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Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a top-secret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remote-control toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the β¦ toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit... (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | christmasmarriagekidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | chicago illinoisschool bussan francisco californiataxi driverrooftoplakeairportbicycleairplaneswimming pool |
Characters: | boy herovillainsecurity guardlittle boybrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | fishing hookthe weather channelweather forecastingweather mapweather forecasterweather reportburglar alarmbooby trapdog whistlewalking the dogmilitary recruiting officefemale stuck in sticky substanceswitched luggagebroken toiletdirty clothes β¦chicken poxremote controlled toy cartalking dollkid outsmarts adultbroken bonedisbelieving adultgetaway driverlifting a male into the airigloowreathweathermanfederal bureau of investigationgrandfather clockbad smellbusiness triphome alonemousetrapfrozen bodyhangardollhousegolf cartlawn mowermicrochiprenovation555 phone numbersittingfake moustachehookvulturefirecrackerspaghettitoy gunjumping into watervideo footageunsubtitled foreign languageillinoissiblingtrampolineblizzardelementary schoolblack marketpaintweatherparrotgadgetatticbribechild protagonisthit in the crotchshovelchild's point of viewburglarymisunderstandingtelescopeburglarhaircutladdervillainessdrug abuselifting someone into the airlooking at oneself in a mirrortalking animalbabysitterfalling down stairsfireplaceeavesdroppingicesilencerrattrapbasementactor shares first name with characterwigcharacter's point of view camera shotfactoryelectrocutionsuburbthird partbirdapologytied to a chairweaponbridgebasketballvideo cameradisguisebound and gaggedcookingsubjective cameraspyneighborfalling from heightcatwatching tvcomputerslow motion scenerescuefoodunderwearfireshowerchaseknifephotographdogsequel (See All) |
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New Yo β¦rk too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | christmasfriendship |
Locations: | taxi driverrooftopairportairplaneswimming pool |
Characters: | boy herolittle boybrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | booby trapkid outsmarts adultlifting a male into the airhome alonejumping into waterunsubtitled foreign languageatticchild protagonistburglaryburglarladderlifting someone into the airtrapelectrocutionbird β¦apologysubjective camerafalling from heightslow motion scenerescuefireshowerchasephotographsequel (See All) |
It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But the youngest in the family named Kevin got into a scuffle with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room which is on the third floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the fam β¦ily was in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forgot about Kevin who now has the house all to himself. Being home alone was fun for Kevin, having a pizza all to himself, jumping on his parents' bed, and making a mess. Then, Kevin discovers about two burglars, Harry and Marv, about to rob his house on Christmas Eve. Kevin acts quickly by wiring his own house with makeshift booby traps to stop the burglars and to bring them to justice. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | christmasfriendship |
Locations: | chicago illinoisairportairplane |
Characters: | boy herolittle boybrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | booby trapwreathhome alonetoy gununsubtitled foreign languageillinoisatticchild protagonistshovelchild's point of viewburglarylifting someone into the airfalling down stairsbasementsuburb β¦apologyweapondisguisesubjective cameraneighborwatching tvrescuefoodfirephotograph (See All) |
A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses β¦this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Characters: | police |
Story: | weather forecastingweather mapweather forecasterweather reportweathermansittingblizzardweathershovellifting someone into the airratelectrocutionvideo camerafalling from heightwatching tv β¦slow motion scenefoodfireshowerchase (See All) |
Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids (who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau). When one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | bicycleswimming pool |
Characters: | little boybrother sister relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationship |
Story: | booby trapgadgetladdervillainessbabysittersuburbtied to a chaircookingspyneighborcatcomputerfireknife |
