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Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost …limit. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitystarvationfreedomdyingcrueltyexecutionsadismillnesshumiliationterrorismbrutalitymemorytortureprisonpolitics …religionsuicidedeathmurder (See All) |
Locations: | prison hospitalwaterbusbathtubsnow |
Characters: | catholic priestprison officercatholicbiblepriestbabyboybrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | year 19811980s |
Story: | cross country runningstarving to deathhuman excrementurine samplebody sorebody searchbody mutilationhunger strikeirish republican armyriot squadriot gearbelfast irelandnorthern irelandfreedom fighterpolitical protest …locker roomreference to the biblepolitical prisonerchildhood memoryfood traylooking at self in mirrorprison visitprison cellprison guardends with deathsweeping a floortrashing a roomnorthern irishmanpolice batondistorted soundmargaret thatcherthe troublesrectal examback scarbritish parliamentbritish governmentrolling a cigarettecavity search27 year old28 year oldcrossing oneselffacial injurytinfoilmaggotsdisinfectantbedsheetfly the insectmale with long hairfilthpolitical criminalhand woundpolice vanhospital visiteye injurypeepholehandsworryingsinkiracell mateconvulsionhand injuryemaciationbegins with textpassing outburnends with textexcrementchantingblanketrunnerdeterminationstarvingdressingnegotiationdeathbedmassradio newssurrenderclothingmartyrcontrabandnursing homegurneyhead injuryurinallistening to a radiourinevery little dialogueshoutinglockerhead woundspit in the facebodyyellingoppressionmain character diesspittingbriefssnowingblack eyecigarette lighterscissorshungersmugglingboxer shortsbloody nosesufferingcovered in bloodshieldbarefoothaircutbreakfastirishswat teambearddemonstrationcrucifixvandalismhypodermic needlewhat happened to epiloguehead buttriotdirectorial debutirelandrattragic eventcrosslong takeflowerssuitcasestorytellinguniformprotestprologuelatex glovesgunshotpainold womancontroversybirddrivingprisonereatingmontageterroristf wordrivermale pubic hairreference to jesus christhallucinationjailbathroomrunningtearsvomitingshootingmaskbare buttundressingpunched in the faceshot in the headmirrorfoodtesticlesunderwearbeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingmale frontal nuditymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleone word titleflashbackkissgunnuditymasturbationbloodviolence (See All) |
Tells the story of Evey Hammond and her unlikely but instrumental part in bringing down the fascist government that has taken control of a futuristic Great Britain. Saved from a life-and-death situation by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who calls himself V, she learns a general summary of V's past and, …after a time, decides to help him bring down those who committed the atrocities that led to Britain being in the shape that it is in. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalityfreedomexecutionterrorismbrutalitytortureprisonpoliticsdeathmurder |
Characters: | catholic priestpriestboy |
Story: | freedom fighterchildhood memorypolitical criminaldressingoppressioncovered in bloodbreakfastdemonstrationvandalismriotdirectorial debutrattragic eventprotestprologue …prisonereatingterroristjailtearsshootingmaskpunched in the facemirrorfoodunderwearbeatingcryingphotographmale rear nuditymale nudityflashbackgunkissviolenceblood (See All) |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d …rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stop… (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalityfreedomdyingexecutionterrorismtortureprisonpoliticsreligionsuicidedeathmurder |
Characters: | babyboydoctormother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | hunger strikeriot gearfreedom fighterpolitical protestpolitical prisonerbritish governmentends with textradio newssurrendermartyrhead injurylistening to a radiohead woundcovered in bloodirish …demonstrationcrucifixflowersprotestprologuegunshotprisonereatingmontageterroristjailrunningtearsshootingmirrorfoodbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malegunbloodflashbackviolence (See All) |
In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Jus …t when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationfreedomcrueltyexecutionillnessbrutalitytortureprisonpoliticsdeathmurder |
Characters: | catholic priestcatholicpriestbrother brother relationshipdoctormother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | irish republican armyfreedom fightercell matesurrendermartyroppressionsufferinghaircutirishirelandcrossprisonerreference to jesus christjailundressing …punched in the faceshot in the headunderwearbeatingphotographcigarette smokingbloodviolencekissgun (See All) |
On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American 'Billy Hayes (I)' (qv) is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in ident …ifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he beco… (Read More)
Themes: | freedomdyingcrueltysadismterrorismbrutalitytortureprisonmurderdeath |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | prison visitprison guardtinfoilends with textcontrabandbodyscissorssmugglinghaircutwhat happened to epiloguesuitcaseuniformpaincontroversyprisoner …montagereference to jesus christjailrunningtearsfoodtesticlesunderwearbeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditykissviolencemasturbationgunblood (See All) |
In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been …behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. (Read More)
Themes: | sadismbrutalityprisonmurderdeath |
