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A young teenage girl escapes her life in Nebraska and her alcoholic parents, taking a pistol along for the ride. Along the way she meets Glenda, who takes her under her wing.
Themes: | humiliationdysfunctional familydrug usepsychopaththeftrobberyseductiondrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneyrapekidnappingmurderdeath |
Locations: | bus stationbus driverkissing in a carsinging in a cargas stationmotelrural settingbusswimming poolbar |
Characters: | talking to oneself in a mirrorteenager with a gunstepfather stepdaughter relationshipalcoholicreference to godthiefdancerpolicemanprostitutebrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | reference to omaha nebraskateenage runawaykilling a chickenchild's drawingalcoholic parentreference to los angeles californiasnorting cocainetelephone hanguphappy birthdayconvenience store robberyaccidental shootingrearview mirrorteenage drinkingdrinking urinedrinking game β¦teenage rapeattempted rapetelephone callaccused of being a communistreference to geraldo riverareference to reno nevadareflection in a car windowmentally challenged slurolder man teenage girl relationshipreference to gloria swansonmale with a limpreference to burt reynoldsreference to shirley templesleeping on the groundthrowing a chairreference to las vegas nevadastuffed toy rabbitpool hustlercutting someone's hairpoor white trashblowing bubblestemper tantrumtrailer houseknee socksreference to james deanbare midriffurinating on someonesketchbooktoilet stallreference to mahatma gandhishort shortswomen's bathroomnebraskaoverhead shoteggskiss on the cheekchild abandonmentpool halloklahomalolitareference to marilyn monroereference to ronald reagantied up while barefootgame playingfilling stationkicked in the headwhite trashbowling alleywhistling13 year oldlooking out a windowmedalbillboardname callingplaying pooldrifterplaying cardsloss of brothertied feetaccidental killingswingconvenience storepool tablenicknamehitchhikinghitchhikercountry musictied to a bedcowboy hatshot in the stomachice creamlistening to musicpickup truckrunawaytrustdeath of brotherchickencabinconvertibleflowerson the roadpay phoneliarprologuebartendernecklacedrawingapologymapcocaineeatingcaliforniaold mancookingf wordtelephoneprayerbirthdayrunningsunglassestearsbeerlieshootingdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneface slapurinationshot in the chestmirrorfoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on true storypistolknifedancingcigarette smokingone word titlebased on novelgunflashbackfightviolence (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 β¦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)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrug usepsychopathdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | motelbar |
Characters: | alcoholicreference to godpolicemanbrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone calloklahomawhite trashpool tablecowboy hatshot in the stomachlistening to musicpickup trucktrustapologyeatingf wordtelephoneprayerbirthday β¦sunglassestearsbeerlieshootingdrinkwatching tvface slapurinationshot in the chestmirrorfoodcryingpistolcigarette smokingviolencegun (See All) |
Themes: | humiliationdrinkingmoneyrapedeath |
Locations: | motelswimming pool |
Characters: | reference to goddancerpolicemanprostitutefather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | snorting cocainetelephone callblowing bubbleskiss on the cheektrustconvertibleflowerspay phoneapologycocaineeatingf wordtelephoneprayerrunning β¦sunglassesdrinkwatching tvface slapfoodcryingbased on true storydancingcigarette smokingone word titleflashbackgunviolencefight (See All) |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t β¦o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usepsychopaththeftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeathmurder |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | thiefdancerpolicemanprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | playing poolconvenience storepool tableliarprologueeatingrunningsunglassesbeerlieshootingdrinkwatching tvurinationshot in the chest β¦foodpistoldancingcigarette smokingfightgunviolence (See All) |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life β¦, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationtheftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingmoneyrapedeathmurder |
Locations: | motelbusbar |
Characters: | reference to godthiefpolicemanprostitutebrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | attempted rapehitchhikingon the roadliarbartendereatingtelephonetearsbeerlieshootingdrinkwatching tvface slapfood β¦cryingvoice over narrationbased on true storypistolcigarette smokingone word titlegunviolence (See All) |
Vincent is an old Vietnam vet whose stubbornly hedonistic ways have left him without money or a future. Things change when his new next-door neighbor's son, Oliver, needs a babysitter and Vince is willing enough for a fee. From that self-serving act, an unexpected friendship forms as Vincent and Oli β¦ver find so much of each other's needs through each other. As Vincent mentors Oliver in street survival and other worldly ways, Oliver begins to see more in the old man than just his foibles. When life takes a turn for the worse for Vincent, both them find the best in each other than no one around them suspects. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoney |
Locations: | busbar |
Characters: | reference to goddancerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | rearview mirrortelephone callreference to las vegas nevadaoverhead shotlooking out a windowname callinglistening to musicconvertiblepay phoneapologyeatingold manf wordtelephoneprayer β¦runningsunglassestearsdrinkwatching tvface slapurinationfoodcryingdancingcigarette smokingfight (See All) |
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
Themes: | psychopathdrunkennesskidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | bus stationgas stationmotelbusbar |
Characters: | thiefbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | oklahomadrifterpool tablehitchhikinghitchhikercountry musiccowboy hatshot in the stomachpickup truckon the roadpay phonebartenderf wordrunningsunglasses β¦beerwatching tvslow motion sceneface slapshot in the chestpistolknifecigarette smokingviolencefightgun (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion β¦s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeath |
Locations: | busbar |
Characters: | reference to goddancerteenage girlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | happy birthdayrearview mirrortelephone calloverhead shotlistening to musicflowersbartenderapologyeatingf wordtelephonebirthdayrunningsunglassestears β¦beerliedrinkface slapmirrorfoodcryingdancingcigarette smokingfightflashback (See All) |
'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.
