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Subgenre: | political conspiracyepicconspiracy |
Themes: | huntingabductionmafiablackmailterrorismlonelinesscorruptioninvestigationpoliticsghostmoneysuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallrainsatire |
Locations: | catholic churchitalycourtroompolice carbusairplanecemeterymotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | police arrestairplane stewardesslove lettercousin cousin relationshipcatholichitmanreference to godactresslawyerpriestwriterphotographerdancerpolicemanpolice officer β¦boysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice (See All) |
Period: | year 1992year 1993year 19911970s1990s1980s |
Story: | italian parliamentitalian politicsmember of parliamentneo fascismitalian intelligencepress conferenceitalian historyglass coffinpolitical assassinationcrooked politicianpalermo italyrome italynewspaper headlinedrive by shootingpolitical corruption β¦cardinal the priestflash cameratalking to the cameralooking at the cameravideo camerasubjective camerafaked suicideunreliable flashbackchristian democratpolitical consultantpacing the floormasonic lodgered brigadebrigate rossepaper shredderpremiershot in the torsohair sprayyears of leadjumping off a buildingexercyclecosa nostramultiple narratorskremlinpolitical intriguemigraineshadyblack and white segues into colormagistrateaspirinreference to leninfreemasonreference to karl marxsphinxwanderingwriting on a wallgrotesquepolitical partymedia frenzycrossing selfacupuncturefrench accentsenatecarabinieribaroqueparliamenthunchbackcold war eravaticanheadachehorse racearchivequotationsaintnickname in titlemugshotnervousnessgun held to headpresssicilyambassadortoastfascisthorse racingconfessionalbarberbreast feedingtestimonyneedlehandshakeprime ministerbriberymoscow russiaextortionsnowingfascismblack and white scenesenatorretirementart galleryskateboardjail cellice creamshavingtraitorapplauseitalianeyeglassesscandalpowertherapygraffitihandgunmurdererelectionisolationwitnesssoviet uniongovernmentpresidentbodyguardlong takecourthangingpassionbusinessmanprologuemicrophoneconfessionmarriage proposalvoice overcontroversyassassinationcoffinman with glassestrialjudgenonlinear timelinepoliticianmassacrestrangulationterroristconcertjournalistnewspapersurvivalshot in the backreportercriminalprayerhandcuffsdead bodybombtearsrifleshootingsecretarrestwritten by directorcameracatwatching tvcomputerslow motion sceneshot in the headshotgunmachine guncorpsesongcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storysingingexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingtwo word titlebloodgunflashbackviolence (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 β¦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)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | abductionterrorisminvestigationpoliticsmoneysuicidemurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroompolice carmotorcycle |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerdancerpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rome italynewspaper headlineflash cameravideo camerasubjective cameracold war eranervousnessgun held to headsicilyextortionfascismjail celleyeglassesisolationgovernment β¦microphoneconfessionassassinationcoffinman with glassestrialjudgepoliticianterroristjournalistnewspaperhandcuffsbombtearsshootingarrestcamerawatching tvslow motion sceneshot in the headmachine guncell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storyexplosionphotographdancingcigarette smokingviolenceflashbackbloodgun (See All) |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
Themes: | corruptioninvestigationmurder |
Locations: | courtroompolice carchurch |
Characters: | police arrestcatholiclawyerpriestphotographerpolice officerboy |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | newspaper headlinevideo camerapresstestimonyjail cellapplausescandalpowermicrophoneconfessiontrialjudgereportercamerawatching tv β¦computercorpsesingingphotographcigarette smokingtwo word titleblood (See All) |
Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hire β¦d and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. (Read More)
Themes: | abductionblackmailcorruptioninvestigationpoliticsdeath |
Locations: | courtroomairplanecemetery |
Characters: | police arrestlove letterlawyerphotographerpolice officermother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | press conferencepaper shredderhorse racenervousnesspresshorse racingtestimonyextortionapplausepowergovernmentpresidentcourtmicrophonevoice over β¦man with glassestrialjudgenonlinear timelinepoliticianterroristnewspaperreportercriminalhandcuffsdead bodybombsecretarrestcamerawatching tvmachine guncryingbased on true storyexplosionphotographdancingtwo word titlebloodflashbackgun (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 β¦ 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: | epic |
Themes: | terrorismpoliticsmoneysuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | italybusairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | catholichitmanreference to godwriterdancerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | rome italyreference to karl marxcrossing selfhandshakeprime ministermoscow russiaeyeglassesgovernmentbodyguardhangingbusinessmanmicrophonecontroversyassassinationmassacre β¦terroristjournalistshot in the backprayerdead bodybombtearsrifleshootingsecretarrestcatwatching tvslow motion sceneshot in the headmachine guncorpsesongcryingtelephone callbased on true storysingingexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingviolencebloodgunflashback (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 β¦ 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)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | blackmailcorruptioninvestigationmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | courtroompolice carbusmotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshiplawyerphotographerpolicemanboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlineflash cameramedia frenzytestimonyjail cellpowerwitnessgovernmentcourthangingmicrophoneconfessiontrialjudgenewspaper β¦reporterprayerhandcuffstearsrifleshootingcamerashotgunmachine gunsongcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storysingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodviolencegunflashback (See All) |
The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from medical leave. Shots ring β¦out and the President falls; a few minutes later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square. Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries thought of everything? (Read More)
Subgenre: | political conspiracyconspiracy |
Themes: | blackmailterrorismcorruptionpoliticssuicidemurderdeath |
Locations: | police carmotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | photographerpolicemanpolice officerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | political corruptionvideo camerasubjective camerahandgunwitnesspresidentmicrophoneassassinationnonlinear timelinepoliticianterroristshot in the backreporterbombtears β¦rifleshootingcameracomputerslow motion scenemachine guncell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callexplosionflashbackgunblood (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 β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | blackmailcorruptioninvestigationpoliticssuicidedeathmurder |
Locations: | police carbus |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerpolicemanpolice officerboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | video camerasubjective cameragun held to headhandshakeretirementapplausegraffitihandgunmurdererlong takeprologueconfessionassassinationcoffinman with glasses β¦nonlinear timelinenewspapershot in the backdead bodytearsrifleshootingsecretarrestcamerawatching tvcomputerslow motion sceneshotguncorpsecell phonecryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackgunbloodviolence (See All) |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor β¦mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | moneydeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroombuscemeterymotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerwriterpolicemanpolice officerboymother son relationshippolice |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | newspaper headlinetalking to the cameralooking at the camerasubjective cameraconfessionalhandshakesnowingfascismblack and white sceneeyeglasseshandgunwitnessconfessionmarriage proposalvoice over β¦coffintrialjudgenonlinear timelinestrangulationnewspaperdead bodytearsriflesecretarrestcatcorpsecryingtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingflashbackgunviolenceblood (See All) |
"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.
Themes: | mafiamoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | italyairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | hitmanphotographerdancerpolicemanboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | drive by shootingsubjective camerashot in the torsoextortiontraitorapplausepowerwitnesslong takeshot in the backcriminaldead bodyrifleshootingarrest β¦camerawatching tvcomputershot in the headshotgunmachine guncorpsesongbased on true storysingingexplosiondancingcigarette smokingviolencegunblood (See All) |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto β¦n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | mafiacorruptioninvestigationmurderdeath |
Locations: | cemeterychurch |
Characters: | catholichitmanlawyerpolice officerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | press conferencenewspaper headlinedrive by shootingbriberyextortionsenatormurdererwitnessnonlinear timelinestrangulationjournalistnewspapershot in the backreportercriminal β¦handcuffsriflesecretarrestcatshot in the headcorpsevoice over narrationbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingtwo word titleviolencebloodflashback (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.
