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Socially inept garbage man Simon is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty roguish, but talentless novelist. Henry opens a magical world of literature to Simon who turns his hand to writing the 'great American poem'. As Simon begins his controversial ascent to the dizzying heights of Nobel Prize winning …poet, Henry sinks to a life of drinking in low-life bars. The two friends fall out and lose touch until Henry's criminal past catches up with him and he needs Simon's help to flee the country. (Read More)
Subgenre: | allegoryblack comedycult filmindependent film |
Themes: | suicide of motherpoetrydrug usedeath of motherfuneralweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyprisonpoliticsmoneyrapesuicidemurder …lovedeath (See All) |
Locations: | catholic churchstrip clubpolice carkitchenairporttaxibicyclechurchtrainnew york city |
Characters: | stepfather stepdaughter relationshiplove letterfrenchcatholicsecretarypriestwriterdancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship …mother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice (See All) |
Story: | ripped pantyhosepiano playerstatutory rapedigital revolutionmoral deteriorationreading a porn magazineletter of rejectionmentally retarded personbasement apartmentflagrante delictomale sitting on a toiletsour milkrisk takingcaseworkeru.s. congressman …job huntinghustler magazinesatin blousevietnamese americanverseboiling waterjob applicationprobation officergarbagemanpunched in the gutdelicatessenresumenon conformitygrammarlower classnobel prizespellingpublishingwife abusequeens new york cityintegritymemoirunderage sexstockholm swedenalcoholics anonymousradicalgroupiegarbage truckprophetatheismwrist slittingepiloguejournaldoubtpublisherdefecationporn magazinepedophiliaethicsmenstruationpopehandshakegeniuspromiscuitysodomyblack eyecigarette lighterpedophileconvenience storegrocery storepillswatching televisionjanitorcelebrationpassportmoralityrapistflatulencefraudfamefemale stockinged legsshavingtv newspoemeyeglassespoetelectionringlibraryconfessionpantyhosecontroversycoffinchild abusesubwayinternetpoliticianprayerjailpianobathroommarijuanabeervomitingdrinkcomputerface slapbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditycharacter name in titlenuditymasturbationviolencesex (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: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyprisonmoneylovedeathmurder |
Locations: | strip clubpolice carchurch |
Characters: | dancerpolicemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | convenience storeprayerjailpianomarijuanadrinkface slapbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityviolencesex |
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: | weddingdrunkennessdrinkingprisonpoliticsdeathmurderlove |
Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurchtrain |
Characters: | catholicpriestdancerpolicemansingerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | librarycontroversypoliticianjaildrinkface slapbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titleviolence |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | suicide of motherdeath of motherfuneralweddingdrinkingpoliticsmoneysuicidedeath |
Locations: | police cartaxichurch |
Characters: | priestdancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | black eyepillscoffinpoliticianbeerdrinksingingdancingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlesexnudity |
Themes: | drinkingmoneyrapedeath |
Locations: | police carairporttaxinew york city |
Characters: | catholicwriterdancerpolicemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | publisherblack eyepillseyeglassesprayerjailmarijuanadrinkface slapbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditycharacter name in title …nuditysexviolence (See All) |
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, …who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | death of motherdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneyrapelovemurder |
Locations: | police carbicycle |
Characters: | stepfather stepdaughter relationshippriestwriterdancerpolicemangirlsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | statutory rapeunderage sexpedophiliapedophileeyeglassescontroversychild abusepianodrinkface slapdancingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlesex |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
Themes: | drug usefuneraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyprisonpoliticsmoneysuicidelovemurderdeath |
Locations: | kitchenairporttaxibicycletrainnew york city |
Characters: | frenchcatholicwriterdancergirlboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | ethicshandshakegrocery storecelebrationtv newseyeglassescontroversyprayerpianodrinkbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …violencesexnudity (See All) |
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hand …s of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | drug usefuneralweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyprisonsuicidemurderdeath |
Locations: | catholic churchtaxibicycle |
Characters: | frenchcatholicpriestdancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | piano playertv newscontroversycoffinpianobeerdrinkface slapbeatingsingingdancingviolence |
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: | drug usefuneraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyprisonpoliticsrapemurderdeath |
Locations: | catholic churchchurchtrainnew york city |
Characters: | catholicpriestwriterpolicemangirlboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | wife abusepedophiliaethicspopepedophilelibraryconfessioncoffinchild abusesubwaybathroomdrinkbeatingsingingcigarette smoking …female nudityviolence (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 … 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)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingprisonmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | catholic churchpolice carkitchenchurchnew york city |
Characters: | catholicpriestwriterpolicemanmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | journalpillstv newspoempoetringconfessioncoffinprayerjailbathroomvomitingdrinkface slapbeating …cigarette smokingfemale nuditysexmasturbation (See All) |
Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A ser …ies of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare. (Read More)
Themes: | poetryweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyprisonpoliticsmoneylovemurderdeath |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | frenchcatholicwriterdancergirlboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | publishingepiloguefraudpoetcontroversyprayerjaildrinkface slapsingingdancingnudity |
At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a man who uses an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and his priest, he contacts Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a professional sex surrogate and a typical soccer mom with a house, a mortgage and a husband. Inspired by a true st …ory, The Sessions, follows the fascinating relationship which evolves between Cheryl and Mark as she takes him on his journey to manhood. (Read More)
Themes: | poetryfuneraldrinkingmoney |
Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurch |
Characters: | catholicpriestwritergirlboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | poemeyeglassespoetconfessioncoffinprayermarijuanabeerdrinksingingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymasturbationsex |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | suicide of motherdrug useweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneysuicidedeathlovemurder |
Locations: | taxibicycletrainnew york city |
Characters: | writerdancergirlbrother sister relationshipboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | wife abusetv newseyeglassessubwaypoliticianmarijuanadrinksingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityviolence |
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr …eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | drug usedeath of motherweddingdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmoneyrapesuicidemurderdeathlove |
Locations: | airporttaxi |
Characters: | dancergirlbrother sister relationshipboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | piano playerwrist slittinggrocery storejanitorshavingjailpianobeerdrinkface slapbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …violencesex (See All) |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u …p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancypoliticsmoneylove |
Locations: | taxitrain |
Characters: | dancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | electionlibraryconfessionjailmarijuanabeervomitingdrinkbeatingsingingdancingfemale nudityviolence |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancy |
Locations: | taxinew york city |
Characters: | writerdancerpolicemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | piano playerpillsflatulencecontroversyjailpianobathroomdrinkface slapbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditysex …masturbationnudityviolence (See All) |
Fired in disgrace, kids show host Randolph Smiley finds himself out on the street, while his replacement Sheldon Mopes, finds himself on the fast track to success with a new hit show as the proud purple rhino Smoochy. But things take a turn for the worst when Sheldon finds out that some of the peopl …e that he works with, and some he doesn't know he's working for, are all in it for the money. Meanwhile, Randolph is slowly turning insane with his only thoughts focusing on killing Smoochy and getting back to his life of luxury. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | drug usefuneraldrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | priestdancergirlsingermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | wife abuseintegritygroupieethicsmoralitycoffinchild abuseprayerdrinkbeatingsingingdancingcharacter name in titlesex |
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death a …nd Sid is arrested for her murder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingmurderdeath |
Locations: | strip clubpolice cartaxinew york city |
Characters: | dancerpolicemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | groupiesubwayjailbeervomitingface slapbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditycharacter name in titlesexnudity |
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 …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: | prisonmoneydeathlove |
Locations: | taxichurch |
Characters: | dancerpolicemangirlboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | resumegrocery storepillsfraudshavingeyeglasseslibraryprayerjailvomitingcomputerface slapbeatingsingingdancing …character name in titlenuditymasturbationsex (See All) |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a … good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | death of motherdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneyrapedeathlovemurder |
Locations: | kitchentaxitrain |
Characters: | boysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | defecationtv newspoemringpantyhosecontroversypoliticianjailpianobeervomitingdrinkbeatingsingingcigarette smoking …female nuditynudityviolence (See All) |
In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with sixty-two pellets o …f cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingpregnancyprisonmoneymurder |
Locations: | airporttaxinew york city |
Characters: | catholicsecretarydancerpolicemansingermother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | queens new york citypassportbathroombeervomitingdrinksingingdancingcharacter name in title |
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)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | poetrydrug usedrunkennessdrinkingpoliticslove |
Locations: | airporttaxitrainnew york city |
Characters: | frenchdancergirlboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | radicalprophetpillseyeglassespoetcoffinsubwayprayerjailpianodrinksingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …sexnudity (See All) |
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil …istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | poetrydrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneylove |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | writerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | letter of rejectionpublishingpillscelebrationlibrarysubwaybathroombeerdrinkface slapsingingsexmasturbation |