Themes: | theftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Characters: | reference to godthieffather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | overhead shotchild abandonmentkiss on the cheekdrifteraccidental killingcowboy hatcabinprologueeatingf wordrunningtearsshootingdrinkurination β¦shot in the chestmirrorfoodcryingvoice over narrationpistolknifecigarette smokingviolencegunflashback (See All) |
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 β¦, 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)
Themes: | drug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | singing in a cargas stationbar |
Characters: | dancerpoliceman |
Story: | telephone callfilling stationpool tablehitchhikerlistening to musicflowerson the roadpay phoneprologueapologyeatingsunglassestearsbeerdrink β¦watching tvslow motion sceneface slapurinationfoodcryingvoice over narrationknifedancingcigarette smokinggunflashback (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | drinkingmoneyrapemurderdeath |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone calltrailer housepickup truckcabinliarbartenderapologyeatingprayerrunningsunglassestearsbeerliedrink β¦watching tvface slapmirrorfoodcryingknifedancingcigarette smokingone word titlefightflashbackgunviolence (See All) |
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: | drunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | bus driverswimming poolbar |
Characters: | alcoholicreference to goddancerbrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | teenage drinkingtelephone callconvenience storepickup trucktrustprologuebartenderapologyf wordtelephonesunglassestearsbeerliedrink β¦slow motion scenecryingvoice over narrationdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback (See All) |
During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom β¦as Pynchon. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftseductionmoneykidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | reference to godthiefpolicemanprostitutebrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | snorting cocainetelephone hanguptelephone callaccused of being a communistreference to las vegas nevadareference to ronald reagannicknamehitchhikingcowboy hatrunawayconvertibleliarprologuenecklacemap β¦eatingcaliforniaf wordtelephonerunningsunglassesbeerlieshootingface slapshot in the chestfoodvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbased on novelflashbackgunviolencefight (See All) |
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: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoneyrapemurderdeath |
Locations: | bus stationbus driverbusbar |
Characters: | alcoholicdancerbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | snorting cocainetelephone callgame playingaccidental killingflowersliarbartenderapologycocainecookingrunningtearsbeerliedrink β¦watching tvface slapfoodcryingvoice over narrationknifedancingcigarette smokinggunfightviolence (See All) |
Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper co β¦nnection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of "fishing trips", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymurder |
Locations: | motelrural settingbar |
Characters: | talking to oneself in a mirrordancerteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | rearview mirrortelephone callbare midriffbowling alleyplaying poolpool tablehitchhikingcowboy hatpickup truckpay phoneliareatingcookingtelephonesunglasses β¦tearslieshootingdrinkwatching tvface slapmirrorfoodcryingdancingcigarette smokingfightflashbackgunviolence (See All) |
Class struggle becomes all too real as a young doctor moves into a modern apartment block in suburban 1975 London. Drugs, drink & debauchery dissolve into murder, mayhem and misogyny in this pseudo-post-apocalyptic breakdown of societal norms.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneyrapekidnappingmurder |
Characters: | reference to goddancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | snorting cocaineoverhead shotname callingnicknamelistening to musicapologycocaineeatingf wordlieshootingdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneface slap β¦shot in the chestmirrorfoodvoice over narrationdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelviolenceflashbackgun (See All) |
Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and β¦ two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftseductiondrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | rural settingbar |
Characters: | reference to goddancerbrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | teenage runawaysnorting cocainetelephone callnicknamelistening to musictrustprologueapologycocaineeatingcookingf wordtelephonelieshooting β¦drinkwatching tvface slapmirrorfoodvoice over narrationknifedancingcigarette smokingbased on novelviolencegunflashback (See All) |
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Themes: | humiliationdrug usedrinkingdeath |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | reference to godteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | teenage drinkingtelephone calloverhead shotkiss on the cheeklooking out a windowname callingnicknameice creamtrustflowersprologueapologyeatingtelephoneprayer β¦liedrinkwatching tvslow motion scenemirrorfoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on novelfightflashback (See All) |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | rural settingbusbar |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone calldrifterplaying cardshitchhikinghitchhikerlistening to musicon the roadpay phoneprologuebartendermapcaliforniaold mancookingf word β¦prayerrunningtearsdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneface slapurinationcryingvoice over narrationbased on true storyknifedancingcigarette smokingflashbackviolencefight (See All) |
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: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | motelswimming pool |
