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A girl of perhaps five or six is orphaned in an air raid while fleeing a French city with her parents early in World War II. She is befriended by a pre-adolescent peasant boy after she wandered away from the other refugees, and is taken in for a few weeks by his family. The children become fast frie …nds, and the film follows their attempt to assimilate the deaths they both face, and the religious rituals surrounding those deaths, through the construction of a cemetery for all sorts of animals. Child-like and adult activity are frequently at cross-purposes, however. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingchildhoodrivalrydeath of motherdeath of fathertheftrobberyfuneralfearjealousyreligiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchparis francetruckfrancefarmrural settingbicycleairplanecemeterychurch |
| Characters: | catholic priestfrench soldiercatholiclittle boylittle girlchristianthiefsister sister relationshippriestpolicemanbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerchildrenfather daughter relationship …mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice (See All) |
| Period: | year 19401940sworld war two |
| Story: | hiding under haybarn owlreading a newspaperhorse drawn hearsedigging a gravecricket the insectaerial bombingdead mousesign of the crossfrench countrysidered crossloss of motherloss of fatherthrown into a riverfeud with neighbor …lord's prayertoy airplanerunaway horsehorse and wagonfuneral wreathfuneral cortegefear of the darkdeath of dogparent killed in front of childfalling into an open gravefatally wounded mangrave markerdisplaced personmortal woundid tagmonoplanefive year oldpaternosterbuglersticking out one's tonguereflection in waterhail marystrafingrobinbugletrippingrakepenancecatechismkicked in the butthayloftearthwormchickmistrustmillmothcartcrossing selfprocessiondesolationhaywheelbarrowmathhomeworkfleeingrescue from drowningspitting blooddeathbedmolesnailair raidhymnpitchforkfamous scoresorrowbombermacabretrumpethearsewormflymedaldiggingdead dogconfessionalbeebreadcar troublerocketowlpuppylanternduckhit on the headshovelinsectevacuationmisunderstandingbombinginnocencepromiseapplemilkburialorphanageladderlosshidinghammerstealingcrucifixmousebarninjurydeath of soncowrefugeesleepingdeath of brotherchickensuspicioncrosscountrysidefarmerflowersreadingsuitcaseliarscreamingconfessiongraveyardcoffinnunbridgeorphannewspapercompetitionriverprayerneighborrunningbombtearslieundressingcatface slaphorsefoodbeatingsongcryingpantiessingingexplosionbased on novelkisssexfightdog (See All) |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
| Themes: | dyingdeath of motherdeath of fathertheftrobberyfeardeath |
| Locations: | truckbicycleairplanecemetery |
| Characters: | thiefbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | strafingcartfleeingair raidflyduckinsectbombinginnocenceburialstealinginjurysleepingcountrysidefarmer …readinggraveyardorphanneighborrunningbombtearsundressingcathorsefoodbeatingsongcryingsingingexplosionbased on novelfight (See All) |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to …respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftfearjealousyreligiondeath |
| Locations: | paris francebicyclechurch |
| Characters: | catholicchristianthiefpriestbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | red crosslord's prayerhail maryair raidbreadlanternbombinghidingstealingmousesleepingcountrysidereadingliarconfession …nunorphancompetitionprayerrunningbombtearslieundressingfoodsongcryingsingingfight (See All) |
New England, 1630: William and Katherine try to lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. 'The Witch' is a chilling portrait of a … family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingdeath of motherdeath of fatherfearreligiondeath |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | little boylittle girlchristiansister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | lord's prayerhymnlanternshovelpromiseappleburialdeath of sonsleepingdeath of brotherchickensuspicionscreamingconfessionprayer …lieundressinghorsefoodsongcryingsingingdogkiss (See All) |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftrobberyfear |
| Locations: | catholic churchtruckbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | catholiclittle boythiefpriestpolicemansingerchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | crossing selfrescue from drowninghymnbreadladderstealingcrucifixcrossliarbridgeriverprayerrunningtearslie …face slapfoodsongcryingsingingbased on noveldog (See All) |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingfuneralfearreligiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchfarmrural settingcemeterychurch |
| Characters: | catholicchristiansister sister relationshippriestsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | digging a gravesign of the crosslord's prayerpaternosterdiggingshovelorphanagecrosssuitcaseconfessionnunorphanfoodsongsinging …kisssex (See All) |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj …amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mother |
| Locations: | bicyclecemetery |