Violet Weston ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiance), eldest daughter Barbara (with her …separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August. (Read More)
Themes: | poetrydrug usefuneraldrinkingmoneysuicidedeath |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | singermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | pedophiliapedophilepillswatching televisionpoemeyeglassespoetchild abuseprayerpianobeervomitingdrinkface slapsinging …cigarette smoking (See All) |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | drug usedeath of motherfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | strip clubtrain |
Characters: | policemanbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | handshakecigarette lightercoffinprayerjailmarijuanabeervomitingdrinkface slapbeatingcigarette smokingfemale nuditycharacter name in titlesex …nudityviolence (See All) |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedeath of motherfuneraldrinkingmoneyrapemurderdeath |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | policemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | reading a porn magazinecigarette lightergrocery storepillsshavingeyeglassescoffinjailmarijuanabeervomitingdrinkbeatingsingingcigarette smoking …character name in titlemasturbationviolence (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: | drug useweddingdrinkingpoliticsrapesuicidemurderdeathlove |
Locations: | police carairport |
Characters: | frenchpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | wife abusehandshakepassporttv newsconfessioncoffininternetjaildrinkcomputerface slapbeatingcigarette smokingfemale nuditynudity …violence (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)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | poetrydrunkennessdrinkingprisonpoliticsmoneysuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | airporttaxibicyclechurchtrain |
Characters: | dancerpolicemangirlboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | punched in the guthandshakefameshavingtv newspoempoetconfessionpoliticianprayerjailbeerdrinkcomputerface slap …beatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingviolence (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)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | funeralweddingdrinkingpoliticsmoneylovemurderdeath |
Locations: | catholic churchchurchtrain |
Characters: | catholicdancersingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | popefamecoffinpoliticianprayerjaildrinksingingdancingcharacter name in titlesex |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoneylovedeathmurder |
Locations: | strip clubpolice carchurch |
Characters: | dancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | pillstv newsringcoffinchild abusesubwayjailbathroomvomitingdrinkface slapsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …violence (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: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingprisonrapesuicidedeathmurderlove |
Locations: | taxitrain |
Characters: | secretarydancerpolicemangirlboymother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | porn magazinetv newsconfessionchild abusejailbeerdrinkface slapbeatingdancingfemale nudityviolence |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | drug usefuneraldrunkennessdrinkingprisonsuicidedeathlove |
Locations: | police cartaxitrain |
Characters: | dancerpolicemansingermother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | wrist slittinggrocery storepillspassportbathroombeerdrinkcomputerface slapsingingdancingcigarette smokingsex |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | poetrydrug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoneylove |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipboysingermother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | underage sexgroupiepromiscuitypillsfamepoetconfessionbathroommarijuanabeervomitingdrinksingingdancingcigarette smoking …female nuditysex (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | drug usedeath of motherfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | airporttaxichurch |
Characters: | priestdancerpolicemangirlboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | porn magazinehandshakepoemconfessioncoffinpoliticianbeerdrinksingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityviolencemasturbationsex |
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devou …tly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedeath of motherdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancysuicidelovedeathmurder |
Locations: | police carkitchen |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | underage sexporn magazinewatching televisioncontroversychild abuseprayerpianomarijuanabeerdrinkbeatingcigarette smokingfemale nuditycharacter name in titleviolence …masturbation (See All) |
Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe has followed his father Bert into New York's Finest; he's a rising star. Bobby, who uses his mother's maiden na …me, manages a club. Bobby too is on the rise: he has a new girlfriend and a green-light to develop a Manhattan club. Joe and Bert ask him to help with intelligence gathering; he declines. Then, Joe raids Bobby's club to arrest the Russian. From there, things spiral out of control: the Russian puts out a hit on Joe, personal losses mount, and Bobby's loyalties face the test. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedeath of motherfuneraldrinkingprisonmoneysuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | strip clubpolice carchurchnew york city |
Characters: | dancerpolicemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | cigarette lighterfemale stockinged legspantyhosecoffinjailmarijuanadrinkbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymasturbationviolencesex |
Four members of a high school band called Mystery do everything they can to attend a KISS concert in Detroit. In order to make it to the show they must steal, cheat, strip, deal with an anti-rock mom and generally do whatever it takes to see the band that has inspired them to be musicians.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | drug usedrinkingmoney |