Characters: | babyboyfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | prison guardsinkcell matespittingbriefssufferingvandalismlong takeprologuepainprisonermontagemale pubic hairjailtears …bare buttundressingpunched in the faceunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale frontal nuditymale nuditybare chested maleone word titlebloodflashbacknuditykissviolence (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 …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: | freedomillnessbrutalityprisondeathmurder |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | locker roomprison visitprison cellprison guardends with deathlistening to a radiobloody noseswat teamhypodermic needlehead buttcrossprologueprisonereatingf word …runningtearsvomitingshootingpunched in the faceshot in the headmirrorfoodunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingbare chested maleviolenceflashbackbloodgun (See All) |
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also i …mplicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalityterrorismtortureprisonpolitics |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | mother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | irish republican armynorthern irelandprison guardshoutingcigarette lighteririshwhat happened to epilogueriotirelandprotestprisonermontageterroristf wordpunched in the face …beatingcryingtitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingmale nudityviolence (See All) |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only …companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationmemorytorturesuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | catholic priestcatholicbabydoctor |
Story: | prison cellpassing outsnowingscissorsbloody nosehaircuthypodermic needlelong takesuitcaseprologuepainprisonereatingmontagehallucination …bathroomrunningvomitingshootingundressingshot in the headfoodbeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingone word titlekissflashbackviolenceblood (See All) |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationexecutionsadismhumiliationtortureprisonreligionmurderdeath |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | bibledoctormother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | prison cellexcrementnegotiationcontrabandcigarette lightersmugglingcrucifixhypodermic needlecrosssuitcaseprologueprisonereatingterroristriver …reference to jesus christjailbathroomtearsvomitingshootingbare buttundressingshot in the headmirrorfoodbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale frontal nuditymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleone word titlekissbloodflashbackviolence (See All) |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | memorydeathmurder |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | doctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | male with long hairurinalbriefscigarette lighterscissorsboxer shortsbloody nosesufferingvandalismdirectorial debutflowersstorytellingprologuepainold woman …eatingf wordreference to jesus christjailrunningtearsvomitingundressingpunched in the facefoodtesticlesunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingbare chested maleone word titleviolencemasturbationbloodflashback (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingillnesshumiliationbrutalitymemoryprisonreligiondeathmurder |
Locations: | busbathtubsnow |
Characters: | catholicpriestbrother brother relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | locker roombloody nosecrucifixhypodermic needlewhat happened to epiloguecrossstorytellingprologueeatinghallucinationjailbathroomrunningtearsvomiting …shootingundressingfoodtesticlesunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditygunkissbloodmasturbation (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 …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingillnessmemoryreligiondeathmurder |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | babyboybrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | briefsboxer shortssufferingcrucifixhypodermic needletragic eventcrossflowersprologuepaineatingmontagehallucinationjailbathroom …runningtearsvomitingundressingmirrorfoodunderwearcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingbare chested maleone word titlekissbloodviolence (See All) |
Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, Hungarian prisoner working as a member of the Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums who, to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son, tries to carry out his impossible deed: salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. While the Sonderkomma …ndo is to be liquidated at any moment, Saul turns away of the living and their plans of rebellion to save the remains of a son he never took care of when he was still alive. (Read More)
Themes: | executionmemorydeathmurder |
Characters: | boydoctorfather son relationship |
Story: | begins with textclothingbodyscissorslong takesuitcaseprologueprisonereatingf wordrivermale pubic hairrunningshootingbare butt …undressingfoodbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale nuditybare chested malegunviolenceblood (See All) |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmemoryprisonreligiondeath |
Characters: | boyfamily relationships |
Story: | childhood memoryprison guardcell mategurneyurinalbriefswhat happened to epiloguedirectorial debutflowerssuitcaseprisonereatingreference to jesus christjailrunning …tearsvomitingbare buttpunched in the facemirrorfoodunderwearbeatingcryingtitle spoken by charactermale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malebloodflashbackmasturbationkissnudity (See All) |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitydyingexecutionterrorismbrutalitytortureprisonpoliticssuicidemurderdeath |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | babydoctor |
Story: | hunger strikepolitical prisonerprison cellgurneybriefshaircutflowersprotestgunshotprisonermontageterroristmale pubic hairjailrunning …tearsshootingundressingpunched in the faceshot in the headunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale frontal nuditymale nuditybare chested malebloodkissviolenceflashbackgun (See All) |
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha …nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingexecutionterrorismbrutalitytorturedeathmurder |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | babyboydoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | hand woundbegins with textends with textchantingsurrendersmugglingdemonstrationvandalismprotestprologuecontroversyeatingmontageterroristriver …jailrunningtearsshootingshot in the headmirrorfoodcryingphotographcigarette smokingnudityviolencekissbloodgun (See All) |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
