Peter is a composer and a likable sad sack who's devastated when his girlfriend of five years, Sarah Marshall, the star of a cheesy CSI-style crime show, dumps him. He weeps, he rails, he mopes. Finally, his step-brother Brian suggests Hawaii, so Peter heads for a resort on Oahu where, as he's check…ing in, he sees Sarah and her new beau, Aldous, a polymorphously perverse English rocker. The weeping and moping start again, until Peter is rescued by Rachel, a thoughtful hotel clerk who invites him to a luau and to hang out. Although he constantly runs into Sarah and Aldous, Peter starts to come alive again. Will Sarah realize what she's lost, and what about Rachel? (Read More)
Themes: | depression, wedding, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, religion, infidelity, friendship |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | hotel, restaurant, beach, bar |
Characters: | musician, lust, actress, photographer, singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | hawaiian shirt, hawaii, beach resort, cliff diving, resort, jumping off a cliff, yoga instructor, yoga class, fainting at the sight of blood, chess piece, woman moaning from pleasure, moaning woman, woman moaning, composer, piano player, airplane stewardess, outdoor wedding, hotel desk clerk, sex in bed, swimming pool, reference to ernie the muppet, reference to bert the muppet, reference to bert and ernie, dracula spoof, multiple sex positions, reference to costco, men's restroom, pina colada, stepbrother stepbrother relationship, couch potato, baton twirling, public break up, sex lesson, luau, hula, desk clerk, lei, rock opera, herpes, fake orgasm, opening night, recording session, sexually transmitted disease, cheating on boyfriend, std, pediatrician, starfish, cheating on girlfriend, drunken sex, reference to gandhi, hawaiian, lovesick, flasher, tv show in film, gross out humor, cereal, leg injury, strawberry, toilet paper, treadmill, philosopher, fourth of july, butt slap, invitation, newlywed, broken heart, pearl necklace, hammock, shirt, urinal, bleeding, surfboard, theatre production, loud sex, old flame, honeymoon, surfer, recording studio, landlord, cliff, hot tub, banana, theatre audience, mobile phone, breakup, rear entry sex, shoes, yoga, rock star, torch, jumping from height, surfing, fainting, no panties, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, waiter, flirting, chess, premarital sex, laptop, pig, female removes her clothes, actor shares first name with character, scene during end credits, moaning, puppet, microphone, marriage proposal, bartender, underwater scene, scantily clad female, no opening credits, apology, dinner, band, wine, cleavage, swimming, male pubic hair, piano, marijuana, cafe, bed, sunglasses, tears, lie, falling from height, bare butt, condom, drink, camera, watching tv, los angeles california, computer, punched in the face, airplane, face slap, urination, mirror, fistfight, underwear, woman on top, song, cell phone, crying, fondling, telephone call, brother brother relationship, shower, erection, leg spreading, knife, tattoo, singing, male full frontal nudity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, character name in title, bare chested male, sex scene, fight, flashback, blood, dog, masturbation, kiss |
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: | wedding, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, beach, bar |
Characters: | actress, singer, friend |
Story: | sex in bed, leg injury, surfboard, theatre production, surfer, cliff, surfing, laptop, bartender, underwater scene, scantily clad female, apology, wine, cleavage, swimming, sunglasses, tears, lie, bare butt, drink, computer, face slap, mirror, woman on top, song, cell phone, crying, telephone call, leg spreading, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, kiss, fight, flashback |
Themes: | depression, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy |
Locations: | hotel, beach |
Characters: | photographer |
Story: | woman moaning from pleasure, moaning woman, woman moaning, sex in bed, loud sex, rear entry sex, shoes, moaning, underwater scene, cleavage, swimming, male pubic hair, sunglasses, tears, bare butt, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, punched in the face, face slap, urination, fistfight, underwear, woman on top, cell phone, crying, telephone call, shower, tattoo, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, bare chested male, sex scene, kiss, blood, fight, flashback, dog |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away,… even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | lust, musician, singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | sex in bed, swimming pool, theatre audience, no panties, female removes her clothes, puppet, scantily clad female, band, cleavage, marijuana, tears, lie, bare butt, drink, camera, watching tv, los angeles california, urination, underwear, crying, telephone call, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, blood, dog |
Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates including her rebellious younger sister, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters surf competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with no one'…s blessing but her own, Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene ... until pro quarterback Matt Tollman comes along. Like it or not, Anne Marie starts losing her balance - and finding it - as she falls for Matt. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, beach, bar |
Characters: | photographer, friend |
