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Joan Webster is an ambitious and stubborn middle-class English woman determined to move forward since her childhood. She meets her father in a fancy restaurant to tell him that she will marry the wealthy middle-aged industrial Robert Bellinger in Kiloran island, in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland. Sh …e travels from Manchester to the island of Mull, where she stays trapped due to the windy weather. Whilst on the island, she meets Torquil McNeil and as the days go by they fall in love with each other. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | writingwealthnaturememorydancedrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | sea stormstormcastlenightclubbusboathoteltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipbabydancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | glasgow scotlanddiamond ringmarriage engagementhunting dogkaleidoscope imagedouble exposure scenetartanhebrideslairdtitle sung by characterbardpastoralseacoastgaelbritish navy …savingswharfwhirlpoolrafbank accountlorrycelticseasicknessnaval officermanchesterbank managerballadfalconkiltsalmongirls' schoollordwedding anniversaryscotindustrialisthawkbagpipeseaglemotorboatdockpipe smokingnannypierwedding dressfogschool uniformsuperstitionscotlandministertelescopewindcelebrationrailway stationcolonelphone boothsanta claushunterclaim in titletwenty somethingwaterfallringrabbitsuitcaseumbrellacursefishingmapprayerislandcaferifleletterdrinkshotgunmirrordreamsongpunctuation in titlevoice over narrationtelephone callpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingdogkiss (See All) |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
| Themes: | naturedancedrinkingmoneymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormboat |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | wharflorddockministertelescopecelebrationwaterfallsuitcaseumbrellafishingislandrifledrinksongvoice over narration …telephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingkissdog (See All) |
A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary …feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthdrinkingmoneymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | castleboatrestaurant |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | salmonschool uniformscotlandministerumbrellafishingmapprayercaferifleletterdrinkdreamtelephone calltitle spoken by character …cigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the … Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthmemorydancedrinkingmoney |
| Locations: | nightclubhotel |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | title sung by characterbagpipesdocksuitcaseislandletterdrinkmirrorsongpunctuation in titlepartysingingdancingdogkiss |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthdrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | hoteltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipbabysingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | pipe smokingministerwindrailway stationprayercaferifleletterdrinkmirrorsongtelephone callpartysingingcigarette smoking …dogkiss (See All) |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
| Themes: | naturememorydrinkingmoneymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormbusboattrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girldancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | savingsbagpipeseagletwenty somethingwaterfallfishingmapprayercaferifledrinkdreamvoice over narrationtelephone callsinging …title spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingdog (See All) |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
| Themes: | dancedrinkinglove |
| Locations: | busboathoteltrain |
| Characters: | teenage girldancersingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | pipe smokingministerrailway stationsuitcasemapprayerrifleletterdrinksongtelephone callsingingdancingdogkiss |
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)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | memorydrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | busboathoteltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | bank accountpipe smokingtelescopecelebrationrailway stationphone boothumbrellafishingprayercaferifledrinksongtelephone callsinging …title spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingdog (See All) |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of … honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | castlerestaurant |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | marriage engagementkiltscotlandhuntertwenty somethingcafedrinksongtelephone callpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancingkissdog |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
| Themes: | memorydrinkingmoneymarriage |
| Locations: | busboathoteltrain |
| Characters: | babysingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | seasicknessschool uniformrailway stationsuitcaseumbrellaprayerletterdrinkdreamsongtelephone callsingingcigarette smoking |
Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets a …bout living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind... (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | nightclubbustrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipbabydancersingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | savingsumbrellacafedrinkmirrordreamsongvoice over narrationtelephone callpartysingingdancingcigarette smokingdog |
The year is 1795 and young Jane Austen is a feisty 20-year-old and emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was then nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appoin …ted husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. They are eyeing Mr. Wisley, nephew to the very formidable, not to mention very rich, local aristocrat Lady Gresham, as a prospective match. But when Jane meets the roguish and decidedly non-aristocratic Tom Lefroy, sparks soon fly along with the sharp repartee. His intellect and arrogance raise her ire - then knock her head over heels. Now, the couple, whose flirtation flies in the face of the sense and sensibility of the age, is faced with a terrible dilemma. If they attempt to marry, they will risk everything that matters - family, friends and fortune. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingwealthdancedrinkingmarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | castle |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | ministercelebrationhunterrifleletterdrinkmirrorsongvoice over narrationpartysingingdancingdogkiss |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell …ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | wealthdancedrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | boattrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | bank accountbank managerpiersuitcaseprayercafeletterdrinkmirrorvoice over narrationpartydancingkiss |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | memorydancedrinkinglove |
| Locations: | bushoteltrain |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | wedding dresstelescopeumbrellacurserifleletterdrinkmirrorsongvoice over narrationtelephone callsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss …dog (See All) |
In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such …activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkinglove |
| Characters: | teenage girldancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | marriage engagementdockcelebrationfishingislandrifleletterdrinksingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country …odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinking |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormcastlebusboathotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | wedding dresssuperstitionsuitcasecafedrinksongtelephone callsingingdancingdogkiss |
