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Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evely …n learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmgay interest |
| Themes: | cannibalisminvestigationfuneralweddingdrunkennesssuicidefriendshiprevengemurderlove |
| Locations: | train accidentcampfirebaseballlakesmall townchurchtrain |
| Characters: | little girllesbian mothergay friendself discoverygirlfemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | southern u.s.woman's hatman hits womannight swimminggirl dressed as a boywedding ceremonywedding receptionkilled by a trainhit by a traintrain trackssurprise birthday partysurprise partyromantic friendshipvegetable in title23rd psalm …free thinkerhoneycombcross cultural relationsreference to moby dickcultural conflictextended familypiggy back ridestorieswomens issuesauthor cameounhappy wifeliving togetherbeehivescreenplay adapted by authorwife beaternostalgicseamstressrailroad trackhoneyamerican southweight losssouthernmanslaughterlesbian subtextcultural differenceku klux klanhandymanchick flicktreehousenursing homealabamageneration gapkindnesspocket watchdamtomboysuitbeefemale bondingmultiple storylinesermonparking lotmidlife crisisbarbecueracistdiscriminationfeministnostalgiabarefootfood in titlestrong female leadgay parentaccidental deathhatdressstrong female characterrecord playersingle parentdeath of brotherdomestic violencescreamstorytellingumbrellascreamingtreelesbian interesttrialaccidentwomanswimmingcolor in titlerivercafemirrorthree word titlepartytitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback (See All) |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
| Themes: | funeralweddingdrunkennessfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | churchtrain |
| Characters: | self discoverygirlfemale protagonistafrican american |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | wedding ceremonydomestic violencewomancolor in titlemirrorthree word titletitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
1972. Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), is a mortician and a widower. Her best friend is Thomas J Sennett (Macaulay Culkin). Then her father hires a new receptionist, Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and …life will never be the same again. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralfriendship |
| Locations: | lakesmall town |
| Characters: | little girlgirl |
| Story: | beehivetomboybeebarbecuehatrecord playersingle parentscreamtreeswimmingriver |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | funeralweddingsuiciderevengelovefriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | small townchurchtrain |
| Characters: | girlfemale protagonistmother son relationship |
| Story: | wedding receptionstrong female leadaccidental deathstrong female characterrecord playerumbrellascreamingwomanmirrorbased on novelflashback |
In 1951, Laura Brown, a pregnant housewife, is planning a party for her husband, but she can't stop reading the novel 'Mrs. Dalloway'. Clarissa Vaughn, a modern woman living in present times is throwing a party for her friend Richard, a famous author dying of AIDS. These two stories are simultaneous …ly linked to the work and life of Virginia Woolf, who's writing the novel mentioned before. (Read More)
| Themes: | suicidefriendship |
| Characters: | lesbian motherfemale protagonistmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | storiesmultiple storylinefeministgay parentwomanriverpartytitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in the Bathtub, a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness …, nature flies out of whack, temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeraldrunkennesslove |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfemale protagonistafrican american |
| Story: | southern u.s.southernsingle parentscreamstorytellingscreamingswimmingriverparty |
United Press International journalist Will Bloom and his French freelance photojournalist wife Josephine Bloom, who is pregnant with their first child, leave their Paris base to return to Will's hometown of Ashton, Alabama on the news that his father, Edward Bloom, stricken with cancer, will soon di …e, he being taken off chemotherapy treatment. Although connected indirectly through Will's mother/Edward's wife, Sandra Bloom, Will has been estranged from his father for three years since his and Josephine's wedding. Will's issue with his father is the fanciful tales Edward has told of his life all his life, not only to Will but the whole world. As a child when Edward was largely absent as a traveling salesman, Will believed those stories, but now realizes that he does not know his father, who, as he continues to tell these stories, he will never get to know unless Edward comes clean with the truth before he dies. On the brink of his own family life beginning, Will does not want to be the kind of father Edward has been to him. One of those stories from Edward's childhood - that he saw his own death in the glass eye of a witch - led to him embracing life since he would not have to fear death knowing when and how it would eventually come. The question is whether Will will be able to reconcile Edward's stories against his real life, either directly from Edward before he dies and/or from other sources, and thus allow Will to come to a new understanding of himself and his life, past, p… (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralweddinglove |
| Locations: | campfirebaseballlakesmall townchurch |
| Characters: | self discoverygirlmother son relationship |
| Story: | wedding receptionstoriesalabamabeebarefootaccidental deathstorytellingtreeswimmingriverpartytitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcome …d. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | small townchurch |
| Characters: | girlfemale protagonistmother son relationship |
| Story: | nursing homesermonfood in titlesingle parentdomestic violencestorytellingwomancafepartybased on novelflashback |
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cous …in, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkennessfriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | female protagonistbrother sister relationshipafrican american |
| Story: | southern u.s.surprise birthday partyku klux klankindnesspocket watchbarbecuestrong female leadaccidental deathstrong female characterscreamwomanmirrorpartybased on novel |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
| Themes: | weddingdrunkennesssuicidemurderfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | laketrain |
| Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | living togetherrecord playerdomestic violenceumbrellatrialswimmingcafemirrorthree word titlepartyflashback |
Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together.. …. until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | suicidemurderfriendshiprevenge |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | southern u.s.railroad trackmanslaughterdressscreamscreamingaccidentwomanmirrorthree word titletitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
Sean Thornton has returned from America to reclaim his homestead and escape his past. Sean's eye is caught by Mary Kate Danaher, a beautiful but poor maiden, and younger sister of ill-tempered "Red" Will Danaher. The riotous relationship that forms between Sean and Mary Kate, punctuated by Will's pu …gnacious attempts to keep them apart, form the main plot, with Sean's past as the dark undercurrent. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkennesslove |
| Locations: | small townchurchtrain |
| Characters: | brother sister relationship |
| Story: | wedding ceremonywedding receptionaccidental deathhatwomanriverflashback |
When two people "connect" the bond between them can be so pure and simple as to stir hearts in heaven. When they connect in all the right places at all the wrong times, heaven weeps for broken hearts. To heal these broken hearts, heaven breaks time.
| Locations: | laketrain |
| Characters: | little girlgirlafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | surprise birthday partydeath of brothertreecafemirrorthree word titleparty |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, …not the answering of them. (Read More)
| Themes: | investigationsuicidefriendship |
| Locations: | lakechurch |
| Characters: | girlbrother sister relationship |
| Story: | lesbian subtextpocket watchhatdressscreamumbrellascreamingwomanmirrorpartybased on novelflashback |
The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California presents miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview, a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need b …e. His business partner/son (H.W.) is, in reality, an "acquired" child whose true biological single-parent father (working on one of Daniel's rigs) died in a workplace accident. Daniel is deeply protective of H.W. if only for what H.W. brings to the partnership. Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. Eli, a local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingmurder |
| Locations: | campfiresmall townchurchtrain |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | storiesrailroad tracksermonaccidental deathdresssingle parentaccidentswimmingcafebased on novelflashback |
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman fi …nally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess both where they've been and where they're going. (Read More)
| Locations: | small towntrain |
| Characters: | self discoverymother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | train tracksnostalgicgeneration gapdeath of brotherrivertitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the story of three people in love, a love which does not af …fect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years. (Read More)
| Themes: | suicidelovefriendship |
| Locations: | laketrain |
| Characters: | little girl |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | womanswimmingrivercafethree word titletitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
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: | investigationfuneralmurderfriendship |
| Locations: | lakechurch |
| Characters: | girlfemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | piggy back ridestrong female leadstrong female charactertrialwomanmirrorflashback |
In a story interspersed with interview tales of romantic pitfalls, friendship turns to romantic rivalry for gay man Francis and straight woman Marie when a veritable Adonis named Nicolas enters their lives. Sexual tensions mount as Francis and Marie await Nicolas' show of preference.
