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The needy Gigi Haim is a young woman seeking her prince charming somewhere amongst her unsuccessful dates. After dating estate agent Conor Barry, Gigi anxiously expects to receive a phone call from him. However Conor never calls her. Gigi decides to go to the bar where he frequents to see him, but s β¦he meets his friend Alex who works there. They become friends and Alex helps Gigi to interpret the subtle signs given out by her dates. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairtechnologyaffairbreak upunrequited lovedatingdivorceweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | sex in an officeapartmentboatswimming poolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | gay friendbest friendlove triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | single womanhome renovationromantic rejectionyoga instructorinternet datingwanting a divorcebar ownerunhappy marriagedysfunctional marriagemarriage proposalboyfriend girlfriend reconciliationboyfriend girlfriend reunioncaring for fatherlays potato chipsreluctant to marry β¦wanting to marrylove confessionhome decoratingreference to myspaceironing boardhoneycombtestimonialreference to al pacinoncaasinglesrestaurateurnewspaper adcheating on wifeinterlinked storiesaspiring singerhdtvreference to led zeppelinmusic producerensemble filmbridesmaidrenovationnintendo wiibaltimore marylandgurubattle of the sexessinglerealtorchick flickcontraction in titleoffice workerkiss on the lipsxbox 360infatuationbroken mirrorfemale friendshipsailingconstructionsailboatadviceblind datereal estate agentengagement ringlingerie slipmarital probleme mailplaystation 2ensemble castadvertisingrejectiongrocery storeyogacheating husbandmonologueclaim in titleheart attacksix word titlescene during end creditsgymcigarette smokingliarsmokingbartenderroommatewomanapostrophe in titlebeercell phonebased on bookpunctuation in titlevoice over narrationtelephone callpartyfemale nudityflashback (See All) |
Follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Hopkins) and Helena (Jones), and their daughter Sally (Watts) and husband Roy (Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into trouble and out of their minds. After Alfie leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited call gir β¦l named Charmaine (Punch), Helena abandons rationality and surrenders her life to the loopy advice of a charlatan fortune teller. Unhappy in her marriage, Sally develops a crush on her handsome art gallery owner boss, Greg (Banderas), while Roy, a novelist nervously awaiting the response to his latest manuscript, becomes moonstruck over Dia (Pinto), a mystery woman who catches his gaze through a nearby window. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairunrequited lovedivorcemarriage |
Locations: | apartment |
Story: | unhappy marriagedysfunctional marriagemarriage proposaladvicemarital problemrejectionclaim in titlegymcigarette smokingwomanvoice over narrationtelephone callflashback |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat β¦e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | love triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bridesmaidengagement ringlingerie slipscene during end creditscigarette smokingbeercell phonetelephone callpartyfemale nudity |
Two things about Jane: she never says no to her friends (she's been a bridesmaid 27 times and selflessly plans friends' weddings), and she's in love with her boss, George, nurturing dreams of a lovely, romantic wedding of her own. She meets Kevin, a cynical writer who finds her attractive, and that β¦same week her flirtatious younger sister Tess comes to town. Jane silently watches George fall for Tess, a manipulative pretender. Worse, Jane may be called upon to plan their wedding. Meanwhile, Kevin tries to get Jane's attention and has an idea that may advance his career. Can Jane uncork her feelings? (Read More)
Themes: | unrequited lovewedding |
Locations: | boatbar |
Characters: | best friendlove trianglefather daughter relationship |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | bridesmaidchick flickengagement ringlingerie slipyogawomancell phone |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi β¦m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairaffairbreak updivorceweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolbar |
Characters: | love triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | unhappy marriagemarriage proposalsmokingwomanbeertelephone callpartyfemale nudity |
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: | extramarital affairdivorceweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wanting to marrybridesmaidrejectionheart attackcigarette smokingliarroommatebeertelephone call |
Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.
