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Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new respo β¦nsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceunemploymentguiltdivorceangervoyeurismchristmasmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | office partyofficecourtroomelevatorbicyclerestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | crying boylittle boyparent child relationshipsingle fatherex husband ex wife relationshipsingle motherlawyerboydoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | christmas party1970s |
Story: | judicial systemcustody battlechild custodyfamily abandonmentnude girladvertising executivecartoon on tvwoman with glasseslawyer client relationshipman carrying a boychristmas treecovered female frontal nudityreference to the brady bunchstruggling parentsitting on a park bench β¦french toasttestifying in courtjungle gymwomen's libcourt rulingfeet on deskinjured childhands covering breaststoy airplanejob searchafijoblessnesschild's bedroomemployment agencydismissalletter read aloudlegalityfemale tearssex with coworkerstitch7 year oldhigh risesupreme courtjudicialjudiciarydesertionchrysler building manhattan new york citywife leaves husbandbloody facecustodytantrumworkaholicversus in titlepre teenschool playdeterminationimplied sexbattle of the sexesfacial scarcentral park manhattan new york cityabandonmentselfishnessnudetestimonyjoymarital problemabbreviation in titleseparationtan linedivorceeblood on facecartoonfrustrationadvertisingjob interviewplaygrounddesperationblockbustertherapistbuttocksrepetition in titleice creamrageinjuryno pantiessupermarketsingle parentcouplehatetrustpremarital sexsuspicionsuitcasefired from the jobbirthday partyscantily clad femaletrialjudgewomancookinghalloweencleavagemanhattan new york cityvoyeurneighborfalling from heightwatching tvurinationtopless female nuditysurprise endingthree word titlefemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in titlebased on novelbare breastsbloodnudity (See All) |
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches β¦ age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need. (Read More)
Themes: | divorceangerfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomrestauranthospital |
Characters: | single fathersingle motherlawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | custody battlechild custodycartoon on tvcustodysingle parenthatebirthday partyjudgewomanhalloweenneighborwatching tvcharacter name in title |
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 β¦n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
Themes: | justiceangerchristmasfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomrestauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | judicial systemchristmas treejudicialjudiciarycouplehatejudgewomanbased on novelblood |
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homes β¦ick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltangermarriage |
Locations: | courtroomelevatornew york cityhospital |
Characters: | single motherlawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | judicial systemjudicialjudiciaryabandonmenttestimonymarital problemragescantily clad femaletrialjudgemanhattan new york cityvoyeurwatching tvsurprise endingthree word title β¦female frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelbare breastsblood (See All) |
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Bree β¦dlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. (Read More)
Themes: | angermarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | single motherdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | joyseparationblockbustersupermarketpremarital sexbirthday partywomanmanhattan new york cityneighborbased on novel |
'Erin Brockovich-Ellis' (qv) is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation β¦ for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her law firm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceunemploymentmarriage |
Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
Characters: | single motherlawyerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | judicial systemjudiciaryjudicialdivorceejob interviewsingle parenttrustfired from the jobtrialjudgewomanneighborwatching tvsurprise endingcharacter name in title |
Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men re β¦sponsible should be brought to justice. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceguiltangervoyeurismfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomhospital |
Characters: | lawyerdoctor |
Story: | judicial systemtestifying in courtjudiciaryjudicialtestimonyscantily clad femaletrialjudgecleavagevoyeurwatching tvfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudity |
Adult film director Jack Horner is always on the lookout for new talent and it's only by chance that he meets Eddie Adams who is working as a busboy in a restaurant. Eddie is young, good looking and plenty of libido to spare. Using the screen name Dirk Diggler, he quickly rises to the top of his ind β¦ustry winning awards year after year. Drugs and ego however come between Dirk and those around him and he soon finds that fame is fleeting. (Read More)
