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Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hire …d and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. (Read More)
Themes: | communismpanicabductionsurveillancecelebritydeath of motherblackmailparanoiacorruptionmemoryinvestigationgangsterfearpoliticskidnapping …deathfriendship (See All) |
Mood: | murder trialarchive footageneo noir |
Locations: | officecourtroomelevatorbicyclenightclubairplanecemeteryhotelbar |
Characters: | german americanlove letterpolice arrestgay relationshipamericansecretarysnipermaidhomosexualitylittle boygay kisslittle girllawyerbabyphotographer …police officerdoctorfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual (See All) |
Period: | year 1964year 19631920s1930s1950s1940s1960s1970s |
Story: | ransom notelibrary of congressfbi agentsecret filelibrary bookfbi investigationpaper shredderfile cabinetcongressional hearingshredding a documentstroke victimreference to george washingtonlabor strikesexual repressionu.s. attorney general …attorney generaldepartment storenewsreel footagehard boiled eggpress conferencewashington d.c.anti communismfbi filesfbi directorabuse of powerboss secretary relationshippersonal secretarynewspaper clippingsecret recordingscientific investigationdead babychildhood memoryfederal bureau of investigationriding a horsehorse and wagonhorse racehorse racinghorse and carriagehotel roomlindbergh kidnappingdancing lessonthompson sub machine gundeath maskreference to john d. rockefellerolder man older man relationshipdeath of main characterreference to clarence darrowreference to bugsy siegelreference to john dillingerreference to herbert hooverthrowing a drink glassreference to j. p. morganreference to desi arnazrepressed homosexualdepartment of justiceman wearing woman's clothingreference to eleanor rooseveltthousand dollar billbiography filmmakingreference to joseph mccarthyreference to lucille ballmale companionlearning to dancenobel peace prizetailor shopreference to jfk assassinationpinky swearreference to franklin d. rooseveltjurisdictionprescription drug abusesissyyear 1922year 1934reference to dwight d. eisenhoweryear 1935cornflakesconfidentialityreference to al caponejob applicationstutterermemoirsyear 1930maniayear 1932shredderyear 1919leafletmama's boytypistnotorietydictationreference to sherlock holmesfileaudio recordingmovie premierereference to martin luther king jr.screenmotorcadehoodlumbloody mouthreminiscinghearingdeath of title charactermob of reportersfingerprintskennedy familynewsreelperjurysecrecyends with biographical notesforcehandkerchiefsubject name in titlespectatorcerealdance lessoncongresscandidaterace trackscrapbookstatue of libertyracetrackwiretappingreference to john f. kennedyradicalfingerprintegoin medias reslegacyvalentine's daycashgravestonenervousnessanarchistdocumentbusiness cardpressrobedance clubwashingtonunited statespush upsstrokeenvyfilm projectorbank robbersexual tensionjuryforeignersuitbicyclingrepressionstrikediscoverydeportationdeath of loved onetestimonystorerevolutionarymusic bandholding handsbrushing teethdictatorstadiumextortionnoteraidjob interviewbalconyevidencearchival footageco workerpet doghatredold ageexplosivebombingattorneynicknamemovie theatrepromiseambitionransomparadeladdercrushaudiencefriendship between mentimemovie theaterwatching a movieagentsexual attractionagingwoman with glassescloseted homosexualtape recorderhathypodermic needleassassination attemptlawfameeggdestructionloyaltyfireplaceperiod in titleapplauseriotmaniacpowercross dressingtypewriterbank robberygovernmentpresidentinjectioncourtflowersringskeletonscreamfired from the jobliarfbimicrophonebinocularsargumentlibraryflash forwardvoice overgraveyardman with glassestrialjudgenonlinear timelinepoliticianterroristold manname in titlebedroomnewspaperreportercriminalhandcuffsdead bodybombbooklettersecretgunfightarrestcamerawatching tvpunched in the facemachine gunhorsebeatingshootoutcryingpunctuation in titlebased on true storyexplosionphotographdancingcharacter name in titletwo word titleflashbackinterviewkissbloodgunfight (See All) |
In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge M …cCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history. (Read More)
Themes: | communismblackmailparanoiainvestigationfearpoliticsdeathfriendship |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | elevatorbar |
Characters: | secretarylawyerfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Period: | 1950s |