| Characters: | little boybrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | horse drawn hearsetoy airplanefuneral cortegewheelbarrowdiggingshovelcountrysidereadingliargraveyardnewspaperprayerneighborrunningtears …lieundressingfoodbeatingsongcryingsingingbased on noveldog (See All) |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodtheftfearjealousyreligiondeath |
| Locations: | bicycleairplanecemeterychurch |
| Characters: | catholiclittle boychristianthiefpriestpolicemanbrother brother relationshipchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | reading a newspaperinsectinnocencepromiseladderstealingdeath of sonsleepingdeath of brotherflowersreadingliargraveyardcoffinbridge …newspaperriverprayerrunningtearsliecatface slapfoodcryingexplosionkissdogfight (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin …ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingdeath of fatherfeardeath |
| Locations: | truckbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | priestsingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | red crosscatechismbreadlanternhit on the headpromiseburialhidingcrossflowerssuitcaseorphanprayerrunningtears …lieundressingcatface slaphorsefoodsongcryingsingingexplosionbased on novelkiss (See All) |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | rivalryfuneraljealousydeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchtruckfarmairplanecemetery |
| Characters: | catholicsister sister relationshippriestpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | famous scoreburialcrucifixdeath of sonflowersreadinggraveyardcoffinnewspaperprayerneighbortearscathorsefood …beatingsongcryingsingingbased on novelfightdogkiss (See All) |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese … airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingtheftrobberydeath |
| Locations: | truckbicycleairplanechurch |
| Characters: | thiefsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | toy airplaneid tagfleeingair raidevacuationbombingmilkstealingrefugeesleepingflowerssuitcasegraveyardcoffinnun …bridgetearsface slapfoodbeatingsongcryingsingingexplosionbased on novelfightkiss (See All) |
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcome …d. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftreligiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchfrancerural settingbicyclecemeterychurch |
| Characters: | catholicchristianthiefpriestmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | wormconfessionalburialstealingcrucifixcountrysideflowerssuitcaseconfessiongraveyardprayertearsliefoodcrying …based on noveldogkisssexfight (See All) |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
| Themes: | dyingchildhooddeath |
| Locations: | farmrural settingairplane |
| Characters: | christianbrother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | lanternevacuationbombingbarnsleepingchickenreadingorphannewspaperriverrunningtearscatfoodcrying …singingdog (See All) |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg …eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousydeath |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | singerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | horse drawn hearsehorse and wagonhayhymnpitchforklanternpromiseladdercowsleepingchickenfarmergraveyardcoffinbridge …orphanneighbortearshorsefoodsongcryingsingingbased on noveldogkisssex (See All) |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingdeath of mothertheftdeath |
| Locations: | truckairplanecemetery |
| Characters: | thiefpriestpolicemansingerchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | bomberlanternevacuationbombingburialhidingstealingcrosssuitcasegraveyardnewspaperriverrunningbombundressing …horsesongsingingexplosiondogfightkisssex (See All) |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | thiefpriestbrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | diggingshovelevacuationpromiseburialhammerdeath of sonrefugeedeath of brotherchickencrossfarmersuitcaseliargraveyard …coffinprayerrunningtearslieface slaphorsefoodbeatingsongcryingsingingexplosionfightdog (See All) |
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: | rivalrydeath of motherfuneral |
| Locations: | paris francefrancerural settingcemeterychurch |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | loss of motherhorse and wagonlanternhidingmousedeath of sonsleepingchickencrossfarmerscreamingcoffinnewspaperrunninglie …undressingface slapsongsingingbased on novelkissdog (See All) |
Shane rides into a conflict between cattleman Ryker and a bunch of settlers, like Joe Starrett and his family, whose land Ryker wants. When Shane beats up Ryker's man Chris, Ryker tries to buy him. Then Shane and Joe take on the whole Ryker crew. Ryker sends to Cheyenne for truly evil gunslinger Wil …son. Shane must clear out all the guns from the valley. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fatherfuneralfearjealousydeath |
| Locations: | farmcemetery |
| Characters: | little girlbrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | lord's prayerhorse and wagonhymnlanternhit on the headshovelcowfarmerreadingcoffinriverprayerneighborrunningtears …horsefoodbeatingsongcryingsingingbased on noveldogfightkiss (See All) |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