Themes: | extramarital affairdivorceweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | boatswimming poolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalsailboatheart attackcigarette smokingbartendercell phone |
More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter; are any worth saving? A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love; two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon; a TV sports r β¦eporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA; a star quarterback contemplates his future; two strangers meet on a plane; grandparents, together for years, face a crisis; and, an "I Hate Valentine's Day" dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to. Can Cupid finish his work by midnight? (Read More)
Themes: | infidelity |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | romantic rejectionmarriage proposalboyfriend girlfriend reconciliationensemble filmsinglechick flickengagement ringensemble castcheating husbandapostrophe in titlecell phonepunctuation in titletelephone call |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel β¦p... (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdivorceinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marriage proposalsinglemarital problemensemble castgymbartenderwomancell phonetelephone call |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | datingdivorcemarriage |
Locations: | boatrestaurant |
Characters: | love triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | e mailgrocery storeheart attackcigarette smokingcell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callpartyfemale nudityflashback |
Peter Klaven's world revolves around his real estate work and Zooey, his soon-to-be fiancee. After he pops the question, she calls her best friends and they go into wedding planning mode. Peter has no male friends and that poses problems: will he turn out to be a clingy guy, and who will be his best β¦ man? Zooey, her friends, and Peter's brother Robbie offer help that results in awkward moments. Then, at an open house Peter's hosting, he meets Sydney, an amiable, low-key guy. They trade business cards, and Peter calls him to meet for drinks. A friendship develops that's great at first but then threatens Peter's engagement and career. Can guys be friends and couples be in love? (Read More)
Themes: | datingweddingmarriage |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | marriage proposalbridesmaidrealtorreal estate agentengagement ringclaim in titlescene during end creditsgymbeercell phonepunctuation in titletelephone call |
A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling up to London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date β¦. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget. There is drinking, truths, an old stalker class mate with a long standing crush, lost divorce papers, lost hopes, competitive indoor sports and yeah Jack finding out the truth that Nancy isn't his blind date. 'Man Up' a romantic comedy about taking chances, finding about being yourself, making decisions and rolling with the consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcemarriage |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | single womansingleblind datewomanbeercell phonetelephone callparty |
Rachel is a nice girl who is going to marry with Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working in the wedding preparations she meets Luce, wedding's florist, unexpectedly falling in love to her and discovering what is having love feeling to another woman. Unable to stop her Rachel me β¦ets Luce a few times hiding it to her family, specially her mother Tessa because she contracted Luce. At the same time that Heck tries to win the affection of his parents-in-law, above all the eccentric father-in-law Ned, Rachel tries following with the daily life and marriage with her husband, but the love and passion she feels for Luce causes a secret affair between both women, and a doubt in Rachel about the life she wants for herself. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairaffairweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | love triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | bridesmaidgrocery storewomancell phonetelephone call |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of β¦ honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | divorceweddingmarriage |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | bridesmaidchick flickengagement ringroommatewomancell phonetelephone callparty |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri β¦ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairaffairinfidelitymarriage |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | singlerejectioncigarette smokingwomanbeercell phonevoice over narrationpartyfemale nudityflashback |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, β¦ and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdatingdivorceweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Characters: | best friendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | marriage proposalbridesmaidsailingsailboatliarbeertelephone callpartyfemale nudity |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken β¦ behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriage |
Locations: | apartmentswimming poolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | engagement ringgrocery storeyogacigarette smokingliarbartenderwomanbeercell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callpartyflashback |
Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will be over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spir β¦ited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairunrequited loveweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | boatswimming pool |
Characters: | father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | unhappy marriagedysfunctional marriagebattle of the sexesadvertisingcheating husbandtelephone callparty |
When brought together at a family event, two exes find themselves oddly attracted to each other after ten years of divorce. Although the couple think that this affair will stay in a different state, it brings itself back to their own city and disrupts their personal lives. While the couple still mai β¦ntain other romances, they cannot help but to continue with their affair. (Read More)
Themes: | affairbreak updatingdivorcemarriage |
Characters: | love trianglehusband wife relationship |
Story: | cheating husbandclaim in titlewomanapostrophe in titlepunctuation in title |
Jason has just been dumped, but he didn't even realize they were going out. Meanwhile, Mikey's wife has just asked him for a divorce, and perpetually single Daniel is still single. The three best friends are determined to stay single together and just have fun. But then Jason meets Ellie who just mi β¦ght be perfect for him, Daniel starts to realize that his gal pal Chelsea might be perfect for him, and Mikey has always thought that his wife was perfect for him. The boys are going to have to juggle their single life with their romantic entanglements and it's going to get awkward. (Read More)