Story: | congressional hearingu.s. attorney generalnewsreel footagewashington d.c.reference to eleanor rooseveltreference to dwight d. eisenhowerperjurypressfilm projectordeportationtestimonyevidenceattorneyloyaltyperiod in title …applausetypewritergovernmentfired from the jobliarfbimicrophoneman with glassestrialpoliticianterroristnewspaperreporterbooksecretcameraphotographkissinterviewflashback (See All) |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets … Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancegangsterfearkidnappingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | elevatornightclubairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerpolice officerdoctorfriend |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | fbi agentcongressional hearingpress conferencehorse racenewsreelrace trackbank robberdeportationmovie theatremovie theaterwatching a movieagenthatbank robberycourt …fbibinocularsjudgecriminalhandcuffslettergunfightarrestcamerapunched in the facemachine gunbeatingshootoutcryingbased on true storyphotographdancingtwo word titlegunkissblood (See All) |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
Themes: | communismabductionparanoiainvestigationfearpoliticskidnappingdeath |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | courtroombicycle |
Characters: | sniperlawyerbabyphotographerpolice officerdoctor |
Period: | 1960s1970s |
Story: | newsreel footagereference to martin luther king jr.forceradicalnervousnessrevolutionaryextortionexplosivewoman with glassesassassination attempttypewriterbank robberygovernmentflowersmicrophone …flash forwardman with glassestrialjudgepoliticianterroristnewspaperhandcuffsbombarrestcamerawatching tvpunched in the facemachine gunbeatingshootoutcryingbased on true storyexplosionphotographdancingcharacter name in titlebloodkissflashbackfightguninterview (See All) |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto …n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherparanoiacorruptioninvestigationgangsterfearkidnappingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | officenightclubcemeteryhotelbar |
Characters: | little boylawyerpolice officermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | fbi agentpress conferenceaudio recordingends with biographical noteswiretappingextortionparadeagentloyaltymaniacfbinonlinear timelinenewspaperreportercriminal …handcuffssecretarrestpunched in the facebeatingbased on true storyphotographtwo word titleflashbackblood (See All) |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationpoliticsdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | airplanebar |
Characters: | maidlawyerbabyphotographerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1960s1970s |
Story: | library booknewspaper clippingscrapbookwiretappingfingerprintbrushing teethnoteattorneymovie theaterwatching a moviewoman with glassestape recordermaniacfbiflash forward …man with glassesjudgenewspaperreporterdead bodybombbookletterarrestcamerawatching tvbased on true storyphotographbloodguninterview (See All) |
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homes …ick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. (Read More)
Themes: | paniccorruptionfeardeath |
Locations: | courtroomelevatornightclubbar |
Characters: | lawyerbabyphotographerfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | shredderperjuryspectatordocumentbusiness cardpressjurytestimonymusic bandbalconyevidenceattorneyambitionaudiencetime …lawfireplacepowerringmicrophonetrialjudgenewspaperreporterbookarrestwatching tvbeatingcryingphotographdancingbloodgun (See All) |
Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force …performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. (Read More)
Themes: | celebritymemorydeath |
Locations: | nightclubairplanecemeteryhotelbar |
Characters: | police arrestamericanlittle boylittle girllawyerphotographerpolice officerfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1940s1960s1970s |
Story: | newsreel footagehorse and carriageforcepet dogaudiencetimemovie theaterwatching a moviewoman with glassestape recorderfameriotmicrophoneargumentman with glasses …trialjudgenonlinear timelinereporterarrestcamerawatching tvcryingdancingtwo word titlebloodinterviewflashback (See All) |
Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office …, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiainvestigationpoliticsdeath |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | officeairplanehotel |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerfather son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | newsreel footagewashington d.c.abuse of powernewspaper clippingmovie premieremotorcademob of reportershandkerchiefreference to john f. kennedylegacynervousnessattorneytimetape recorderpresident …liarfbimicrophoneflash forwardman with glassesnonlinear timelinepoliticianbedroomreportercamerawatching tvphotographcharacter name in titletwo word titleinterviewflashback (See All) |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's …use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptionfearpoliticsdeathfriendship |
Locations: | airplanebar |
Characters: | babydoctorfriendmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1950s |
Story: | newsreel footagehorse racein medias resfilm projectorstrikerevolutionarystadiumraidexplosivebombingpromiseparadeladderdestructionloyalty …governmentmicrophonebinocularsflash forwardman with glassestrialterroristreportercriminalhandcuffsdead bodybombarrestpunched in the facemachine gunbeatingcryingbased on true storyexplosionphotographdancingflashbackbloodgunfight (See All) |