| Themes: | dyingtheftjealousyreligiondeath |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | thiefpriestbrother brother relationshipsingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | fleeingsorrowdiggingbeeshovelinnocenceappleladdercrucifixcowcrossreadingliarconfessionriver …prayerrunningtearsliecathorsefoodbeatingcryingsingingdogsexkiss (See All) |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f …inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fathertheftfearjealousydeath |
| Locations: | paris francetruckfrancefarmbicycleairplanecemeterychurch |
| Characters: | french soldierthiefpriestsingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | aerial bombingred crossbombingburialcrucifixmousedeath of brothercrossfarmergraveyardnunorphanbombtearslie …catface slapfoodsongcryingsingingexplosionbased on noveldogkisssex (See All) |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
| Themes: | dyingdeath of motherfuneralfeardeath |
| Locations: | rural settingbicyclecemetery |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshippolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | loss of mothersorrowlanterninsectdeath of sonsleepingreadingsuitcaseliargraveyardprayerliefoodsongcrying …singing (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fathertheftrobberyfuneraldeath |
| Locations: | truckfrancefarmrural settingairplanecemeterychurch |
| Characters: | thiefpriestpolicemanbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | sorrowburialstealingbarnsleepingcountrysideflowersliarconfessiongraveyardcoffinbombtearslieundressing …horsesongcryingsingingfightkissdogsex (See All) |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingchildhooddeath of motherdeath of fathertheftfuneralreligiondeath |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | little boythiefbrother brother relationshipsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | reading a newspaperloss of motherfleeingorphanagerefugeeflowersreadingsuitcaseliargraveyardcoffinorphancompetitionprayerrunning …bombtearsliefoodbeatingsongcryingsingingbased on novelkisssexdog (See All) |
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are … sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fatherfearreligion |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicchristianpriestbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | crossing selfwheelbarrowhymninnocencemousesuspicioncrossliarconfessionnunprayertearsliecatfood …beatingsongcryingsinging (See All) |
Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted h …is relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Deputy Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fatherfuneralfeardeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchcemeterychurch |
| Characters: | catholicpriestsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of fatherhymnmedalconfessionalburialladderdeath of brotherconfessiongraveyardcoffinsongsingingexplosionfightdog |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c …ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fatherfearjealousyreligiondeath |
| Locations: | farmrural settingbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | little boychristianpriestpolicemanbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerchildrenfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | lord's prayerpaternostercatechismmillinnocencepromisesuspicioncrossfarmerconfessioncoffinbridgeprayertearsface slap …horsefoodbeatingcryingsingingsexkiss (See All) |
It's the Great Depression. In the process of robbing a bank of $10,000, Ben Harper kills two people. Before he is captured, he is able to convince his adolescent son John and his daughter Pearl not to tell anyone, including their mother Willa, where he hid the money, namely in Pearl's favorite toy, …a doll that she carries everywhere with her. Ben, who is captured, tried and convicted, is sentenced to death. But before he is executed, Ben is in the state penitentiary with a cell mate, a man by the name of Harry Powell, a self-professed man of the cloth, who is really a con man and murderer, swindling lonely women, primarily rich widows, of their money before he kills them. Harry does whatever he can, unsuccessfully, to find out the location of the $10,000 from Ben. After Ben's execution, Harry decides that Willa will be his next mark, figuring that someone in the family knows where the money is hidden. Despite vowing not to remarry, Willa ends up being easy prey for Harry's outward evangelicalism; she is a pious woman who feels she needs to atone for her sins which led to Ben doing what he did, especially as Harry presents himself as the preacher who worked at the prison and provided salvation to Ben before his death. Harry quickly figures out that John and Pearl know where the money is. Conversely, John doesn't trust Harry, John who first tries not to show to Harry that he indeed does know where the money is, and then second constantly reminds a more-trusting Pearl of their p… (Read More)
| Themes: | childhooddeath of fathertheftreligiondeath |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | little girlthiefpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | barn owlloss of motherloss of fatherhaylofthymnowlhit on the headinnocencepromisecowsleepingsuspicionreadingliarorphan …rivertearsliecatface slaphorsesongcryingsingingbased on noveldog (See All) |