Themes: | voyeurismchristmasmarriage |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyerfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | child custodynude girlchristmas treenudetan linedivorceebuttocksno pantiesfired from the jobscantily clad femalejudgecleavagevoyeurtopless female nudityfemale frontal nudity β¦female rear nudityfemale nuditybare breastsbloodnudity (See All) |
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in the midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occu β¦rrences and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in the only bedroom. There are also noises coming from the apartment directly above hers, though it would appear to be vacant. Is the apartment haunted or is there a simpler explanation? (Read More)
Themes: | divorce |
Locations: | elevatornew york cityhospital |
Characters: | single motherlawyer |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | custody battlechild custodycartoon on tvseparationdivorceejob interviewplaygroundmanhattan new york citybased on novel |
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: | justiceanger |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | lawyerboy |
Story: | judicial systemjudicialjudiciarytestimonybuttockstrialjudgewatching tvsurprise endingfemale nuditybased on novelnudityblood |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
Themes: | justiceunemploymentguiltdivorce |
Locations: | restaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshiplawyerboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | child custodyjob interviewhatefired from the jobscantily clad femalewatching tvsurprise endingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in titlenudity |
Eccentric actor Daniel Hillard is an amusing and caring father. But after a disastrous birthday party for his son, Daniel's wife Miranda draws the line and files a divorce. He can see his three children only once a week which doesn't sit well with him. Daniel also holds a job at a TV studio as a shi β¦pping clerk under the recommendation of his liason. But when Miranda puts out an ad for a housekeeper, Daniel takes it upon himself to make a disguise as a Scottish lady named Mrs Doubtfire. And Daniel must also deal with Miranda's new boyfriend Stu Dunemyer. (Read More)
Themes: | divorce |
Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
Characters: | single fatherex husband ex wife relationshipsingle motherlawyerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | custody battlecourt rulingcustodyblockbusterbirthday partyjudgecharacter name in titlebased on novel |
Themes: | angervoyeurismchristmasmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | little boylawyerboydoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | 7 year oldcentral park manhattan new york citydivorceetherapistice creambirthday partyscantily clad femalewomancleavagemanhattan new york cityvoyeurwatching tv |
After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano β¦ blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltvoyeurismchristmasmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | boydoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | cartoon on tvwoman with glasseschristmas treecentral park manhattan new york cityfrustrationtherapistno pantiesscantily clad femalecleavagemanhattan new york cityvoyeurwatching tvurinationthree word titlefemale frontal nudity β¦female rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novel (See All) |
The Girl on the Train is the story of Rachel Watson's life post-divorce. Every day, she takes the train in to work in New York, and every day the train passes by her old house. The house she lived in with her husband, who still lives there, with his new wife and child. As she attempts to not focus o β¦n her pain, she starts watching a couple who live a few houses down -- Megan and Scott Hipwell. She creates a wonderful dream life for them in her head, about how they are a perfect happy family. And then one day, as the train passes, she sees something shocking, filling her with rage. The next day, she wakes up with a horrible hangover, various wounds and bruises, and no memory of the night before. She has only a feeling: something bad happened. Then come the TV reports: Megan Hipwell is missing. Rachel becomes invested in the case and trying to find out what happened to Megan, where she is, and what exactly she herself was up to that same night Megan went missing. (Read More)
Themes: | unemploymentdivorceangervoyeurismmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | nudedivorceeblood on facetherapistbuttocksragecouplehatepremarital sexsuspicionfired from the jobwomanvoyeurtopless female nuditysurprise ending β¦female frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelbare breastsnudityblood (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: | marriagefriendship |
Locations: | courtroomelevatorbicyclerestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | testifying in courttherapisttrustsuspicionsuitcasebirthday partytrialjudgemanhattan new york cityneighborurinationthree word titlefemale nudityblood |
When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.