Santiago's father, Hernan Munez, smuggled his penniless Mexican family over the US border to seek a better, albeit modest future in L.A. Eldest son Santiago dreams of more, like native Angelinos, then joining Hernan's gardening firm. His change arrives when a British ex-pro spots him as an exception …al soccer natural and promises he can arrange a real British talent scout to check him out. Although that falls trough and dad forbids it, Santiago accepts grandma's savings to try out with English premier league club Newcastle. Despite his asthma, he gets in and befriends the freshly transferred, desperately undisciplined bad boy star scorer, party animal Gavin Harris, who becomes his bothersome house-mate, a recipe for trouble and yet each's salvation. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormnightclubboattrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | babydancerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | savingsumbrellacafedrinkdreampunctuation in titletelephone callpartytitle spoken by characterdancingkiss |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg …eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
| Themes: | naturedrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | storm |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipdancersingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | pipe smokingministerwindumbrellarifleletterdrinkmirrorsongvoice over narrationpartysingingdancingdogkiss |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
| Themes: | memorydrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Locations: | nightclubhoteltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girldancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | railway stationtwenty somethingrabbitcafedrinksongsingingdancingcigarette smokingdogkiss |
Aviator Andre Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him. He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself i …s involved in an affair with Genevieve de Marras, but he is trying to break it off. Meanwhile, Andre seeks help from his old friend Octave, who gets Andre an invitation to the country home where Robert and Christine are hosting a large hunting party. As the guests arrive for the party, their cordial greetings hide their real feelings, along with their secrets - and even some of the servants are involved in tangled relationships. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthmemorydrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | castletrain |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | telescopecelebrationhunterrabbitumbrellarifledrinkmirrorsongtelephone callpartysingingdancingcigarette smokingdog …kiss (See All) |
Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly l …eads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkinglove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | boathoteltrain |
| Characters: | dancer |
| Story: | scottwenty somethingwaterfallfishingmapislanddrinkvoice over narrationtelephone calltitle spoken by characterdancingkiss |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
| Themes: | drinkingmoneylove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | nightclubrestaurant |
| Characters: | babydancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | prayercafedrinkdreamsongpunctuation in titletelephone callsingingdancingcigarette smokingkissdog |
'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.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | drinkingmoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | storm |
| Characters: | babygirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | lordministerrabbitrifledrinkshotgunmirrordreamsongvoice over narrationsingingcigarette smokingkissdog |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | busrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girlbabydancergirlsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | pierschool uniformcafeletterdrinkmirrordreamsongtelephone callpartysingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a criminal past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The …tailor also has a wife, who works for the canal administrator, and a huge debt. The spy's mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal, but he's really in business for himself, blackmailing the tailor into spinning a fantastic tale about the canal being sold to China and former mercenaries ready to topple the current government. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | motorboatschool uniformsuitcaseumbrellamapcafemirrorsongtelephone callsingingdancingcigarette smoking |
Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper co …nnection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of "fishing trips", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes. (Read More)
| Themes: | memorydrinkingmarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girlbabydancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wedding dresscelebrationfishingcaferifledrinkmirrorsongtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingkissdog |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthdrinkingmoneylove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bustrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipdancersingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | railway stationumbrellaprayercafedrinksongvoice over narrationsingingdancing |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | boatrestaurant |
| Characters: | babydancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | colonelringsuitcaseumbrellacafeletterdrinkmirrorsongtelephone callsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. A …ctually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoneymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bustrain |
| Characters: | girlsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | pipe smokingwedding dressphone boothclaim in titlesuitcasecafeletterdrinksongtelephone callsingingcigarette smokingkiss |
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: | wealthdrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | boattrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | phone boothsuitcaseumbrellacafedrinkmirrorsongtelephone callpartysingingdancingcigarette smokingdogkiss |
In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working …but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthdrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | nightclubbusrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipdancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | marriage engagementgirls' schoolschool uniformumbrellamapcafeletterdrinkmirrorsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkissdog |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin …ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
| Themes: | memorydrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Locations: | nightclubrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | pipe smokingministercelebrationtwenty somethingcaferifledrinkmirrordreamsongtelephone callsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
In late 1951, Eilis Lacey, a young Irish girl, emigrates to Brooklyn. Sponsored by Father Flood, a priest from her native town Enniscorthy, she is assured to find a full-time job there. But the early days are tough, seasickness being soon replaced by loneliness and homesickness, two feelings all the … more acutely felt by Eilis for having had to leave behind her widowed mother and her dear sister Rose. She nevertheless little by little manages to find her footing by adapting to her job as a salesgirl, by studying bookkeeping at Brooklyn College as well as with a little help from both Father Flood and Mrs. Kehoe, the owner of the boarding school she now lives in. And not only does graduation follow but love shows its face in Tony, an Italian-American plumber, full of adoration and respect for her. They end up marrying, although keeping the thing secret. It is at that point that tragedy strikes inciting Eilis to return to Enniscorthy to support her mother morally. And there a strange thing happens : she gradually gets lured by the charms of her native place, going far as to let herself be wooed by Jim Farrell, a young local. (Read More)
| Themes: | dancedrinkingmoneymarriagelove |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | marriage engagementseasicknesspipe smokingtwenty somethingsuitcaseprayerletterdrinkmirrorsongtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smoking …kiss (See All) |