The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California presents miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview, a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need b …e. His business partner/son (H.W.) is, in reality, an "acquired" child whose true biological single-parent father (working on one of Daniel's rigs) died in a workplace accident. Daniel is deeply protective of H.W. if only for what H.W. brings to the partnership. Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. Eli, a local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire. (Read More)
| Themes: | rivalryreligiondeath |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | digging a graveloss of fatherhorse and wagonhymnlanternmilkburialladderhammerinjurycrossfarmerreadingconfessionorphan …competitionprayertearsface slaphorsefoodbeatingsongcryingsingingexplosionbased on novel (See All) |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fathertheftfuneraldeath |
| Locations: | bicyclecemeterychurch |
| Characters: | little girlsister sister relationshippolicemanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | loss of motherloss of fathershovelpromiseladderhammersleepingcrossflowerscoffinorphannewspapercompetitionneighborrunning …liecatfoodcryingbased on noveldogkiss (See All) |
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 1 …2 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution's spring. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingdeath of mothertheftrobberyfuneralfearreligiondeath |
| Locations: | rural settingbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | little boychristianthiefpriestbrother sister relationshipsingerfather son relationship |
| Story: | hymnwormapplecrucifixstealingcrosstearsliecatface slapbeatingsongcryingsinging |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fathertheftreligiondeath |
| Locations: | truckfarmbicycleairplane |
| Characters: | christianthiefbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | bomberhearsebombinghidingcrucifixrefugeedeath of brothersuspicioncrosscountrysidesuitcasecoffinriverprayerbomb …tearsundressingfoodbeatingsongcryingpantiessingingexplosionfightkiss (See All) |
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cous …in, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fathertheftfearjealousydeath |
| Locations: | paris france |
| Characters: | christianthiefsister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of motherloss of fatherhorse and wagonfuneral wreathfleeingdeathbedfamous scoreevacuationbarndeath of sonreadingliarprayertearslie …undressingface slaphorsefoodsongcryingsingingexplosionbased on novelkissfightdog (See All) |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
| Themes: | dyingrivalrytheftfeardeath |
| Locations: | truckrural settingairplanecemetery |
| Characters: | catholicthiefpolicemanbrother brother relationshipsingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | insectstealingsleepingcrossbridgenewspaperriverprayerrunningtearsface slapsongcryingsingingexplosion …based on noveldogfight (See All) |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li …ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Cecilia… (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingjealousydeath |
| Locations: | airplanechurch |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshippolicemanbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | barn owlrescue from drowningdeathbedhymnowlevacuationbombingcountrysideflowersreadingsuitcaseconfessionnuntearslie …undressingfoodsongcryingsingingbased on novelsexfightdogkiss (See All) |
Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet named Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other farm animals, inclu …ding Fly's jealous husband Rex, accept a pig who doesn't conform to the farm's social hierarchy? (Read More)
| Themes: | fearjealousy |
| Locations: | farmcemetery |
| Story: | loss of motherhayfamous scorepuppyduckmisunderstandinghidingmousecowfarmerorphancompetitioncathorsecrying …singingbased on noveldog (See All) |
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille came into the world unwanted, expected to die, yet born with an unnerving sense of smell that created alienation as well as talent. Of all the smells around him, Grenouille is beckoned to the scent of a woman's soul, and spends the rest of his life attempting to smell her es …sence again by becoming a perfumer, and creating the essence of an innocence lost. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingrobberydeath |
| Locations: | paris francechurch |
| Characters: | catholicpriestfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | hayloftbeeinnocenceappleorphanageladderbarncrossnunbridgeorphanrivertearsundressingcat …face slapbeatingcryingbased on novelkissdog (See All) |
On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German-occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet parti …sans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German-occupied Eastern Europe. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fatherfeardeath |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipchildrenhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | digging a gravefleeingair raidbreadhammerhidingbarndeath of sonrefugeefarmerriverbombface slaphorsefood …beatingexplosiondog (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: | dyingfeardeath |