| Subgenre: | gay interest |
| Themes: | drunkennesslovefriendship |
| Locations: | campfirelake |
| Characters: | gay friendmother son relationship |
| Story: | hatumbrellawomancafemirrorparty |
In London, solicitor Arthur Kipps still grieves the death of his beloved wife Stella on the delivery of their son Joseph four years ago. His employer gives him a last chance to keep his job, and he is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford to examine the documentation of the Eel … Marsh House that belonged to the recently deceased Mrs. Drablow. Arthur befriends Daily on the train and the man offers a ride to him to the Gifford Arms inn. Arthur has a cold reception and the owner of the inn tells that he did not receive the request of reservation and there is no available room. The next morning, Arthur meets solicitor Jerome who advises him to return to London. However, Arthur goes to the isolated manor and soon he finds that Eel Marsh House is haunted by the vengeful ghost of a woman dressed in black. He also learns that the woman lost her son drowned in the marsh and she seeks revenge, taking the children of the scared locals. (Read More)
| Themes: | suiciderevengefriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | little girlgirlmother son relationship |
| Story: | killed by a trainhit by a trainpocket watchsingle parentscreamingaccidentwomancolor in titlemirrorbased on novelflashback |
A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, Bend It Like Beckham explores the world of women's football, from kick-abouts in the park to freekicks in the Final. Set in Hounslow, West London and Hamburg, the film follows two 18 year olds with their hearts set on a future in professional socc …er. Heart-stopping talent doesn't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingfriendship |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | gay friendmother son relationship |
| Story: | wedding receptioncultural differencegeneration gaptomboydiscriminationstrong female leaddressstrong female characterpartytitle spoken by character |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
| Locations: | baseballsmall townchurch |
| Characters: | african americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | train trackstreehousesermonbarbecuerecord playerdeath of brotherstorytellingtreeswimmingrivercafemirrorflashback |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | funeralweddingsuicidefriendship |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | female protagonistbrother sister relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | night swimmingwedding ceremonywedding receptionswimmingcafe |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
| Themes: | investigationfuneralmurder |
| Locations: | lake |
| Characters: | little girlgirlbrother sister relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | accidental deathhatstrong female characterrecord playertreethree word titletitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
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: | drunkennesssuicidelovefriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | little girlgirlmother son relationship |
| Story: | train tracksscreamscreamingtrialrivercafemirrorpartybased on novelflashback |
Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine. When she is indicted for the elderly woman's murder, Dolores' daughter Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter. In the course of working out the details of what has happened, as well as some shady q …uestions from the past and Selena's troubled childhood, many difficult truths are revealed about their family's domestic strife. This is cleverly portrayed with present reality shot in cool blue tones blending seamlessly into flashbacks shot in vivid color. As small town justice relentlessly grinds forward, surprises lie in store for the viewers.... (Read More)
| Themes: | investigationsuicidemurder |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | female protagonist |
| Story: | strong female leadstrong female characterdomestic violenceaccidentwomantitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boy …friend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
| Locations: | laketrain |
| Characters: | little girlgirl |
| Story: | piggy back rideparking lotbarefootsingle parentscreamingrivermirrorparty |
Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there. As the picture opens, we find Drum Eatenton shooting birds in the trees of his back yard in preparation for his daughter's … wedding reception that afternoon. Shortly thereafter, M'Lynn and Shelby (Drum's wife and daughter) depart for Truvy's to get their hair done for the wedding. "Just the sweetest thing," Annelle Depuy Desoto (who may or may not be married because her marriage may not be legal) is introduced to Truvy's customers as her new "glamour technician." While in the chairs, the sour-tempered Ouiser Boudreaux shows up and entertains the assemblage with her barbs. It seems that the only one of the group who truly understands Ouiser is Clairee who is recently widowed and looking for a diversion. As she says, later in the picture, "If you can't find anything good to say about anybody, come sit by me." Filled with humor and heartbreak, these "Steel Magnolias" make us laugh and cry as the realities of their lives in tiny Chiquapin Parish unfolds. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | funeralweddingfriendship |
| Locations: | small townchurch |
| Story: | southern u.s.wedding receptionauthor cameochick flickfemale bondingwoman |
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: | drunkenness |
| Locations: | campfirelakesmall townchurchtrain |
| Characters: | self discoverybrother sister relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | dambeebarbecuebarefootdomestic violenceswimmingrivercafethree word titletitle spoken by characterflashback |
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1926. Einar Wegener (played by Eddie Redmayne) and his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander) are a happily married couple. Both are artists, Einar preferring landscapes and she portraits. One day Einar poses for a portrait of Gerdas while wearing a dress. This is initially done as a lark …, as is the later attendance at a party dressed as a woman. However, Einar soon discovers that she is in fact a woman and over time prefers being Lili. At first she and Gerda try to have her situation "cured" but this leads nowhere (other than to many doctors trying to have Lili locked up as a pervert and/or lunatic). Her voyage of self-discovery will ultimately lead to her undergoing the first ever sex-change operation. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | gay friendgirl |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | weight lossdresswomanrivermirrorthree word titlepartybased on novel |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin …d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkennesslovefriendship |
| Locations: | laketrain |
| Characters: | female protagonist |
| Story: | wedding receptionfemale bondingfeministnostalgiastorytellingwomanswimmingcafe |
