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Love, retribution and redemption. Devastated by her husband's death from a drug overdose, Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, tries to bring justice to the biggest drug dealer in Turin when the local police ignore her information about him. In building a home-made bomb and setting of β¦f a plan that fails miserably, her status changes from young widow to that of a criminal in custody. Young police officer Filipo descends into Philippa's life, changing her bleak outlook on existence into one in search of tranquility among corruption, as they become unlikely soul mates and lovers. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapejusticeguiltredemptionterrorismcorruptiondivorceweddingescapelovefriendshipdeathrevengemurder |
Locations: | tunnelelevatorbushelicopterchurchtrain |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipsuicide by hangingpriestdancerpolicemanstudentteacherfemale protagonistbrother brother relationshipdoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | jail celltossing the wedding bouquetenglish teacherwedding receptionhand dryerascensiontuscany italyhead shavingflight simulatordictaphoneturin italymilkmanbed wettingtranscendencecleaning woman β¦intercourseholy communioncarabinierihuman immunodeficiency virus positivesoul matecorrupt policefleeinghiding placebomberlistening to radiocoincidencestretcherdrug dealmen's bathroombarberescalatorremorsetranslatorinjusticeexistentialismatticanimated sequencepower outageinnocencedrug overdoseice creamtape recorderhypodermic needlefaintingflyingeavesdroppingdeath of husbandsleepingdeath of childinjectionfugitivepay phonetreeflash forwardon the runjourneysearchtoiletwidowdrug dealerambulanceterroristhandcuffsjailinterrogationbirthdaybombtearsletterbare buttundressingface slapunderwearcryingtelephone callexplosiondancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityone word titlesexkissbloodgunnudity (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 β¦ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltredemptionescapelovedeathfriendshipmurder |
Locations: | bustrain |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanstudentteacherbrother brother relationshipfriendfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | fleeingmen's bathroominnocencesleepingambulancejailbirthdaytearsletterbare buttundressingface slapunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦dancingfemale nuditykissblood (See All) |
Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police. The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play written by Georg Dreyman, who is considered by many to be the ultimate example of the loyal citizen. Wiesler has a gut feeling that Dreyman can't be as ideal as he seems, and β¦ believes surveillance is called for. The Minister of Culture agrees but only later does Wiesler learn that the Minister sees Dreyman as a rival and lusts after his partner Christa-Maria. The more time he spends listening in on them, the more he comes to care about them. The once rigid Stasi officer begins to intervene in their lives, in a positive way, protecting them whenever possible. Eventually, Wiesler's activities catch up to him and while there is no proof of wrongdoing, he finds himself in menial jobs - until the unbelievable happens. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltredemptioncorruptiondeathlovefriendshipmurder |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | suicide by hangingdancerpolicemanstudentteacherfriendpolice |
Story: | remorseinjusticeatticinnocencetape recordereavesdroppingflash forwardsearchinterrogationbirthdaytearsundressingunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦dancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodkiss (See All) |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro β¦ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
Themes: | escapemurderloverevengefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | elevatorbustrain |
Characters: | dancerteacherdoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | hiding placebombercoincidencehypodermic needleeavesdroppinginjectionfugitiveflash forwardtoiletterroristhandcuffsjailinterrogationbirthdaybomb β¦tearsbare buttundressingcryingexplosiondancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityone word titlekissblood (See All) |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the β¦concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdeath |
Characters: | policemanstudentteacherfemale protagonistdoctorfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | ice creamdeath of husbandpay phoneflash forwardwidowbirthdaytearsbare buttundressingunderwearcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfemale nudityone word title β¦sexkiss (See All) |
The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's lif β¦e: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceguiltterrorismfriendshiplove |
Characters: | priestpolicemanstudentfemale protagonistfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellinjusticejourneysearchhandcuffsjailinterrogationtearsletterundressingcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingbloodgun |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Themes: | guiltfriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | tunnelelevatorbuschurch |
Characters: | priestpolicemandoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | translatorpower outagedrug overdoseflyingdeath of childpay phoneambulancehandcuffstelephone callcigarette smokingone word titlegunsex |
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
Themes: | redemptionescaperevengedeathmurderfriendship |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | doctorfather son relationship |
Story: | stretcherexistentialismhypodermic needleeavesdroppinginjectionfugitivepay phoneon the runtoiletambulanceinterrogationtearsface slapcryingtelephone call β¦cigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte β¦r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcefriendshiplove |
Locations: | elevatortrain |