Mikey Walsh and Brandon Walsh are brothers whose family is preparing to move because developers want to build a golf course in the place of their neighborhood -- unless enough money is raised to stop the construction of the golf course, and that's quite doubtful. But when Mikey stumbles upon a treas β¦ure map of the famed "One-Eyed" Willy's hidden fortune, Mikey, Brandon, and their friends Lawrence "Chunk" Cohen, Clark "Mouth" Devereaux, Andrea "Andy" Carmichael, Stefanie "Stef" Steinbrenner, and Richard "Data" Wang, calling themselves The Goonies, set out on a quest to find the treasure in hopes of saving their neighborhood. The treasure is in a cavern, but the entrance to the cavern is under the restaurant of evil thief Mama Fratelli and her sons Jake Fratelli, Francis Fratelli, and the severely disfigured Lotney "Sloth" Fratelli. Sloth befriends the Goonies and decides to help them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | friendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | booby traplifting a male into the airhome alonesittingunsubtitled foreign languagegadgetattichit in the crotchchild's point of viewlifting someone into the airtrapsuburbwatching tvrescuechase |
Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes β¦ to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Locations: | san francisco californiataxi driverrooftopairportairplane |
Characters: | security guardfamily relationshipsmother son relationship |
Story: | child's point of viewmisunderstandingtelescopelifting someone into the aircharacter's point of view camera shotelectrocutionvideo cameracookingsubjective camerafalling from heightcomputerslow motion scenerescuefoodfire β¦chasephotograph (See All) |
John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their q β¦uest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | christmasmarriagefriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | bicycleairplane |
Characters: | mother son relationship |
Story: | toy gunsilencertrapsuburbapologyweaponbasketballcookingspyneighborfalling from heightwatching tvcomputerrescuefood β¦underwearfirechaseknifephotographdog (See All) |
Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a n β¦ew wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | school busrooftopairplane |
Characters: | villainsecurity guardmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | booby trapbroken bonelifting a male into the airsittingvideo footagegadgettelescopelifting someone into the airfalling down stairssilencercharacter's point of view camera shotelectrocutiontied to a chairbridgedisguise β¦bound and gaggedsubjective camerafalling from heightslow motion scenerescuefirechaseknifesequeldog (See All) |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti β¦ve... (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | friendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftopbicycle |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | getaway driverunsubtitled foreign languageburglaryburglareavesdroppingcharacter's point of view camera shotdisguisesubjective camerafalling from heightfoodfirechasephotographdog |
A chance encounter between a travelling salesman and a lonely hitman triggers a strangely profound relationship which provokes each to act in ways neither would have imagined possible. Fate steps in to form a friendship between two men from irreconcilable worlds that will alter the lives of both for β¦ever. (Read More)
Themes: | christmasfriendship |
Locations: | school busrooftopairportairplaneswimming pool |
Characters: | security guardmother son relationship |
Story: | business tripweathertelescopeladderfireplaceapologyspywatching tvcomputerslow motion sceneunderwearfireshowerknifephotograph β¦dog (See All) |
Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a glo β¦bal crisis. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | taxi driverairportairplaneswimming pool |
Story: | unsubtitled foreign languagegadgethit in the crotchvillainesswigtied to a chairdisguisesubjective cameraspyfalling from heightslow motion scenerescuechaseknifephotograph |
Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game-and the rest of the crew has been exonerated-the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime he can't seem to escape and a betraya β¦l of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, the elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world's stage... and to bring home the man who made them a family. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftopairplane |
Characters: | security guardbrother brother relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | hit in the crotchvillainessfalling down stairseavesdroppingicesilencercharacter's point of view camera shotelectrocutiontied to a chairdisguisebound and gaggedsubjective cameraspyfalling from heightslow motion scene β¦rescuefirechaseknifesequel (See All) |
A young man receives a call on his cellular phone from a woman who says she's been kidnapped, and thinks she's going to be killed soon, along with her husband and son who the kidnappers have gone after next. The catch? She doesn't know where she is... and his cell phone battery might go dead soon.
