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Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything--and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he's reached a crossroads in his life. Sat …ed on success, boredom has set in and he's looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles' considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they go head-to-head with Marylin. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marylin and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | screwball comedy |
| Themes: | inheritancehomelessnesspoetryunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairfuneralweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuiciderevengefriendship |
| Mood: | murder plotnightmaresatire |
| Locations: | motelcourtroomurban settingelevatorlos angeles californiaairplanehotelswimming pooltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | suicide by gunshotmurder for hirewaitresshitmanlawyerphotographeractorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | woman with glasseswedding chapelvideo camerareference to mcdonald's restaurantmarriage of convenienceaccidental suicidereference to american airlinesreference to clarence thomasreference to ivan the terriblereference to attila the hunreference to david and goliathaddress bookprenuptial agreementoil tycoonslow clap …palimonycolostomylake tahoespecial educationtennis propilatesbotoxulcerpool cleanerdictaphonemalibu californiatunanegotiatorcupidpastryconciergephilandererjaguartv show in filmwife abusetv producerbeverly hills californiarottweilerkiltlaw firmfortunebaronpoodlemortgageconbaptiststupid victimfictional reality showanimated creditswatching a videobagpipesbattle of the sexesspaslot machineteethconventionhired killervacuum cleanerreal estateasthmajuryponytailvideo tapeimpotencemidlife crisistrophydeceitlove at first sightaquariumdespairmillionaireattorneydentistanimal attackamerican footballassaultred dressragebreaking and enteringsoap operapoemprivate detectiveheart attackcasinolas vegas nevadawitnessspeechconvertiblecourtchampagneprologuefemme fataledream sequenceman with glassestrialjudgedinerwomanstabbingstrangulationwineassassinguitarcafelingerieliecameraface slapcar accidentunderwearbeatingsongcell phoneerectionsinginggunkissdog (See All) |
Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagerevenge |
| Locations: | hotelswimming poolrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | condeceitmillionairered dressheart attackcourtchampagnefemme fatalecar accidentsongcell phonesinging |
Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hots …hot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitysuiciderevenge |
| Locations: | motelcourtroomelevatorlos angeles californiahotelswimming pool |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | law firmassaultpoemwitnesscourttrialjudgeliecell phonesinginggun |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairfuneraladulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | courtroomairplanerestaurant |
| Characters: | waitresslawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | juryimpotencetrophyattorneyheart attackcourttrialjudgedinercafelieface slapcar accidentunderwearkiss |
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 …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
| Themes: | inheritancepoetryweddingmarriagefriendship |
| Locations: | courtroomelevatorhotelswimming pooltrain |
| Characters: | lawyerfriend |
| Story: | pastryconciergefortunespajuryattorneypoemwitnesschampagnetrialjudgestabbingstrangulationwineface slap …singinggunkissdog (See All) |
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 …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 affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | waitressfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | woman with glassesvideo camerawife abusedinercafelieface slapsongsingingkiss |
Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfr …iends, and his son Petey fears going to school owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfuneraladulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | courtroomtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | video cameraconventionponytailheart attackspeechcourtprologueman with glassestrialjudgecafelingerieunderwearbeatingcell phone …dogkiss (See All) |
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 …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)
| Subgenre: | screwball comedy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
| Locations: | los angeles californiaairplanerestaurant |
| Characters: | waitressphotographeractorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | watching a videobagpipestrophychampagnewomanwinecafeliecamerasingingkiss |
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: | weddingmarriagesuicidefriendship |
| Locations: | motelcourtroomelevatorlos angeles californiaswimming pooltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerphotographerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | video camerawife abusereal estatejurycourttrialjudgewinecafecameraunderwearsongsinginggundog …kiss (See All) |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, … and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
| Subgenre: | screwball comedy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairfuneralweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
| Locations: | hoteltrain |
| Characters: | lawyerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | deceitlove at first sightamerican footballassaultred dressprivate detectiveconvertiblechampagnelingerielieunderwearbeatingkiss |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of … honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
| Themes: | divorceweddingmarriagefriendship |
| Locations: | airplanerestaurant |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | prenuptial agreementkiltvideo tapelove at first sightprologuewomancafelieface slapunderwearsongcell phonesingingdogkiss |
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 …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: | infidelityfriendship |
| Mood: | nightmaresatire |