In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival ma …gicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | panicfearkidnappingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomcemeteryhotelbar |
Characters: | americanlittle boylittle girllawyerbabypolice officerfriend |
Story: | horse and wagonhorse and carriagein medias resbusiness cardevidenceattorneyaudienceagentfamefireplaceapplausecourtargumentflash forwardvoice over …graveyardtrialjudgenonlinear timelineold manhandcuffsdead bodylettersecrethorsephotographtwo word titlebloodflashbackgun (See All) |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshipdeath |
Locations: | courtroomelevatorbicyclecemeteryhotel |
Characters: | police arrestmaidlittle boylawyerpolice officerfriendmother son relationship |
Period: | 1930s1960s |
Story: | hotel roomyear 1932documentjuryattorneyladderaudiencewatching a movielawtypewriterbinocularsflash forwardvoice overtrialjudge …nonlinear timelineold mannewspaperdead bodybooklettersecretgunfightarrestpunched in the faceshootoutcryingphotographflashbackbloodinterviewkissgun (See All) |
Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a n …ew wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsurveillanceblackmailparanoiacorruptioninvestigationgangsterfearpoliticskidnappingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | elevatornightclubairplanebar |
Characters: | secretarysniperlawyerpolice officerdoctormother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | press conferencenewspaper clippingmob of reportersfingerprintanarchistbusiness cardbank robberdeath of loved onehatredexplosiveattorneyparadelawdestructionmaniac …bank robberycourtman with glassestrialjudgeterroristreportercriminalhandcuffsbomblettergunfightarrestpunched in the facemachine gunhorsebeatingshootoutexplosionbloodfightinterviewkiss (See All) |
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau to the case. His intention is to …give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton to work with Clouseau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancecelebrityinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | elevatorbicyclehotel |
Characters: | americansecretarysniperbabyphotographerpolice officer |
Story: | press conferencehotel roomspectatorstatue of libertypressunited statesbicyclingstadiumagenteggapplauseringscreammicrophonenewspaper …reportercamerawatching tvpunched in the facecryingdancingflashbackguninterviewkiss (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | investigationfearfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | lawyerbabyphotographerfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | perjuryjurytestimonynoteevidenceattorneypromiselawcourtliarflash forwardtrialjudgehandcuffsdead body …letterarrestcamerawatching tvpunched in the facebeatingcryingphotographdancingcharacter name in titlefightflashbackbloodgun (See All) |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
Themes: | corruptioninvestigationfear |
Mood: | murder trial |
Locations: | courtroomnightclubbar |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerphotographerpolice officer |
Story: | pressjurytestimonyevidenceaudienceapplausepowermicrophonetrialjudgereportercamerawatching tvpunched in the facebeating …photographtwo word titleinterviewblood (See All) |
In February, 2001, Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, is arrested for spying. Jump back two months: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Hanssen and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation … of Hanssen's sexual habits. Within weeks, the crusty Hanssen, a devout Catholic, has warmed to O'Neill, who grows to respect Hanssen. O'Neill's wife resents Hanssen's intrusiveness; the personal and professional stakes get higher. How they catch Hanssen and why he spies become the film's story. Can O'Neill help catch red-handed "the worst spy in history" and hold onto his personal life? (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceparanoiainvestigationpoliticsdeath |
Locations: | officeelevator |
Characters: | photographerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | fbi agentnewsreel footagewashington d.c.secrecyagenttape recorderloyaltygovernmentliarfbibinocularsflash forwardpoliticiandead bodyletter …arrestcamerawatching tvmachine gunbased on true storyphotographgunbloodkissflashback (See All) |
New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tra …cks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceinvestigation |
Locations: | courtroomairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | police arrestmaidlawyerpolice officerdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1960s1970s |
Story: | fbi agentattorney generaldepartment storewashington d.c.job interviewattorneymovie theatremovie theaterwatching a movieagenttape recordertypewriterfbibinocularsflash forward …judgenonlinear timelinecriminalhandcuffsletterarrestbased on true storyphotographdancingflashback (See All) |