Story: | luau, hula, surfboard, surfer, hawaii, mobile phone, surfing, underwater scene, cleavage, condom, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, mirror, cell phone, telephone call, shower, tattoo, kiss, fight, blood, flashback, dog |
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. This is why Candy (2006) is one of the best movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drinking |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | lust, actress, doctor |
Story: | swimming pool, urinal, female removes her clothes, marriage proposal, underwater scene, scantily clad female, apology, wine, cleavage, swimming, marijuana, cafe, sunglasses, tears, lie, bare butt, condom, drink, camera, watching tv, face slap, mirror, underwear, crying, telephone call, shower, leg spreading, tattoo, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, character name in title, blood, fight, kiss |
Themes: | drinking, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, restaurant, beach |
Characters: | actress, photographer, singer, friend |
Story: | swimming pool, theatre audience, rear entry sex, microphone, marriage proposal, underwater scene, apology, band, swimming, marijuana, cafe, sunglasses, bare butt, drink, camera, watching tv, face slap, underwear, song, crying, telephone call, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, character name in title, bare chested male, flashback, fight, blood, kiss |
Eddie is forty, owns a sporting-goods store, and is still single. After watching his ex-fiancee walk down the aisle, he meets Lila, an environmental researcher, who seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only 6 weeks. Howeve…r, as he almost instantly discovers, his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage than he can handle. She's immature, foolish, a monster in bed, owes a tremendous amount of money to various sources, and as it turns out, is only a volunteer and doesn't actually have a job. While on their honeymoon in Cabo, Eddie meets Miranda, a down-to-earth lacrosse coach who is visiting with her family. Sparks fly, and Eddie falls for her. Now comes the tricky part of breaking off his marriage to crazy Lila, all while keeping the truth from Miranda about why he's in Cabo in the first place... (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drunkenness, infidelity, friendship |
Characters: | lust, friend |
Story: | honeymoon, woman moaning from pleasure, moaning woman, woman moaning, sex in bed, newlywed, resort, loud sex, old flame, no panties, flirting, premarital sex, female removes her clothes, scene during end credits, moaning, marriage proposal, scantily clad female, apology, cleavage, bed, bare butt, urination, woman on top, fondling, leg spreading |
Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will be over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spir…ited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, infidelity, friendship |
Characters: | lust, actress, photographer, singer, friend |
Story: | sex in bed, swimming pool, female removes her clothes, scantily clad female, band, wine, cleavage, marijuana, tears, bare butt, drink, watching tv, punched in the face, airplane, underwear, crying, fondling, telephone call, leg spreading, knife, photograph, husband wife relationship, fight, kiss |
Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly l…eads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, infidelity |
Locations: | hotel, beach |
Characters: | photographer |
Story: | beach resort, jumping off a cliff, cheating on girlfriend, resort, jumping from height, underwater scene, swimming, marijuana, bed, lie, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, telephone call, knife, tattoo, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, bare chested male, kiss, flashback, blood |
In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortes, the twenty-som…ething wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach's location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up. This is why Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001) is one of the best movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | beach, hotel, restaurant |
Characters: | lust, singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | swimming pool, pediatrician, mobile phone, no panties, waiter, pig, female removes her clothes, microphone, underwater scene, apology, cleavage, swimming, male pubic hair, marijuana, cafe, bed, sunglasses, tears, lie, bare butt, drink, airplane, urination, underwear, woman on top, song, crying, fondling, telephone call, shower, erection, leg spreading, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, dog, kiss, masturbation |
Themes: | drinking, jealousy, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | swimming pool, multiple sex positions, honeymoon, rear entry sex, waiter, scene during end credits, marriage proposal, scantily clad female, apology, band, wine, cleavage, marijuana, cafe, lie, drink, watching tv, punched in the face, woman on top, telephone call, brother brother relationship, erection, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, dog, kiss, fight, flashback, masturbation |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, bar |
Characters: | musician, singer, friend |
Story: | swimming pool, rock star, premarital sex, female removes her clothes, microphone, scantily clad female, band, cleavage, swimming, marijuana, drink, camera, watching tv, los angeles california, airplane, urination, fistfight, underwear, song, crying, telephone call, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, bare chested male, kiss |