Characters: | dancerbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | snorting cocainetelephone callthrowing a chairshort shortswomen's bathroomtrustpay phonecocaineeatingold manrunningsunglassestearsshootingdrink β¦urinationmirrorfoodcryingbased on true storydancingcigarette smokingviolenceflashbackgun (See All) |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea β¦st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usepsychopathdrinkingpregnancymoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | reference to godpoliceman |
Story: | telephone calltrailer housepool tablepickup truckdeath of brotherprologuebartenderapologyeatingf wordtelephonerunningsunglassestearslie β¦shootingdrinkwatching tvface slapshot in the chestmirrorfoodcryingvoice over narrationpistolcigarette smokingfightflashbackgunviolence (See All) |
After another hard night at McCool's, bartender Randy runs into Jewel. The seductive lady seems to have evaded a rape pretty closely, and when the man comes back, she puts a bullet in his head. After all these events (and others), Randy takes Jewel home, and the two become a couple. Yet Jewel begins β¦ to develop into a very demanding girlfriend and drives Randy into committing crimes for her and her elaborate lifestyle. Randy's cousin Carl is driven crazy by Randy's incredibly sexy girl as well as the investigating officer, Detective Dehling. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberyseductiondrunkennessdrinkingrapedeathmurder |
Locations: | motelbusbar |
Characters: | reference to godthiefpolicemanhusband wife relationship |
Story: | attempted rapetelephone callflowersbartendertelephonebeerlieshootingdrinkwatching tvface slapurinationvoice over narrationpistolflashback β¦violencegun (See All) |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as β¦he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanprostitutebrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | child's drawingsnorting cocainetelephone callice creamtrustflowersprologueapologycocaineeatingcookingtelephonebirthdayrunningtears β¦drinkwatching tvface slapurinationmirrorfoodcryingdancingcigarette smokingone word titleviolencefight (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 usedrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | reference to goddancerpolicemanprostitutefather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callplaying poolconvenience storepool tablebartenderprayertearsshootingdrinkface slapcryingpistoldancingcigarette smokingfight β¦violencegun (See All) |
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a d β¦angerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingkidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | motelbusbar |
Characters: | reference to godpolicemanhusband wife relationship |
Story: | rearview mirrortelephone callbillboardaccidental killingcountry musiccowboy hatpickup truckon the roadpay phonemapold mancookingprayerrunningshooting β¦drinkwatching tvshot in the chestpistolknifedancingcigarette smokingviolence (See All) |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni β¦e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usepsychopaththeftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyrapedeathmurder |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | reference to goddancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | reference to las vegas nevadatrailer houseoverhead shotkiss on the cheeklooking out a windowname callingnicknametrustconvertibleflowersprologueapologyeatingf wordbirthday β¦runningbeerliedrinkwatching tvface slapmirrorfoodvoice over narrationbased on true storypistolknifedancingcigarette smokingone word titleviolencegun (See All) |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr β¦aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingpregnancymoneydeath |
Locations: | singing in a carbusswimming pool |
Characters: | reference to goddancerpolicemanteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | rearview mirrortelephone calllooking out a windowname callinglistening to musicflowersprologueapologyold manf wordtelephonerunningliedrinkslow motion scene β¦mirrorfoodcryingvoice over narrationdancingbased on novelflashback (See All) |
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career β¦. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him. (Read More)
Themes: | psychopathdrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | busbar |
Characters: | reference to goddancerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone calloverhead shotpool hallplaying poolpool tableshot in the stomachtrustpay phoneapologycocainef wordtelephoneprayerbirthdaysunglasses β¦tearsshootingdrinkwatching tvface slapshot in the chestcryingbased on true storypistoldancingcigarette smokingflashbackgunviolence (See All) |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t β¦he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usepsychopaththeftrobberymoneyrapekidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | motelbusbar |
Characters: | thiefdancerpolicemanprostituteteenage girl |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | snorting cocainetelephone calldeath of brotherchickencocaineprayerbirthdayrunningtearsshootingwatching tvface slapshot in the chestcryingvoice over narration β¦based on true storypistolknifedancingflashbackgunviolencefight (See All) |
Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. A β¦ctually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | bus stationbus drivergas stationmotelbus |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanhusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callfilling stationwhistlinghitchhikingrunawaycabinon the roadpay phoneapologyeatingtearsdrinkface slapfoodcrying β¦cigarette smoking (See All) |
