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Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women - one white, one Moha …wk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Ray and Lila - and a New York State Trooper as opponent in an evolving cat-and-mouse game. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingpovertymoneychristmasfriendship |
| Locations: | gas stationstrip clubmoteltruckcanadawoodssnowcarbar |
| Characters: | baby boypolice chasemother in law daughter in law relationshipchineselittle boysingle mothernative americanbabypolicemanpolice officerteenage boybrother brother relationshiptattoofriendhusband wife relationship …mother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice (See All) |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | christmas presentmohawk tribeautomobile junkyarddollar storediscount storeillegal border crossingu.s. canadian borderhuman smugglingborder patroltrailer homeborder crossinggambling addictionillegal immigrantfrozen riverriver crossing …accidental shootinghiding in a car trunkabandoned carperson in a car trunkstolen carsaving moneyneeding moneymerry christmasmoney problemschristmas lightsfire extinguisherchristmas evechristmas treeturning oneself in to the policestopped by policeseizure of propertytribal counciltribal lawcriminal activitypoor eyesightk martantifreezetangwatching a cartoon on tvfive year oldnative american reservationcredit card fraudmissing husbandpotato chipbuffalo new yorksitting in a treepoor familyblow torchnew york statemohawkbelchingmalnutritionmobile homefollowingmissing fathermicrowave ovensnowballcamperbingoillegal immigrationmerry go roundpole dancerpakistanifilling stationcarousellistening to a radiobathrobe15 year oldcredit cardsmugglerpopcornquebectriple f ratedjunkyardgamblerstorepresentsmoketrailersnowingborderswingabsent fathersmugglingscamdesperationsanta claustoyrace relationsiceeyeglassessingle parentglassessuitcasefired from the jobliarconfessiongunshotapologyimmigrantwidownew yorkbraflashlightstrippertelevisionriverrunningtearslieshootingarrestwatching tvfoodtitle directed by femalecell phonecryingfiretelephone callpantieschasecigarette smokingf rateddogfightbloodgun (See All) |
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.
| Locations: | car |
| Characters: | babyteenage boytattoofamily relationships |
| Story: | human smugglingborder patrolborder crossingillegal immigrantriver crossingillegal immigrationbordersmugglinggunshotimmigrantriverlieshootingcell phonecrying …telephone callchasecigarette smokingfightgundog (See All) |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar … is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | moteltruckcar |
| Characters: | single motherpolicemanpolice officertattoohusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | fire extinguisherpopcorntriple f ratedswingscamfired from the jobliargunshotapologybraflashlighttearslieshootingwatching tv …title directed by femalecell phonecryingfiretelephone callpantiesf ratedblood (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: | money |
| Locations: | truckwoodssnowcarbar |
| Characters: | little boypolicemanteenage boyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | border patrolborder crossingriver crossingchristmas treecampercredit cardtrailerbordereyeglassesgunshotflashlightriverrunningtearsarrest …watching tvcryingfiretelephone callpantieschasecigarette smokingfightdogblood (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: | friendship |
| Locations: | moteltruckbar |
| Characters: | policemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | border patrolillegal immigrantriver crossingmobile homelistening to a radiojunkyardsmugglinggunshotimmigrantriverrunningshootingwatching tvcell phonetelephone call …chasecigarette smokingdogblood (See All) |
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
| Themes: | gamblingmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | gas stationstrip clubmotelsnow |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | buffalo new yorkfilling stationsnowingconfessionapologystripperrunningliewatching tvfoodtelephone callcigarette smokingdoggunblood |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | strip clubwoodssnowbar |
| Characters: | baby boychineselittle boybabypolicemanbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | illegal immigrantillegal immigrationpole dancerdesperationsingle parentapologyimmigrantrunningtearsarrestwatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone call …chasecigarette smokingbloodfight (See All) |
Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boy …friend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. (Read More)
| Themes: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | car |
| Characters: | single motherteenage boytattoofamily relationships |
| Story: | automobile junkyardtrailer home15 year oldtriple f ratedjunkyardswingsingle parentflashlighttelevisionriverrunningtearsarrestwatching tvtitle directed by female …cell phonecryingtelephone callpantiescigarette smokingf ratedfightdog (See All) |
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)
| Locations: | strip clubmoteltruckbar |
| Characters: | single motherpolicemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | camperpole dancerlistening to a radiocredit cardsmugglingtoyliarapologyimmigrantflashlightstripperrunningtearsliearrest …cell phonecryingtelephone callchasefightdoggun (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
| Themes: | moneychristmasfriendship |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | single motherbabypolicemanbrother brother relationshiptattoofriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | merry christmaschristmas treeliarapologyrunningtearsliearrestwatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone callcigarette smokingdog …fightgunblood (See All) |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
| Themes: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | gas stationsnow |
| Characters: | little boypolicemanpolice officertattoofriendmother son relationshippolice |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | border crossingmerry go roundcarouselpresentsnowingeyeglassesconfessiongunshotimmigrantwidowflashlightrunningtearsarrestfood …cryingtelephone callchasecigarette smokingdoggunblood (See All) |
Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people's lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Among the players are: the Caucasian district attorney, who uses race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently b …een carjacked by two black men, believes that her stereotypical views of non-whites is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race both to their advantage and as an excuse; partnered Caucasian police constables, one who is a racist and uses his authority to harass non-whites, and the other who hates his partner because of those racist views, but who may have the same underlying values in his subconscious; a black film director and his black wife, who believes her husband doesn't support their black background enough, especially in light of an incident with the racist white cop; partnered police detectives and sometimes lovers, one Hispanic female and the other black male, the latter who is dealing with a drugged out mother that feels he isn't concerned enough about taking care of family; an East Asian man who is run over but who is hiding some valuable cargo in the back of his van; a Persian store owner, who feels he isn't getting satisfaction from American society when his store is robbed time and time again; and a Hispanic locksmith, who just wants to keep his family, especially his young daughter, safe in a seemingly unsafe world. (Read More)
| Themes: | christmas |
| Locations: | snowcar |
| Characters: | policemanpolice officerbrother brother relationshiptattoohusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | human smugglingillegal immigrantaccidental shootingstolen carfire extinguisherchristmas treestoresnowingrace relationsgunshotimmigrantflashlightshootingcell phonefire …telephone callchasecigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
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: | moneychristmasfriendship |
| Locations: | snowcarbar |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | christmas lightsfire extinguisherchristmas treesnowingeyeglassesglassessuitcaseliarapologyliewatching tvcell phonecryingfiretelephone call …cigarette smokinggunblooddog (See All) |
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | motelcar |
| Characters: | babyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | discount storestoreliargunshottearsliewatching tvcryingcigarette smokingf rateddoggun |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened … that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
| Themes: | moneychristmasfriendship |
| Locations: | motelsnowbar |
| Characters: | little boysingle motherteenage boytattoofriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | christmas evechristmas treepresentsnowingabsent fathertoyeyeglassessingle parentnew yorkflashlightrunningtearswatching tvfoodcrying …telephone callcigarette smokingdogbloodgun (See All) |
Karol (Polish) marries Domininque (French) and moves to Paris. The marriage breaks down and Dominique divorces Karol, forcing him into the life of a metro beggar and eventually back to Poland. However, he never forgets Dominique and while building a new life for himself in Warsaw he begins to plot.. …. (Read More)
| Themes: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | snowcar |
| Characters: | police officerbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | christmas presentfrozen riverchristmas treecredit cardscamsuitcaseimmigrantrivertearsarrestcryingfiretelephone callcigarette smokinggun …blood (See All) |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingmoney |
| Locations: | strip clubmotelbar |
| Characters: | babypolicemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | trailer homewatching a cartoon on tvpole dancerapologyflashlightstrippertearslieshootingwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callchasecigarette smoking …gundogblood (See All) |
Sex addict and colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom's hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer's disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends to choke on food in a restaurant and the person who "saves" him will feel …responsible for Victor for the rest of their lives. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | mother in law daughter in law relationshippolicemantattoofriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | pole dancerswingabsent fatherscamfired from the jobliarbrastrippertearsliewatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone call …pantieschase (See All) |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
| Themes: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | snowbar |
| Characters: | little boybabybrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | human smugglingborder crossinglistening to a radiosmugglersnowingsmugglingsingle parentsuitcaseliarimmigrantrunningtearsliefoodcrying …firetelephone callchasecigarette smokinggunblooddog (See All) |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
| Themes: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | gas stationsnowbar |
| Characters: | little boypolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | filling stationsnowingliarapologyflashlightliearrestfoodcryingtelephone callchasecigarette smoking |
A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r …ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | moteltruck |
| Characters: | police chasebabypolicemanpolice officerteenage boytattoohusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | trailer homemoney problemspresentgunshottearsshootingarrestwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callchasecigarette smokingdogblood …gun (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingpovertymoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | truckcarbar |
| Characters: | policemanteenage boybrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | trailer homebathrobepopcornsanta clausliarconfessiontearslieshootingwatching tvcryingchasecigarette smokingfightdog …gun (See All) |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
| Themes: | moneychristmasfriendship |
| Locations: | strip clubbar |
| Characters: | babypolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | pole dancerlistening to a radiostrippertearsshootingarrestcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfightdoggunblood |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertymoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | car |
| Characters: | policemanteenage boytattoofriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | belchingmalnutritionjunkyardeyeglassesliarapologyrunningtearsliearrestwatching tvfoodcryingfiretelephone call …chasecigarette smokingfightblood (See All) |
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)
| Themes: | christmas |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | little boyteenage boybrother brother relationshiptattoohusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | christmas presentchristmas evefive year oldmissing husbandsitting in a treemissing fathersuitcaseapologyrunningtearswatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone call …blood (See All) |
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New Yo …rk too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! (Read More)
| Themes: | christmasfriendship |
| Characters: | little boypolice officerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | christmas evechristmas treecredit card fraudcredit cardtoyapologynew yorktelevisionarrestfiretelephone callchasegun |