Themes: | marriagekidnapping |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | school busrooftopairportswimming pool |
Characters: | security guardmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | 555 phone numbervideo footageattictelescopelifting someone into the airvideo cameraslow motion scenechase |
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling, and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit ro β¦oftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland. Wendy and her brothers join Peter and the Lost Boys in an exhilarating life--free of grown-up rules--while also facing the inevitable showdown with Hook and his bloodthirsty pirates. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | boy herovillainbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationship |
Story: | hooksiblingparrotchild protagonistchild's point of viewtelescopelifting someone into the airicetrapweaponbound and gaggedslow motion scenerescuedog |
After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | rooftopbicycleswimming pool |
Characters: | brother brother relationship |
Story: | broken bonefake moustachebribelifting someone into the airfalling down stairstrapcharacter's point of view camera shotapologyfalling from heightwatching tvslow motion scenefoodunderwearfirephotograph |
MI6's top assassin (Mark Strong) has a brother. Unfortunately for him, he's a football hooligan (Sacha Baron Cohen) from the town of Grimsby. Nobby has everything a man from the poor English fishing town of Grimsby could want - 9 children and the most attractive girlfriend in northern England (Rebel β¦ Wilson). There's only one thing missing in his life: his little brother, Sebastian. After they were adopted by different families as children, Nobby spent 28 years searching for him. Upon hearing of his location, Nobby sets off to reunite with his brother, unaware that not only is his brother an MI6 agent, but he's just uncovered a plot that puts the world in danger. On the run and wrongfully accused, Sebastian realizes that if he is going to save the world, he will need the help of its biggest idiot. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | bicycleairplane |
Characters: | security guardbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | firecrackergadgetvillainessfalling down stairseavesdroppingsilencercharacter's point of view camera shotbridgevideo cameradisguisesubjective cameraspyfalling from heightwatching tvslow motion scene β¦rescuechaseknifephotographdog (See All) |
Disney's animated classic takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an all-star cast. A young prince, imprisoned in the form of a beast, can be freed only by true love. What may be his only opportunity arrives when he meets Belle, the only human girl to ever visit the castle since it was enc β¦hanted. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | rooftoplake |
Characters: | little boyfamily relationshipsmother son relationship |
Story: | firecrackertalking animalfalling down stairsfireplaceicewigbirdbridgedisguisefalling from heightslow motion scenerescuefirechasephotograph β¦dog (See All) |
Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When he is blackmailed by Government agents into stealing a top secret black box, the team find themselves embroiled in a game of danger and intrigue. After they recover the box, they discover that it has the β¦ capability to decode all existing encryption systems around the world, and that the agents who hired them didn't work for the Government after all... (Read More)
Themes: | christmaskidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | san francisco californiarooftopswimming pool |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | microchip555 phone numberblizzardburglaryeavesdroppingbridgedisguisespywatching tvcomputerrescuechaseknifedog |
The teenager Sarah is forced by her father and her stepmother to babysit her baby brother Toby while they are outside home. Toby does not stop crying and Sarah wishes that her brother be taken by the Goblin King. Out of the blue, Toby stops crying and when Sarah looks for him in the cradle, she lear β¦ns that he wish was granted and the Goblin King Jarethhas taken him to his castle in the Goblin City in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah repents an asks Jareth to give Toby back; but the Goblin King tells that she has to rescue her brother before midnight, otherwise Toby will be turned into a goblin. Soon Sarah teams up with the coward goblin Hoggle, the beast Ludo and the knight Didymus and his dog Ambrosius in her journey. Will they rescue Toby in time? (Read More)
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Story: | lifting a male into the airbad smellsittingsiblingweatherladderlifting someone into the airbabysittertrapactor shares first name with charactersubjective cameracatslow motion scenerescuefire β¦photographdog (See All) |
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacl β¦es, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | san francisco californiaairplaneswimming pool |
Characters: | security guardfamily relationships |
Story: | mousetrapgadgetburglarylooking at oneself in a mirrorfalling down stairseavesdroppingrattrapelectrocutionsuburbdisguisefalling from heightslow motion scenerescuechase β¦knifephotographdog (See All) |
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, A β¦uguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | rooftopbicycle |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshippolice |
Story: | mousetraptalking animalratcookingwatching tvrescuefoodfirechaseknifedog |
Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous convict Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner). When he wakes up β¦with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and make the deal with him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | taxi driverairportairplane |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | burglarylooking at oneself in a mirroreavesdroppingratcharacter's point of view camera shotelectrocutiontied to a chairbridgebound and gaggedsubjective cameraspyrescuefireshowerchase β¦knifephotograph (See All) |