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend β¦Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned? (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationdrug usetheftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | gas stationrural settingbar |
Characters: | thiefpoliceman |
Story: | filling stationconvenience storepickup truckliarbirthdaytearsbeerliedrinkface slapurinationcryingknifecigarette smokingone word title β¦gunviolence (See All) |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
Themes: | drinkingpregnancymoney |
Locations: | gas stationbusbar |
Characters: | reference to godpolicemanbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone calltoilet stallfilling stationlooking out a windowhitchhikinglistening to musicpay phoneliarapologyeatingcookingtelephonesunglassesliedrink β¦foodcryingcigarette smokingflashback (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 β¦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 stopβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmoneykidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | reference to goddancerpolicemanhusband wife relationship |
Story: | drinking gametelephone callcutting someone's hairoverhead shotwhistlinglooking out a windowname callingshot in the stomachlistening to musicpickup truckflowersprologuedrawingapologymap β¦eatingtelephoneprayerrunningsunglassestearsbeershootingdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneface slapurinationshot in the chestmirrorfoodcryingvoice over narrationdancingcigarette smokingviolencefightgunflashback (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin β¦ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationseductiondrunkennessdrinkingmoneyrapemurderdeath |
Characters: | stepfather stepdaughter relationshipprostituteteenage girlfather daughter relationship |
Story: | attempted rapeoverhead shotwhistling13 year oldlooking out a windowtrustflowersprayerrunningtearslieshootingdrinkslow motion sceneface slap β¦urinationmirrorfoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on true storypistolcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback (See All) |
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 1 β¦2 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution's spring. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | gas stationrural settingbus |
Characters: | alcoholicreference to godthiefbrother sister relationship |
Story: | attempted rapefilling stationlistening to musicold mancookingtelephonebirthdaytearslieshootingdrinkface slapurinationshot in the chestcrying β¦pistolcigarette smokingviolencegun (See All) |
Forty-six year old Diane Despres - "Die" - has been widowed for three years. Considered white trash by many, Die does whatever she needs, including strutting her body in front of male employers who will look, to make an honest living. That bread-winning ability is affected when she makes the decisio β¦n to remove her only offspring, fifteen year old Steve Despres, from her previously imposed institutionalization, one step below juvenile detention. She institutionalized him shortly following her husband's death due to Steve's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and his violent outbursts. He was just kicked out of the latest in a long line of facilities for setting fire to the cafeteria, in turn injuring another boy. She made this decision to deinstitutionalize him as she didn't like the alternative, sending him into more restrictive juvenile detention from which he would probably never be rehabilitated. However, with this deinstitutionalization, she has to take care of him which means only being able to do home based work. Despite they always yelling expletives at each other and Steve sometimes demonstrating those violent tendencies toward her, Die and Steve truly do love each other, his emotions which are sometimes manifested as an Oedipus complex especially as he seems to need her complete attention most specifically when it is being directed at possible male suitors. Their lives, both individually and as a family, are affected with the entrance of two of their neigβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationdysfunctional familydrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | busswimming poolbar |
Characters: | dancerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | rearview mirrortelephone callmentally challenged slureggskiss on the cheekwhite trashwhistlinglooking out a windowname callingliarprologuenecklaceapologyeatingcooking β¦f wordtelephonebirthdayrunningsunglassestearsliedrinkslow motion sceneface slapmirrorfoodcryingdancingcigarette smokingone word titlefightviolence (See All) |
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician β¦. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | motelbusbar |
Characters: | alcoholicdancer |
Story: | telephone callbowling alleyswingcountry musicpickup truckon the roadpay phonebartenderapologyeatingtearsdrinkwatching tvmirrorfood β¦cryingdancingcigarette smokingbased on novel (See All) |
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 β¦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: | humiliationdysfunctional familydrug usedrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | motelbus |
Characters: | reference to godteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone calloklahomalistening to musicpickup truckliarprologueapologyf wordtelephoneprayersunglassestearsbeerliedrink β¦face slapmirrorfoodcryingcigarette smokingfight (See All) |
Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the co β¦de to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold. (Read More)
Themes: | theftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingmoneykidnappingdeathmurder |
Locations: | motelswimming poolbar |
Characters: | reference to godthiefdancerpolicemanfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | accidental shootingrearview mirrortelephone calloverhead shotkiss on the cheekname callingnicknameapologyeatingold manf wordtelephonerunningshootingdrink β¦watching tvface slapurinationshot in the chestmirrorfoodvoice over narrationpistolknifedancingone word titlebased on novelfightflashbackgun (See All) |