In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co …mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceparanoiafearpolitics |
Locations: | courtroomairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | secretarysniperlawyermother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1950s1960s |
Story: | fbi agentwashington d.c.anti communismmob of reportersends with biographical notesarchival footagelawtypewritercourtfbibinocularstrialjudgenewspaperhandcuffs …letterarrestwatching tvbased on true storyexplosionphotograph (See All) |
When 'Walt Disney' (qv)'s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, 'P.L. Travers' (qv)' _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv), he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromi …sing writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history. (Read More)
Themes: | celebritydeath |
Locations: | hotelbar |
Characters: | maidlittle girlbabydoctor |
Period: | year 19641960s |
Story: | horse and wagonhorse and carriagescreenpressmusic bandpet dogmovie theatrepromiseaudiencemovie theateragenttape recorderfameperiod in titleapplause …typewritermicrophonevoice overnonlinear timelinereporterbookwatching tvhorsecryingbased on true storyphotographdancingcharacter name in titleflashbackinterviewblood (See All) |
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi …th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsurveillanceparanoiainvestigationfearkidnappingdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | sniperpolice officerdoctor |
Story: | fbi agentfbi investigationpress conferenceradicalfingerprintstrikestadiumarchival footagehatredexplosivelawfbiman with glassesterroristhandcuffs …bombgunfightarrestwatching tvpunched in the facemachine gunbeatingshootoutbased on true storyexplosionphotographtwo word titlegunbloodfight (See All) |
Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, h …e goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out? (Read More)
Themes: | blackmailparanoiacorruptioninvestigationfearpoliticsdeath |
Locations: | officecourtroomnightclubhotelbar |
Characters: | lawyerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | congressional hearingattorney generalnewsreel footagewashington d.c.confidentialityperjurybombinglawpowercourtfired from the jobliarfbiterroristreporter …dead bodyarrestcamerabeatingtwo word titleguninterview (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiafeardeathfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomnightclubcemeterybar |
Characters: | secretarylittle girllawyerphotographerfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | gravestoneco workernicknamepromisefriendship between menapplausecourtscreamfired from the jobliargraveyardtrialnewspaperreportercriminal …lettersecretcamerawatching tvpunched in the facebeatingcryingbased on true storyphotographdancingfightbloodflashbackkiss (See All) |
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
Themes: | panicfear |
Mood: | murder trialneo noir |
Locations: | courtroomnightclubcemeterybar |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerpolice officerdoctormother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse and carriagegravestonejurytestimonymusic bandevidencetrialjudgehandcuffsarrestcamerawatching tvshootoutphotographdancing …two word titleblood (See All) |
The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from medical leave. Shots ring …out and the President falls; a few minutes later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square. Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries thought of everything? (Read More)
Themes: | panicblackmailcorruptionpoliticskidnappingdeath |
Locations: | elevatorhotel |
Characters: | americansnipermaidlittle girlphotographerpolice officerfather son relationship |
Story: | motorcadebalconybombingtimeagentassassination attemptpresidentringmicrophonenonlinear timelinepoliticianterroristreporterbombcamera …machine guncryingexplosionflashbackbloodgun (See All) |
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series …of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find." (Read More)
Themes: | corruptiongangsterfriendship |
Characters: | police arrestamericanlittle boylittle girlbabyfather son relationship |
Period: | 1930s |
Story: | horse and wagonscreencandidatecashbank robberbicyclingmusic bandnicknamemovie theatreaudiencewatching a movieapplausebank robberyringscream …microphonepoliticianold mansecretmachine gunbeatingcryingexplosionphotographdancingfightblood (See All) |