Themes: | justiceguiltanger |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | lawyer |
Story: | judicial systemlawyer client relationshiplegalityjudiciaryimplied sextestimonytrialjudgeblood |
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
Themes: | guiltmarriage |
Locations: | courtroomhospital |
Characters: | lawyerboydoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | judicial systemsupreme courtjudicialjudiciaryice creamtrialjudgefemale frontal nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in titlebare breastsnudity |
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: | guiltdivorcechristmasmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | single motherlawyerboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | christmas treetestimonymarital problemsupermarkettrialjudgewomanwatching tvcharacter name in titlenudityblood |
Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Fresh off of a successful production of Death of a Salesman, he has traded in the suburban blue-hairs and regional theater of Schenectady for the cultured audiences and bright footlights of Broadway. Armed with a MacArthur grant and determined to β¦ create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he can put his whole self, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a small mock-up of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off the tracks. The shadow of his ex-wife Adele, a celebrated painter who left him years ago for Germany's art scene, sneers at him from every corner. Somewhere in Berlin, his daughter Olive is growing up under the questionable guidance of Adele's friend, Maria. He's helplessly driving his marriage to actress Claire into the ground. Sammy Barnathan, the actor Caden has hired to play himself within the play, is a bit too perfect for the part, and is making it difficult for Caden to revive his relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel. Meanwhile, his therapist, Madeline Gravis, is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counselling him. His second daughter, Ariel, is disabled. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. As the years β¦ (Read More)
Themes: | angervoyeurismmarriage |
Locations: | restaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | nude girlnudetherapistbuttocksno pantiesfired from the jobscantily clad femalewomancleavagemanhattan new york cityvoyeurwatching tvurinationtopless female nuditythree word title β¦female frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare breastsnudityblood (See All) |
Nader ('Payman Maadi' (qv)) and Simin ('Leila Hatami' (qv)) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), β¦who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcemarriage |
Locations: | elevatorhospital |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | joblessnesswife leaves husbandtestimonymarital problemseparationcouplesuspicionsuitcasefired from the jobjudgewomancharacter name in title |
Echoes of "Madame Bovary" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two yea β¦rs for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead? (Read More)
Themes: | marriagefriendship |
Locations: | bicyclerestauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyerboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | advertising executivewoman with glassesadvertisingplaygroundbuttocksno pantiessupermarketsuitcasescantily clad femalewatching tvtopless female nudityfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novel β¦bare breastsnudity (See All) |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi β¦m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcemarriage |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | nude girlnudetan lineblockbusterbirthday partyscantily clad femalewomancleavagewatching tvtopless female nudityfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybased on novelbare breastsnudity |
A regular family - Maria ('Naomi Watts' (qv)), Henry ('Ewan McGregor' (qv)) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vaca β¦tion until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them? (Read More)
Themes: | angerchristmas |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | little boyboydoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | nude girl7 year oldnudeseparationinjurysuitcasescantily clad femalecleavagewatching tvurinationtopless female nuditysurprise endingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybare breasts β¦nudityblood (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 β¦y Nina Yorkin and her adolescent son Jake Yorkin, the two in the family who drop off and pick up the family's photofinishing - the family about whom he is obsessed, than anyone else. Nina's husband, Will Yorkin, is incidental to his obsession since Sy has only seen him in photographs. Sy's obsession includes fantasizing about being their favorite "Uncle Sy". He has even been making an extra set of prints for himself of all of their photographs since Jake was a newborn. After an incident at work and after Sy finds out more about the family through a set of photographs, he decides to right the injustices he sees in the only way he knows how. His actions demonstrate his true mental state. (Read More)
Themes: | angervoyeurismchristmasmarriage |
Locations: | officeelevatorbicyclerestaurant |
Characters: | little boyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | cartoon on tvbuttocksno pantiesfired from the jobbirthday partyscantily clad femalecleavagevoyeurwatching tvfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditynudityblood |
Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter, who is 26, replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters with another on the way, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Dan and Carter's working relationship is tested when Carter β¦ begins a relationship with Alex, who is Dan's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | unemploymentdivorceangermarriagefriendship |
Locations: | officeelevatorrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | advertising executivewife leaves husbandadvertisingbuttocksbirthday partymanhattan new york citysurprise endingthree word title |