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | terrorismpoliticsdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | catholic churchmotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | catholicpriestdancerpolicemansingerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | traitormurderergovernmenthangingcontroversyassassinationpoliticianmassacrestrangulationdead bodyriflearrestshot in the headmachine gunsong β¦singingexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingviolencegun (See All) |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni β¦e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
Themes: | mafiainvestigationmoneysuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | courtroomcemeterychurch |
Characters: | reference to godphotographerdancerpolicemansingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlineflash camerasubjective cameragun held to headprime ministerextortionsnowingapplauseeyeglassesscandalpowerelectionwitnesslong takecourt β¦businessmanprologuemicrophoneconfessionmarriage proposalman with glassesjudgenewspapercriminalhandcuffsdead bodyriflecamerawatching tvshot in the headshotgunsongvoice over narrationbased on true storysingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingviolencegunblood (See All) |
Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m β¦urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trumβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | lonelinessinvestigationmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroompolice carairplane |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpriestwriterphotographerpolicemanpolice officerboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | press conferenceaspirinjail cellapplauseeyeglassesmurdererisolationcourthangingmicrophonecoffinman with glassestrialjudgenewspaper β¦reportercriminaldead bodytearsrifleshootingcameraslow motion sceneshot in the headshotguncorpsecryingtelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokinggunbloodviolence (See All) |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo β¦ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | blackmailterrorismcorruptionpoliticssuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | police carchurch |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanpolice officerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | press conferencevideo camerasubjective camerajumping off a buildingreference to karl marxnervousnessprime ministerextortionsenatorhandgunelectiongovernmentbodyguardlong takeprologue β¦coffinpoliticianterroristshot in the backdead bodyrifleshootingwritten by directorwatching tvcomputerslow motion sceneshot in the headshotgunmachine guncorpsesongcell phonevoice over narrationtelephone callsingingexplosiondancingcigarette smokingtwo word titleflashbackgunbloodviolence (See All) |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d β¦rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stopβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | terrorismcorruptioninvestigationpoliticsmoneysuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplanemotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | reference to godactressdancerpolicemanboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlineflash camerasubjective camerablack and white segues into colorhandshakejail cellshavinghangingpassionprologuemicrophoneconfessionmarriage proposalassassinationtrial β¦politicianmassacreterroristnewspapershot in the backprayerdead bodybombtearsrifleshootingarrestwatching tvcomputerslow motion scenecorpsesongcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callsingingexplosionphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackbloodviolencegun (See All) |
In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican, Michael β¦must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protoge's love affair with his daughter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | mafiacorruptionmurderdeath |
Locations: | catholic churchitaly |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipcatholichitmanlawyerpriestphotographersingerfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | palermo italycardinal the priestcosa nostravaticansicilyconfessionaleyeglasseshangingconfessionassassinationman with glassesreporterprayerdancingviolence β¦flashback (See All) |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser β¦ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | mafiacorruptioninvestigationmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomcemeterymotorcycle |
Characters: | hitmanlawyerpriestpolicemanpolice officersingerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Period: | 1990s1980s |
Story: | drive by shootingsubjective camerabriberypowerbodyguardcourttrialjudgemassacrestrangulationshot in the backcriminalhandcuffsbombrifle β¦shootingarrestcameraslow motion sceneshot in the headshotgunmachine guncorpsecell phonetelephone callexplosiontitle spoken by characterdancingflashbackviolencebloodgun (See All) |
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 β¦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: | politics |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | busairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | airplane stewardessphotographerdancerboysingerhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | press conferenceflash cameratalking to the cameralooking at the camerasubjective camerafascistjail cellapplauseeyeglassesmicrophonecoffinman with glassesnonlinear timelineconcertjournalist β¦newspaperreporterprayerdead bodyriflecamerawatching tvslow motion scenecorpsesongvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storysingingphotographdancingcigarette smoking (See All) |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | blackmailmoneysuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | lawyerwriterphotographerdancerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Period: | 1970s1980s |
Story: | press conferencevideo cameraambassadorextortioneyeglassestherapycourtmarriage proposaltrialjudgepoliticiannewspaperdead bodytearsshooting β¦secretcameracorpsesongcryingtelephone callbased on true storysingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingviolenceflashbackgunblood (See All) |
In February, 2001, Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, is arrested for spying. Jump back two months: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Hanssen and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation β¦ of Hanssen's sexual habits. Within weeks, the crusty Hanssen, a devout Catholic, has warmed to O'Neill, who grows to respect Hanssen. O'Neill's wife resents Hanssen's intrusiveness; the personal and professional stakes get higher. How they catch Hanssen and why he spies become the film's story. Can O'Neill help catch red-handed "the worst spy in history" and hold onto his personal life? (Read More)
Themes: | investigationpoliticsmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | catholic churchchurch |
Characters: | catholicphotographerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | crossing selfconfessionalmoscow russiasnowingtraitorhandgungovernmentprologuepoliticianprayerdead bodyriflearrestcamerawatching tv β¦computershot in the headmachine guncorpsecell phonebased on true storytitle spoken by characterphotographflashbackbloodgun (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 β¦ 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)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | terrorisminvestigationpoliticsmurderdeath |
Locations: | airplane |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipreference to godlawyerpolicemanboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | subjective camerapaper shredderwitnessprologuemicrophoneconfessionstrangulationterroristshot in the backprayerhandcuffsdead bodybombrifleshooting β¦watching tvcomputercorpsecell phonetelephone callexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingviolenceflashbackgunblood (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | investigationmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroompolice carchurch |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerdancerpolicemanboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Period: | year 1993 |
Story: | pacing the floormedia frenzytestimonyisolationcourttrialjudgeprayerhandcuffsdead bodytearsarrestcamerawatching tvcomputer β¦corpsecell phonecryingtelephone callphotographdancingcigarette smokingbloodviolenceflashbackgun (See All) |
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homes β¦ick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptionmoneysuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallsatire |
Locations: | courtroomchurch |
Characters: | catholicreference to godlawyerpriestphotographerdancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | newspaper headlinevideo camerapresstestimonysenatoritalianpowerwitnessbusinessmanmicrophonetrialjudgenewspaperreportertears β¦arrestwatching tvcomputerslow motion sceneshot in the headcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo β¦k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationpoliticsdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | lawyerwriterphotographerpolicemanboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Period: | year 19911970s1990s1980s |
Story: | newspaper headlineheadachemurdererelectionwitnessprologueconfessionman with glassesjudgejournalistnewspaperreporterdead bodybombrifle β¦shootingarrestcamerawatching tvshot in the headtelephone callbased on true storytitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingbloodgunviolence (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 β¦alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epicconspiracy |
Themes: | moneysuicidemurderdeath |
Locations: | airplane |
Characters: | hitmanreference to godlawyerwriterpolicemanboysingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | subjective camerafaked suicidesnowingeyeglassespowerprologuenonlinear timelinejournalistnewspapersurvivalshot in the backreporterprayerhandcuffsdead body β¦tearsrifleshootingsecretarrestcatcomputercorpsesongcell phonecryingtelephone callsingingexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingtwo word titleflashbackgunblood (See All) |
An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detai β¦l and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorisminvestigationpoliticsghostmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | airplane stewardesslawyerwriterhusband wife relationship |
Story: | political assassinationnewspaper headlinemedia frenzyprime ministerscandalgovernmentbodyguardcontroversyassassinationcoffinpoliticiannewspapertearsrifleshooting β¦secretarrestwatching tvcomputercell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokinggun (See All) |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from β¦ the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
Themes: | moneysuicidedeath |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | italychurch |
Characters: | catholicactresspriestwriterdancerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | rome italycardinal the priestsubjective camerabaroquevaticansaintapplauseitalianeyeglassespassionmicrophonecontroversycoffinnonlinear timelinejournalist β¦arrestwatching tvslow motion scenesongcell phonecryingvoice over narrationtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. β¦As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | italy |
Characters: | catholicactresspriestwriterphotographerdancerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | press conferencerome italycardinal the priestflash cameramedia frenzyvaticanitalianeyeglassespassionmicrophonenonlinear timelinereportertearsshootingcamera β¦songcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashback (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 β¦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: | terrorismcorruptionpoliticssuicidemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | reference to goddancerpolicemanboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | horse racebarberfascismjail celltraitorgovernmentprologuemicrophoneassassinationman with glassestrialterroristshot in the backreportercriminal β¦prayerhandcuffsdead bodybombtearsrifleshootingarrestmachine guncryingtelephone callbased on true storyexplosionphotographdancingcigarette smokingbloodgunviolenceflashback (See All) |