Characters: | suicide by hangingdancerpolicemanfriendfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | jail celldrug dealmen's bathroomice creampay phonetoiletdrug dealerjailtearsbare buttundressingcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smoking β¦female nuditykissgunsex (See All) |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's β¦use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorismcorruptionweddingescapefriendshipmurderrevengedeath |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | suicide by hangingdancerpolicemanteacherdoctorfriendpolice |
Story: | jail cellhiding placebomberbarberflash forwardsearchambulanceterroristhandcuffsjailinterrogationbombtearsunderwearcrying β¦telephone callexplosiondancingcigarette smokinggunblood (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 β¦e between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long... (Read More)
Themes: | guiltredemptionfriendshipdeathmurder |
Locations: | elevatorbus |
Characters: | policemanfriendpolice |
Story: | jail celldictaphoneremorsetape recorderon the runambulancehandcuffsjailbirthdaylettertelephone callbloodgun |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif β¦estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapefriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | elevatorchurch |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanfriendfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | men's bathroomdrug overdoseflash forwardon the runambulancehandcuffsjailbirthdaytearsletterbare buttface slapunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦dancingkissnuditysexblood (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: | guiltdivorcemurderdeathfriendship |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanfemale protagonistbrother brother relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | innocenceflash forwardtoilethandcuffstearsletterbare buttundressingface slapcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingone word titleblood β¦nuditygun (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: | guiltdeathfriendshipmurderrevenge |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanfemale protagonistfriendpolice |
Story: | atticinnocencesleepingflash forwardsearchtoilethandcuffsinterrogationtearsundressingface slapunderwearcryingdancingcigarette smoking β¦female nudityone word titlesexblood (See All) |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as β¦he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltredemptionescapemurderlovedeath |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanbrother brother relationshipdoctorfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | bed wettinginjusticeice creamhypodermic needletoiletdrug dealerjailbirthdaytearsundressingface slapunderwearcryingtelephone calldancing β¦cigarette smokingfemale nudityone word titlekissblood (See All) |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this β¦gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmurderfriendship |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerpolicemanstudentfriendfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellhypodermic needleinjectionflash forwardsearchjailbirthdaytearsbare buttundressingface slapunderwearcryingtelephone calldancing β¦cigarette smokingkissnuditysexblood (See All) |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only β¦companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
Themes: | guiltrevengefriendshipdeathlovemurder |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | doctorfriendfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | animated sequenceinnocencetape recorderhypodermic needlefaintingeavesdroppinginjectionfugitivepay phoneflash forwardon the runtoiletbirthdayundressingcrying β¦telephone callcigarette smokingfemale nudityone word titlekissblood (See All) |
A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to β¦ prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well. (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapeguiltcorruptionescapemurderdeath |
Locations: | tunnelelevatorbushelicoptertrain |
Characters: | doctorpolice |
Story: | tape recorderinjectionfugitivepay phoneon the rundrug dealerambulancehandcuffsjailexplosioncigarette smokingblood |
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: | justiceguiltdivorcemurderdeath |
Locations: | helicopterchurchtrain |
Characters: | policemanfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | men's bathroominnocenceinjectionpay phonehandcuffsjailtearscryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfemale nuditynudity |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa β¦chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | escapedeathmurderlovefriendship |
Locations: | bushelicopterchurch |
Characters: | priestdancerpolicemanstudentteacherfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellescalatoranimated sequencehypodermic needleflyinginjectionjourneyjailbombletterundressingcryingtelephone callexplosiondancing β¦cigarette smokingfemale nuditygunkissblood (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con β¦vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltredemptionlovemurderrevengedeath |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | policemanteacherdoctorfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | hypodermic needledeath of husbandflash forwardtoiletwidowambulancejailbirthdaytearsface slapunderwearcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfemale nudity β¦gunkissblood (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion β¦s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdivorceweddingdeathfriendshiprevenge |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | dancerfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | wedding receptionremorsedeath of husbandflash forwardwidowbirthdaytearsbare buttface slapcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss β¦nuditysex (See All) |
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, β¦and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price. (Read More)
Themes: | divorceweddingescapedeathfriendshiplovemurder |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanstudentfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | drug dealdrug overdosetape recorderfugitiveflash forwarddrug dealerjailbirthdaydancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityone word titlebloodgun |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an β¦d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptiondivorceweddingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | priestdancerpolicemanfemale protagonistdoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | wedding receptionsearchambulancetearsundressingcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingkissnuditysex |
On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American 'Billy Hayes (I)' (qv) is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in ident β¦ifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he becoβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | prison escapejusticeterrorismescapelovefriendshipmurderdeathrevenge |
Locations: | tunneltrain |
Characters: | policemanstudentbrother brother relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | men's bathroomtranslatorinjusticesearchtoilethandcuffsjailinterrogationtearsletterface slapunderwearcryingcigarette smokingfemale nudity β¦gunkissblood (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 β¦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: | justiceguiltdivorcefriendshipmurderdeath |
Locations: | churchtrain |
Characters: | teacher student relationshippolicemanstudentteacherfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | tape recorderflash forwardjailbirthdaytearsletterundressingface slapunderwearcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunkiss |
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: | justiceguiltredemptionweddingescapedeathfriendshiplovemurder |
Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | wedding receptionfleeingtreeflash forwardjourneysearchbirthdaybombtearslettercryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingsex β¦gunbloodkiss (See All) |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen β¦t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceterrorismescaperevengedeathmurder |
Locations: | helicoptertrain |
Characters: | suicide by hangingdancerstudentdoctorfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellinjusticeflash forwardterroristhandcuffsjailinterrogationbombtearsundressingunderwearcryingtelephone callexplosiondancing β¦cigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodgunkiss (See All) |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
Themes: | lovefriendshipmurderdeath |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | drug dealmen's bathroomtoiletjailtearsface slapunderwearcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykissbloodgun β¦sex (See All) |
In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been β¦behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeathlove |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanstudentteacherfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | animated sequenceinjectiontoilethandcuffsjailtearsbare buttundressingunderwearcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityone word title β¦nuditybloodkiss (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his β¦ mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptionescapedeathmurderfriendship |
Locations: | buschurch |
Characters: | priestpolicemanstudentteacherbrother brother relationshipfriendpolice |
Story: | drug overdoseice creamhypodermic needleinjectionjourneytoiletdrug dealerjailtearsundressingface slapunderwearcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking β¦female nuditybloodsexkissgun (See All) |
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend β¦Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned? (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdeathrevengefriendship |
Characters: | teacher student relationshippolicemanstudentteacherbrother brother relationshipfriendfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | interrogationbirthdaytearsbare buttundressingface slapcryingcigarette smokingone word titlekissgunblood |
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 |
Characters: | teacherfemale protagonistdoctorfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellinjusticefugitiveon the runsearchambulancehandcuffstearsdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditynuditysexblood |
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 β¦n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
Themes: | justicecorruptionescapemurderfriendshiprevengelove |
Characters: | doctorfather son relationship |
Story: | jail celltape recordereavesdroppingdeath of husbandpay phoneambulancehandcuffslettercigarette smokingblood |
Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's lif β¦e is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceterrorismdivorcedeathmurderrevenge |
Locations: | bushelicopter |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanteacherdoctorpolice |
Story: | fleeingcoincidencemen's bathroomtranslatorpay phoneflash forwardsearchambulanceterroristinterrogationbomblettertelephone callexplosiondancing β¦female nuditygunblood (See All) |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to β¦respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
Themes: | escapefriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | churchtrain |
Characters: | prieststudentteacherbrother brother relationshipdoctorfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | bed wettingholy communionatticfaintingsleepingsearchwidowbombtearsletterundressingunderwearcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking β¦blood (See All) |
Themes: | divorcefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanfriendfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | jail celltape recorderpay phoneflash forwardjailbare buttundressingface slapunderwearcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityone word title β¦bloodkissnuditygunsex (See All) |
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferr β¦ed to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support. (Read More)
Themes: | deathfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorbustrain |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerpolicemanteacherbrother brother relationshipdoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | escalatortoilettearsletterbare buttface slapunderwearcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingkisssexbloodnudity |
Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him m β¦ore and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection. The stunning, semi-autobiographical directing debut of 20-year-old actor Xavier Dolan. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdivorceweddinglovemurderfriendship |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteacherfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | pay phoneletterundressingface slapunderweartelephone calldancingcigarette smoking |
Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot h β¦im, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? (Read More)
Themes: | lovedeathfriendship |
Locations: | tunnelelevator |
Characters: | dancerpolicemandoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | drug dealflyingsleepingpay phoneflash forwardtoiletdrug dealertearsbare buttface slapunderwearcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smoking β¦female nuditykissbloodsexgun (See All) |
Tells the story of Evey Hammond and her unlikely but instrumental part in bringing down the fascist government that has taken control of a futuristic Great Britain. Saved from a life-and-death situation by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who calls himself V, she learns a general summary of V's past and, β¦after a time, decides to help him bring down those who committed the atrocities that led to Britain being in the shape that it is in. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceterrorismrevengemurderdeath |
Locations: | elevatorchurchtrain |
Characters: | suicide by hangingpriestdancerstudentfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellhead shavingsearchtoiletterroristjailinterrogationtearsletterunderwearcryingexplosiondancingfemale nuditygun β¦bloodkiss (See All) |
Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
Themes: | divorcerevengemurderdeath |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipdoctorfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | hypodermic needledeath of husbandpay phoneflash forwarddrug dealerambulancebirthdaybare buttundressingface slapunderweartelephone callcigarette smokingfemale nuditynudity β¦gun (See All) |
In the near future, Major Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible terrorist attack, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the abilit β¦y to hack into people's minds and control them, Major Kusanagi is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major Kusanagi discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was stolen. She will stop at nothing to recover her past, find out who did this to her and stop them before they do it to others. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionterrorismcorruptionescapemurderrevengedeath |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | female protagonist |
Story: | existentialismhypodermic needleeavesdroppinginjectionfugitiveflash forwardon the runwidowterroristhandcuffsinterrogationbombexplosiondancingcigarette smoking β¦gun (See All) |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o β¦f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | dancerstudentteacherfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | tape recorderdeath of husbandsleepingflash forwardwidowambulancebirthdaytearsletterunderwearcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingkiss β¦sexblood (See All) |
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Themes: | terrorismfriendshiprevengedeath |
Locations: | elevatorbuschurchtrain |
Characters: | policemanfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | stretchersleepingambulanceterroristunderwearexplosionbloodgun |
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 β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltcorruptionweddingescapelovefriendshipdeathmurder |
Locations: | elevatorbus |
Characters: | policemandoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | innocenceflash forwardsearchjailtearsbare buttundressingface slapunderwearcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodnudity β¦gun (See All) |
Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous convict Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner). When he wakes up β¦with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and make the deal with him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal. (Read More)
Themes: | redemptionterrorismweddingescapemurderdeathrevenge |
Locations: | bushelicopterchurch |
Characters: | teacherdoctorfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | hypodermic needleeavesdroppingdeath of husbandinjectionfugitiveon the runwidowambulanceterroristhandcuffsinterrogationexplosioncigarette smokingone word titleblood |
Michael Clayton, a high-priced law firm's fixer, leaves a late night poker game, gets a call to drive to Westchester, and watches his car blow up as he's taking an impromptu dawn walk through a field. Flash back four days. He owes a loan shark to cover his brother's debts (Michael's own gambling hab β¦its have left him virtually broke). His law firm is negotiating a high-stakes merger, and his firm's six year defense of a conglomerate's pesticide use is at risk when one of the firm's top litigators goes off his meds and puts the case in jeopardy. While Michael is trying to fix things someone decides to kill him. Who? Meanwhile his son summarizes the plot of a dark fantasy novel. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltcorruptiondivorcemurderdeath |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | policemanbrother brother relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellfleeingescalatorhypodermic needleinjectionsearchjailbirthdaybombtearsundressingcryingtelephone callexplosion |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental β¦ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceguiltdivorceweddingfriendshipdeathlovemurder |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanstudentteacherfemale protagonistdoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | jail cellfleeinginjusticefaintingpay phoneflash forwardtoiletjailtearscryingtelephone callexplosiondancingcigarette smokingone word title β¦bloodkiss (See All) |
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settl β¦e his affairs. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshipdeathlove |
Characters: | teacher student relationshippolicemanstudentteacherfriendfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | escalatorflash forwardsearchbirthdaytearsundressingcryingtelephone callone word titlesexkiss |