It's the summer of 1959 in Castlerock, Oregon and four 12 year-old boys - Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern - are fast friends. After learning of the general location of the body of a local boy who has been missing for several days, they set off into woods to see it. Along the way, they learn about them …selves, the meaning of friendship and the need to stand up for what is right. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | funeralfriendship |
| Locations: | campfiresmall towntrain |
| Story: | killed by a traintrain tracksrailroad tracktreehousenostalgiadeath of brotherstorytellingthree word titleflashback |
The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will ever find true love and marry. Charles thinks he's found "Miss Right" in Carrie, an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | funeralweddingdrunkennesslovefriendship |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | brother sister relationship |
| Story: | wedding ceremonychick flickcafe |
The teenager and skateboarder Alex is interviewed by Detective Richard Lu that is investigating the death of a security guard in the rail yards severed by a train who was apparently hit by a skate board. While dealing with the separation process of his parents and the sexual heat of his virgin girlf …riend Jennifer, Alex writes his last experiences in Paranoid Park with his new acquaintances and how the guard was killed, trying to relieve his feeling of guilty from his conscience. (Read More)
| Themes: | investigationmurderlove |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | girlmother son relationship |
| Story: | railroad trackaccidental deathumbrellaaccidentrivercafetitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
| Themes: | drunkennesssuicidelovemurderrevengefriendship |
| Characters: | brother sister relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | screenplay adapted by authornostalgiadeath of brotherdomestic violencescreamwomancafepartybased on novelflashback |
When two pre-teens named Hallie and Annie meet through their summer camp, their two lives are rattled when they realize that they are identical twins. With parents, British mother aka famous dress designer Elizabeth and American father, a wine maker named Nick, living in two different sides of the u …niverse, the girls decide to make an identity swap in hopes of spending time with their other parent. The girls later choose to aware their guardians of the swap while at a hotel in NYC, which late reunites the divorced pair and sends them back into remarriage with each other. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Locations: | lake |
| Characters: | girlfemale protagonist |
| Story: | night swimminghoneydresssingle parentwomanswimmingthree word titlebased on novel |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
| Themes: | drunkennessfriendshiplovemurderrevenge |
| Locations: | campfirechurchtrain |
| Characters: | girlafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | pocket watchfemale bondingsermonwomanmirrortitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shippi …ng news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey... (Read More)
| Themes: | investigationdrunkenness |
| Locations: | campfirelakesmall town |
| Characters: | little girlmother son relationship |
| Story: | single parentscreamaccidentriverthree word titlepartybased on novelflashback |
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his former Sheriff partner.
| Themes: | investigationfuneralsuicidemurder |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | southern u.s.wife beaterku klux klandomestic violence |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralweddingdrunkennesssuicidelove |
| Locations: | small townchurch |
| Characters: | self discoverybrother sister relationshipafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | storytellingumbrellascreamingrivertitle spoken by characterflashback |
Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced …with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | suicidemurderrevengelovefriendship |
| Locations: | laketrain |
| Characters: | girlmother son relationship |
| Story: | screenplay adapted by authorbarefootrecord playersingle parenttreeswimmingmirrorbased on novel |
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in … love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? (Read More)
| Themes: | suicidefriendshiplove |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | little girlgirlfemale protagonistbrother sister relationship |
| Story: | wedding ceremonyhatdresstitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
The thief Laurie Ash steals the expensive diamond jewel called 'Eye of the Serpent' in an audacious heist during an exhibition in Cannes 2001 Festival. She double-crosses her partners and is mistakenly taken as Lily, a woman who lost her husband and son in an accident and is missing since then, by a …n ordinary family. One day, while having bath in Lily's bathtub, Lily comes back home and commits suicide. Laurie assumes definitely Lily's identity, goes to America where she marries a rich man, who becomes the Ambassador of USA in France. When Laurie returns to France, her past haunts her. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | funeralsuicidefriendshipmurder |
| Characters: | female protagonist |
| Story: | hatdressscreamscreamingaccidentwomanriverflashback |
Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | southern u.s.nursing homepocket watchbarbecuenostalgiacolor in titlethree word titletitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | funeralweddingdrunkennesssuicidemurderfriendship |
| Locations: | small town |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | wedding receptionsurprise partydomestic violencewomanriverthree word titleparty |
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's s …oon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeraldrunkennesslovemurder |
| Characters: | little girlfemale protagonist |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | female bondingrecord playersingle parentaccidentwomancafeflashback |
In 1944 falangist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess …, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | murderlove |
| Locations: | small towntrain |
| Characters: | girlfemale protagonist |
| Story: | pocket watchstrong female leaddressstrong female characterrecord playerstorytellingumbrellatreemirror |
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: | investigationdrunkennessfriendship |
| Locations: | lakesmall towntrain |
| Characters: | girlmother son relationship |
| Story: | suitsingle parentumbrellaaccidentthree word titletitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads en …ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | girlbrother sister relationship |
| Story: | train tracksbeedomestic violencestorytellingscreamingtreeswimmingmirrorbased on novelflashback |
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: | funeralweddingdrunkennesslovefriendship |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | wedding ceremonybarbecueracistswimmingcafemirrorpartybased on novel |
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