Baby is a young and partially hearing impaired getaway driver who can make any wild move while in motion with the right track playing. It's a critical talent he needs to survive his indentured servitude to the crime boss, Doc, who values his role in his meticulously planned robberies. However, just β¦when Baby thinks he is finally free and clear to have his own life with his new girlfriend, Deborah, Doc coerces him back for another job. Now saddled with a crew of thugs too violently unstable to keep to Doc's plans, Baby finds himself and everything he cares for in terrible danger. To survive and escape the coming maelstrom, it will take all of Baby's skill, wits and daring, but even on the best track, can he make it when life is forcing him to face the music? (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | blackmailmoneymurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carmotorcycle |
Characters: | reference to goddancerpolice officerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | newspaper headlinesubjective camerablack and white segues into colorblack and white scenejail cellapplauseeyeglassespowergraffitihandgunlong takecourtpassionprologuemicrophone β¦man with glassestrialjudgemassacrenewspapershot in the backreportercriminalhandcuffsriflearrestwritten by directorwatching tvslow motion sceneshot in the headshotgunmachine guncorpsesongcell phonetelephone callsingingexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingtwo word titlegunbloodflashbackviolence (See All) |
A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r β¦ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | corruptioninvestigationmoneydeath |
Locations: | courtroompolice carcemeterymotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerphotographerdancerpolicemanpolice officerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | subjective cameraice creamapplausetherapyelectionlong takecourtcriminalprayertearsshootingarrestwritten by directorcamerawatching tv β¦cryingtelephone callphotographdancingcigarette smokinggunbloodviolence (See All) |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia β¦tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorisminvestigationpoliticsdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | courtroombusairplanecemetery |
Characters: | lawyerdancerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | electioncourtman with glassestrialterroristjournalistreporterprayerdead bodyriflearrestwatching tvcomputercell phonevoice over narration β¦telephone callphotographdancingcigarette smokinggunflashback (See All) |
Themes: | moneydeath |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | catholicreference to godactresswriterphotographerdancerpolicemanpolice officersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | nervousnessjail cellapplauseeyeglassespassionmicrophonemarriage proposalman with glassesprayercamerawatching tvsongcryingtelephone callbased on true story β¦singingtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackviolencebloodgun (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 β¦nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorismmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | busairplane |
Characters: | photographerdancerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | video camerasubjective camerajail cellprologuemicrophonecontroversymassacreterroristjournalistsurvivalshot in the backreporterdead bodybombtears β¦rifleshootingcamerawatching tvshot in the headmachine guncorpsesongcell phonecryingtelephone callsingingexplosionphotographdancingcigarette smokingtwo word titlebloodgunviolence (See All) |
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and una β¦mbitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he will risk his own life, stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | corruptioninvestigationpoliticsmoneysuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplanemotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshippolicemanboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | political corruptionvideo camerasubjective camerabreast feedingscandalgovernmentpassioncoffintrialnonlinear timelinemassacredead bodytearswatching tvcomputer β¦corpsesongcryingsingingflashbackviolencegun (See All) |
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career β¦. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him. (Read More)
Themes: | politicsmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | police carbuscemetery |
Characters: | catholichitmanreference to godlawyerdancerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | newspaper headlineshavingeyeglasseswitnesscourtnonlinear timelinestrangulationnewspapershot in the backprayerhandcuffsdead bodytearsshootingarrest β¦written by directorcatwatching tvshot in the headcorpsecryingtelephone callbased on true storyexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingtwo word titlegunviolencebloodflashback (See All) |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo β¦f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationmoney |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | catholic churchitalybuschurch |
Characters: | catholicreference to godlawyerpriestdancerpolicemanpolice officerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | rome italycrossing selfbarbershavingitalianelectionwitnesshangingcriminalprayertearsarrestsongcryingsinging β¦dancingcigarette smoking (See All) |
The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate jo β¦urney to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorismlonelinessmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carbusairplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshippolicemansingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | gun held to headfascistfascismgovernmentlong takeman with glassesmassacreterroristnewspapersurvivalreporterdead bodybombtearsshooting β¦catwatching tvcomputershot in the headmachine guncorpsecryingsingingexplosionphotographcigarette smokinggunviolenceblood (See All) |
Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Subgenre: | political conspiracy |
Themes: | terrorismcorruptioninvestigationpoliticsdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | airplanecemetery |
Characters: | writerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | year 1992year 1993year 1991 |
Story: | political corruptionsubjective cameraambassadorsnowingtraitoreyeglassesscandalpowerbusinessmanprologueterroristnewspaperreportertearswatching tv β¦computercell phonecryingtelephone callbased on true storyexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographtwo word title (See All) |
When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.