June has a garage in Boston. At an airport heading home, a man bumps into her a few times and tries to keep her off the plane. He's under FBI surveillance; they wonder if he and she are working together, so they let both on a flight full of armed men wanting to arrest the stranger. He's Roy, he shoo β¦ts his way out of trouble and tells her she's in danger. She's home the next day, miraculously, when agents pick her up; Roy saves her again, and a transcontinental chase ensues with Roy convincing her that he's the good guy, protecting an energy source that a rogue agent wants to sell on the black market. Can she trust Roy, and will trust matter when the bullets start flying? (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftopairportairplane |
Story: | black marketeavesdroppingicesilencertied to a chairbridgedisguisesubjective cameraspyfalling from heightcomputerrescuechaseknifephotograph |
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | taxi driverrooftop |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | disbelieving adultgrandfather clockgadgetmisunderstandingfalling down stairstrapbasementelectrocutionfalling from heightslow motion scenerescuefirechaseknifephotograph |
A Jewish male nurse plans to ask his live-in girl friend to marry him. However, he learns that her strict father expects to be asked for his daughter's hand before she can accept. Thus begins the visit from Hell as the two travel to meet Mom and Dad, who turns out to be former CIA with a lie detecto β¦r in the basement. Coincidentally, a sister also has announced her wedding to a young doctor. Of course everything that can go wrong, does, including the disappearance of Dad's beloved Himalayan cat, Jinxie. (Read More)
Locations: | chicago illinoisairportairplaneswimming pool |
Story: | broken toiletdisbelieving adultunsubtitled foreign languagemisunderstandingeavesdroppingbasementcharacter's point of view camera shotsubjective cameracatfire |
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. β¦ Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | school bustaxi driverrooftopairportairplane |
Characters: | little boybrother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | golf cartlooking at oneself in a mirrorfalling down stairssilenceractor shares first name with characterdisguiseneighborfalling from heightrescuechaseknife |
A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to β¦ prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well. (Read More)
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | chicago illinoisrooftoplake |
Characters: | police |
Story: | sittingillinoishit in the crotchfalling down stairsbasementweaponbridgedisguisefalling from heightcomputerslow motion scenefirechasephotograph |
In Melbourne, the Chinese Chef Jackie has a successful show on television. The drug lord Giancarlo and his gang are dealing cocaine with The Demons gang, but they fight against each other. During the shooting, the snoopy reporter Diana and her partner are accidentally exposed and they flee with a VH β¦S tape with the footage of the negotiation. On the street, she stumbles with Jackie and he helps her fighting against the gangsters. When they are escaping in his car, her tape accidentally mixes with other videotapes that Jackie has in a box on the backseat of his car. Jackie goes to his apartment and meets his girlfriend Miki while his nephews "borrow" the tape to watch. Meanwhile Giancarlo's gangsters are looking for the tape and abduct Miki. Jackie's friend Romeo, who is a police detective, chases the gangsters with other policemen while Jackie teams up with Diana and his friend Lakisha to release Miki from Giancarlo. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagekidnapping |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | bicycleswimming pool |
Characters: | security guardbrother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | hit in the crotchmisunderstandingbabysittereavesdroppingsilenceractor shares first name with charactertied to a chairbridgecookingfalling from heightwatching tvslow motion scenerescuechaseknife |
Pongo and Perdita have a litter of 15 puppies. Cruella De Vil takes a fancy to the pups, and wants to get hold of them, as well as more pups, to make herself a lovely dalmatian skin coat... Cruella hires some thugs to kidnap the pups and hold them at her mansion. Will Pongo and Perdita find them in β¦time ? (Read More)
Themes: | christmasmarriage |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | lake |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | blizzardburglarvillainesstalking animalfireplacedisguisecatwatching tvrescuechasedog |
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, Matilda is misunderstood by her family because she is very different from their ways of life. As time passes, Matilda finally starts school that has a kindly teacher, loyal friends and a sadistic principal. As she gets fed β¦up with the constant cruelty, Matilda begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, Matilda suddenly turns the tables to stand up to her parents and outwit the principal. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | villainbrother sister relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | disbelieving adultfederal bureau of investigationelementary schoolchild protagonistchild's point of viewmisunderstandingvillainesslifting someone into the aircookingcat |
Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored, and lonely living off his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life is his calls to the government pension processing center when he gets to talk to his case worker, Sarah (Mary-Louis Parker). Sara β¦h is as bored and lonely as Frank and marks her conversations with the unknown Frank and her spy novels as the only things fun in her life. When something in Frank's past forces Frank back into his old line of work and puts an unwitting Sarah in the middle of the intrigue, Frank and Sarah begin a journey into Frank's past and the people he used to work with. Like Frank they are all RED ... Retired Extremely Dangerous. (Read More)
Themes: | christmaskidnapping |
Locations: | chicago illinoisairportairplane |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | unsubtitled foreign languagefireplacesilencerelectrocutionsuburbtied to a chairdisguisebound and gaggedspyrescuefirechaseknife |
A secret service agent, Jennifer Marsh, gets caught in a very personal and deadly cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who knows that people (being what they are - both curious and drawn to the dark side of things) will log onto an "untraceable" website where he conducts violent and painful murde β¦rs LIVE on the net. The more people who log on and enter the website, the quicker and more violently the victim dies. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Locations: | school bus |
Characters: | mother son relationshippolice |
Story: | weather reportfalling down stairsbasementbridgevideo camerabound and gaggedsubjective camerafalling from heightcatwatching tvcomputershowerchasephotograph |
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children decid β¦e to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | school busbicycle |
Characters: | little boybrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationship |
Story: | lifting a male into the airsittingchild protagonistchild's point of viewlifting someone into the airsuburbdisguisechasedog |
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: | marriagefriendship |
Locations: | lakebicycleswimming pool |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | toy gunshovelladderwigbridgevideo cameradisguiseneighborfoodunderwearshowerphotographdog |
The People Under the Stairs is the story of a young boy (Fool) from the ghetto and takes place on his 13th birthday. In an attempted burglary (along with two others) of the home of his family's evil landlords, he becomes trapped inside their large suburban house and discovers the secret of the "chil β¦dren" that the insane brother and sister have been "rearing" under the stairs. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Characters: | villainbrother sister relationshippolice |
Story: | booby trapatticchild protagonisthit in the crotchburglaryfalling down stairsfireplacebasementelectrocutionsuburbknifedog |
While Andy is away at summer camp Woody has been toynapped by Al McWiggin, a greedy collector and proprietor of "Al's Toy Barn"! In this all-out rescue mission, Buzz and his friends Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm springs into action to rescue Woody from winding up as a museum piece. They β¦must find a way to save him before he gets sold in Japan forever and they'll never see him again! (Read More)
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airportairplane |
Characters: | villainlittle boy |
Story: | suburbapologyfalling from heightslow motion scenerescuechasesequeldog |
Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfr β¦iends, and his son Petey fears going to school owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins. (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | lakebicycle |
Characters: | little boybrother sister relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationship |
Story: | golf cartshovelfireplacevideo cameracookingneighborwatching tvcomputerfoodunderwearphotographdog |
Locations: | school busrooftopswimming pool |
Characters: | security guard |
Story: | gadgeteavesdroppingtied to a chairbound and gaggedspyneighborslow motion scenerescuefireknife |
Kevin Chan (aka Jackie) is a Hong-Kong cop, who scores his first big hit by virtually single-handedly capturing and arresting a big drug- lord. Of course, the drug-lord isn't too happy about this, and frames Kevin with the murder of another cop (who happened to be on the take). Kevin has to clear hi β¦s name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested, and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftopswimming pool |
Characters: | police |
Story: | misunderstandingfalling down stairsactor shares first name with charactertied to a chairweaponbound and gaggedcomputerslow motion scenerescueshowerchaseknifephotograph |
A remake of the television series, Matthew Broderick stars as Gadget, who suffers an accident at the beginning of the film, and befriends Brenda, a robotic surgeon who repairs Gadget so that he can defeat the villain Claw. In the meantime, Gadget and Brenda fall in love.
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | kidnapping |
Mood: | car chase |
Characters: | villainsecurity guardpolice |
Story: | microchipgadgetbridgerescuechasedog |
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: | kidnappingfriendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | family relationshipsmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | vultureshoveltelescopeeavesdroppingtied to a chairbound and gaggedcookingneighborfalling from heightwatching tvunderwearchaseknifephotographdog |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Themes: | christmaskidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftoplakeairportairplaneswimming pool |
Characters: | police |
Story: | burglaryburglariceelectrocutionbridgevideo camerafalling from heightwatching tvunderweardog |