Ohio high school student Scott Thomas is a good student and nice guy - albeit a little predictable - who is about to graduate and go into pre-med. He is unceremoniously dumped by his whorish girlfriend Fiona on graduation day. Among the people he turns to in his hour of despair is his German pen pal…, Mike. Scott and Mike seem to have a special connection. After Mike makes advances to Scott now that he and Fiona are not seeing each other, Scott abruptly sends Mike a message saying he never wants to hear from him again. However, Scott learns shorty thereafter that Mike is actually a beautiful girl named Mieke. By this time, Mieke has blocked his messages. Thinking that Mieke is actually who he was meant to be with, Scott, impulsively for a change, decides to go to Berlin to be with her. Along for the ride is Scott's best friend, the girl crazy Cooper Harris. They manage only to get a flight into London, and thus have to make their way from London to Berlin. Along the way in Paris, they run into their high school friends, twins Jenny and Jamie, who are backpacking through Europe. Scott and Cooper consider them the most mismatched twins ever, Jamie who is a walking encyclopedia, and Jenny a girl who they treat as just one of the guys. As the four try to make their way to Berlin, they run into a few obstacles and few adventures. Scott hopes that all these problems are worth it when he has his much hyped in his mind meeting with Mieke. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | lust, musician, singer, friend |
Story: | piano player, airplane stewardess, swimming pool, hot tub, scene during end credits, microphone, scantily clad female, band, cleavage, male pubic hair, piano, marijuana, cafe, bare butt, drink, camera, watching tv, computer, airplane, face slap, urination, underwear, song, cell phone, crying, fondling, brother brother relationship, leg spreading, tattoo, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, sex scene, masturbation, kiss, dog |
Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the… events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever. (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drinking, jealousy, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant, beach, bar |
Characters: | photographer, singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | sex in bed, swimming pool, no panties, chess, pig, female removes her clothes, bartender, scantily clad female, band, wine, cleavage, swimming, cafe, tears, drink, camera, mirror, underwear, crying, fondling, leg spreading, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, dog, flashback |
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. This is why Nowhere Boy (2009) is one of the best movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | depression, drunkenness, drinking, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | musician, singer, friend |
Story: | piano player, urinal, recording studio, theatre audience, microphone, band, piano, cafe, tears, lie, drink, punched in the face, urination, mirror, underwear, song, crying, fondling, telephone call, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, kiss, flashback, blood, masturbation |
Sarah Morton is a famous British mystery author. Tired of London and seeking inspiration for her new novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher John Bosload to stay at his home in Luberon, in the South of France. It is the off-season, and Sarah finds that the beautiful country locale and unhurri…ed pace is just the tonic for her--until late one night, when John's indolent and insouciant French daughter Julie unexpectedly arrives. Sarah's prim and steely English reserve is jarred by Julie's reckless, sexually charged lifestyle. Their interactions set off an increasingly unsettling series of events, as Sarah's creative process and a possible real-life murder begin to blend dangerously together. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, jealousy, infidelity |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | lust |
Story: | swimming pool, drunken sex, waiter, laptop, moaning, scantily clad female, cleavage, swimming, marijuana, cafe, bed, sunglasses, drink, computer, underwear, woman on top, fondling, telephone call, erection, knife, sex scene, masturbation, kiss, blood, flashback |
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, …who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, jealousy |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | lust, singer, doctor |
Story: | sex in bed, swimming pool, lovesick, banana, female removes her clothes, scantily clad female, cleavage, swimming, piano, bed, sunglasses, tears, lie, drink, face slap, underwear, crying, telephone call, shower, leg spreading, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, kiss, blood, fight, dog |
Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic years in the 1960s, as his inner demons and obsessions trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for years. In… the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the unscrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationship grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, friendship |
Locations: | beach, restaurant |
Characters: | musician, singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | piano player, swimming pool, recording session, hawaiian, surfboard, recording studio, surfing, composer, scene during end credits, microphone, underwater scene, apology, band, wine, swimming, piano, marijuana, cafe, bed, sunglasses, tears, lie, drink, los angeles california, airplane, face slap, mirror, song, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, shower, singing, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, kiss, dog, flashback |