| Locations: | motellos angeles californiaswimming poolrestaurant |
| Characters: | waitresshitmanlawyeractorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | tv produceraquariumsoap operawitnessdinerwomanassassincafecar accidentunderwearkissgun |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
| Themes: | poetryweddingmarriagesuicidefriendship |
| Locations: | hotelswimming pooltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | waitresslawyerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | video cameralaw firmponytaildeceitattorneypoemdinerwomanwinecafeliecar accidentunderwearcell phonekiss …dog (See All) |
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr …eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuicidefriendship |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | airplanehotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | video cameramarriage of conveniencevacuum cleanerimpotencetrialwomanstabbingwinecafelieface slapcar accidentunderwearbeatingsong …singinggunkiss (See All) |
As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The … one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfuneraladulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendshiprevenge |
| Locations: | courtroomtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | hitmanlawyerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | wife abusejurytrophydeceitattorneyamerican footballwitnesscourtman with glassestrialjudgeassassincafeliebeating …songsinginggun (See All) |
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 …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagerevenge |
| Locations: | elevatorhotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | waitressphotographerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | love at first sightaquariumcafeliecameraface slapcar accidentkiss |
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 …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 affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
| Locations: | los angeles californiaairplanerestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerfriend |
| Story: | casinospeechprologuedinercafeliecell phonedogkiss |
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: | suicide |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | courtroomswimming pool |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | video camerajurydespairattorneyassaultwitnesscourttrialjudgeface slapcar accidentcell phone |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a … covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfuneralweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuicide |
| Locations: | los angeles californiaairplanehotelswimming poolrestaurant |
| Characters: | hitman |
| Story: | tv producerdentiststrangulationwineassassincameraface slapsongsinginggunkissdog |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairfuneralweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuicidefriendship |
| Locations: | motelhotelswimming poolrestaurant |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | marriage of convenienceslot machineheart attackchampagnecafeliesingingkiss |
When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They sh …ow up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | screwball comedy |
| Themes: | funeral |
| Locations: | urban settingelevatorhoteltrain |
| Story: | oil tycoonulcerconimpotencetrophymillionairewitnessspeechchampagneman with glasseswomanlieface slapunderwearsong …singingkissgun (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitysuicidefriendship |
| Locations: | elevatorrestaurant |
| Characters: | waitresslawyerphotographerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | video camerawife abusehired killerred dressprologueman with glassescafeliecameraface slapcar accidentunderwearbeatingcell phonedog …gun (See All) |
An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a …n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)
| Themes: | suicidefriendshiprevenge |
| Locations: | motelcourtroomlos angeles californiaairplaneswimming poolrestaurant |
| Characters: | murder for hirehitmanactorfriend |
| Story: | conhired killerponytailbreaking and enteringtrialjudgewomanstabbingcafecar accidentbeatingcell phonesinginggun |
A week before his friend Jack is to be married, best man Miles and the prospective groom head off to wine country for a week of fun, relaxation and - of course - wine drinking. Miles is the oenophile and does his best to teach Jack a bit about the art of appreciating great wine. All Jack cares about … is drinking and carousing, something he accomplishes when he meets the attractive Stephanie at one of the vineyards. Miles is something of a sad sack, a high school English teacher who is a failed writer at heart. He has yet to get over the fact that his wife has divorced him and that she has remarried and he now faces that nerve racking wait for word from a prospective publisher. Miles has an opportunity to start anew when he meets Stephanie's friend Maya but when he let's slip that Jack is about to be married any hope of a relationship seems to be lost. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairweddinginfidelitymarriagefriendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | motellos angeles californiarestaurant |
| Characters: | waitressactorfriend |
| Story: | midlife crisisdeceitbreaking and enteringconvertibledinerwineguitarcar accident |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
| Themes: | funeralsuicidefriendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | motellos angeles californiaairplanehotelswimming pool |
| Characters: | suicide by gunshotactorfriend |
| Story: | video camerabreaking and enteringprivate detectivewitnessprologueliecar accidentunderwearbeatingcell phoneerectiondoggunkiss |
When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favorabl …e successor being finally chosen. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairfuneralweddingmarriagerevenge |
| Locations: | elevatorlos angeles californiahotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | hitmanlawyer |