Themes: | break updatingdivorce |
Locations: | apartmentbar |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | single womansinglerealtorparty |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark β¦question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolbar |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | bar ownermarriage proposalmarital problemcigarette smokingbartenderwomanbeercell phonebased on bookvoice over narrationtelephone callpartyfemale nudityflashback |
After his death sometime in his forty-third year, suburbanite Lester Burnham tells of the last few weeks of his life, during which he had no idea of his imminent passing. He is a husband to real estate agent Carolyn Burnham and father to high school student Janie Burnham. Although Lester and Carolyn ⦠once loved each other, they now merely tolerate each other. Typical wallflower Janie too hates both her parents, the three who suffer individually in silence in their home life. Janie tries to steer clear of both her parents. Carolyn, relatively new to the real estate business, wants to create the persona of success to further her career, she aspiring to the professional life of Buddy Kane, the king of the real estate business in their neighborhood. Lester merely walks mindlessly through life, including at his job in advertising. His company is downsizing, and he, like all the other employees, has to justify his position to the newly hired efficiency expert to keep his job. Things change for Lester when he falls in love at first sight with Janie's more experienced classmate, Angela Hays. Both Janie and Angela can see Lester's sexual infatuation with Angela, who courts such attention from any man as a sign that she is model material, she having once appeared in Seventeen and it a career to which she aspires. Lester's infatuation with Angela gives him a reenergized view on life, where he openly doesn't care anymore what anyone thinks about what he does, anyone except Angela. This in⦠(Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairinfidelity |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | unhappy marriagedysfunctional marriagerealtorinfatuationreal estate agentlingerie slipmarital problemadvertisingcigarette smokingwomanbeervoice over narrationfemale nudityflashback |
Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master β¦cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together. (Read More)
Themes: | break updatingdivorcemarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolbar |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | cheating husbandcigarette smokingbartenderbeercell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callpartyfemale nudityflashback |
Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a yo β¦ung, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdatingdivorceinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | chick flickengagement ringcigarette smokingroommatewomanbeercell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callflashback |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome β¦nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
Themes: | datingweddingmarriage |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | best friendlove trianglehomosexual |
Story: | blind datee mailrejectionheart attackbartenderwomanbeercell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callflashback |
In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how lon β¦g she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover? (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairbreak upinfidelity |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | best friend |
Story: | marriage proposaladviceliarwomancell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callpartyfemale nudity |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin β¦d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdatingdivorceweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalengagement ringcigarette smokingliarroommatewomanvoice over narrationtelephone call |
Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, resigned from the CIA because of a drinking problem, so he begins a memoir. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. A CD-ROM falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees β¦there try to turn it into cash: Linda, who wants money for cosmetic surgery, and Chad, an amiable goof. Information on the disc leads them to Osbourne who rejects their sales pitch; then they visit the Russian embassy. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets. Meanwhile, Linda's boss likes her, and Harry's wife leaves for a book tour. All roads lead to Osbourne's house. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdivorceinfidelity |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | internet datingdysfunctional marriagesailboatensemble castcheating husbandgymwomanparty |
Paris, je t'aime is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers have five minutes each; the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. The 20 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction β¦ and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere. There's a reappearing mysterious character who is a witness to the Parisian life. A common theme of Paris and love fuses all. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairbreak updatingdivorceinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | singleensemble castcigarette smokingbartenderwomanbeercell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callpartyflashback |
In 1930's Hollywood, the powerful agent, Phil Stern, is attending a party and receives a phone call from his sister living in New York. She asks for a job for her son and Phil's nephew, Bobby, who decided to move to Hollywood. Three weeks later Phil schedules a meeting with Bobby and decides to help β¦ him. He asks his secretary Veronica "Vonnie" to hang around with Bobby, showing him the touristic places. Bobby immediately falls in love with Vonnie, but she tells that she has a boyfriend, a journalist that travels most of the time. However, Vonnie's boyfriend is indeed a married man that is also in love with her and soon she has to make a choice between her two loves. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairbreak upunrequited loveinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | love triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalkiss on the lipscheating husbandcigarette smokingwomanpartyflashback |
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
Themes: | extramarital affairdatingdivorceinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | gay friendbest friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | chick flickgymliarbeercell phonetelephone callpartyfemale nudity |