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: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | motelwoods |
| Characters: | police chasepolicemanteenage boybrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | accidental shootingfire extinguishertoysuitcaseliargunshotflashlightrunningtearslieshootingarrestcell phonecryingfire …telephone callchasefightgunblood (See All) |
The husband of aviation engineer Kyle Pratt has just died in Berlin. Now she is flying back to New York with his coffin and their six-year-old daughter Julia. Three hours into the flight Kyle awakens to find that Julia is gone! It's a big double-decker plane, so very concerned mother has a lot of te …rritory to cover in order to find her daughter. But as Kyle fights to discern the truth, she takes matters into her own hands. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | snow |
| Characters: | single motherpolicemanpolice officerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | fire extinguishersnowingicesuitcaseliarapologyflashlightrunningliewatching tvfoodtelephone callchasef ratedfight …gunblood (See All) |
Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot h …im, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? (Read More)
| Themes: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | strip clubmotelbar |
| Characters: | babypolicemanfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | pole dancerswingfired from the jobapologyflashlightstripperrunningtearsshootingfoodcryingfiretelephone callpantieschase …cigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping him on his children. Despite t …he fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Read More)
| Themes: | christmas |
| Locations: | motelsnowbar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | christmas treebuffalo new yorknew york statesnowingrace relationssuitcaseliarbrarunningtearsliewatching tvfoodtitle directed by femalecell phone …cryingtelephone callcigarette smokingf rateddog (See All) |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea …st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | woodsbar |
| Characters: | policemanbrother brother relationshiptattoofather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | trailer homelistening to a radioeyeglassesapologyflashlightrunningtearslieshootingwatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone callchase …cigarette smokingfightgunblood (See All) |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti …ve... (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | police chasepolicemanpolice officerpolice |
| Story: | border patrolborder crossingsmoketoyflashlighttelevisionrunningliearrestfoodfirechasecigarette smokingdog |
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: | moneychristmasfriendship |
| Locations: | truckcarbar |
| Characters: | babypolicemanteenage boyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | christmas presentmerry christmaschristmas treelistening to a radiorace relationseyeglassesimmigranttearsfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfightblooddog |
Shaken by the death of his father and discouraged by his stalled career, writer Sal Paradise goes on a road trip hoping for inspiration. While traveling, he is befriended by charismatic and fearless Dean Moriarty and Moriarty's free-spirited and seductive young wife, Marylou. Traveling across the Am …erican southwest together, they strive to break from conformity and and search the unknown, and their decisions change the very course of their lives. (Read More)
| Themes: | christmasfriendship |
| Locations: | gas stationmotelsnowcarbar |
| Characters: | little boybabypolicemanpolice officerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | christmas treelistening to a radiosnowingglassesnew yorkrivercryingpantiescigarette smokinggun |
Willie T. Stokes is a convicted con man who's led a miserable life. He drinks heavily and constantly embarrasses himself publicly. He only works once a year dressed as Santa. But then come Christmas Eve, he and his pint-sized helper dwarf Marcus stage elaborate robberies and take their department st …ores for everything they got. This year, they hit a mall in suburban Phoenix, Arizona. This time around, Willie gets distracted by having sex with large women, a bartender who is attracted to Santas, and a kid who's convinced he's the real deal. However, this time around Marcus must once again put up with Willie's heavy drinking and a series of incidents that constantly shoot themselves in the foot. Not to mention a nosy department store security guard who's onto them and wants his cut of the loot. Will Willie and Marcus make it to next Christmas? Or will this be the year the dynamic duo finally face justice? (Read More)
| Themes: | moneychristmas |
| Locations: | motelsnowbar |
| Characters: | policemanbrother brother relationshiptattoofather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | stolen carmerry christmaschristmas evechristmas treestoreabsent fatherscamfired from the jobgunshotbrashootingwatching tvchasecigarette smokinggun …bloodfight (See All) |
Baby is a young and partially hearing impaired getaway driver who can make any wild move while in motion with the right track playing. It's a critical talent he needs to survive his indentured servitude to the crime boss, Doc, who values his role in his meticulously planned robberies. However, just …when Baby thinks he is finally free and clear to have his own life with his new girlfriend, Deborah, Doc coerces him back for another job. Now saddled with a crew of thugs too violently unstable to keep to Doc's plans, Baby finds himself and everything he cares for in terrible danger. To survive and escape the coming maelstrom, it will take all of Baby's skill, wits and daring, but even on the best track, can he make it when life is forcing him to face the music? (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | gas stationtruckcar |
| Characters: | police chaselittle boybabypolice officertattoohusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | automobile junkyardstolen carfilling stationjunkyarddesperationeyeglassesglassesgunshotapologyflashlightrunningliearrestwatching tvfood …cell phonefiretelephone callchasecigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
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: | poverty |
| Locations: | canadawoodssnowbar |
| Characters: | little boysingle motherbabyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | icesingle parentwidowbratelevisionrivertearscryingpanties |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
| Locations: | canada |
| Characters: | single motherpolicemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | illegal immigrantlistening to a radiodesperationsingle parentliarconfessionrunningtearslieshootingfoodcryingtelephone callchasecigarette smoking …f ratedgunbloodfight (See All) |
"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.