Themes: | dyingcrueltyexecutionillnesshumiliationbrutalitytorturepoliticsreligiondeathmurder |
Locations: | watersnow |
Characters: | biblepriestboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | head woundsnowinghungersufferingcrucifixcrosscontroversyriverreference to jesus christhallucinationrunningtearsbare buttfoodbeating …cryingmale frontal nuditymale nuditynudityflashbackbloodkissviolence (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 …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: | crueltybrutalitytortureprisonsuicidedeathmurder |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | prison visitprison cellprison guardfacial injuryhospital visitbriefssnowingblack eyecigarette lighterbloody nosesufferingwhat happened to epiloguehead buttlong takeflowers …suitcaseprologuepaineatingf wordrunningundressingpunched in the faceshot in the headmirrorfoodbeatingphotographcigarette smokingbare chested maleone word titleviolencegunbloodkiss (See All) |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
Themes: | dyingexecutiontortureprisonmurderdeath |
Locations: | busbathtub |
Characters: | bibleboymother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | cell mateends with textlistening to a radiosufferingbreakfastdemonstrationcrucifixwhat happened to epilogueprotestpainprisonereatingreference to jesus christbathroomrunning …tearsshootingpunched in the facefoodcryingphotographcigarette smokingbare chested maleone word titlegunflashbackbloodviolence (See All) |
The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrest …ed by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationdyingillnesshumiliationbrutalitypoliticssuicidemurderdeath |
Characters: | doctorfamily relationships |
Story: | hand woundemaciationradio newsmartyrcontrabandlistening to a radiohungersuitcaseprologuegunshotmale pubic hairbathroomrunningtearsshooting …bare buttundressingpunched in the faceshot in the headmirrorfoodunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale frontal nuditymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleflashbackgunviolencebloodnudity (See All) |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and …disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitycrueltyhumiliationbrutalitydeathmurder |
Locations: | busbathtub |
Characters: | mother son relationship |
Period: | year 19811980s |
Story: | locker roomhospital visitradio newsbriefsscissorssufferingvandalismriotratlong takeprotestpaincontroversymontagef word …hallucinationbathroomrunningshootingmaskpunched in the faceshot in the headmirrorunderwearbeatingtitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingbare chested maleone word titlebloodflashbackviolencegun (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: | executionhumiliationsuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | water |
Characters: | priestboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | ends with textcigarette lighterbearddemonstrationdirectorial debutcrosssuitcaseprotestgunshotprisonerrunningtearsshootingbare buttshot in the head …mirrorfoodunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malenuditybloodflashbackgunviolence (See All) |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's …use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Themes: | freedomexecutionterrorismtortureprisonpoliticsreligionsuicidemurderdeath |
Characters: | babyboydoctormother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | freedom fighterdressingsurrenderoppressionsufferinghaircutdemonstrationvandalismuniformprotestprologueprisonerterroristjailrunning …tearsshootingpunched in the faceunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingbare chested maleflashbackgunviolenceblood (See All) |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmemoryreligionsuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | bathtubsnow |
Characters: | catholicpriestbabyboymother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | crossing oneselfdressingsnowingsufferingtragic eventcrosssuitcasepaineatingreference to jesus christmirrorfoodtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smoking …male nuditybare chested maleone word titlekissnudity (See All) |
Protagonist Alex DeLarge is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programmed to detest violence. If he goes through the … program, his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex's ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets of Britain that he had a hand in creating. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitysadismillnessbrutalitytortureprisonpoliticssuicidemurder |
Locations: | bathtubsnow |
Characters: | biblepriestdoctormother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | locker roomprison guardspit in the faceirishhypodermic needlelong takecontroversyprisonermontagemale pubic hairreference to jesus christmaskbare buttundressingpunched in the face …beatingphotographmale frontal nuditymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleviolencebloodmasturbation (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 …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: | dyinghumiliationbrutalitymemorydeathmurder |
Characters: | priestfather son relationship |
Story: | bedsheetbegins with texthead woundcigarette lighterscissorssufferinghaircuttragic eventcrossflowerssuitcasepainbathroomrunningtears …shootingundressingshot in the headmirrorfoodcryingphotographcigarette smokingflashbackbloodkiss (See All) |
Themes: | humiliationdeath |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | catholicmother son relationship |
Story: | briefsblack eyesufferingwhat happened to epilogueflowerspaineatingf wordreference to jesus christjailrunningbare buttundressingfoodtesticles …underwearbeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingbare chested maleone word titlenuditykissviolencebloodgunflashback (See All) |