| Story: | love at first sightattorneyheart attackcasinolas vegas nevadaman with glasseswomanstrangulationassassinbeatingkiss |
Rachel is a nice girl who is going to marry with Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working in the wedding preparations she meets Luce, wedding's florist, unexpectedly falling in love to her and discovering what is having love feeling to another woman. Unable to stop her Rachel me …ets Luce a few times hiding it to her family, specially her mother Tessa because she contracted Luce. At the same time that Heck tries to win the affection of his parents-in-law, above all the eccentric father-in-law Ned, Rachel tries following with the daily life and marriage with her husband, but the love and passion she feels for Luce causes a secret affair between both women, and a doubt in Rachel about the life she wants for herself. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
| Locations: | airplanerestaurant |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | reference to mcdonald's restaurantlove at first sightspeechchampagnewomancafeliecell phonedog |
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: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuicidefriendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | courtroomelevatorairplaneswimming poolrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | mortgageaquariummillionaireattorneyheart attacklas vegas nevadacourtchampagnejudgewomancafelingerieliecar accidentunderwear …beatingerectiondoggunkiss (See All) |
John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all i …s well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralweddingmarriage |
| Locations: | motelhotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | waitresshusband wife relationship |
| Story: | slot machinebreaking and enteringcasinolas vegas nevadaprologuedinercafeface slapbeatinggun |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life …, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
| Locations: | motelcourtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | juryattorneycourttrialjudgedinerwomanwinelieface slapcar accidentunderwearbeatinggunkiss |
Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he's Rowena's …prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she's soon the object of Hill's attentions. She's helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | courtroomelevatortrain |
| Characters: | lawyerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | philandererjuryassaultred dresswitnesscourtfemme fataletrialstabbinglingeriecell phone |
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 …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)
| Themes: | extramarital affairinfidelity |
| Locations: | courtroomurban settinghoteltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | hitmanlawyeractorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | millionaireprivate detectivecourtprologuetrialjudgewomancameracar accidentbeatingcell phone |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuicide |
| Locations: | motelelevatorairplanehotelswimming pool |
| Story: | asthmabreaking and enteringlas vegas nevadaspeechchampagnewomancell phonedogkissgun |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfuneralweddingadulteryinfidelitysuicidefriendshiprevenge |
| Locations: | hoteltrain |
| Characters: | photographerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | accidental suicidetrophyfemme fatalewomanstabbingliecameraface slapsongsingingdogkiss |
1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole an …d Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessinfidelityrevengefriendship |
| Locations: | courtroomhoteltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | waitresslawyerfriend |
| Story: | hired killerwitnesscourtprologuetrialjudgecafeface slapunderwearbeatinggunkiss |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
| Themes: | poetrydivorcemarriagesuicide |
| Locations: | los angeles californiaairplanehoteltrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | photographeractorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | poemwomanwineguitarcafeliecameraunderwearsongsingingkissdog |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the … other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitysuicidefriendship |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | elevatorairplanehotelswimming pooltrain |
| Characters: | photographeractorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | spachampagneprologueliecameraface slapcar accidentsongsingingkiss |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagerevenge |
| Locations: | motelelevatorhotelswimming pool |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | woman with glassesvideo cameralove at first sightcasinofemme fataleman with glasseswomanlingerieliecameracell phonekiss |
John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their q …uest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage. (Read More)
| Themes: | divorceweddingmarriagefriendship |
| Locations: | elevatorairplanehotelrestaurant |
| Characters: | waitressactorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | witnesschampagnewomanwineassassincafelingerielieface slapcar accidentunderwearsongcell phonesinginggun …dogkiss (See All) |
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help … of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | screwball comedy |
| Themes: | divorcefriendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | los angeles californiaswimming pool |
| Characters: | waitresslawyeractorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | malibu californiamillionaireassaultbreaking and enteringprivate detectiveheart attackconvertibledream sequenceman with glassesdinerlingeriecar accidentbeatingcell phonegun …dog (See All) |
Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job, his pot-head son, who gets stoned at his own bar-mitzvah, only wants him round to fix the TV aerial and his useless brother Arthur is …an unwelcome house guest. But both Arthur and Larry get turfed out into a motel when Larry's wife Judy, who wants a divorce, moves her lover, Sy, into the house and even after Sy's death in a car crash they are still there. With lawyers' bills mounting for his divorce, Arthur's criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour Larry is tempted to take the bribe offered by a student to give him an illegal exam pass mark. And the rabbis he visits for advice only dole out platitudes. Still God moves in mysterious - and not always pleasant - ways, as Larry and his family will find out. (Read More)
| Themes: | divorcefuneralmarriagefriendship |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | motelswimming poolrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | woman with glassesmortgagemidlife crisisattorneydentistheart attackcourtprologueman with glasseswinecafecar accidentunderwearsongsinging |
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ship's bar. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. While living in Paris for sev …eral years trying to be a writer, he becomes obsessed with a woman he met by chance on a bus. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuiciderevenge |
| Locations: | elevatorairplanerestaurant |
| Characters: | waitresshusband wife relationship |
| Story: | poodlered dresschampagnefemme fatalewomanstrangulationcafeface slapunderwearbeatingerectiondogkissgun |
Malena is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malena in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is pres …umed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessfuneraladulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | courtroomairplanetrain |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | dentistcourtjudgelingerielieface slapunderwearbeatingsongerectionsingingkiss |
In prison awaiting execution the next morning Louis, the 10th Duke of Chalfont, sets down on paper the events that led him to his current situation. His mother has been banished from her family, the D'Ascoynes, after she married Louis' father who was considered far beneath her. After her death, the …D'Ascoynes refused permission for her to be buried in the family crypt. Louis then plots his revenge - and kills all those ahead of him in the succession until he becomes the Duke. Along the way, he becomes involved with the married Sibelia who, when spurned, makes sure he ends up in prison. The day before his execution Sibelia recants her testimony saving him not only from the gallows but also sets him free. Once outside the prison however, he realizes he's forgotten one little thing........ (Read More)
| Themes: | inheritanceunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairfuneralweddingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuiciderevengefriendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | hotel |
| Characters: | photographerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | poemheart attackwitnesstrialwinecamerabeatingsingingkissgun |
Fletcher Reede, a fast talking attorney, habitual liar, and divorced father is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He has a habit of giving precedence to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max, but Fletcher lets Max down once too often, for m …issing his own son's birthday party. But until then at 8:15 Max has decided to make an honest man out of him as he wishes for one whole day his dad couldn't tell a lie. When the wish comes true all Fletcher can do is tell the truth and cannot tell one lie. Uh-oh for Fletcher! (Read More)
| Themes: | homelessnessdivorceadultery |
| Locations: | courtroomelevatorairplane |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | woman with glassesprenuptial agreementattorneycourttriallieface slapkiss |
During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom …as Pynchon. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityrevenge |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | elevatorlos angeles californiahotelswimming pool |
| Characters: | waitresslawyerphotographeractorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | beverly hills californiateethreal estatedentistcasinowitnessconvertibleprologuewomancafelieface slaperectionsingingkiss …gun (See All) |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
| Locations: | courtroomlos angeles californiatrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerphotographerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | jurydeceitdespairdentistwitnesscourttrialjudgedinerwomanstabbingcafeliecameraface slap …songsinginggun (See All) |
Peter is a composer and a likable sad sack who's devastated when his girlfriend of five years, Sarah Marshall, the star of a cheesy CSI-style crime show, dumps him. He weeps, he rails, he mopes. Finally, his step-brother Brian suggests Hawaii, so Peter heads for a resort on Oahu where, as he's check …ing in, he sees Sarah and her new beau, Aldous, a polymorphously perverse English rocker. The weeping and moping start again, until Peter is rescued by Rachel, a thoughtful hotel clerk who invites him to a luau and to hang out. Although he constantly runs into Sarah and Aldous, Peter starts to come alive again. Will Sarah realize what she's lost, and what about Rachel? (Read More)
| Themes: | weddinginfidelityfriendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | los angeles californiaairplanehotelswimming poolrestaurant |
| Characters: | photographerfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | tv show in filmwinecafeliecameraface slapunderwearsongcell phoneerectionsingingdogkiss |
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. …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)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
| Locations: | hoteltrain |
| Characters: | waitressphotographeractorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | spaconvertiblechampagnewomanlingerieliecameraunderwearbeatingsongsingingkiss |
Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull … it off? (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairadultery |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | murder for hirewaitresslawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | prenuptial agreementconreal estateattorneyconvertiblefemme fatalejudgewinelieface slapkiss |
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