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country β¦odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | busbar |
Characters: | thiefdancerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | killing a chickentelephone callgame playinglistening to musicchickenon the roadpay phoneeatingcookingrunningtearsbeerdrinkfoodcrying β¦dancingfight (See All) |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
Themes: | humiliationdrinkingmurderdeath |
Characters: | thiefdancerprostitutefather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | overhead shotkiss on the cheekloss of brotherdeath of brotherchickenliarapologymapold manprayerrunningtearslieshootingdrink β¦slow motion sceneface slapurinationshot in the chestmirrorfoodcryingbased on true storydancingcigarette smokingviolencefightgunflashback (See All) |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Themes: | humiliationtheftdrinkingpregnancymoneymurderdeath |
Characters: | dancerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callkiss on the cheeklistening to musictrustliarnecklaceapologycaliforniaold manf wordtelephonerunningsunglassestearslie β¦shootingdrinkmirrorcryingbased on true storydancingcigarette smokingflashbackfight (See All) |
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: | humiliationdrug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | busswimming poolbar |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | telephone callwhistlinglistening to musicon the roadpay phoneprologueeatingcaliforniaf wordtelephonebirthdayrunningbeerdrinkwatching tv β¦urinationfoodcryingbased on true storydancingcigarette smoking (See All) |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte β¦r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familydrug usedrunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | stepfather stepdaughter relationshipdancerpolicemanteenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | snorting cocainetelephone callice creamlistening to musicpay phoneprologuebartendercocainetearsbeerdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneurinationmirror β¦cryingvoice over narrationpistoldancingcigarette smokinggun (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his β¦ mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationdrug usetheftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanprostituteteenage girl |
Story: | snorting cocainetelephone callpool hallice creamprologuecocaineeatingtelephoneprayerrunningtearsshootingdrinkwatching tvslow motion scene β¦face slapurinationshot in the chestfoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on true storyknifecigarette smokingbased on novelgunfight (See All) |
This is the true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year's Ev β¦e, being a better partner to his girlfriend, who he hasn't been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to T, their beautiful 4 year old daughter. He starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easy. He crosses paths with friends, family, and strangers, each exchange showing us that there is much more to Oscar than meets the eye. But it would be his final encounter of the day, with police officers at the Fruitvale BART station that would shake the Bay Area to its very core, and cause the entire nation to be witnesses to the story of Oscar Grant. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingpregnancymoneymurderdeath |
Characters: | reference to godthiefdancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | happy birthdaytelephone calllistening to musicliareatingcookingf wordtelephoneprayerbirthdaytearslieshootingdrinkurination β¦mirrorfoodcryingbased on true storypistoldancingfightgunflashbackviolence (See All) |
Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boy β¦friend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. (Read More)
Themes: | dysfunctional familytheftdrunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | singing in a car |
Characters: | thiefdancerteenage girlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | telephone callgame playinglooking out a windowswingconvenience storelistening to musiccookingrunningsunglassestearsbeerdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneface slap β¦urinationmirrorcryingdancingcigarette smokingfight (See All) |
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: | dysfunctional familytheftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | swimming poolbar |
Characters: | thiefdancerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callplaying cardsice creampickup truckpay phoneliarbartendereatingold mantearsbeerliedrinkwatching tvurination β¦foodcryingvoice over narrationknifedancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback (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 β¦-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 usedrinkingmoneyrapemurderdeath |
Locations: | singing in a carswimming pool |
Characters: | policemanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callthrowing a chairlooking out a windowlistening to musicflowersliarprologueapologyeatingcookingf wordrunningtearsbeerlie β¦drinkwatching tvslow motion sceneurinationfoodcryingcigarette smokingone word titleflashbackfightviolence (See All) |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | drug usedrinkingmurder |
Locations: | rural settingbus |
Characters: | dancermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callreference to gloria swansontrailer houselooking out a windowname callingnicknamelistening to musicchickenapologyf wordtelephonerunningsunglassesliedrink β¦face slapmirrorvoice over narrationknifedancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashbackviolence (See All) |