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Based on the story "Mob Rule" by Norman Krasna. Joe Wilson and Katherine Grant are in love, but he doesn't have enough money for them to get married. So Katherine moves across the country to make money. But things go disastrously wrong for Joe when he stops in a small town and is mistaken for a want …ed murderer. Through the course of the movie, Fritz Lang shows us how a decent and once civilized man can become a ruthless and bitter man. (Read More)
| Themes: | campingjusticeguiltredemptionmafiaparanoiaobsessionlonelinesscorruptionvoyeurismescapedrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmoney …kidnappingloverevengemurderdeath (See All) |
| Mood: | murder trialrain |
| Locations: | chicago illinoisbus driverfire trucktrain stationstormgas stationcourtroombussmall towncartrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerpolicemanteacherbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | social consciencespreading rumorbarber shopnewsreel footagemob rulelynch mobwoman faintinglive chickencontempt of courtmiscarriage of justicebeer hallreading a letternewspaper headlinejail celldouble barreled shotgun …walking in the raingoodbye at train stationtrain depotpassenger trainfire hosebuilding on firefemale singerfirst degree murderchamber of commercerock through windowmoral responsibilitysheriff's officeneedle and threadplead for helpstrike breakermisspelled wordcarrying a womangas bombwindow displayreference to popeyelocked in a cellstop actionchewing tobaccoressentimentpacinglaw and orderhot dog standassumptionracketeerradio announcerstenographerjailerpeanutlederhosenproofspectacleloss of petthrowing a rockcitizenhuman natureimpulsivenessdressmakerstoningcash registerthree brothersbattering rambourbonnational guardmementobreaking down a doortear gasmovie projectorpocket knifenewsreelclothes lineperjurymarchingverdictfianceoathkneelingstraight razorkeyscoercionsocial injusticesuspendersmovie cameralynchingcalendarorchestral music scoremarriage engagementfilling stationillinoisrainbowtelegramtoleranceconsciencexenophobiadistrict attorneylistening to a radiohearing voiceslandladydeputyrumorjurycameramangovernorbarberframed for murdertestimonysaving a lifetruthhysteriabriberypipe smokingfiremanmannequinsymbolismbonfirealienationpuppywedding ringpet dogevidencedynamitedespairwhiphypocrisyfaked deaththunderinnocencepresumed deadransomschizophreniamilkcommunitymobgossipwatching a moviewristwatchdemonstrationfaintingburned aliveeyeglassesfreeze frameblack americanriotarsongaragechickenmurdererreunionwitnessgovernmentcourtflowerslightningsuitcaseliarbusinessmanmicrophoneconfessionbartendercigar smokingfalse accusationtrialjudgepoliticianthroat slittingmontageaxebandnewspapersubjective camerareportercriminalprayerhallucinationjailcafebeerriflelieletterdrinkshotgunsongfiretelephone callsingingexplosionphotographcigarette smokingviolencekissgundog (See All) |
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)
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionescapekidnappingdeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroombustrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanteachersingerhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | miscarriage of justicenewspaper headlinejail cellbreaking down a doorverdictlistening to a radiojurytestimonydespairdemonstrationchickenreunionwitnessgovernmentcourt …liarmicrophoneconfessionfalse accusationtrialjudgeaxenewspaperreporterprayercaferiflelieshotgunsongtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokinggunviolence (See All) |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltredemptionlonelinessdrunkennessdrinkingmurderdeath |
| Mood: | murder trialrain |
| Locations: | chicago illinoiscourtroomsmall townrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewalking in the rainmovie projectorverdictmovie camerajuryframed for murdertestimonytruthwedding ringthunderinnocencecourtsuitcaseliar …confessiontrialjudgenewspapersubjective cameracafebeerliedrinkphotographkiss (See All) |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
| Themes: | justiceparanoiacorruptiondrinkingmoneyrevengedeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | fire truckcourtroombussmall townrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemansingerafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | miscarriage of justicejurycameramanbriberyblack americanfreeze framearsoncourttrialjudgemontageprayercaferifledrink …songfiretelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokinggun (See All) |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingpoliticslove |
| Locations: | bustrainbar |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerteacherbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | barber shoplynch moblynchingpipe smokingmobdemonstrationblack americanriotwitnesssuitcasemontagebandnewspaperprayerjail …rifleletterdrinksongfiretelephone callsingingdogkissviolencegun (See All) |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
| Themes: | justicecorruptionmurderrevenge |
| Mood: | murder trial |
| Locations: | chicago illinoiscourtroomtrainbar |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | contempt of courtnewspaper headlinejail celldistrict attorneyjurytestimonyevidencemicrophoneconfessionbartendertrialjudgereporterjailsinging …photographcigarette smoking (See All) |
Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men re …sponsible should be brought to justice. (Read More)
| Themes: | justiceguiltredemptionvoyeurismdrunkennessdrinkingrevenge |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroombar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | verdictcoercionconsciencedistrict attorneyjurytestimonyinnocencewitnesscourtliarbartendertrialjudgesubjective camerareporter …criminalliedrinktelephone callphotographcigarette smokingkissviolence (See All) |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
