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Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter, who is 26, replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters with another on the way, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Dan and Carter's working relationship is tested when Carter β¦ begins a relationship with Alex, who is Dan's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | writingunemploymentdatingunfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairangerpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | running on the beachnew carofficeelevatortaxilos angeles californiarestaurantbeachbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | baby girlpregnant wifeemployer employee relationshipsister sister relationshipteenage girldoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | advertising executivecollege roommatefoosball tablerunning on treadmillcar salesmanfemale tennis playerconversation while joggingtennis playertennis courtgiving a speechnew york universityoffice jobpet fishbasketball gamesidewalk cafe β¦surprise birthday partyhailing a taxibirthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partyunplanned pregnancypregnancy testfancy restaurantcoffee barspilling a drink on someone's lapreference to the new york knicksreference to the los angeles lakersspilling drink on someoneresentment toward bosstribeca manhattan new york cityreference to toys r ussarcasm taken literallypepperoni pizzacorporate takeoverreference to 50 centsleeping at workreference to the dalai lamaepsom saltspay raisefather dislikes daughter's boyfriendbad driverhot shotreference to jay zrunning shoesbreaking up with boyfriendsales pitchfirst day at workmastercardarm in a slingbuying a carnew bossmadison square garden manhattan new york cityfoxholerap concertdiamond necklacereference to pepsiyellow cabfestivecaesarean birthsports injuryexercyclecaffeinefifty somethingsleeping on a sofaoverprotective fatherdownsizingjob offerlayofffoosballdalai lamapublishingpepper sprayheartbeatrudenessdorm roomexpectant fatherdivorced manwife leaves husbandwaiting roomfired from a jobcerealexecutivemortgagesurprise partymale male huginternreference to bill clintontreadmillmarketingpizza deliveryhospital roomsleeping in a carsushiporschecompanyglobalizationgoldfishpublisherhandshakemidlife crisissports carbroken armmarital separationcorporationblack eyesalesmantime lapse photographyadvertisingrapperaquariumwatching televisiontennisbuttocksmagazineagingjoggingshavingwaiterapplausetwenty somethingspeechbusinessuniversityproduct placementninjaattacksuburbbusinessmanroommatefishbasketballmanhattan new york citycollegemarijuanacafebirthdaytearsvomitingsecretcomputerpunched in the facecar accidentcell phonetelephone callshowersurprise endingthree word titlephotograph (See All) |
Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a yo β¦ung, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending. (Read More)
Themes: | datingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | new york universitysidewalk cafebirthday cakebirthday partyinternjoggingapplauseroommatemanhattan new york citycollegecafebirthdaytearscar accidentcell phone β¦telephone callphotograph (See All) |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | datingdivorcepregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiarestaurantbeachnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday cakefifty somethingmagazineagingproduct placementattackmanhattan new york citycafebirthdaytearscomputercell phonetelephone callthree word titlephotograph |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy β¦ neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiarestauranthospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | porschejoggingtwenty somethingsuburbcafetearsvomitingsecretcomputercell phonetelephone callshower |
Themes: | datingunfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairangerpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | sidewalk cafebirthday partybroken armtime lapse photographyjoggingwaitermanhattan new york citycollegemarijuanacafevomitingpunched in the facetelephone call |
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
Themes: | unemploymentunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | elevatorbeachbar |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | downsizingsushicorporationapplausetwenty somethingspeechbusinessbusinessmanbasketballtearscomputercell phonetelephone callphotograph |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, β¦ even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiabarhospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipdoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakegoldfishsalesmanaquariumproduct placementfishbasketballmarijuanabirthdaytearsvomitingsecretcar accidenttelephone callphotograph |
In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity β¦ as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. (Read More)
Themes: | divorceangeradulteryfriendship |
Locations: | elevatortaxirestaurantbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | publishingexecutivepublisherwatching televisionmagazinemanhattan new york citycafebirthdaytearscomputercar accidentcell phonetelephone callsurprise endingphotograph |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou β¦r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | datingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | elevatortaxirestaurantbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | doctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | publisheraquariumshavingmanhattan new york citycafebirthdaytearscomputercar accidentphotograph |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion β¦s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | officebeachbarhospital |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sidewalk cafebirthday presentbirthday partyagingbirthdaytearsvomitingsecretcomputercell phonetelephone callphotograph |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat β¦e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiarestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | reference to bill clintontennisspeechcafetearssecretcell phonetelephone callshowerphotograph |
Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will be over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spir β¦ited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairangerpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Characters: | teenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday partymidlife crisismarital separationtime lapse photographyadvertisingtwenty somethingcollegemarijuanatearspunched in the facecar accidenttelephone callphotograph |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel β¦p... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiabar |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipsister sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sushimidlife crisismarital separationapplausecomputerpunched in the facecell phonetelephone callphotograph |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | drug usepregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatortaxilos angeles californiarestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | pregnant wifefriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakebirthday partyunplanned pregnancytime lapse photographytennisjoggingmanhattan new york citycollegemarijuanacafetearssecrettelephone callshowerthree word title β¦photograph (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con β¦vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairangerpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | restaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakebirthday partyfired from a jobmarital separationbuttocksbasketballcafebirthdaytearsvomitingsecretcomputercar accidentcell phonetelephone call β¦photograph (See All) |
Echoes of "Madame Bovary" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two yea β¦rs for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | advertising executiveexecutivehandshakemarital separationadvertisingbuttocksmagazinewaitersuburbcafetearssecretcomputercell phoneshower β¦photograph (See All) |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in β¦timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
Themes: | unemploymentdatingdivorceangermarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatortaxirestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday presentsushihandshaketwenty somethingroommatebasketballmanhattan new york citycollegecafebirthdaytearscell phonetelephone call |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early β¦flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Themes: | unemploymentunfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatorlos angeles californiabarnew york city |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girldoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | car salesmansalesmanapplausebusinesstearstelephone call |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | elevatortaxirestaurant |
Characters: | baby girlemployer employee relationshipdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | divorced manhandshakesports carcorporationsalesmanshavingbusinessbusinessmanvomitingcomputertelephone callshower |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the β¦concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeachbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakejoggingmanhattan new york citycafebirthdaytearspunched in the facecell phonetelephone call |
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 β¦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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday caketwenty somethingspeechcafebirthdaytearssecretcomputercell phonetelephone call |
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.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatorrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | tennis courtdiamond necklaceexercyclemortgageinterntreadmillsushigoldfishsports carsalesmanaquariumtennisapplausebusinessbusinessman β¦manhattan new york citymarijuanacafevomitingpunched in the facecar accidenttelephone callphotograph (See All) |
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairangerpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | buying a carsleeping on a sofaagingsuburbmarijuanacafetearssecretcomputertelephone call |
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old β¦ carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else? (Read More)
Themes: | drug useangerpregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiarestaurantbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday presentwaiting roomhospital roommarital separationwaiterapplausetwenty somethingmanhattan new york citymarijuanacafebirthdaycomputercell phonetelephone callphotograph |
In London, the public relation Helen is fired from her position in a PR company. While returning home, she does not catch the train in the subway. But in another possibility of her life, she catches the train in the subway. The story shows two parallel lives of Helen: in one life, she stays with her β¦ boyfriend Gerry, and in the other life, she finds that Gerry cheats her with Lydia and falls in love with James Hammerton. (Read More)
Themes: | writingdatingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | elevatortaxirestauranthospital |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | pregnancy testhospital roomcompanymarital separationadvertisingcafebirthdaytelephone callshower |
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil β¦istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)
Themes: | datingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatorrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | teenage girldoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | tennis playersleeping on a sofapublishingmarital separationtennisuniversitycafetearstelephone callshowerphotograph |
Coming back to accomplish the divorce procedure, Ahmad an Iranian man, arrives in Paris after four years to meet his ex-wife and her daughters from her previous marriage. He notices his ex is in a relationship with an Arab named Samir who also has a son and a wife in a coma. The relationship of the β¦older daughter and her mother is in deterioration because the daughter thinks her mother is the cause of Samir's wife comatose state. The affairs get more complicated when the older daughter discloses something heinous she has done. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipteenage girldoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sidewalk cafehandshakemarital separationtearssecretcell phonetelephone callphotograph |
Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole β¦rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | baby girldoctorfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | unplanned pregnancypregnancy testwaiting roomcafetearssecretpunched in the facetelephone call |