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager fo …od rations and committing horrific acts. There is, however, one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationdyingcrueltyexecutionillnessbrutalitysuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | water |
Characters: | boydoctorfamily relationships |
Story: | cigarette lighterscissorsvandalismsuitcaseprologuegunshoteatingmontagemale pubic hairtearsshootingbare buttundressingshot in the headfood …beatingcryingtitle spoken by charactermale frontal nuditymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malegunkissblood (See All) |
Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of 'Michael Collins (XIV)' (qv), the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
Themes: | terrorismtortureprisonpoliticsreligiondeathmurder |
Characters: | catholicpriest |
Story: | irish republican armyiramartyrsmugglingirishdemonstrationirelandcontroversyriverjailshot in the headbeatingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smoking …gunviolence (See All) |
It's a post-apocalyptic world, several years after whatever the cataclysmic event, which has in turn caused frequent quakes as further potential hazards. The world is gray and getting quickly grayer as more and more things die off. A man and his pre-teen son, who was born after the apocalypse, are c …urrently on the road, their plan to walk to the coast and head south where the man hopes there will be a more hospitable environment in which to live. The man has taught his son that they are the "good people" who have fire in their hearts, which in combination largely means that they will not resort to cannibalism to survive. The man owns a pistol with two bullets remaining, which he will use for murder/suicide of him and his son if he feels that that is a better fate for them than life in the alternative. Food and fuel are for what everyone is looking. The man has taught his son to be suspect of everyone that they may meet, these strangers who, out of desperation, may not only try to steal what they have managed to scavenge for their own survival, but may kill them as food. Although life with his father in this world is all the boy has known, he may come to his own thoughts as to what it means holistically to be one of the good or one of the bad. Meanwhile, the man occasionally has thoughts to happier times with his wife/the boy's mother before the apocalypse, as well as not as happy times with her after the apocalypse and the reason she is no longer with them. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationdyingillnessmemorysuicidemurderdeath |
Locations: | waterbathtubsnow |
Characters: | boymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | worryingblanketcigarette lighterscissorshungersufferinghaircutcrossflowerspaineatingtearsvomitingbare buttundressing …shot in the headmirrorfoodunderwearcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleflashbackbloodviolencegunkiss (See All) |
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
Themes: | memoryprisonsuicidemurderdeath |
Locations: | busbathtubsnow |
Characters: | mother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | prison guardlockersnowingflowersstorytellingmontagejailrunningundressingshot in the headfoodunderwearphotographcigarette smokingkiss …gunflashbackbloodviolence (See All) |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
Themes: | starvationdyingillnessmemorysuicidedeath |
Locations: | water |
Characters: | catholicboybrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationship |
Story: | starving to deathends with deathrolling a cigarettelistening to a radiospittingcigarette lighterhungerhaircutcrossdrivingriverrunningtearsvomitingunderwear …cryingcigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan …, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out. (Read More)
Themes: | executionterrorismtorturepoliticsdeathmurder |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | doctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | british governmentconvulsionhand injuryhypodermic needleprologuegunshotdrivingeatingmale pubic hairshootingbare buttundressingpunched in the faceshot in the headfood …underwearbeatingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingmale frontal nuditymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleflashbackgunviolenceblood (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalitymemorytorturepoliticssuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | babyboydoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | childhood memoryratlong takeprologuelatex gloveseatingmale pubic hairjailrunningtearsshootingbare buttundressingpunched in the facemirror …foodunderwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale frontal nuditymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleflashbacknuditygunbloodviolence (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingillnessprisonreligionsuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | bibleboydoctormother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | prison cellhypodermic needlecrosslatex glovesgunshotpainbirdprisonerreference to jesus christjailbathroomtearsvomitingshootingfood …underwearbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybloodgunflashbackkissmasturbation (See All) |
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influenc …e of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo. (Read More)
Themes: | prisondeathmurder |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | catholicbibleboybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | prison guardspit in the facecrucifixhypodermic needleriotrattragic eventcrossbirdprisonereatingrunningshootingbare buttfood …underwearbeatingphotographcigarette smokingmale nudityviolencebloodgunflashbackkiss (See All) |