| Locations: | paris francebicycle |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | reading a newspaperloss of motherdead dogshovelladderlosssuspicionsuitcasebridgenewspaperneighborrunningtearsundressingfood …songcryingpantiessingingdogkiss (See All) |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
| Themes: | funeraldeath |
| Locations: | farmbicyclecemetery |
| Characters: | little boylittle girlsister sister relationshippolicemanbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | diggingladderhammerhidingsuspicionflowersreadingsuitcaseneighborrunningtearsfoodbeatingcryingbased on novel …dogkiss (See All) |
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: | dyingchildhoodfearreligiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchparis franceairplanecemeterychurch |
| Characters: | priestbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | promisecowcrossreadinggraveyardbridgeliecatsongsingingexplosiondogsexkiss |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
| Themes: | dyingfuneralfeardeath |
| Locations: | airplanechurch |
| Characters: | catholiclittle boylittle girlpriestpolicemanbrother sister relationshipchildrenfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | red crossrescue from drowninginsectevacuationcrucifixcrossgraveyardnunriverneighborsex |
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: | funeraljealousydeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicycleairplane |
| Characters: | priestbrother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | aerial bombinginsectbombingprayerlieface slapbeatingsongcryingpantiessingingfightsexkiss |
At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a man who uses an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and his priest, he contacts Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a professional sex surrogate and a typical soccer mom with a house, a mortgage and a husband. Inspired by a true st …ory, The Sessions, follows the fascinating relationship which evolves between Cheryl and Mark as she takes him on his journey to manhood. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralfearjealousy |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicpriestsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | promisesleepingreadingconfessioncoffinnewspaperprayerrunningtearsundressingcatfoodsongpantiessinging …sexkiss (See All) |
The painter Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.
| Themes: | religiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchchurch |
| Characters: | french soldiercatholicbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | medalorphanagecrucifixchickencrossconfessionnunorphanprayerhorsefoodexplosion |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodtheftfuneralfearreligiondeath |
| Locations: | paris francefrancebicyclecemetery |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemanchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | fleeingair raidbombingburialhidingrefugeecrossreadingsuitcaseliarnunnewspaperprayerneighborrunning …tearsliecatfoodcryingexplosiondogfightkiss (See All) |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
| Themes: | dyingdeath |
| Locations: | truckfarmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | little boypolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | horse and wagonbeerocketowlpuppyapplelossdeath of sonfarmerreadingbridgeriverprayerrunningtears …undressingface slaphorsebeatingcryingpantiessingingdogfightsex (See All) |
When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin ar …ranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. (Read More)
| Themes: | fearreligiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchairplanecemeterychurch |
| Characters: | catholiclittle boylittle girlchristianpriestmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | toy airplaneconfessionallossdeath of soncrossliarconfessiongraveyardnunprayerrunningtearsliefoodcrying …kisssex (See All) |
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads en …ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fatherfeardeath |
| Locations: | farmrural setting |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of motherloss of fatherbeelanterninnocencesleepingcrossreadingsuitcasescreamingorphanprayerrunningfoodbeating …songsingingexplosionbased on novelsexkiss (See All) |
The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's lif …e: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. (Read More)
| Themes: | theft |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | catholicthiefsister sister relationshippriestpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | air raidcrucifixcrosssuitcaseliarscreamingconfessionprayertearslieundressingsongcryingsinging |
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: | dyingchildhoodfearjealousydeath |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | little girlpolicemanbrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
| Story: | earthwormfleeingwormdigginginnocencepromisesleepingliarscreamingconfessiongraveyardnewspaperrivertearslie …undressingface slapbeatingcryingbased on novelkissfight (See All) |
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