Frances Mayes is a San Francisco-based literature professor, literary reviewer and author, who is struggling in writing her latest book. Her outwardly perfect and stable life takes an unexpected turn when her husband files for divorce. He wants to marry the woman with whom he is having an affair. Fr β¦ances supported her husband financially as he was writing his own book, and he sues her for alimony despite her financial difficulties. And he wants to keep the house. Frances eventually accepts her best friend Patti's offer of a vacation, a gay tour of Tuscany which Patti and her lesbian partner Grace originally purchased for themselves before Patti found out that she is pregnant. The gift is a means to escape dealing with the divorce, from which Patti feels Frances may never recover emotionally without some intervention. Feeling that Patti's assessment may be correct in that she has too much emotional baggage ever to return to San Francisco, Frances, while in Tuscany, impulsively ditches the tour to purchase an aged villa, which ends up being a fixer-upper. Frances has many obstacles in eking out a productive and happy life in her new surroundings, that happy life which she hopes will eventually include rediscovering romantic love. In a discussion with sympathetic real estate agent Signor Martini, Frances outlines what emotionally she wants to accomplish with the villa, despite none of those items in a substantive material sense currently being in her life. In response, Martini tβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | affairbreak updivorceweddingmarriage |
Locations: | apartmentrestaurantbar |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | renovationchick flickrealtorreal estate agentwomancell phonebased on bookvoice over narration |
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
Themes: | extramarital affairweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | boatswimming poolbar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | engagement ringgymwomancell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callpartyfemale nudity |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou β¦r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairbreak updatingdivorceinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | love triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | dysfunctional marriagecigarette smokingbartenderfemale nudityflashback |
Kirk is an average Joe who works as a TSA agent at the Pittsburgh airport with his friends. The status quo of his fairly monotonous life ends when he meets Molly, a smart, kind and gorgeous blonde. Because she's way out of his league (she's a hard 10 and he is but a 5), Kirk knows there's no way on β¦earth she's ever going to fall for him. Or is there...? (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 2000s |
Story: | boyfriend girlfriend reconciliationcontraction in titleadviceclaim in titleapostrophe in titlepunctuation in title |
Melanie Carmichael, an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like fiancee of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn't forget about her family back down South. More importantly, h β¦er husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce papers seven years ago. To set matters straight, she decides to go to the south quick and make him sign the papers. When things don't turn out the way she planned them, she realizes that what she had before in the south was far more perfect than the life she had in New York City. (Read More)
Themes: | divorceweddingmarriage |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | gay friendbest friendlove trianglefather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | wanting a divorcedysfunctional marriagemarriage proposalchick flickengagement ringscene during end creditscell phoneflashback |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | extramarital affairdivorceweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | marriage proposalgrocery storecigarette smokingliarbartenderroommatewomanbeervoice over narrationtelephone callfemale nudity |
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year's Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin β¦ when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairinfidelity |
Characters: | best friendlove trianglefather daughter relationship |
Story: | singlechick flickmarital problemcigarette smokingwomanapostrophe in titleparty |
Preschool teacher Sarah Nolan, divorced for eight months, is still grieving the end of her marriage. Although she didn't see it as being perfect, she probably would have stuck it out as what she saw as the "for better or worse" obligation of the wedding vows, that is if her ex-husband, Kevin, didn't β¦ end it for what ended up being leaving her for a younger woman. She is urged by her over-supportive family, comprised of her many siblings, their partners, and her widowed father, to get back into the dating scene, something she has been reluctant to do in not feeling ready. As such, her most proactive sister in the matter, Carol, sets her up on an Internet dating site. Within her less than prepared state, Sarah does go along with meeting men by the means offered to her. Beyond especially her female siblings, Sarah is given unique perspectives on the whole issue of dating and commitment by her father, Bill, who is exploring dating after losing who was the love of his life in Sarah's mother, thrice divorced Dolly, one of Bill's conquests who he meets online, and Sarah's gay teaching colleague, Leo, who she sees as being in the most committed loving relationship with his partner Eric of anyone she knows. Of the men she meets, Sarah makes what she believes is a connection with two, albeit awkward in both cases. One is Bob Connor, the divorced father of one of her students, her hesitance in dating him only because of crossing the professional/personal line. The other is custom wooden β¦ (Read More)
Themes: | datingdivorceweddingmarriage |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | gay friendlove triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | internet datingchick flickblind datescene during end creditswoman |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in β¦timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
Themes: | datingdivorcemarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | chick flickgrocery storecigarette smokingroommatewomanbeercell phonetelephone callpartyflashback |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin β¦ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairdivorceweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | apartmentrestaurantbar |
Characters: | love triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wanting a divorcemarriage proposalmarital problemcigarette smokingbartenderbeertelephone call |
John makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing his one and only friend to life, his teddy bear. The two grow up together and John must then choose to stay with his girlfriend or keep his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear, Ted.