Themes: | blackmailcorruptioninvestigationsuicide |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | courtroompolice car |
Characters: | lawyerpolice officer |
Story: | video cameramugshottestimonyextortionapplausehandgunwitnesscourttrialjudgereporterhandcuffstearsarrestcell phone β¦title spoken by characterphotographblood (See All) |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz β¦es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
Themes: | politicssuicidedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | catholic churchmotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | reference to godlawyerphotographerdancerpolicemansingerpolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | newspaper headlineice creameyeglassespowerelectiongovernmentlong takehangingbusinessmanassassinationnonlinear timelinepoliticiannewspapertearsshooting β¦camerawatching tvshot in the headsongcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callsingingdancingflashbackviolenceblood (See All) |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | corruptioninvestigationmoneysuicide |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallsatire |
Locations: | italycourtroompolice carairplane |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipreference to godlawyerdancerpolicemanpolice officerhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | newspaper headlinetalking to the camerasubjective cameraexercyclemedia frenzymugshotbriberyskateboardapplauseeyeglassescourtbusinessmanmicrophonemarriage proposaljudge β¦nonlinear timelinenewspaperreportercriminalhandcuffsarrestwatching tvslow motion scenevoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storytitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackgunblood (See All) |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t β¦he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
Themes: | moneymurderdeath |
Locations: | police carbusmotorcyclechurch |
Characters: | photographerdancerpolicemanboymother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Period: | 1970s1980s |
Story: | powerhandguncontroversyassassinationnonlinear timelinejournalistnewspapershot in the backreportercriminalprayertearsrifleshootingarrest β¦camerawatching tvshot in the headcryingvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storytitle spoken by characterphotographdancingflashbackbloodgunviolence (See All) |
Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office β¦, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. (Read More)
Themes: | lonelinessinvestigationpoliticsdeath |
Locations: | airplanemotorcycle |
Characters: | lawyerphotographersingerhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | political corruptiontalking to the cameramultiple narratorsmedia frenzynervousnesshandshakeeyeglassesscandalwitnesspresidentmicrophoneconfessionman with glassesnonlinear timelinepolitician β¦journalistreporterprayercamerawatching tvsongvoice over narrationtelephone callsingingphotographtwo word titleflashback (See All) |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye β¦ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | blackmailcorruptioninvestigationpoliticsdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | courtroompolice car |
Characters: | hitmanactresslawyerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | newspaper headlineelectionbodyguardcourtprologuetrialjudgepoliticianhandcuffssecretarrestcameraslow motion sceneshot in the headshotgun β¦corpsecell phonetitle spoken by charactertwo word titleviolenceflashback (See All) |
Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A ser β¦ies of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare. (Read More)
Themes: | blackmailpoliticsghostmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | italy |
Characters: | catholicreference to godactresswriterdancerboysingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | political intriguehunchbackbriberyjail celltraitorapplauseitalianprologuecontroversymassacrestrangulationshot in the backprayerdead bodyshooting β¦arrestsongcryingvoice over narrationsingingdancingflashback (See All) |
On November 22, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the crime and subsequently shot by Jack Ruby, supposedly avenging the president's death. An investigation concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby acted alone in their respective crimes β¦, but Louisiana district attorney Jim Garrison is skeptical. Assembling a trusted group of people, Garrison conducts his own investigation, bringing about backlash from powerful government and political figures. (Read More)
Subgenre: | political conspiracyconspiracy |
Themes: | mafiaterrorismcorruptioninvestigationpoliticsdeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | hitman |
Story: | political assassinationpolitical corruptionpowerwitnessgovernmentpresidentbusinessmancontroversyassassinationman with glassesflashback |
The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert da β¦ta, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society-and what are the costs of exposing them? (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | corruptionpoliticsmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | airplanechurch |
Characters: | reference to godlawyerdancerpolicemanmother son relationship |
Story: | press conferencenewspaper headlinepacing the floorreference to karl marxarchivesnowingapplauseeyeglassesgraffitigovernmenthangingassassinationjudgejournalistnewspaper β¦survivalreportertearssecretarrestcatcomputermachine guncell phonecryingtelephone callexplosiontitle spoken by characterphotographdancingbloodflashback (See All) |
When the Boston Globe's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations β¦ around the world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | investigation |
Locations: | catholic churchcourtroomchurch |
Characters: | catholicreference to godlawyerpriestboyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | cardinal the priestice creamscandalgovernmentcourtprologuejudgejournalistnewspaperreportersecrettelephone callbased on true storytitle spoken by character |