Locations: | catholic churchstrip clubchurch |
Characters: | catholicpriestpolicemanboysingermother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | hustler magazineporn magazinemenstruationflatulencebathroommarijuanadrinkbeatingsingingcigarette smokingfemale nuditysex |
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.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | funeraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyprisonmoneydeathmurder |
Characters: | dancerpolicemangirlboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | menstruationcigarette lighterwatching televisionconfessionpantyhosevomitingdrinkcomputerface slapbeatingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditysexviolence |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneylovedeath |
Locations: | catholic church |
Characters: | catholicpriestwritergirlbrother sister relationshipboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | porn magazinegeniuspoetdrinksingingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlesex |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
Themes: | poetrydrinkingpregnancymoneysuicidedeathlove |
Locations: | catholic churchchurchtrain |
Characters: | frenchpriestwriterdancerbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | poempoetbeerdrinksingingdancingcigarette smokingsex |
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest …son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedycult film |
Themes: | funeraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyrapesuicidemurder |
Locations: | kitchenairport |
Characters: | dancerbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | pedophiliapedophilecelebrationchild abusepianobathroomvomitingdrinkface slapbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityviolence …sex (See All) |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingmoneylove |
Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurch |
Characters: | catholicpriestdancerpolicemanboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | integrityshavingelectionprayerdrinkface slapsingingdancingcigarette smoking |
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 …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)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drinkingprisonmoneydeathlovemurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | defecationhandshakepillseyeglassesringjaildrinkbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditycharacter name in titlenudityviolence |
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 …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)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug usedeath of motherdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyprisonsuicidelovedeathmurder |
Locations: | police carbicyclechurch |
Characters: | policemanboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | pillspoemprayerjailbathroomvomitingdrinkcomputerface slapbeatingsingingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymasturbation |
Camden College. Sean Bateman is the younger brother of depraved Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman. He's also a drug dealer who owes a lot of money to "fellow" dealer Rupert Guest, as well as a well-known womanizer, for he sleeps with nearly half of the female population on campus. Lauren Hynde is, …technically, a virgin. She's saving herself for her shallow boyfriend, Victor Johnson, who's left the States to backpack across Europe. Her slutty roommate, Lara, has the hots for Victor as well. Paul Denton, who used to date Lauren, is openly bisexual and attracted to Mitchell Allen, who's dating Candice to prove to Paul that he's not gay. Sean loves Lauren. Paul loves Sean. And Lauren may love Sean. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoneyrapesuicidedeathlove |
Characters: | love letterdancersingermother son relationship |
Story: | wrist slittingdefecationpromiscuitypillsbathroommarijuanabeervomitingdrinkcomputerbeatingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …masturbationnuditysex (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 …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: | poetrydrug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoneymurder |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | frenchwriterdancerpolicemansingermother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | epiloguepoemeyeglassespoetlibraryconfessionsubwayjailmarijuanadrinkface slapsingingdancingcigarette smokingmasturbation …nuditysex (See All) |
Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have …to say and they don't like it. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | pregnancymoney |
Locations: | bicycletrain |
Characters: | frenchwriterbrother sister relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | stockholm swedenmoralityeyeglassesringconfessionchild abuseprayerpianovomitingface slapbeatingcigarette smokingnuditysexviolence |
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 …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)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoneylove |
Locations: | bicycletrainnew york city |
Characters: | stepfather stepdaughter relationshipdancerpolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | cigarette lighterpillssubwayjailbathroommarijuanabeervomitingdrinkdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymasturbationsex |
Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a fathe …r. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | funeraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeath |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | dancergirlboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | piano playerhandshakecoffinpianobathroombeerdrinkdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditynuditysex |
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 …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)
Themes: | funeralweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeath |
Locations: | catholic churchchurch |
Characters: | catholicpriestdancergirlboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | grocery storeconfessioncoffindrinksingingdancingcigarette smoking |