| Themes: | gamblingmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | strip clubtruckwoods |
| Characters: | chinesebabypolicemanteenage boyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | person in a car trunkpole dancerstrippershootingarrestwatching tvchasecigarette smokinggunblood |
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: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | canadasnowbar |
| Characters: | chinesepolicemanpolice |
| Story: | illegal immigrantpotato chipbathrobesuitcaseimmigrantarrestwatching tvfoodcell phonetelephone callpantiescigarette smoking |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | woodssnow |
| Characters: | chinesesingle motherbabyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | winter |
| Story: | missing fatherabsent fatherriverrunningtearsfoodcryingfiretelephone callcigarette smokingdogblood |
Eva Khatchadourian is trying to piece together her life following the "incident". Once a successful travel writer, she is forced to take whatever job comes her way, which of late is as a clerk in a travel agency. She lives a solitary life as people who know about her situation openly shun her, even …to the point of violent actions toward her. She, in turn, fosters that solitary life because of the incident, the aftermath of which has turned her into a meek and scared woman. That incident involved her son Kevin Khatchadourian, who is now approaching his eighteenth birthday. Eva and Kevin have always had a troubled relationship, even when he was an infant. Whatever troubles he saw, Franklin, Eva's complacent husband, just attributed it to Kevin being a typical boy. The incident may be seen by both Kevin and Eva as his ultimate act in defiance against his mother. (Read More)
| Themes: | christmas |
| Characters: | baby boylittle boybabypolicemanteenage boyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | christmas presentchristmas tree15 year oldtriple f ratedliarapologynew yorkbrarunningtearsliewatching tvfoodtitle directed by femalecrying …telephone callf ratedblood (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
| Themes: | christmasfriendship |
| Locations: | trucksnow |
| Characters: | little boypolicemanteenage boybrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | christmas presentchristmas evechristmas tree15 year oldeyeglassesglassesapologyrunningtearsshootingwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callfight |
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: | money |
| Locations: | truckbar |
| Characters: | babyteenage boybrother brother relationshiptattoohusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | border patrolillegal immigrationborderfired from the jobimmigrantrunningtearscell phonecryingtelephone callfight |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | woodsbar |
| Characters: | police chasebabypolicemanpolice officerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | desperationconfessionapologyrunningtearslieshootingarrestwatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone callchasecigarette smoking …dogbloodfightgun (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: | friendship |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | policemanpolice officertattoofriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | illegal immigrantsmugglingliarrunninglieshootingwatching tvfoodchasecigarette smokingbloodfightgun |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertymoney |
| Locations: | gas stationtruck |
| Characters: | little boybabypolicemanpolice officerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | filling stationliarriverrunningtearsliearrestfoodcryingchasecigarette smokingdog |
After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e …xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | gas stationmotelcanadawoods |
| Characters: | policemanbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | turning oneself in to the policenew york statefilling stationsmugglereyeglassesliarrunningliearrestfoodcell phonetelephone callchasedog |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
| Themes: | moneyfriendship |
| Locations: | gas stationcar |
| Characters: | police chasesingle motherpolice officerbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | storesingle parentflashlightshootingarrestwatching tvchasecigarette smokingfightdogbloodgun |
During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escap …e. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape... (Read More)
| Themes: | christmasfriendship |
| Locations: | woodssnowbar |
| Characters: | single motherpoliceman |
| Story: | border patrolborder crossingchristmas treesnowingsanta clausapologyimmigrantwidowtearsshootingfoodfiretelephone callcigarette smokinggun …dog (See All) |
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