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Themes: | dyingterrorismdeath |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | biblemother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | locker roomradio newsgurneywhat happened to epiloguecrossgunshotpainterroristreference to jesus christhallucinationvomitingunderwearphotographflashbackblood …gun (See All) |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
Themes: | dyingillnessmemorydeath |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | babydoctormother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | demonstrationlong takeold womancontroversybirdriverrunningtearsbare buttmirrorfoodcryingphotographcigarette smokingmale nudity …one word titlebloodnudityflashback (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingillnessprisonsuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | waterbusbathtub |
Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | dressingvandalismhead buttprologueold womanriverhallucinationjailtearsbare buttundressingpunched in the facemirrorunderwearbeating …cryingphotographmale nuditybare chested malebloodkissviolenceflashback (See All) |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa …chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | police brutalityfreedompoliticsmurderdeath |
Locations: | bussnow |
Characters: | priestfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | urine samplepassing outlockersnowingblack eyebloody nosebearddemonstrationhypodermic needleriotcrossprotestmontagejailrunning …shootingundressingpunched in the facebeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malegunkissblood (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: | dyingdeathmurder |
Characters: | babyboyfamily relationships |
Story: | blanketvery little dialogueirishdirectorial debutirelandstorytellingprologuegunshoteatingf wordrunningtearsshootingbare buttshot in the head …mirrorfoodcryingcigarette smokingkissviolencebloodflashbackgun (See All) |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc …alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingexecutionmemorysuicidemurderdeath |
Locations: | bathtubsnow |
Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | peepholenursing homesnowinghungercovered in blooddemonstrationprotestprologuegunshoteatingf wordrunningtearsshootingbare butt …punched in the facefoodcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingmale nuditybare chested maleflashbackgunkissblood (See All) |
A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and t …he guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal. (Read More)
Themes: | executionbrutalityreligiondeath |
Locations: | busbathtubsnow |
Characters: | catholicpriestbabymother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | excrementsurrendervery little dialoguescissorsdemonstrationcrucifixcrossbirdmale pubic hairreference to jesus christbathroomvomitingshootingmaskbare butt …undressingmirrorfoodtesticlesbeatingmale frontal nuditymale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malenuditymasturbationbloodgunkissviolence (See All) |
Sex addict and colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom's hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer's disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends to choke on food in a restaurant and the person who "saves" him will feel …responsible for Victor for the rest of their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingmemoryreligiondeath |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | catholicbibleboydoctormother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | locker roomcrucifixvandalismcrossstorytellingold womaneatingreference to jesus christhallucinationbathroomtearsvomitingbare buttundressingfood …cryingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested maleflashbackmasturbation (See All) |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | freedomexecutionmemorytortureprisonpoliticsreligiondeathmurder |
Locations: | bathtubsnow |
Characters: | boydoctormother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | political prisonermartyrsufferingdemonstrationcrosssuitcasestorytellingprotestpainold womanbirdeatinghallucinationjailrunning …tearsvomitingshootingfoodcryingcigarette smokingone word titlekissflashbackblood (See All) |
After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs … for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorismtortureprisonpoliticsdeathmurder |
Characters: | boydoctormother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | prison cellmartyrscissorsdemonstrationsuitcaseprologueterroristbathroomshootingbare buttpunched in the faceunderwearbeatingtitle spoken by characterphotograph …cigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditybare chested malebloodviolencekissgunflashback (See All) |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to …respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
Themes: | starvationbrutalityreligiondeath |
Locations: | bathtubsnow |
Characters: | catholicbiblepriestboybrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | blanketdressingmasslockersnowingtragic eventprisonerreference to jesus christbathroomrunningtearsundressingmirrorfoodunderwear …cryingphotographcigarette smokingmasturbationblood (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | dyingillnessmemorysuicide |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | catholic priestcatholicpriestboybrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | childhood memoryfacial injurymasssufferingpaindrivingeatingf wordreference to jesus christhallucinationbathroomrunningtearsshootingpunched in the face …mirrorfoodbeatingcryingphotographflashbackkiss (See All) |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
Themes: | dyinghumiliationterrorismmemoryprisonpoliticsreligionsuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | catholicboydoctormother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | political prisonernegotiationlistening to a radiobodywhat happened to epiloguecontroversyprisonereatingterroristriverrunningtearsshootingshot in the headfood …underwearbeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingmale frontal nuditybare chested maleone word titlenudityflashbackgunviolenceblood (See All) |