Broken Lizard is surrounded by limber, wanton women on a booze-soaked island resort owned by Coconut Pete, a rock star has-been. But the non-stop party takes a turn for the weird when dead bodies start turning up. Everyone begins to look suspicious. Could it be Sam, of the Fun Police brigade, who is… quick-on-the-trigger with his tequila-loaded Super Soaker; Jenny, the over-sexed fitness instructor; Juan, the flamboyant diving instructor with a secret third-world past; Putman, the bratty British tennis coach/fanatic; Dave, the Ecstasy-crazed, adopted nephew of Coconut Pete; or the burly masseuse blessed with a creepy touch--that can render anyone into instant Jell-O? Can the inhabitants of Pleasure Island unite, solve the mystery and restore happy hour to this tropical bacchanal? (Read More)
Locations: | beach, bar |
Story: | beach resort, cliff diving, resort, jumping off a cliff, sex in bed, swimming pool, loud sex, rock star, torch, female removes her clothes, underwater scene, scantily clad female, cleavage, marijuana, falling from height, urination, song, bare chested male, blood, flashback |
Lucia is a young waitress in a restaurant in the centre of Madrid. After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, a writer, she seeks refuge on a quiet, secluded Mediterranean island. There, bathed in an atmosphere of fresh air and dazzling sun, Lucia begins to discover the dark corners of her past rela…tionship, as if they were forbidden passages of a novel which the author now, from afar, allows her to read. This is why Lucia Y El Sexo (2001) is one of the best movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | depression, drunkenness, drinking, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant, beach |
Characters: | lust, singer, friend |
Story: | sex in bed, cliff, no panties, female removes her clothes, underwater scene, scantily clad female, cleavage, swimming, male pubic hair, tears, drink, watching tv, computer, underwear, woman on top, song, crying, fondling, telephone call, shower, erection, leg spreading, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, character name in title, sex scene, masturbation, flashback, kiss, dog |
Nicole broke up with Matt months ago and is now engaged to someone else. He's very good-looking and has no trouble finding other lovers, but that doesn't help because he's still obsessed with wanting her back. Then he gets the inspiration that swearing off sex for Lent (all forms of sexual activity,… even kissing or masturbation) will give him the perspective he needs. So of course a few days later he meets a woman and they fall in love. Now Matt sees his vow as a personal matter, and won't even tell her about it, but his friends think otherwise, and now the complications begin... (Read More)
Characters: | lust |
Story: | woman moaning from pleasure, moaning woman, woman moaning, fake orgasm, loud sex, banana, no panties, waiter, moaning, scantily clad female, cleavage, lie, condom, computer, underwear, woman on top, brother brother relationship, erection, leg spreading, tattoo, masturbation, flashback |
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
Themes: | wedding, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, infidelity, friendship |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Characters: | lust |
Story: | sex in bed, pearl necklace, urinal, rear entry sex, waiter, premarital sex, pig, female removes her clothes, bartender, scantily clad female, wine, cleavage, bed, sunglasses, bare butt, drink, camera, watching tv, urination, mirror, underwear, cell phone, crying, fondling, shower, leg spreading, knife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, bare chested male, sex scene, blood, kiss, dog |
In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how lon…g she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, jealousy, infidelity |
Characters: | lust |
Story: | sex in bed, swimming pool, treadmill, rear entry sex, female removes her clothes, moaning, marriage proposal, scantily clad female, apology, dinner, cleavage, punched in the face, face slap, woman on top, cell phone, telephone call, leg spreading, tattoo, bare chested male, sex scene |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri…ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant, beach, bar |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | cheating on girlfriend, drunken sex, breakup, flirting, premarital sex, scantily clad female, apology, cleavage, marijuana, cafe, tears, condom, drink, urination, underwear, woman on top, cell phone, crying, erection, knife, tattoo, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, sex scene, dog, kiss, flashback |
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? This is why Little Children (2006) is one of the best movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, infidelity, friendship |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | bar, restaurant |
Characters: | lust, friend |
Story: | woman moaning from pleasure, moaning woman, woman moaning, sex in bed, swimming pool, loud sex, mobile phone, no panties, waiter, female removes her clothes, moaning, underwater scene, scantily clad female, swimming, cafe, tears, lie, bare butt, drink, watching tv, computer, underwear, cell phone, crying, shower, leg spreading, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, sex scene, dog, kiss, flashback, masturbation |