Thinking Pulitzer Prize and hoping to bring down a President, D.C. political columnist Rachel Armstrong writes that the President ignored the findings of a covert CIA operative when ordering air strikes against Venezuela. Rachel names the agent, Erica Van Doren, a woman whose young daughter is in Ra …chel's son's class at school. The government moves quickly to force Rachel to name her source. She's jailed for contempt when she refuses. She won't change her mind, and the days add up. Chaos descends on Van Doren's life as well. First Amendment versus national security, marriage and motherhood versus separation. What's the value of a principle? (Read More)
Themes: | death of mother |
Locations: | courtroomcemetery |
Characters: | little boylittle girllawyermother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | fbi agentwashington d.c.abuse of powerconfidentialityforcejuryattorneyagentassassination attemptgovernmentcourtjudgenewspaperreporterarrest …beatingbased on true storyflashbackinterview (See All) |
Christian Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, star …ting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsurveillancedeath of motherblackmailparanoiainvestigationgangsterfeardeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | officehotelbar |
Characters: | snipermother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | fbi agentpress conferencewashington d.c.wiretappingin medias resjob interviewhatredassassination attemptfbiflash forwardman with glassesnonlinear timelinecriminalhandcuffsletter …gunfightarrestcamerapunched in the facemachine gunbeatingshootoutphotographtwo word titlefightbloodflashbackgun (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: | surveillanceblackmailcorruptionmemoryinvestigationpoliticskidnappingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorbar |
Characters: | americanlawyerbabyphotographerpolice officerdoctorfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | abuse of powerchildhood memoryaudio recordingperjurydocumentapplausetypewriterbinocularsflash forwardman with glassesnonlinear timelinenewspaperdead bodysecretarrest …camerawatching tvpunched in the facehorsebeatingcryingphotographbloodfightgunflashback (See All) |
Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are m …urdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptiongangsterpoliticskidnappingdeath |
Locations: | nightclubairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | secretarysniperfriendfather son relationship |
Story: | fbi agentcongressional hearingpress conferencewashington d.c.abuse of powerforcetestimonytimeagenttape recorderassassination attemptgovernmentfbibinocularsman with glasses …politicianterroristbombsecretgunfightwatching tvmachine gunshootoutexplosionblood (See All) |
The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert da …ta, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society-and what are the costs of exposing them? (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancecorruptionfearpoliticsdeathfriendship |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | bicycleairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | americansecretarylittle boylawyerfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | press conferencewashington d.c.newspaper clippingman wearing woman's clothingconfidentialityegoco workerpromisetimeloyaltyapplausegovernmentfired from the jobliarfbi …judgenewspaperreportersecretarrestmachine guncryingexplosionphotographdancingflashbackbloodkiss (See All) |
Themes: | feardeathfriendship |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | photographerpolice officerfriendmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | hotel roomends with biographical notessubject name in titlenervousnessfilm projectormovie theaterwatching a moviewoman with glassestape recorderapplauseflowersmicrophoneflash forwardman with glassesname in title …camerawatching tvbeatingcryingbased on true storyphotographdancingcharacter name in titlegunkissflashbackbloodinterviewfight (See All) |
Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m …urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trum… (Read More)
Themes: | celebrityinvestigationdeathfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | police arrestlawyerphotographerpolice officerfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Period: | 1950s1960s |
Story: | press conferencenewspaper clippingscrapbookjuryapplausetypewritercourtflowersliarmicrophoneman with glassestrialjudgenewspaperreporter …criminaldead bodybooklettercameracryingphotographcharacter name in titlekissinterviewbloodgun (See All) |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate …ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsurveillanceparanoiainvestigationfearkidnappingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | elevatorcemetery |
Characters: | little girlphotographerpolice officer |
Story: | newspaper clippingwiretappingbank robberexplosiveparadehypodermic needlefireplacebank robberyinjectionskeletonscreamflash forwardgraveyardcriminalhandcuffs …secretgunfightarrestcamerawatching tvpunched in the facebeatingshootoutexplosionphotographbloodflashbackfight (See All) |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | blackmailfearfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | courtroomelevatorbicycle |