Mick Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of assaulting a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case β¦ might be linked to an old case of his. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | courtroomelevatorhospital |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshiplawyermother son relationship |
Story: | lawyer client relationshiptestifying in courtimplied sextrialjudgewomansurprise endingthree word titlebased on novel |
Erin Grant loses care and custody of her daughter when she's divorced from her husband Darrell, a small-time thief. Struggling for money, she is a dancer at a nightclub, where one night Congressman Dilbeck (in disguise) attacks another member of the audience. A spectator, who recognizes Dilbeck and β¦is fond of Erin, offers to get back her daughter by blackmailing Dilbeck. Things do not work out as planned, though. (Read More)
Themes: | divorce |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshipsingle mother |
Story: | child custodycartoon on tvcustodydesperationsingle parentjudgewomantopless female nuditysurprise endingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelbare breastsnudity |
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend, he thinks it's because he's fat. A man is unable to tell her next door neighbor he finds her sexually attractive. An old couple wants to split up, but they don't want to get a divorce. A therapist masturbates to teen magazines. An 11 year old kid is insecure abo β¦ut the fact that he hasn't cum yet. Office workers try to recall the face of a coworker who recently died. A woman is sure she has everything she could ever want. The lives of these individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcemarriage |
Locations: | officeelevatorrestauranthospital |
Characters: | little boyboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | therapistice creamcouplewomanneighbor |
Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him m β¦ore and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection. The stunning, semi-autobiographical directing debut of 20-year-old actor Xavier Dolan. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdivorceangerfriendship |
Locations: | bicyclerestaurant |
Characters: | little boyparent child relationshipsingle mothermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | 7 year oldsingle parenthatecookingwatching tv |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltvoyeurismfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorrestauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyerboydoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | nude girltan lineplaygrounddesperationinjurysuspicionscantily clad femalecleavagevoyeurwatching tvfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelnudity β¦blood (See All) |
Vincent is an old Vietnam vet whose stubbornly hedonistic ways have left him without money or a future. Things change when his new next-door neighbor's son, Oliver, needs a babysitter and Vince is willing enough for a fee. From that self-serving act, an unexpected friendship forms as Vincent and Oli β¦ver find so much of each other's needs through each other. As Vincent mentors Oliver in street survival and other worldly ways, Oliver begins to see more in the old man than just his foibles. When life takes a turn for the worse for Vincent, both them find the best in each other than no one around them suspects. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcevoyeurismfriendship |
Locations: | courtroombicyclenew york cityhospital |
Characters: | single motherlawyerboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | child custodyabbreviation in titlesuitcasescantily clad femalecleavagevoyeurneighborwatching tvurinationcharacter name in titleblood |
Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a fathe β¦r. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife. (Read More)
Themes: | unemploymentchristmasfriendship |
Locations: | new york cityhospital |
Characters: | single fatherboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | christmas party |
Story: | woman with glassesschool playcentral park manhattan new york cityfired from the jobwomanmanhattan new york cityfemale nuditynudity |
Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
Themes: | unemploymentdivorcefriendship |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | custodyjob interviewdesperationblockbustertrustsuspicionfired from the jobthree word titlenudity |
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as β¦she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life... The anticipated disaster failed to occur, and yet the family's world has been shaken to its core, a question mark hanging over their father in particular. Tomas and Ebba's marriage now hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdivorcemarriagefriendship |
Locations: | elevatorrestaurant |
Characters: | crying boylittle boyparent child relationshipboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | selfishnessmarital problemfrustrationice creamwatching tvurinationtopless female nudityfemale nuditybare breasts |
In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity β¦ as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. (Read More)
Themes: | divorceangerfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorrestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshipsingle motherhusband wife relationship |
Story: | woman with glassescentral park manhattan new york cityjob interviewblockbusterfired from the jobwomancookingmanhattan new york citysurprise endingbased on novel |
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 β¦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: | guiltfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorbicyclerestauranthospital |
Characters: | boyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | tan linejob interviewtherapistbuttocksfired from the jobscantily clad femalewomancleavagevoyeururinationfemale rear nudityfemale nudity |
Happily married New York lawyer Dan Gallagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?