Dean Pereira and Cindy Heller Pereira are a young, working class married couple - Dean currently working as a painter, and Cindy working as a nurse in a medical clinic - with a young daughter named Frankie. Despite their relatively tender ages, they are both ravaged by the life they've eked out toge…ther and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage. Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure. He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. He doesn't have any professional ambition beyond his current work - which he enjoys since he feels he can knock off a beer at 8 o'clock in the morning without it affecting his work - although Cindy believes he has so much more potential in life. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life. One of her previous serious relationships was with Bobby Ontario, that relationship which has a profound affect on many aspects of her marriage to Dean. Dean and Cindy head off on an overnight getaway together without Frankie, the getaway which may provide a clearer picture if their marriage can survive its many issues. (Read More)
Themes: | depression, wedding, drunkenness, drinking |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | lust, musician, singer, doctor |
Story: | fourth of july, rear entry sex, shoes, no panties, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, female removes her clothes, scantily clad female, apology, cleavage, cafe, tears, bare butt, drink, punched in the face, face slap, urination, mirror, song, crying, fondling, telephone call, shower, leg spreading, tattoo, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, sex scene, kiss, fight, flashback, dog |
An emotionally fragile woman recently released from a mental hospital for self mutilation goes to school to gain secretarial skills to gain employment. She has an alcoholic father and a co-dependent mother who are clueless as to who she really is which a tormented soul who really wants to find somet…hing with which she can find success. She is a great secretary and finds a job with a unique, old fashioned, but off center in charge boss with a somewhat sadistic sexual proclivity. She grows and evolves and so does he. (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drunkenness, drinking |
Locations: | restaurant |
Story: | woman moaning, swimming pool, treadmill, pearl necklace, no panties, moaning, marriage proposal, underwater scene, scantily clad female, wine, cleavage, cafe, condom, drink, los angeles california, face slap, urination, mirror, underwear, crying, fondling, telephone call, knife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, sex scene, flashback, kiss, masturbation |
After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, friendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | photographer, singer, friend |
Story: | swimming pool, leg injury, toilet paper, shoes, underwater scene, apology, band, swimming, sunglasses, tears, falling from height, bare butt, drink, camera, watching tv, punched in the face, face slap, urination, underwear, song, cell phone, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, tattoo, singing, photograph, bare chested male, flashback, blood, fight |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the… other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. (Read More)
Themes: | infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | actress, photographer, musician, singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | airplane stewardess, swimming pool, composer, microphone, underwater scene, apology, swimming, sunglasses, lie, camera, airplane, face slap, urination, song, telephone call, tattoo, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, sex scene, kiss |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat…e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. This is why Rumor Has It... (2005) is one of the best movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drinking, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant, beach, bar |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | old flame, theatre audience, mobile phone, premarital sex, scene during end credits, apology, cafe, bed, tears, lie, condom, drink, watching tv, los angeles california, airplane, mirror, cell phone, crying, telephone call, shower, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, kiss, dog |
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
Themes: | depression, drunkenness, drinking, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Characters: | actress, singer, friend |
Story: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, premarital sex, bartender, scantily clad female, band, cleavage, cafe, tears, condom, drink, los angeles california, urination, underwear, song, crying, telephone call, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, bare chested male, kiss |
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: | depression, drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant, beach, bar |
Characters: | photographer, friend |
Story: | leg injury, shoes, laptop, apology, cafe, bed, tears, lie, bare butt, condom, drink, camera, watching tv, punched in the face, face slap, mirror, underwear, cell phone, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, knife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, bare chested male, sex scene, flashback, fight, kiss, blood |
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: | drunkenness, drinking, infidelity |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | actress, doctor |
Story: | rear entry sex, waiter, underwater scene, no opening credits, apology, wine, swimming, lie, falling from height, bare butt, drink, watching tv, punched in the face, face slap, mirror, underwear, woman on top, shower, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, blood, dog, kiss, flashback |