Peter Colt, an English tennis player in his thirties whose ranking slipped from 11th to 119th in the world, considers he never really had to fight for anything as his wealthy but all but close family easily put him through studies and allowed him to pursue his tennis ambitions, bravely exchanges jok β¦es with his German sparring partner Dieter Prohl, in a similar position, but feels it's about time to admit he's getting too old to compete with fitter coming men (or boys) and intends, after a last Wimbledon, to take a job with the prestigious tennis club instead. Just then, by accident, he bumps into Lizzie Bradbury, the American rising star of female tennis, falls in love with her and finds her interest in him changes his entire perception, even gives him the strength to win again. But where will it lead them, especially when her overprotective father-manager Dennis Bradbury proves determined to nip their relationship in the bud, believing it detrimental to her career? (Read More)
Themes: | angermarriagefriendship |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | friendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | female tennis playertennis playertennis courtsports injuryoverprotective fathersports cartennisbuttocksjoggingapplausepunched in the facecell phoneshower |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar β¦ is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | elevatorrestaurant |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partysalesmanbusinessmarijuanabirthdaytearsvomitingcar accidentcell phonetelephone callshowerphotograph |
Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | officetaxirestaurantbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | doctorfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wife leaves husbandmarital separationbuttockssuburbmanhattan new york citybirthdaycomputercar accidentcell phonetelephone callsurprise ending |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe β¦s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | doctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | car salesmanbirthday cakesalesmanaquariumagingroommatefishcafebirthdaytearscomputerpunched in the facecar accidenttelephone call |
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping him on his children. Despite t β¦he fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Read More)
Themes: | writingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | officetaxirestaurantbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | doctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sports injuryfifty somethingsleeping on a sofacerealmidlife crisisagingjoggingcafetearscomputercell phonetelephone call |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin β¦d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
Themes: | datingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | officetaxirestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | twenty somethingspeechuniversityroommatemanhattan new york citycollegecafetearstelephone callshowerphotograph |
Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other β¦ hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss. (Read More)
Themes: | angermarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | teenage girlfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | college roommateoverprotective fathermidlife crisisroommatemanhattan new york citycollegecafetearscomputercell phonetelephone callthree word titlephotograph |
Amal is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her β¦ but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes. (Read More)
Themes: | drug use |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partywatching televisionproduct placementbirthdaytearsvomitingcomputertelephone callshowerphotograph |
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Characters: | pregnant wifeteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakebirthday partyunplanned pregnancyexpectant fathertreadmillcollegebirthdayvomitingpunched in the facetelephone callphotograph |
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 β¦ss two generations. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girldoctorfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday partyhandshakesports carmarital separationtennisagingwaiterapplausespeechbusinessbusinessmancafebirthdaytearspunched in the face β¦telephone call (See All) |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri β¦ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partyunplanned pregnancymanhattan new york citymarijuanacafetearsvomitingcell phone |
Middle aged Sy Parrish works as a technician at a one hour photo lab located in a SavMart store in a suburban mall. Sy is a lonely man, never having had any friends. He knows much about his customers through the photographs they have developed. But he knows more about the Yorkin family - specificall β¦y Nina Yorkin and her adolescent son Jake Yorkin, the two in the family who drop off and pick up the family's photofinishing - the family about whom he is obsessed, than anyone else. Nina's husband, Will Yorkin, is incidental to his obsession since Sy has only seen him in photographs. Sy's obsession includes fantasizing about being their favorite "Uncle Sy". He has even been making an extra set of prints for himself of all of their photographs since Jake was a newborn. After an incident at work and after Sy finds out more about the family through a set of photographs, he decides to right the injustices he sees in the only way he knows how. His actions demonstrate his true mental state. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | officeelevatorrestaurant |
Characters: | employer employee relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partybuttocksproduct placementsuburbcafebirthdaytearssecretcomputercar accidentcell phoneshowerphotograph |
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new respo β¦nsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son. (Read More)
Themes: | unemploymentdivorceangermarriagefriendship |
Locations: | officeelevatorrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | advertising executivebirthday partywife leaves husbandadvertisingbuttocksmanhattan new york citysurprise endingthree word title |
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol β¦business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedivorcepregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatorlos angeles californiarestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | doctorfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | mortgagemarketingcorporationtime lapse photographyadvertisingapplausebusinessproduct placementbusinessmancafecomputercar accidentcell phonetelephone callphotograph |
Sexual harassment is the theme, but here it is the man who is harassed by his new female boss. A high-flying executive, Meredith, is out to ruin her former lover, who she's just beaten to the top job in an electronics company, using every trick in the book.