| Themes: | voyeurismdrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsloverevenge |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | train stationbussmall towntrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | singerafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newsreel footagejail celllynchingalienationfaked deathwatching a moviedemonstrationeyeglassesfreeze frameriotflowersmicrophonemontageaxeband …newspapersubjective camerareporterprayerjailcaferifledrinksongfiretelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingdog (See All) |
1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole an …d Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? (Read More)
| Themes: | justicedrunkennessdrinkingmoneykidnappingdeathmurderrevenge |
| Locations: | courtroomsmall towntrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerbrother brother relationship |
| Story: | jail celldouble barreled shotgunlaw and ordertelegramdeputytestimonywitnesscourtbartendercigar smokingtrialjudgenewspaperjailcafe …rifledrinkshotguncigarette smokinggunkissviolence (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: | guiltobsessiondrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
| Locations: | courtroombar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | miscarriage of justiceperjurydistrict attorneyjurytestimonyevidencedespairinnocencecourtliarbartenderfalse accusationtrialjudgeprayer …beerlieletterdrinktelephone callphotographcigarette smokingdoggunviolence (See All) |
As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The … one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)
| Themes: | justicecorruptionescapedrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsrevengemurderdeath |
| Mood: | murder trialrain |
| Locations: | courtroombustrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanteacherbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | hot dog standperjuryverdictdistrict attorneyjurytestimonyinnocencewatching a movieblack americanwitnesscourtliarconfessiontrialjudge …newspaperreportercriminalcafeliedrinksongtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingviolencegun (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltredemptionparanoiaescapedrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurderlove |
| Locations: | courtroombustrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanteacherbrother brother relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinelandladysaving a lifeinnocencemurdererwitnesscourtliarconfessiontrialnewspaperreportercriminalhallucinationjail …cafebeerlieletterdrinktelephone callphotographkissviolence (See All) |
Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woma …n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
| Themes: | justicecorruptionescapemoneymurderrevengelove |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinejail celloathjurybriberyevidencecourtlightningbartendercigar smokingjudgemontagecriminalletterphotograph …cigarette smokingdog (See All) |
In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge M …cCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiadrinkingpoliticsdeath |
| Locations: | trainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyersingerafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newsreel footageproofperjuryoathrumortestimonyevidencegossipeyeglassesblack americanwitnessgovernmentliarmicrophonefalse accusation …trialpoliticiannewspaperreportercafeliedrinksongtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptiondrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmoneydeathlove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | cartrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | policemansingerafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | bourbonlistening to a radiopipe smokingthunderwristwatchfaintingeyeglassesflowersbusinessmanmicrophonecigar smokingjudgemontagebandnewspaper …subjective cameraprayercaferifleletterdrinksongtelephone callsingingcigarette smokingkissdog (See All) |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingpoliticsmoneylovemurderdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bustrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | singerhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | newsreel footagetear gasmarchingmovie camerarainbowwatching a moviedemonstrationriotgovernmentpoliticianmontagenewspaperprayerjailcafe …drinksongfiresingingexplosionphotograph (See All) |
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trail begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants t …o believe what Father Moore says is true. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | jail cellverdicthearing voicesjurytestimonythunderschizophreniawitnesscourtlightningtrialjudgeprayerhallucinationcafe …letterdrinktelephone callphotograph (See All) |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
| Themes: | justiceguiltescapedrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerbrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | mementoverdictkeystelegramlistening to a radiowristwatchdemonstrationeyeglassesliarfalse accusationtrialjudgemontagenewspaperreporter …hallucinationriflelieletterdrinksongtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smoking (See All) |
It's Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, irrepressible barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts, known as a barrister for the hopeless, takes on a murder case, much to the exasperation of his medical team, led by his overly regulated private nurse, Miss Plimsoll, who tries her hard …est to ensure that he not return to his hard living ways - including excessive cigar smoking and drinking - while he takes his medication and gets his much needed rest. That case is defending American war veteran Leonard Vole, a poor, out of work, struggling inventor who is accused of murdering his fifty-six year old lonely and wealthy widowed acquaintance, Emily French. The initial evidence is circumstantial but points to Leonard as the murderer. Despite being happily married to East German former beer hall performer Christine Vole, he fostered that friendship with Mrs. French in the hopes that she would finance one of his many inventions to the tune of a few hundred pounds. It thus does not help his case when it is learned that Mrs. French changed her will prior to her murder with Leonard being the primary beneficiary of a GBP80,000 estate. Leonard states that he knew nothing about the will. Christine is apparently the only alibi Leonard has to his whereabouts at the time of the murder. The usual methods Sir Wilfrid uses to test his clients' guilt or innocence leads to him believing that Leonard is indeed innocent. As the trial progresses, the prosecution calls a surprise witness… (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltdrinkingmoneymurder |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | singerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | beer hallperjuryverdictjurytestimonywedding ringevidenceinnocencewatching a moviemurdererwitnesscigar smokingtrialjudgenewspaper …beerlieletterdrinksongtelephone callsingingkiss (See All) |
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
| Themes: | escapemurderrevenge |
| Mood: | murder trial |
| Locations: | courtroombar |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerteachersingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinejail celljuryframed for murdertestimonytruthevidencefaked deathbartendertrialjudgemontagesingingphotographcigarette smoking |
A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. While Matthew Poncelet and Sister Prejean desperately …try to gain a stay of execution from the governor or the courts, scenes are intercut from the brutal crime, gradually revealing the truth about the events that transpired. In addition to her temporal help, the nun also tries to reach out spiritually and assist as a guide to salvation. (Read More)
| Themes: | justiceguiltredemptiondeathmurder |
| Locations: | bus |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | jurygovernortestimonytruthevidencethunderfaintingmurdererwitnesscourtlightningmicrophoneconfessionpoliticianreporter …prayerriflelettertelephone callsingingphotograph (See All) |
Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a n …ew wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes. (Read More)
| Themes: | justicemafiaparanoiaobsessioncorruptionescapepoliticsmoneykidnappingrevengedeathmurderlove |
| Locations: | fire truckrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinejail cellnational guardcoercionconsciencedistrict attorneydynamitefaked deathpresumed deadschizophreniaburned alivecourtbartendercigar smokingfalse accusation …trialjudgemontageaxesubjective camerareportercriminalriflelettershotgunfireexplosiondogviolencekiss (See All) |
In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival ma …gicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences. (Read More)
| Themes: | obsessiondrunkennessdrinkingkidnappingdeathrevengelovemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormcourtroomsmall towntrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | jail celldouble barreled shotgunframed for murderevidencefaked deaththundercourtlightningtrialjudgemontageaxejailcafebeer …letterdrinkshotgunfirephotographgun (See All) |
In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of … one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same "modus-operandi" and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of associate Shelly Barnes, an FBI agent, his friend Frank Parks, and his assistant Kim Cummings, Jack investigates some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltparanoiadrinkingmurderdeath |
| Mood: | murder trialrain |
| Locations: | fire truckcourtroombar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanteacherfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewalking in the rainpocket knifelistening to a radiojuryframed for murderfiremanevidencemilkwitnesscourtconfessiontrialjudgethroat slitting …drinkfiretelephone callexplosiongunviolence (See All) |
Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of 'Michael Collins (XIV)' (qv), the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
| Themes: | escapedrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsdeathlovemurderrevenge |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | policemansingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | evidencedemonstrationarsonmurderergovernmentpoliticianbandjailcaferifledrinksongfiresingingexplosion …photographcigarette smokinggunviolence (See All) |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni …e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltmafiadrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomcarrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | policemanbrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinethunderinnocencewristwatcheyeglassesfreeze framewitnesscourtflowerssuitcasebusinessmanmicrophoneconfessionjudgethroat slitting …bandnewspapersubjective cameracriminalbeerrifleliedrinkshotgunsongsingingphotographcigarette smokingviolencegunkiss (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
| Themes: | guiltdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyrevengedeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bussmall townrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | mob rulemementocalendarframed for murderbriberymannequinevidenceinnocencearsonmicrophoneconfessionfalse accusationsubjective cameracafedrink …firephotographcigarette smokingviolencedog (See All) |
Sometime in the 1970's, police officers from New York City wanted a safe haven to live, away from the dangers of the streets of New York City, this is when they established a "Cop Land" in the small New Jersey town of Garrison. Freddy Heflin who was always admired by the New York cops wanted to beco …me one, but because he was deaf in one ear this prevents him from achieving his goal, but has become sheriff of Garrison. Recently there have been a dark omen surrounding the NYPD, and Freddy is now investigating on this case, then Internal Affairs officer Mo Tilden is also on the case and asks Freddy for help, but Freddy could not. Now Freddy suspects that a New York City cop named Ray Donlan might be one of the many cops who is corrupted by the mob and other criminals. Now, Freddy must find a cop who is nicknamed "Superboy" who can testify against Donlan and protect him, before Donlan finds Superboy and kills him. (Read More)
| Themes: | justicemafiaparanoiacorruptionescapedrunkennesskidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | fire trucksmall townbar |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerpolicemanafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinejail celldeputytestimonypipe smokingfaked deathpresumed deadmobblack americanarsonbartendercigar smokingbeerlieshotgun …firephotographcigarette smokinggunviolence (See All) |
Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choos …e between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long... (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltredemptionparanoiadrunkennessdrinkingkidnappingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | busbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanafrican american |
| Story: | jail celltear gasconsciencetestimonyblack americanwitnessliarjailriflelieletterdrinktelephone callphotographgun …violence (See All) |
Two Irish brothers accidentally kill mafia thugs. They turn themselves in and are released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and start knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he comes to catching the … Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing. (Read More)
| Themes: | justicemafiadrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathrevengemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | policemanbrother brother relationshipafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | hearing voicesblack americanfreeze framegaragecourtlightningconfessionbartendercigar smokingtrialthroat slittingnewspaperreporterprayerjail …caferifledrinkfiretelephone callcigarette smokingkissgunviolence (See All) |
Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and … two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)
| Themes: | obsessionescapedrunkennessdrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | miscarriage of justicenewspaper headlinehearing voicesrumortestimonytruthhysteriaevidenceinnocencewitnesscourtconfessionfalse accusationjudgeaxe …newspapersubjective camerariflelieletterdrinkshotguntelephone callphotographcigarette smokinggunviolencekissdog (See All) |
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estrang …ed mother. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltlonelinessdrunkennessdrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | small townbar |
| Characters: | sheriffbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican americanmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | mob rulenewspaper headlinemarriage engagementtelegramalienationpresumed deadblack americanliarbusinessmancigar smokingbandprayerbeerliedrink …singingphotographcigarette smokingviolencekissdog (See All) |
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series …of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find." (Read More)
| Themes: | obsessioncorruptionescapemoney |
| Locations: | small towntrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | singerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | lynch moblynchinggovernoralienationdynamitewhipthundermobwatching a moviechickenlightningmicrophoneconfessioncigar smokingpolitician …prayerriflefiresingingexplosionphotographdog (See All) |
Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m …urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trum… (Read More)
| Themes: | lonelinessdrunkennessdrinkingmoneylovemurderdeath |
| Locations: | courtroomtrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerpolicemanafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | jail celltelegramjuryeyeglassesmurderercourtflowersliarmicrophonetrialjudgethroat slittingnewspaperreportercriminal …jailcaferiflelieletterdrinkshotguntelephone callphotographcigarette smokinggunviolencekiss (See All) |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
| Themes: | justiceguiltparanoiadrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | gas stationtrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | contempt of courtfilling stationgovernorinnocencebartenderfalse accusationreporterjailcafedrinktelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hots …hot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts. (Read More)
| Themes: | obsessionlovemurderdeathrevenge |
| Mood: | murder trial |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemansingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | female singerdistrict attorneytestimonyevidencegaragewitnesscourtliarconfessiontrialjudgejaillietelephone callsinging …gun (See All) |
Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he's Rowena's …prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she's soon the object of Hill's attentions. She's helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out? (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltparanoiaobsessiondrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
| Mood: | murder trial |
| Locations: | courtroomtrainbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlineverdictjuryframed for murdermannequinwedding ringgossipwitnesscourttrialnewspaperreporterdrinktelephone callphotograph |
When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.
| Themes: | justiceguiltcorruptiondrunkenness |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerafrican american |
| Story: | contempt of courtoathdistrict attorneyjurytestimonyevidencedespairinnocencewitnesscourttrialjudgereporterphotograph |
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: | guiltmoneykidnappingrevengedeathmurder |
| Locations: | gas stationcourtroombusrestaurant |
| Characters: | singerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | filling stationalienationcourtflowersconfessionjudgemontagejailcafeliesongtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smoking …dogkissgunviolence (See All) |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d …rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stop… (Read More)
| Themes: | corruptiondrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmoneykidnappingdeathrevengemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | trainbar |
| Characters: | policemansingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newsreel footagenewspaper headlinejail celljailertear gastolerancelistening to a radiosaving a lifebonfirewatching a moviedemonstrationfaintingfreeze frameflowersmicrophone …confessiontrialpoliticianmontagenewspapersubjective cameraprayerjailbeerrifledrinksongfiretelephone callsingingexplosionphotographcigarette smokingviolencegun (See All) |
A German dentist buys the freedom of a slave and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of the slave's wife who belongs to a ruthless plantation owner.
| Themes: | escapedrinkingmoneydeathmurderrevenge |
| Locations: | small townbar |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | double barreled shotgunthree brothersbourbondeputypipe smokingdynamitewhipblack americanliarbartenderjudgemontagehallucinationriflelie …letterdrinkshotgunsongfiresingingexplosioncigarette smokinggunkissviolencedog (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: | escapemoneydeathmurder |
| Locations: | gas stationcourtroombustrain |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanmother daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | reading a letternewspaper headlinepassenger trainoathtelegramjurysaving a lifepipe smokingwatching a movieeyeglasseswitnessconfessiontrialjudgemontage …axenewspapersubjective camerariflelettertelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokinggunviolencedogkiss (See All) |
Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hire …d and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiacorruptionpoliticskidnappingdeath |
| Mood: | murder trial |
| Locations: | courtroombar |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | newsreel footagenewsreelperjuryjurytestimonypet dogevidenceransomwatching a movieriotgovernmentcourtflowersliarmicrophone …trialjudgepoliticiannewspaperreportercriminalletterexplosionphotographkissgun (See All) |
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal wh …o has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltmafiacorruptiondrunkennessdrinkingmoneymurderlovedeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | gas stationcartrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemansingerafrican american |
| Story: | walking in the rainbattering rambreaking down a doorgovernorwedding ringmobwatching a movieblack americanarsonwitnessflowersliarmicrophoneconfessionmontage …criminaljailcafelieshotgunfiretelephone callsingingexplosionphotographcigarette smokinggunviolencekiss (See All) |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapedrunkennessdrinkingmoneykidnappingmurderdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormbar |
| Characters: | policemansingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | newsreel footagenewspaper headlinerainbowwhipthunderwatching a moviearsonreunionlightningsuitcasefalse accusationnewspaperrifledrinksong …firetelephone callsingingexplosionphotographcigarette smokingkissdogviolence (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltobsessioncorruptionvoyeurismescapedrinkingpoliticskidnappinglovedeathmurder |
| Locations: | busrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | pocket knifeperjuryframed for murderfaked deathinnocencepresumed deadmurdererconfessionfalse accusationnewspapersubjective camerajailcaferiflelie …drinkshotguntelephone callphotographcigarette smokingdoggunviolence (See All) |
Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently rape …d by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiaescapekidnappingmurderdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | car |
| Characters: | sherifflawyerpolicemanfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | jail celllistening to a radiohearing voicesframed for murderevidencethundermurdererlightningmicrophonecigar smokingfalse accusationthroat slittingaxesubjective camerareporter …hallucinationrifleshotgunfiretelephone callexplosionphotographgunviolencekiss (See All) |
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma …ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)
| Themes: | justiceparanoiaescapedrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathlovemurderrevenge |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | hot dog standcameramanfiremanransomarsonwitnessflowerscigar smokingaxereportercriminalcafedrinkshotgunfire …telephone callexplosionphotographcigarette smokingviolencedog (See All) |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love …s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
| Themes: | justiceguiltmoneymurderdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomtrainrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerpolicemanteachermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | walking in the rainconsciencetruthalienationdemonstrationcourtflowerssuitcasemicrophoneconfessionfalse accusationtrialjudgejailcafe …lieletterfiretelephone callphotographcigarette smokinggunkiss (See All) |
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: | drinkingmurderloverevenge |
| Locations: | train stationbussmall towntrain |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | dressmakermannequinbonfiregossipeyeglassesarsonchickenmicrophonenewspaperriflelieletterdrinksongfire …telephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingdogviolencekiss (See All) |
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