Rachel is a nice girl who is going to marry with Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working in the wedding preparations she meets Luce, wedding's florist, unexpectedly falling in love to her and discovering what is having love feeling to another woman. Unable to stop her Rachel me …ets Luce a few times hiding it to her family, specially her mother Tessa because she contracted Luce. At the same time that Heck tries to win the affection of his parents-in-law, above all the eccentric father-in-law Ned, Rachel tries following with the daily life and marriage with her husband, but the love and passion she feels for Luce causes a secret affair between both women, and a doubt in Rachel about the life she wants for herself. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | babydancergirlfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | school uniformministertwenty somethingumbrellacafedrinktelephone calldancingdog |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmarriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bustrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | babydancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | ministerclaim in titleumbrellaprayercaferifledrinksongpunctuation in titlevoice over narrationtelephone callpartysingingdancingcigarette smoking …dog (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: | memorydrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | boat |
| Characters: | teenage girlgirlsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | fogcelebrationcolonelsuitcaseprayerrifledrinkmirrorsongvoice over narrationpartysingingcigarette smokingkiss |
In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story for an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local worker Noah Calhoun meets Allie at a carnival and they soon fall in love with …each other. One day, Noah brings Allie to an ancient house that he dreams of buying and restoring and they attempt to make love but get interrupted by their friend. Allie's parents do not approve of their romance since Noah belongs to another social class, and they move to New York with her. Noah writes 365 letters (A Year) to Allie, but her mother Anne Hamilton does not deliver them to her daughter. Three years later, the United States joins the World War II and Noah and his best friend Fin enlist in the army, and Allie works as an army nurse. She meets injured soldier Lon Hammond in the hospital. After the war, they meet each other again going on dates and then, Lon, who is wealthy and handsome, proposes. Meanwhile Noah buys and restores the old house and many people want to buy it. When Allie accidentally sees the photo of Noah and his house in a newspaper, she feels divided between her first love and her commitment with Lon. Meanwhile Duke stops reading to the old lady since his children are visiting him in the nursing home. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthmemorydrinkinglove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | nightclubbushotel |
| Characters: | teenage girldancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | diamond ringdockwedding dressriflelettersongvoice over narrationsingingdancingkiss |
The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California presents miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview, a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need b …e. His business partner/son (H.W.) is, in reality, an "acquired" child whose true biological single-parent father (working on one of Daniel's rigs) died in a workplace accident. Daniel is deeply protective of H.W. if only for what H.W. brings to the partnership. Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. Eli, a local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthmoneymarriage |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | babysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | pipe smokingsuperstitionministertelescoperailway stationclaim in titlemapprayercaferiflelettershotgunsongtelephone callsinging …cigarette smoking (See All) |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York …and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkinglove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | babydancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | ministerwindcafedrinksongvoice over narrationtelephone callpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancingkiss |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f …inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
| Themes: | wealthmemorydrinkingmarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | busboattrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girlgirlsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | marriage engagementrailway stationtwenty somethingumbrellacaferifleletterdrinkmirrordreamsongvoice over narrationtelephone callsingingcigarette smoking …kissdog (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 …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: | memorydancedrinkingmoneymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormnightclubhotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | wedding anniversarysuitcasecaferifledrinkshotgunmirrorsongtelephone callpartysingingdancingdogkiss |
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 …ever. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormnightclubhotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girldancerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | school uniformtelescoperingsuitcasecaferifledrinkmirrortelephone calldancingcigarette smokingkissdog |
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in … love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? (Read More)
| Themes: | memorylove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | storm |
| Characters: | teenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipgirl |
| Story: | girls' schoolwedding dressschool uniformministerprayerlettersingingtitle spoken by characterdancingkissdog |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmoneymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | nightclubhoteltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | celebrationphone boothringumbrellacafeletterdrinkvoice over narrationtelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingkissdog |
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: | writingmemorydrinkingmoneylove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | hotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipbabysingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | ringsuitcaseumbrellaprayercafedrinksongvoice over narrationtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingdogkiss |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | writingmemorydrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | busrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girldancergirlhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | school uniformwindumbrellacafedrinkmirrordancingcigarette smokingdog |
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: | drinkingmarriage |
| Locations: | boathoteltrain |
| Characters: | dancergirlsingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | celebrationsuitcaseumbrellacursemapprayerrifledrinkmirrorsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingdog |
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down - which might not be such a bad thing.
| Themes: | marriagelove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormboat |
| Characters: | girlfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | dockpipe smokingsuitcasemapislandtelephone calldog |
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, … escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. Things get bad... (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | stormtrain |
| Characters: | teenage girlgirlfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | ministerrailway stationprayerdrinkvoice over narrationtelephone callpartytitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingkiss |
After five years in prison, Tony le Stephanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the … gangster owner of the night-club L' Age d' Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back for being unfaithful. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the Don Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | drinkingmoneylove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | nightclubtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | diamond ringphone boothringsuitcaseumbrellacafedrinksongtelephone callsingingdancingcigarette smoking |
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