooddog (See All) |
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
| Themes: | drinking |
| Mood: | high schoolsatire |
| Locations: | kitchenrestaurant |
| Characters: | studentteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | high school studentdemonstrationcrossliarlocker roomprotestmarijuanacafeliedrinkcell phonesex scenedog |
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estrang …ed mother. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | thiefteenage boymother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mexican immigrantunderage drinkingrancherranchreadingliarlocker roombusinessmanliedrinkthree word titlecigarette smokingdog |
Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events.
| Themes: | robbery |
| Locations: | mexico |
| Characters: | uncle niece relationshipteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | illegal immigrationillegal immigrantborder crossingmexicanimmigrationimmigrantliecell phonecigarette smokingsex scenegundog |
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: | investigationdrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | waitressbrother sister relationshipchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | pickup truckliarflash forwardeatinglieletterdrinkcomputerfoodcell phoneknifecigarette smokinggunblooddog |
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 usedrinkingmoney |
| Locations: | hotelrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipstudentbrother sister relationshipchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | demonstrationvandalismpickup trucksubtitled sceneprotestvaneatingsoccersubjective cameracafedrinkfoodcell phoneknifecigarette smoking …dogbloodgun (See All) |
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: … truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinking |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipstudentchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | frozen foodwatching televisionreadingflash forwardvaneatingsubjective cameracafeliebookdrinkcomputerfoodunderwearcell phone |
A chance encounter between a travelling salesman and a lonely hitman triggers a strangely profound relationship which provokes each to act in ways neither would have imagined possible. Fate steps in to form a friendship between two men from irreconcilable worlds that will alter the lives of both for …ever. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoney |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | mexicokitchenhotelrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | teenage girlhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | coloradorear entry sexliarbusinessmanflash forwardcafeliedrinkcomputerunderwearcell phoneknifecigarette smokinggundog …blood (See All) |
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend …Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned? (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftrobberydrinking |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteenage boychildrenfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | underage drinkingwatching televisionpickup truckliarmarijuanaliedrinkknifecigarette smokinggunblood |
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: | drinking |
| Locations: | mexicorestaurantbar |
| Characters: | waitresssister sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | u.s. mexico bordercattlemeatranchpickup truckcrossliareatingmarijuanacafeliedrinkfoodcigarette smokingsex scene …gundogblood (See All) |
During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom …as Pynchon. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftinvestigationpoliticsmoney |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | hotel |
| Characters: | waitressthiefbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | college studentpublic healthharassmentcorporationrear entry sexwatching televisiondrug abuseliarprotestflash forwardeatingmarijuanacafeliefood …cigarette smokingsex scenebloodgun (See All) |
Mary is a senior at American Eagle Christian High School in suburban Baltimore. She considers herself born again, despite the fact that her rebirth was at age three. Her best girlfriends are two classmates that comprise the Christian Jewels band with her. Hilary Faye is the alpha Christian, who outw …ardly is perfect, especially in her connection to God. And Veronica is ethnic Vietnamese who was adopted and thus saved by a black Christian couple. A third is Tia, who is generally an outsider in her geek status but who aspires to be in this Christian clique. Also within their social circle solely out of necessity is Hilary Faye's older brother Roland, who has been in a wheelchair since age nine after falling out of a tree, and who, out of family obligation Hilary Faye transports everywhere including to/from school. Beyond that transportation, Roland and Hilary Faye generally have disdain for each other. One of Hilary Faye's God driven missions for the year is to save Cassandra, a Jewish girl new to the school, she who was expelled from her last school and is only attending a faith based school as a marginally better option than the alternative. Mary's world starts to fall apart just before the start of the school year when her boyfriend, Dean, admits to her that he thinks he is gay. Mary receives what she believes are messages from God, including one indirectly through Hilary Faye, leading to her thinking she can save Dean by having sex with him, God who will restore her spiritua… (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkinglove |
| Mood: | high schoolsatire |
| Locations: | kitchen |
| Characters: | thiefteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | high school studentschool lockerdriver's licenseharassmentdrug abusevandalismcrossvanliedrinkcomputercell phonecigarette smokingdoggun |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
| Themes: | theftrobberyinvestigationdrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | high schoolsatire |
| Locations: | hotelbar |
| Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | epiloguereadingvanliebookdrinkunderwearcell phonecigarette smokingdoggunblood |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkinglove |
| Locations: | desertbar |
| Characters: | waitressboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | vandalismreadingflash forwardeatingsoccerbookdrinkcomputerfoodunderwearcell phoneknifecigarette smokinggunblood …dog (See All) |
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