Characters: | maidlawyerphotographerfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | file cabinetpress conferencewashington d.c.ends with biographical notesjuryextortionladdercross dressingcourttrialjudgepoliticianold mannewspaperdead body …secretcameracryingbased on true storyphotographdancingflashbackgunkissblood (See All) |
After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e …xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancememorypoliticsfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerfriend |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | fbi agentnewspaper clippingradicalanarchistbank robbertestimonyrevolutionaryarchival footagepromiselawfireplacebank robberyliarfbiterrorist …newspaperreporterhandcuffssecretarrestcameraphotographinterview (See All) |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
Themes: | fearpoliticsdeath |
Locations: | airplanebar |
Characters: | photographerfamily relationships |
Period: | 1920s1930s1950s1940s |
Story: | newsreel footagehorse and carriagein medias resrevolutionarydictatormovie theatreparadewatching a moviefameriotgovernmentpresidentpoliticiannewspaperarrest …horsecryingexplosionphotographdancingcharacter name in title (See All) |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | memorydeathfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomelevator |
Characters: | gay relationshiphomosexualitygay kisslawyerpolice officerfriendfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | childhood memoryrepressed homosexualforcejob interviewpromisewatching a moviecloseted homosexuallawflowersliarlibraryflash forwardjudgehandcuffsbook …lettersecretarrestpunched in the facebeatingcryingbased on true storydancingcharacter name in titleflashbackkissblood (See All) |
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murde …red. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan... (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceblackmailparanoiacorruptioninvestigationgangsterfeardeath |
Locations: | officeelevatorairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | secretarylawyer |
Story: | fbi agentnewspaper clippingsecret recordingreference to al caponefileaudio recordingwiretappingnotejob interviewpet dogattorneyassassination attemptlawfbijudge …beatingphotographtwo word title (See All) |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
Themes: | blackmailparanoiacorruptioninvestigationfearkidnappingdeath |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1920s1930s |
Story: | abuse of poweryear 1935mob of reportersends with biographical notesjurytestimonypowergovernmentcourtskeletonliarmicrophonetrialjudgenewspaper …reporterhandcuffscamerapunched in the facemachine guncryingbased on true storyphotographfightflashbackgunblood (See All) |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz …es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiafearpoliticsfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | officebar |
Characters: | gay relationshiphomosexualitylittle boygay kisslawyerbabyphotographerfriendhomosexual |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | death of title characterrevolutionaryarchival footageparadecloseted homosexualtape recorderlawriotpowertypewritergovernmentfired from the jobnonlinear timelinepoliticiannewspaper …camerawatching tvcryingdancingcharacter name in titlefightflashbackbloodinterviewkiss (See All) |
Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woma …n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
Themes: | corruptioninvestigationfriendship |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | lawyerdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | business cardjuryevidenceattorneymovie theatertape recorderlawtypewritercourtjudgecriminalhandcuffsletterarrestpunched in the face …beatingphotographbloodfight (See All) |
The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and her young son. But then he finds himself haunted by 30-year old case. Holmes memory isn't what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husban …d, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancememorydeath |
Characters: | little boydoctormother son relationship |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | library bookhorse and wagonscreengravestonebusiness cardold ageaudiencewatching a moviefamefireplaceperiod in titlevoice overold manbookletter …secretphotographcharacter name in titletwo word titleflashback (See All) |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye …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: | surveillanceblackmailparanoiacorruptioninvestigationpoliticsdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | courtroomhotelbar |
Characters: | secretarylawyerfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | movie premierewiretappingreference to john f. kennedyevidencemovie theatertape recordercourtflash forwardtrialjudgepoliticianhandcuffssecretgunfightarrest …camerapunched in the facebeatingshootouttwo word titlefightflashback (See All) |