Themes: | break upwedding |
Locations: | apartmentrestaurantbar |
Characters: | gay friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | marriage proposalhdtvgrocery storesmokingbeercell phonevoice over narrationpartyflashback |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy β¦ neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairbreak upinfidelity |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | yogacigarette smokingwomancell phonetelephone callpartyflashback |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar β¦ is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairaffairbreak upinfidelity |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | newspaper adreal estate agentgrocery storeliarbartenderwomancell phonetelephone callpartyflashback |
No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, then she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pur β¦suing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairmarriage |
Characters: | love trianglefather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marriage proposalbattle of the sexeschick flickwoman |
Themes: | extramarital affairbreak updatinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | swimming poolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage proposalscene during end creditscigarette smokingwomantelephone callflashback |
Against the backdrop of aged has-been rock star Billy Mack's Christmas themed comeback cover of "Love Is All Around" which he knows is crap and makes no bones about it much to his manager Joe's chagrin as he promotes the record, several interrelated stories about romantic love and the obstacles to h β¦appiness through love for Londoners are presented in the five weeks preceding Christmas. Daniel's wife has just passed away, leaving him to take care of his adolescent stepson Sam by himself. Daniel is uncertain how to deal with Sam and his problems without his wife present, especially in light of a potential budding romance within their household. Juliet and Peter have just gotten married. They believe that Peter's best friend and best man Mark hates Juliet but won't say so to his or her face. Others looking at the situation from the outside believe Mark is jealous of Juliet as he is in love with Peter himself. Jamie, a writer, is taking a writing retreat by himself in rural France following catching his latest girlfriend in an indiscretion. Jamie ends up spending much time in France with Aurelia, the Portuguese woman hired as the housekeeper. The question becomes not only if they can communicate their day-to-day needs with each other as she speaks no English, he speaks no Portuguese, and neither speaks French well, but communicate what seems to be their increasing mutual attraction to each other. Sarah has been in love with her co-worker Karl for the two years they have worked toβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairunrequited loveweddinginfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | dysfunctional marriagemarriage proposalensemble filmmarital problemensemble castscene during end creditswomancell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callpartyfemale nudity |
Forty-two year old Isaac Davis has a romanticized view of his hometown, New York City, most specifically Manhattan, as channeled through the lead character in the first book he is writing, despite his own Manhattan-based life being more of a tragicomedy. He has just quit his job as a hack writer for ⦠a bad television comedy, he, beyond the ten second rush of endorphins during the actual act of quitting, now regretting the decision, especially as he isn't sure he can live off his book writing career. He is paying two alimonies, his second ex-wife, Jill Davis, a lesbian, who is writing her own tell-all book of their acrimonious split. The one somewhat positive aspect of his life is that he is dating a young woman named Tracy, although she is only seventeen and still in high school. Largely because of their differences a big part of which is due to their ages, he does not see a long term future with her. His life has the potential to be even more tragicomical when he meets journalist Mary Wilkie, the mistress of his best friend, college professor Yale Pollack. Although Isaac's first impression of Mary is that she is a pretentious intellectual, he falls for her. They do become friends with the potential of becoming more than just friends as she knows that being the "other woman" in Yale's life is not a long term role that she wants. An Isaac/Mary coupling may complicate matters even more with Yale being mutually in their lives. Regardless, Isaac may be able to rationalize events a⦠(Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairbreak updatingdivorcemarriage |
Locations: | apartmentrestaurant |
Characters: | love trianglehusband wife relationship |
Story: | cheating husbandcigarette smokingwomanvoice over narrationtelephone call |
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.
Themes: | extramarital affairaffairinfidelitymarriage |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | dysfunctional marriagecigarette smokingliarwomanbeervoice over narrationfemale nudityflashback |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the β¦ Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
Themes: | wedding |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | father daughter relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | bridesmaidsailboatscene during end creditsbartenderwomanpunctuation in titlepartyflashback |