Following the death of his father in Mexico, Stephane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor Stephanie. But conquering her is no bed of rose…s for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world... (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, jealousy, friendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | musician, singer, friend |
Story: | opening night, landlord, shoes, composer, marriage proposal, apology, dinner, band, swimming, male pubic hair, piano, bed, lie, drink, watching tv, mirror, underwear, song, telephone call, singing, male full frontal nudity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, blood, kiss, flashback |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an…d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. This is why Ray (2004) is one of the best movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drunkenness, drinking, infidelity |
Locations: | hotel, beach |
Characters: | singer, musician, doctor |
Story: | swimming pool, recording studio, breakup, chess, premarital sex, microphone, band, piano, marijuana, sunglasses, tears, lie, drink, camera, los angeles california, song, crying, brother brother relationship, singing, husband wife relationship, character name in title, kiss, dog, flashback, fight |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both …came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, jealousy, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | photographer, doctor, friend |
Story: | ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, flirting, premarital sex, pig, wine, male pubic hair, cafe, tears, lie, condom, drink, camera, computer, cell phone, crying, tattoo, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, dog, kiss, masturbation, flashback, fight |
Reuben Feffer thinks he's found the love of his life but on his honeymoon he discovers her cheating on him with a scuba instructor. Reuben travels back home to get his life on track. On a night out with best pal, Sandy Lyle, Reuben discovers an old school friend, Polly Prince. Reuben feels a connect…ion straight away, and tries constantly to get her to like him. But it's not going to be easy for Reuben, especially when he spends his days calculating risks, and when someone unexpected turns up. (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, infidelity, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant, beach, bar |
Characters: | photographer, friend, singer |
Story: | honeymoon, sex in bed, butt slap, urinal, waiter, microphone, bartender, band, wine, swimming, marijuana, cafe, lie, camera, los angeles california, computer, airplane, urination, telephone call, knife, tattoo, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, sex scene, blood, kiss |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
Themes: | wedding, drunkenness, drinking, infidelity, friendship |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Characters: | lust, friend |
Story: | sex in bed, swimming pool, sexually transmitted disease, std, treadmill, butt slap, no panties, female removes her clothes, microphone, marriage proposal, no opening credits, apology, marijuana, cafe, sunglasses, lie, bare butt, condom, drink, watching tv, punched in the face, airplane, urination, mirror, underwear, telephone call, brother brother relationship, erection, leg spreading, male full frontal nudity, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, sex scene, fight, blood, flashback, masturbation, kiss, dog |
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, h…e panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, jealousy, friendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | hawaiian shirt, herpes, butt slap, banana, mobile phone, jumping from height, actor shares first name with character, dinner, marijuana, tears, lie, falling from height, drink, punched in the face, face slap, fistfight, underwear, cell phone, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, erection, knife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, kiss, fight, blood, flashback |
Early thirty-something dentist Dr. Charlie Logan has never experienced true love, despite having had a number of girlfriends over the years. After an announcement by one of his ex-girlfriends as such at her wedding, Charlie gets a reputation as being a good luck charm. Every woman he has slept with …has met and married her dream man immediately following. He is encouraged to exploit this reputation by his long time best friend, Dr. Stu Klaminsky, a sex obsessed, sex starved schlub who became a plastic surgeon just so that he could masturbate over the sight of women's breasts. Charlie doesn't want to be solely a stepping stone for women, which is how they end up treating him once he gains this reputation as a lucky charm, but rather one's true love. He believes the woman of his dreams is accident-prone Cam Wexler, who works as the penguin caretaker at the aquarium. Cam initially doesn't want to date Charlie because of his reputation as a one-night stand type of guy. Charlie in turn doesn't want to sleep with Cam as he is certain she will find her true love after they do. Cam's true love seems destined to be penguin expert Howard Blaine. To get to true happiness, Charlie feels he needs to speak to Anisha Carpenter, who he feels is the cause of his current problems. Anisha ends up helping him in a way he doesn't expect. This is why Good Luck Chuck (2007) is one of the best movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | wedding |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | lust, friend |