Themes: | guiltvoyeurismmarriage |
Locations: | officerestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citymarital problemblockbusterwomancookingmanhattan new york cityvoyeurwatching tvtopless female nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare breastsnudityblood |
While looking for an apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, encounters Paul, a mysterious American expatriate mourning his wife's recent suicide. Instantly drawn to each other, they have a stormy, passionate affair, in which they do not reveal their names to each other. Their relationship β¦deeply affects their lives, as Paul struggles with his wife's death and Jeanne prepares to marry her fiance, Tom, a film director making a cinema-verite documentary about her. (Read More)
Themes: | angervoyeurism |
Locations: | elevatorrestaurant |
Story: | blockbusterrageno pantiespremarital sexscantily clad femalewomancleavagevoyeurfalling from heighttopless female nudityfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybare breastsnudity |
Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.
Themes: | guiltvoyeurismfriendship |
Locations: | restaurantnew york cityhospital |
Story: | nude girlnudeno pantiesscantily clad femalecleavagevoyeururinationtopless female nudityfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelbare breastsnudityblood |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri β¦ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Themes: | christmasmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | single motherdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | central park manhattan new york cityselfishnesspremarital sexbirthday partyscantily clad femalewomancleavagemanhattan new york cityurinationfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in title |
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 β¦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: | justiceguiltdivorceangerchristmasmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | bicyclerestauranthospital |
Characters: | boydoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | selfishnesstherapistsupermarketpremarital sexsuitcasetrialwomancookingneighborfalling from heightwatching tvblood |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de β¦fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdivorceangermarriage |
Locations: | courtroombicyclerestauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | selfishnesstestimonytrustsuspicionsuitcasetrialjudgeurination |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love β¦s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceguiltdivorcefriendship |
Locations: | courtroombicyclerestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | legalitysuitcasescantily clad femaletrialjudgewomancleavagevoyeurfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novel |
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
Themes: | divorceangerchristmasfriendship |
Locations: | officerestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | lawyer |
Period: | christmas party |
Story: | christmas treefeet on deskhigh risebuttocksragepremarital sexscantily clad femalewomancleavagemanhattan new york cityvoyeurwatching tvurinationsurprise endingfemale frontal nudity β¦female rear nudityfemale nuditybased on novelblood (See All) |
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: β¦ truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)
Themes: | guilt |
Locations: | officecourtroomrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | little boylawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citytestimonyjob interviewplaygroundfired from the jobtrialjudgemanhattan new york cityneighborwatching tvcharacter name in title |
When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy, he retreats from life. While his concerned friends try desperately to reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time and Death. But it's not until his notes bring unexpected personal re β¦sponses that he begins to understand how these constants interlock in a life fully lived, and how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty (Read More)
Themes: | angerchristmas |
Locations: | bicyclenew york city |
Characters: | ex husband ex wife relationshipboyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | advertising executivechristmas treeletter read aloudcentral park manhattan new york cityadvertisinghatemanhattan new york city |
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young man is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open-and-shut case of murder soon becomes a detective story that presents a succession of clues creating doubt, and a mini-d β¦rama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room. (Read More)
Themes: | justice |
Locations: | courtroomnew york city |
Characters: | lawyer |
Story: | judicial systemadvertising executivelegalityjudicialjudiciarytrialthree word title |
After winning a custody battle for her daughter, Yoshimi tries to make a new start. The apartment she moves into seems perfect at first. Soon though, strange things begin happening. Huge water stains appear on the ceiling and drip constantly, more liquid oozing into the rooms every day. She calls th β¦e landlord in but he refuses to do anything about it. A child's red bag shows up in odd places and soon the child herself starts appearing. Yoshimi then discovers the origin of the ghost... (Read More)
Themes: | divorcemarriage |
Locations: | elevator |
Characters: | parent child relationshiplawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | custody battlechild custodyfamily abandonmentcustodybased on novel |
Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
Themes: | divorce |
Locations: | officerestaurantnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | single motherdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wife leaves husbandschool playbuttockssuitcasefired from the jobscantily clad femalemanhattan new york citysurprise endingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditynudity |