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Pip, a good-natured, gullible young orphan, lives with kind blacksmith Joe Gargery and his bossy, abusive wife 'Mrs. Joe'. When the boy finds two hidden escaped galley convicts, he obeys under -probably unnecessary- threat of a horrible death to bring the criminals food he must steal at peril of mor β¦e caning from the battle-ax. Just when Pip fears to get it really good while they have guests, a soldier comes for Joe who takes Pip along as assistant to work on the chains of escaped galley-convicts, who are soon caught. The better-natured one takes the blame for the stolen food. Later Pip is invited to became the playmate of Estelle, the equally arrogant adoptive daughter of gloomy, filthy rich Miss Havisham at her estate, who actually has 'permission' to break the kind kid's heart; being the only pretty girl he ever saw, she wins his heart forever, even after a mysterious benefactor pays through a lawyer for his education and a rich allowance, so he can become a snob in London, by now 'ashamed' of simple Joe. Only after years in idle wealth, Pip learns Havisham is not his benefactor as he assumed, and both her story and those of his real sponsor and Estelle... (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | first loveinheritancevengeanceexecutionabusesurveillanceinsanitytheftfuneralprisonjealousymarriagelovefriendship |
Locations: | london englandboat accidentenglandurban settingwheelchairrural settingcemetery |
Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshipboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1820s19th century |
Story: | escaped convictchild abuseaccidental firebuilding on fireperson on firegreat expectationsbritish noirsocial consciousnessformal danceabusive wifeenglish literaturedowagergalleysteamshipgratitude β¦filthaudio flashbackescapeebenefactorcharles dickensgenerosityfoster familycaningbroken engagementsenilitysnobwedding cakespinstersuitorburn victimadopted daughterclerkrecluseblacksmithstar crossed loversinnloss of sisterrags to richeskindnessfencingcorporal punishmentvictorian eraunclehousekeeperwedding dressconvictfogabsent fatherrowboathatcard gameclass differencescowratpursuithangingmistaken identityfugitivegraveyardspankingsearchroommatechild in periltrialboxingdeath of friendmansionorphansubjective camerariverbirthdaysecretarrestface slapfistfightbeatingvoice over narrationfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novelfight (See All) |
In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora gets engaged to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him to a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to Dublin but is robbed on the road. Without an alte β¦rnative, Barry joins the British Army to fight in the Seven Years War. He deserts and is forced to join the Prussian Army where he saves the life of his captain and becomes his protege and spy of the Irish gambler Chevalier de Balibari. He helps Chevalier and becomes his associate until he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Lyndon. They move to England and Barry, in his obsession of nobility, dissipates her fortune and makes a dangerous and revengeful enemy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | funeraljealousylove |
Locations: | englandwheelchairrural setting |
Characters: | boyfather son relationship |
Story: | child abusecaninginnfencingcorporal punishmentunclerowboatspankingboxingdeath of friendarrestface slapfistfightvoice over narrationfire β¦title spoken by characterbased on novelfight (See All) |
Musical adaptation of 'Charles Dickens (I)' (qv)'s classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | abusetheftfunerallovefriendship |
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | family relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | child abuserags to richeskindnessvictorian eraclass differencessearchchild in perilorphanarrestbased on novelfight |
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in β¦ love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? (Read More)
Themes: | inheritanceabuseinsanityfriendshiplove |
Locations: | england |
Characters: | brother sister relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | child abusestar crossed loverscorporal punishmenthousekeeperwedding dresshatdeath of friendorphansecretfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Living in India, Mary Lennox, a young, privileged girl, is left orphaned when her parents are killed in an earthquake. She is sent back to England where she goes to live on her uncle's estate. It is a fairly isolated existence and she has to find things to keep herself occupied. She finds a sickly y β¦oung boy...and a secret garden. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | wheelchairrural setting |
Characters: | boyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | victorian eraunclehousekeepermansionorphansecretface slapvoice over narrationfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
In the Nineteenth Century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent from the orphanage to a workhouse, where the children are mistreated and barely fed. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spank, he starts a seven day runaway to London. He arrives exhausted and starving, and is soo β¦n welcomed in a gang of pickpockets lead by the old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr. Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But Fagin and the dangerous Bill Sykes decide to kidnap Oliver to burglarize Mr. Brownlow's fancy house. (Read More)
Themes: | abusefuneralprisonfriendship |
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | boy |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | child abusecaningkindnesscorporal punishmentvictorian erahangingorphanarrestbased on novel |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg β¦eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
Themes: | inheritancejealousymarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | rural setting |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | kindnessvictorian erahousekeepercowpursuitgraveyardboxingorphansubjective camerasecretvoice over narrationfirebased on novel |
When Jessica King goes missing, all eyes turn to Annabelle Wilson. Not as a murder suspect, but as a clairvoyant. Many of the towns folk go to Annabelle for help, and Jessica's fiancee, Wayne Collins, turns to Annabelle for possible guidance. Annabelle feels that she can't help, but this doesn't sto β¦p her from constantly getting visions of Jessica's fate. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousy |
Locations: | wheelchairrural settingcemetery |
Characters: | lawyerboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child abuseperson on firefoghanginggraveyardsearchtrialsecretbeatingfirefight |
Pizza delivery man Victor is having an argument with Elena, whom he met a few days ago, but she was high then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David and older Sancho, arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off.. Four years later David is a wheelchair β¦ basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again. (Read More)
Themes: | inheritancevengeancetheftfuneralprisonjealousymarriage |
Locations: | wheelchaircemetery |
Story: | convictgraveyardsubjective camerabirthdayface slapfirebased on novelfight |
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 β¦ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | abuseprisonjealousyfriendshiplove |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | lawyerboyfather son relationship |
Story: | child abusehanginggraveyardtrialriverbirthdaysecretface slapbeatingbased on novelfight |
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 β¦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: | jealousyfriendship |
Characters: | lawyerboy |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | pursuithangingsearchtrialriverarrestface slapbeatingvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
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 β¦mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | inheritancetheftprisonjealousymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshipboy |
Story: | convictratpursuitfugitivetrialorphansubjective camerabirthdaysecretarrestface slaptitle spoken by character |
In late nineteenth century Vienna, renowned illusionist Eisenheim is reunited with the Duchess von Teschen when she is volunteered from the audience to participate in an illusion during one of his performances. Despite having not seen each other in fifteen years when they were teenagers, they almost ⦠immediately recognize each other as Eduard Abramovich and Sophie von Teschen, they who had a doomed romance at that time due to their class differences. The Duchess is soon to be wed to the Crown Prince Leopold in what would be for him a marriage solely in pursuit of power: overthrowing his father, the Emperor Leopold, as well as overtaking the Hungarian side of the empire. The Crown Prince is known to use violence against women if it suits his needs or purposes. As such, the Duchess, who realizes that she still loves Eisenheim and he her, can never leave the Crown Prince without it jeopardizing her life. After Eisenheim humiliates the Crown Prince at a private show which results in an incident between the Crown Prince and the Duchess, the battle between Eisenheim and the Crown Prince moves into the public performance realm, which many believe demonstrates Eisenheim's supernatural powers. Much of the work for the Crown Prince in the battle with Eisenheim is conducted by Chief Inspector Uhl, who would become the Chief of Police under the Crown Prince's reign. As such, Uhl may have ulterior motives in turning a blind eye to any unlawful act of the Crown Prince against Eisenheim or t⦠(Read More)
Themes: | first lovejealousymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | london englandrural setting |
Characters: | boy |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | broken engagementstar crossed loversvictorian eraclass differencespursuitsearchriverarrestface slapvoice over narrationtitle spoken by character |
84 years later, a 100 year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship β¦with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiance, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | theftjealousylovefriendship |
Locations: | englandwheelchair |
Story: | social consciousnessbroken engagementsuitorstar crossed loversrowboatcard gameclass differencesratsearchchild in perildeath of friendsubjective cameraarrestface slapbeating β¦voice over narrationtitle spoken by character (See All) |
The son of Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee, Devdas (Shahrukh Khan) was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He grew up in the lush village of Taj Sonapur, where he spent his childhood, indulged by his lovely playmate Paro (Aishwarya). They grew up sharing a special relationship, in which they existed o β¦nly to each other. Oblivious of all the differences of status and background, a bond that would never break grew between them. Slowly, it changed to love but it was still unsaid. But the reverie was broken when his family sent Devdas to London for education. Paro's world crashed knowing that her Devdas would be gone and she lit a diya, for it signified the fast coming back of her loved one. Years passed and Devdas returned. Devdas was besotted by her stunning beauty and longed to have her back. But Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee (Vijay Crishna), Devdas' father, met Paro's mother Sumitra's (Kiran Kher) marriage proposal with condescending arrogance. It caused a rift between the families and even though Devdas tried to convince his father, only antagonism came his way. Finally, he moved away from Paro and wrote a letter to her, asking her to forget him. Only, he didn't realize that he would never be able to forget her ever! And much later, when he reached out to her, it was too late as she was far too humiliated. She scorned him for not standing by her and they parted forever with a heart-broken Paro entering into a chaste marriage with a wealthy, much older man, Zamindar Bhuvan (Vijayenβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | first lovevengeanceinsanitytheftjealousymarriagelovefriendship |
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshipboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | caningclass differencesmansionsubjective cameraface slapbeatingvoice over narrationfirebased on novel |
Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerf β¦ul of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tries to establish himself in the area and also seek revenge over his father's death. (Read More)
Themes: | theftfuneraljealousy |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | person on firefogrowboatrathangingboxingdeath of friendorphanface slapfistfightvoice over narrationfirefight |
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 β¦ss two generations. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | funeraljealousymarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding cakeloss of sisteruncleclass differencesgraveyarddeath of friendmansionsubjective camerabirthdayfistfightbeatingbased on novelfight |
The five highly trained Bennett sisters in Georgian England must try to protect themselves from the growing zombie threat, find suitable husbands for themselves, battle marriage proposals and unlikely suitors, and save the country before it's too late.
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | marriagefriendship |
Locations: | london englandenglandcemetery |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | suitorcard gameclass differencesmansionsubjective camerafistfightbeatingvoice over narrationfirebased on novelfight |
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 β¦ 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: | executionabusetheftfuneralmarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | boyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child abuseaudio flashbackkindnesspursuitgraveyardsearchorphanbirthdaysecretbeatingfirebased on novel |
A shy ladies' companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year be β¦fore. The second Mrs. de Winter clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousymarriagelove |
Locations: | london englandrural setting |
Story: | housekeeperfogclass differencesmansionfistfightvoice over narrationfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate jo β¦urney to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth. (Read More)
Themes: | executionsurveillancelove |
Locations: | london englandenglandurban settingwheelchair |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Story: | kindnessrowboatcowratpursuitchild in perildeath of friendbirthdayface slapbeatingbased on novel |
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 β¦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: | executionfuneralprisonfriendshiplove |
Locations: | london englandcemetery |
Characters: | lawyerboy |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | victorian erafoghanginggraveyardtrialsecretvoice over narrationfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy and they have a lovely child, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and abuses Lucy later after gaining custo β¦dy of her. After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs. Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop who tells him that Lucy swallowed arsenic many years ago, and Turpin assigned himself tutor of Johanna. He opens a barber shop above her store, initiating a crime rampage against those who made him suffer and lose his beloved family. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | jealousy |
Locations: | london england |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | escaped convictchild abuseperson on fireadopted daughtervictorian erachild in periltrialface slaptitle spoken by character |
This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they kn β¦ow, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed. He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made. (Read More)
Themes: | executioninsanitytheftlovefriendship |
Story: | blacksmithfogrowboathangingfugitivesearchmansionarrestface slap |
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 β¦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: | theftfriendship |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Story: | escaped convictconvictcowpursuithangingfugitivesearchboxingriversecretfistfightbeatingfirebased on novelfight |
Sean Thornton has returned from America to reclaim his homestead and escape his past. Sean's eye is caught by Mary Kate Danaher, a beautiful but poor maiden, and younger sister of ill-tempered "Red" Will Danaher. The riotous relationship that forms between Sean and Mary Kate, punctuated by Will's pu β¦gnacious attempts to keep them apart, form the main plot, with Sean's past as the dark undercurrent. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagelove |
Locations: | rural settingcemetery |
Characters: | brother sister relationship |
Story: | suitorhatgraveyardboxingriversecretfistfightbeatingvoice over narrationfight |
Themes: | executionfuneralprisonjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | london englandengland |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | rowboatratfugitivechild in perilorphansubjective camerariverfistfightbeatingfiretitle spoken by characterfight |
It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, β¦a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their pβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | executiontheftprisonmarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | fogrowboatcowpursuithangingspankingchild in perilorphanriversecretarrestface slapbased on novel |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | inheritanceabusefuneralfriendshiplove |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Story: | child abuseadopted daughtersearchface slapbeatingvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madl β¦y in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | first loveprisonjealousyfriendshiplove |
Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshipboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child abusefoster familyabsent fathertrialsecretarrestvoice over narrationfirebased on novelfight |
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: | funerallovefriendship |
Locations: | london englandwheelchairrural settingcemetery |
Characters: | boyfather son relationship |
Story: | wedding dresspursuitdeath of friendsecretarrestface slapvoice over narrationfirebased on novel |
Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has β¦fewer of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick! (Read More)
Themes: | inheritanceabuseinsanityfuneralprisonjealousylove |
Locations: | wheelchaircemetery |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipboyfather son relationship |
Story: | child abuseconvictgraveyardroommatechild in perilbeatingfirefight |
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the story of three people in love, a love which does not af β¦fect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years. (Read More)
Themes: | jealousymarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | rural settingcemetery |
Story: | fencingfogrowboatboxingriverface slapvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c β¦ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
Themes: | abusejealousy |
Locations: | rural setting |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child abusecaningsuitorcorporal punishmenthousekeeperhatclass differencesspankingsearchchild in perilface slapbeatingvoice over narrationfire |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li β¦ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Ceciliaβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | prisonjealousylove |
Locations: | london englandengland |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child abusestar crossed lovershousekeeperrowboatmistaken identitysearchchild in perilmansionarrestvoice over narrationfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novelfight |
In 1902, in London, the spinster Beatrix Potter lives with her bourgeois parents. Her snobbish mother, Helen Potter, had introduced several bachelors to Beatrix until she was twenty years old, but she had turned them all down. Beatrix Potter has been drawing animals and making up stories about them β¦since she was a child, but her parents have never recognized her as an artist. One day, Miss Potter offers her stories to a print house, and a rookie publisher, Norman Warne, who is delighted with her tales, publishes her first children's book. This success leads Norman to publish two other books, and Miss Potter meanwhile becomes the best friend of his single sister Millie Warne. Soon Beatrix and Norman fall in love with each other, but Helen does not accept that her daughter would marry a "trader". However, Beatrix's father Rupert Potter proposes that his daughter spend the summer with his wife and him in their country house in Lake District, and if she is still interested in Norman after the summertime, he would bless their marriage. When Miss Potter stops receiving letters from Norman, she is disappointed. Then one day she receives a letter from Millie explaining what had happened to Norman. (Read More)
Themes: | first lovemarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | london englandenglandwheelchairrural setting |
Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshipboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | spinsterhousekeeperhatclass differencesmansionvoice over narration |
Captain Smith is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after captain Newport's ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an English colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an arm β¦ed exploration, Smith is captured, but spared when the chief's favorite daughter Pocahontas pleads for the stranger who soon becomes her lover and learns to love their naive 'savage' way of harmonious life. Ultimately he returns to the grim fort, which would starve hadn't she arranged for Indian generosity. Alas, each side soon brands their own lover a traitor, so she is banished and he flogged as introduction to slavish toiling. Changes turn again, leading Smith to accept a northern-more mission and anglicized Pocahontas, believing him dead, becoming the mother of aristocratic new lover John Rolfe's son. They'll meet again for a finale in England. (Read More)
Themes: | abusetheftmarriagelove |
Locations: | england |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | generositystar crossed loversclass differenceshanginggraveyardtrialdeath of friendriverbeatingvoice over narrationfight |
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also i β¦mplicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceprisonfriendship |
Locations: | london englandengland |
Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | person on firetrialarrestbeatingvoice over narrationtitle spoken by character |
Late one night, a beautiful and well-dressed young woman, Grace, arrives in the mountainous old mining town of Dogville as a fugitive; following the sound of gunshots in the distance which have been heard by Tom, the self-appointed moral spokesman for the town. Persuaded by Tom, the town agree to hi β¦de Grace, and in return she freely helps the locals. However, when the Sheriff from a neighbouring town posts a Missing notice, advertising a reward for revealing her whereabouts, the townsfolk require a better deal from Grace, in return for their silence; and when the Sheriff returns some weeks later with a Wanted poster, even though the citizens know her to be innocent of the false charges against her, the town's sense of goodness takes a sinister turn and the price of Grace's freedom becomes a workload and treatment akin to that of a slave. But Grace has a deadly secret that the townsfolk will eventually encounter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | theftjealousylovefriendship |
Locations: | wheelchairrural setting |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipboyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child abusefogfugitivespankingsecretvoice over narrationfiretitle spoken by character |
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.. β¦. (Read More)
Themes: | vengeancetheftfuneralprisonmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | lawyer |
Story: | rags to richescard gamegraveyardtrialriverarrestbeatingfire |
After being trapped in a jungle board game for 26 years, a Man-Child wins his release from the game. But, no sooner has he arrived that he is forced to play again, and this time sets the creatures of the jungle loose on the city. Now it is up to him to stop them.
Themes: | first lovefriendship |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | reclusechild in perilmansionorphanriverarresttitle spoken by character |
The Human Stain is the story of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a classics professor with a terrible secret that is about to shatter his life in a small New England town. When his affair with a young troubled janitor (Kidman) is uncovered, the secret Silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife, his β¦ children and colleague, writer Nathan Zuckerman, fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences. It is Zuckerman who stumbles upon Silk's secret and sets out to reconstruct the unknown biography of this eminent, upright man, esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life, and to understand how this ingeniously contrived life came unraveled. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralfriendship |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child abuseclass differencescowgraveyardboxingbirthdaysecretvoice over narrationfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novelfight |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
Themes: | executiontheftjealousylove |
Characters: | boyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | person on fireblacksmithfogrowboatcowmansionriversecretarrestbeatingvoice over narrationfire |
Shane rides into a conflict between cattleman Ryker and a bunch of settlers, like Joe Starrett and his family, whose land Ryker wants. When Shane beats up Ryker's man Chris, Ryker tries to buy him. Then Shane and Joe take on the whole Ryker crew. Ryker sends to Cheyenne for truly evil gunslinger Wil β¦son. Shane must clear out all the guns from the valley. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | funeraljealousyfriendship |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | father son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | blacksmithwedding dresshatcowriverfistfightbeatingfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novelfight |
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | boy |
Story: | fugitivesearchchild in perilorphansubjective camerariverface slapfistfightvoice over narrationfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novelfight |
Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted h β¦is relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Deputy Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | funeralmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | boyfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | burn victimratgraveyarddeath of friendbirthdayfiretitle spoken by characterfight |
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mecha β¦nical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past. (Read More)
Themes: | lovefriendship |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | boyfather son relationship |
Story: | unclepursuitgraveyardsearchchild in perilorphansubjective camerariversecretarrestvoice over narrationfire |
Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney Skinner, American secret β¦ service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. (Read More)
Themes: | funeral |
Locations: | london englandenglandcemetery |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | person on firefencingvictorian eragraveyardsecretfistfighttitle spoken by characterbased on novelfight |
Tom Reagan (played by Gabriel Byrne) is the right-hand man, and chief adviser, to a mob boss, Leo (Albert Finney). Trouble is brewing between Leo and another mob boss, Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), over the activities of a bookie, Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) and Leo and Tom are at odds on how to d β¦eal with it. Meanwhile, Tom is in a secret relationship with Leo's girlfriend, Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), who happens to be the sister of Bernie. In trying to resolve the issue, Tom is cast out from Leo's camp and ultimately finds himself stuck in the middle between several deadly, unforgiving parties. (Read More)
Themes: | funeraljealousy |
Locations: | urban settingcemetery |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | hatsubjective camerasecretface slapfistfightbeatingfiretitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago, is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar, who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky, an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, howeve β¦r, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya. But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralmarriagelove |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Period: | 19th century |
Story: | suitorstar crossed loversunclemistaken identityorphanface slaptitle spoken by characterbased on novel |