Story: | woman moaning from pleasure, moaning woman, woman moaning, sex in bed, drunken sex, loud sex, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, female removes her clothes, scene during end credits, moaning, scantily clad female, cleavage, bare butt, watching tv, underwear, woman on top, cell phone, fondling, shower, erection, leg spreading, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, character name in title, kiss, masturbation |
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: | drunkenness, drinking, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | musician, friend |
Story: | swimming pool, rear entry sex, bartender, underwater scene, apology, band, cafe, sunglasses, lie, condom, drink, watching tv, computer, airplane, urination, mirror, underwear, cell phone, crying, telephone call, shower, knife, photograph, husband wife relationship, blood, flashback, kiss, dog |
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)
Themes: | drunkenness, drinking, religion, infidelity |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | sex in bed, swimming pool, bleeding, microphone, underwater scene, cleavage, swimming, cafe, tears, drink, watching tv, computer, face slap, underwear, cell phone, crying, fondling, telephone call, knife, tattoo, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, kiss, masturbation, blood, flashback |
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hand…s of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. (Read More)
Themes: | wedding, drunkenness, drinking, friendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | piano player, pig, marriage proposal, band, wine, male pubic hair, piano, tears, falling from height, drink, camera, watching tv, punched in the face, face slap, urination, underwear, song, crying, telephone call, shower, singing, male full frontal nudity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, sex scene, blood, kiss, fight |
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: | depression, drunkenness, drinking |
Locations: | beach, bar |
Characters: | musician, singer, friend |
Story: | hot tub, breakup, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, microphone, apology, swimming, sunglasses, tears, falling from height, drink, watching tv, computer, face slap, urination, underwear, song, cell phone, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, knife, singing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, bare chested male, flashback, blood, kiss, dog |
A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods. This is why The Lobster (2015) is one of the best …movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, restaurant |
Characters: | singer, doctor, friend |
Story: | swimming pool, hot tub, waiter, flirting, pig, microphone, apology, band, swimming, bed, sunglasses, lie, face slap, underwear, song, brother brother relationship, erection, knife, singing, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, blood, dog, fight, kiss, masturbation |
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's se…cret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking, jealousy, friendship |
Locations: | hotel, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | lust, actress, musician, singer |
Story: | swimming pool, chess, premarital sex, actor shares first name with character, bed, sunglasses, falling from height, camera, los angeles california, punched in the face, airplane, fistfight, song, knife, singing, photograph, blood, fight, kiss, dog |
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: | wedding, drinking, religion, friendship |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | actress, singer, friend |
Story: | swimming pool, hammock, scene during end credits, microphone, underwater scene, no opening credits, apology, swimming, sunglasses, lie, bare butt, drink, watching tv, song, cell phone, crying, telephone call, singing, male full frontal nudity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, dog, kiss, flashback |
A regular family - Maria ('Naomi Watts' (qv)), Henry ('Ewan McGregor' (qv)) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vaca…tion until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them? (Read More)
Locations: | beach, hotel, restaurant |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | beach resort, resort, swimming pool, leg injury, bleeding, female removes her clothes, underwater scene, scantily clad female, no opening credits, apology, wine, cleavage, swimming, tears, watching tv, airplane, urination, cell phone, crying, telephone call, brother brother relationship, tattoo, photograph, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, kiss, flashback, blood |
Adele is a high school student who is beginning to explore herself as a woman. She dates men but finds no satisfaction with them sexually, and is rejected by a female friend who she does desire. She dreams of something more. She meets Emma who is a free spirited girl whom Adele's friends reject due …to her sexuality, and by association most begin to reject Adele. Her relationship with Emma grows into more than just friends as she is the only person with whom she can express herself openly. Together, Adele and Emma explore social acceptance, sexuality, and the emotional spectrum of their maturing relationship. (Read More)
Themes: | infidelity, friendship |
Characters: | lust, friend |
Story: | woman moaning from pleasure, moaning woman, woman moaning, sex in bed, multiple sex positions, loud sex, breakup, no panties, moaning, scantily clad female, no opening credits, dinner, cleavage, male pubic hair, tears, bare butt, face slap, crying, erection, leg spreading, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, character name in title, sex scene, kiss, masturbation |