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | officeelevatorrestaurant |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | executivetreadmillcompanycorporationbusinessproduct placementbasketballcomputercell phoneshowersurprise ending |
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: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | doctorfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sidewalk cafetreadmillhandshakesports carapplausecafetearssecretcomputerpunched in the facecar accidentcell phonetelephone callshowerphotograph |
Reuben Feffer thinks he's found the love of his life but on his honeymoon he discovers her cheating on him with a scuba instructor. Reuben travels back home to get his life on track. On a night out with best pal, Sandy Lyle, Reuben discovers an old school friend, Polly Prince. Reuben feels a connect β¦ion straight away, and tries constantly to get her to like him. But it's not going to be easy for Reuben, especially when he spends his days calculating risks, and when someone unexpected turns up. (Read More)
Themes: | datingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | watching televisionbuttockswaiterbasketballmarijuanacafevomitingcomputertelephone callphotograph |
When two people "connect" the bond between them can be so pure and simple as to stir hearts in heaven. When they connect in all the right places at all the wrong times, heaven weeps for broken hearts. To heal these broken hearts, heaven breaks time.
Themes: | writing |
Locations: | restaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | doctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | surprise birthday partybirthday partyhospital roomcafebirthdaytearscomputercar accidentcell phonesurprise endingthree word title |
Brandon is a 30-something man living in New York who is unable to manage his sex life. After his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment, Brandon's world spirals out of control. Shame examines the nature of need, how we live our lives and the experiences that shape us.
Themes: | extramarital affairinfidelity |
Locations: | officeelevatorrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | fancy restaurantmadison square garden manhattan new york citywatching televisionbuttocksjoggingwaitermanhattan new york citytearscomputerpunched in the face |
After his death sometime in his forty-third year, suburbanite Lester Burnham tells of the last few weeks of his life, during which he had no idea of his imminent passing. He is a husband to real estate agent Carolyn Burnham and father to high school student Janie Burnham. Although Lester and Carolyn ⦠once loved each other, they now merely tolerate each other. Typical wallflower Janie too hates both her parents, the three who suffer individually in silence in their home life. Janie tries to steer clear of both her parents. Carolyn, relatively new to the real estate business, wants to create the persona of success to further her career, she aspiring to the professional life of Buddy Kane, the king of the real estate business in their neighborhood. Lester merely walks mindlessly through life, including at his job in advertising. His company is downsizing, and he, like all the other employees, has to justify his position to the newly hired efficiency expert to keep his job. Things change for Lester when he falls in love at first sight with Janie's more experienced classmate, Angela Hays. Both Janie and Angela can see Lester's sexual infatuation with Angela, who courts such attention from any man as a sign that she is model material, she having once appeared in Seventeen and it a career to which she aspires. Lester's infatuation with Angela gives him a reenergized view on life, where he openly doesn't care anymore what anyone thinks about what he does, anyone except Angela. This in⦠(Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | basketball gamedownsizingcompanymidlife crisissports caradvertisingwatching televisionbuttocksmagazinejoggingbusinesssuburbbusinessmanbasketballmarijuana β¦computershowersurprise ending (See All) |
It's the dinner shift at Shenanigan's. Dan, the clueless boss, assigns Mitch, 22, a trainee, to Monty, the smooth talker who chases girls for one-night stands. Dean, a waiter, also 22, feels that life is passing him by. Dan offers him the assistant manager job and gives him until midnight to decide. β¦ Other waiters, cooks, and bus boys have their issues and personalities. Bishop, the dishwasher, is their counselor. During this shift, Monty may learn something, Dean makes his decision, Dan makes a play for the not-yet-18 hostess, customers get their comeuppance, the guys all play the in-house homophobic flashing game, the gals demonstrate why they won't, and Mitch gets the last word. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useangerfriendship |
Locations: | officerestaurantbar |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | birthday cakereference to pepsijob offerwaitertwenty somethingbusinessmancollegemarijuanacafebirthdaycell phonetelephone callphotograph |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome β¦nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
Themes: | writingdatingdrug useangerpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | officeelevatorrestaurantbarhospital |
Characters: | doctorfriendmother daughter relationship |
Story: | sidewalk cafewaitercafebirthdaytearsvomitingsecretcomputercell phonetelephone call |