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 …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: | paranoiamemoryfeardeath |
Locations: | officeelevatorbicyclehotel |
Characters: | police arrestlittle boybabyphotographerpolice officerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | department storerepressionstoreevidencepet dogtimewatching a moviefireplacescreamfired from the jobargumentvoice overman with glasseshandcuffsbook …secretarrestcamerawatching tvcryingphotographfightbloodflashbackguninterview (See All) |
Frank Horrigan is a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as a hand-picked agent by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a President to an assassin when Kennedy died. Now, former CIA assassin Mitch Leary is stalking the current President, … who is running for re-election. Mitch has spent long hours studying Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan, telling him of his plans to kill the President. Leary plans to kill the president because Leary feels betrayed by the government -- Leary was removed from the CIA, and the CIA is now trying to have him killed. After talking to Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty, working with fellow secret service agent Lilly Raines. Horrigan has no intention of failing his President this time around, and he's more than willing to take a bullet. White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent refuses to alter the President's itinerary, while Horrigan's boss, Secret Service Director Sam Campagna, is supportive of Horrigan. As the election gets closer, Horrigan begins to doubt his own abilities, especially when Horrigan's colleague Al D'Andrea is killed by Leary. But Horrigan may be the only one who can stop Leary. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiacorruptioninvestigationpoliticskidnappingdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | elevatorairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | sniper |
Story: | press conferencewashington d.c.newspaper clippingmotorcadewiretappingold agetimeagentagingassassination attemptmaniacgovernmentpresidentliarfbi …handcuffssecretgunfightarrestmachine gunshootoutphotographbloodgunflashback (See All) |
Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to … rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryfear |
Locations: | elevatorairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | little girlphotographerdoctorfather son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | hotel roomends with biographical notesnervousnesspromiseagingtape recordertypewritermicrophonelettercamerawatching tvcryingbased on true storyphotographcharacter name in title …two word titleinterviewkiss (See All) |
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld ('Christian Bale' (qv)), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser ('Amy Adams (III)' (qv)) …is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso ('Bradley Cooper (I)' (qv)). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. 'Jeremy Renner' (qv) is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn ('Jennifer Lawrence (III)' (qv)) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. (Read More)
Themes: | panicsurveillanceblackmailcorruptioninvestigationgangsterfearfriendship |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclubairplanehotelbar |
Characters: | americansecretarylawyermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | fbi agentfbi investigationpress conferencesecret recordingin medias resagentsexual attractionfbiman with glassesnonlinear timelinepoliticiancriminalhandcuffsarrestpunched in the face …beatingbased on true storydancingtwo word titlefightflashback (See All) |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherdeathfriendship |
Locations: | bicyclecemetery |
Characters: | little boybabyfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1950s1940s1960s |
Story: | bloody mouthgravestonemusic bandmovie theatreaudiencewoman with glassestape recordermicrophoneargumentflash forwardgraveyardbedroombooklettersecret …punched in the facecryingbased on true storyphotographdancingtwo word titlebloodflashbackkiss (See All) |
Two Irish brothers accidentally kill mafia thugs. They turn themselves in and are released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and start knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he comes to catching the … Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing. (Read More)
Themes: | panicinvestigationdeathfriendship |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | courtroomelevatorhotelbar |
Characters: | gay kissphotographerfriendhomosexual |
Story: | fbi agentfbi investigationpress conferencefingerprinttape recordercross dressingcourtfbiflash forwardtrialnonlinear timelinenewspaperreporterhandcuffsdead body …gunfightcamerawatching tvpunched in the faceshootoutdancinginterviewfightkissgunbloodflashback (See All) |