Batman, the costumed crime-fighter who prowls the night skies in Gotham City, soon finds there's another vigilante in town knocking off prominent mob figures. Despite the scythe-like blade for a hand, a mechanical voice and the cloud of smoke that follows the figure wherever it goes, the police and β¦outraged officials mistake the homicidal crusader for Batman himself and demand that the city's longtime hero be brought to justice. Meanwhile, Andrea Beaumont returns to town. She is the lost love of Bruce Wayne, the billionaire playboy who is Batman's alter ego, and was an integral part of Wayne's decision ten years earlier to don the cape and cowl. Now, she is back in his life and is no less a disruption than the return of his old archenemy, The Joker, who has a stake in seeing the annihilation of this new vigilante, whoever it proves to be. (Read More)
Locations: | rooftopairplane |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | booby trapgadgetvillainessfireplaceeavesdroppingcharacter's point of view camera shotelectrocutionbridgedisguisebound and gaggedsubjective camerafalling from heightrescuefirechase β¦knifephotograph (See All) |
A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. That puts her right in the line of fire and she is targeted for death and framed for crimes. Discredited, she is forced to go on the run while she tries to clear β¦her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square. (Read More)
Themes: | christmaskidnapping |
Locations: | taxi driverrooftopairportairplane |
Characters: | police |
Story: | booby trapsilencerratdisguisefalling from heightslow motion scenefirechaseknifephotograph |
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns at birth, three friends Moe, Larry and Curly spend their time eye poking and slapping each other all the day long. But when their orphanage suddenly goes bankrupt, the three Stooges set out to save it by journeying into the world to find a way to rais β¦e the money required. But their quest brings them into being used in a murder scheme and landing them into a popular reality show. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | friendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftopswimming pool |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | golf carttrampolineladderratbasketballdisguisefalling from heightchasephotograph |
Inspector Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil Joe. When his entire team is killed, Wing becomes a hapless drunk, feeling guilty for the deaths of his team. A young man with a troubled past pretends to be a police officer working on the case with Wing, β¦to get him back on his feet and begin an adventure to get revenge on the evil Joe and his Gang of Five, especially when it becomes personal. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | rooftopbicycle |
Characters: | brother sister relationshipfamily relationshipsmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | booby trapspaghettitelescopefalling down stairscharacter's point of view camera shotdisguisesubjective camerafalling from heightslow motion scenerescuefirechasephotographsequel |
In the 1960s with the Cold War in play, CIA agent Napoleon Solo successfully helps Gaby Teller defect to West Germany despite the intimidating opposition of KGB agent Illya Kuryakin. Later, all three unexpectedly find themselves working together in a joint mission to stop a private criminal organiza β¦tion from using Gaby's father's scientific expertise to construct their own nuclear bomb. Through clenched teeth and stylish poise, all three must find a way to cooperate for the sake of world peace, even as they each pursue their own agendas. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnapping |
Mood: | car chase |
Characters: | security guard |
Story: | unsubtitled foreign languagegadgetvillainesssilencercharacter's point of view camera shotfactoryelectrocutiontied to a chairbridgesubjective cameraspyfalling from heightwatching tvslow motion scenerescue β¦chaseknifephotographdog (See All) |
Clue is a movie about six guests, a butler, and a maid, who are all involved in the murders of six people. The guests all meet at Hill House, where you learn that Professor Plum works in D.C., where everyone else lives. Colonel Mustard is a client of Miss Scarlet, who is the ex-employer of Yvette, t β¦he maid, who had an affair with the husband of Mrs. White, etc. Blackmailer Mr. Boddy gives each guest a weapon and tells them to kill butler Wadsworth to avoid being exposed. Add in Mrs. Peacock's craziness and Mr. Green's clumsiness, and meet a whole group tangled in a web of murder, lies, and hilarity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Characters: | police |
Story: | federal bureau of investigationbad smellsittingunsubtitled foreign languageatticvillainessfalling down stairsfireplaceweaponfoodfireshowerknifedog |
Frank Martin, played by newcomer Ed Skrein, a former special-ops mercenary, is now living a less perilous life - or so he thinks - transporting classified packages for questionable people. When Frank's father (Ray Stevenson) pays him a visit in the south of France, their father-son bonding weekend t β¦akes a turn for the worse when Frank is engaged by a cunning femme-fatale, Anna (Loan Chabanol), and her three seductive sidekicks to orchestrate the bank heist of the century. Frank must use his covert expertise and knowledge of fast cars, fast driving and fast women to outrun a sinister Russian kingpin, and worse than that, he is thrust into a dangerous game of chess with a team of gorgeous women out for revenge. From the producers of LUCY and the TAKEN trilogy, THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED is a fresh personification of the iconic role of Frank Martin, that launches the high-octane franchise into the present-day and introduces it to the next generation of thrill-seekers. (Read More)
Themes: | kidnappingfriendship |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airportairplaneswimming pool |
Characters: | security guardpolice |
Story: | getaway drivergadgetlooking at oneself in a mirrorsilencerwigdisguisefalling from heightwatching tvslow motion scenerescuefirechaseknifephotographsequel |