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Bunuel's first feature has more of a plot than _Un chien andalou (1929)_ (qv), but it's still a pure Surrealist film, so this is only a vague outline. A man and a woman are passionately in love with one another, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted, by their families …, the Church and bourgeois society. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismdark comedyexperimental filmcult film |
| Themes: | religionsurrealism |
| Mood: | avant gardesatire |
| Locations: | castletaxibeach |
| Characters: | lustboy |
| Story: | reference to the marquis de sadebandit gangtoilet flushbuilding destructionanti clericalismclassical concertoverreactionchrist figureimageryintertitlemarquisgamekeeperfootcocktail partycountry estate …implied sexnobilityman slaps womanblasphemygiraffesocialitevaticanheadacheconductoraristocracypleasurehandicappedpillowactual animal killedbloody body of childbourgeoisiebishopbullanimal abusescorpionlavatrue lovecockroachbanditmudpostersymbolismministerabsurd humorsexual desireorchestraservantcrucifixrome italyflirtingchild murderclass differencescowratskeletonstatuecontroversytoiletorgyrifleshot in the headface slapshot to deathfirebased on novelsexmasturbationflashbackdogblood (See All) |
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | beach |
| Story: | imagerycountry estatesocialiterome italychild murderstatueorgyface slap |
A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and t …he guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismexperimental filmcult film |
| Themes: | religionsurrealism |
| Mood: | avant gardesatire |
| Story: | christ figureimageryblasphemysymbolismabsurd humorcrucifixstatuetoiletriflefiredogbloodsexmasturbation |
Several bourgeois friends planning to get together for dinner experience a succession of highly unusual occurrences that interfere with their expected dining enjoyment.
| Subgenre: | absurdismexperimental film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Mood: | avant gardesatire |
| Story: | bourgeoisiebishopcockroachministerbloodflashback |
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interp …reted as an allegory for Thatcherism. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismdark comedyexperimental filmcult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Mood: | avant gardesatire |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | symbolismcontroversyshot in the headshot to deathsex |
Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. Unaware of this, the two enjoy their journey and themselves being together.. …. until they witness a young woman dying after a car accident - a bad omen. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismdark comedycult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Mood: | avant gardesatire |
| Story: | true loveabsurd humorsexual desiretoiletshot to deathfirebased on noveldogbloodflashback |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a … good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark comedycult film |
| Mood: | avant gardesatire |
| Locations: | taxibeach |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | child murderratskeletoncontroversytoiletshot in the headshot to deathdogflashbackblood |
Late one night, a beautiful and well-dressed young woman, Grace, arrives in the mountainous old mining town of Dogville as a fugitive; following the sound of gunshots in the distance which have been heard by Tom, the self-appointed moral spokesman for the town. Persuaded by Tom, the town agree to hi …de Grace, and in return she freely helps the locals. However, when the Sheriff from a neighbouring town posts a Missing notice, advertising a reward for revealing her whereabouts, the townsfolk require a better deal from Grace, in return for their silence; and when the Sheriff returns some weeks later with a Wanted poster, even though the citizens know her to be innocent of the false charges against her, the town's sense of goodness takes a sinister turn and the price of Grace's freedom becomes a workload and treatment akin to that of a slave. But Grace has a deadly secret that the townsfolk will eventually encounter. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | experimental filmcult film |
| Characters: | lustboy |
| Story: | posterservantchild murdertoiletrifleshot in the headshot to deathfireblooddogsex |
Aviator Andre Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him. He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself i …s involved in an affair with Genevieve de Marras, but he is trying to break it off. Meanwhile, Andre seeks help from his old friend Octave, who gets Andre an invitation to the country home where Robert and Christine are hosting a large hunting party. As the guests arrive for the party, their cordial greetings hide their real feelings, along with their secrets - and even some of the servants are involved in tangled relationships. (Read More)
| Locations: | castle |
| Story: | marquisgamekeepercountry estateheadacheactual animal killedbourgeoisieservantclass differencesrifleface slapdog |
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.
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Locations: | beach |
| Story: | cocktail partychild murdercontroversytoiletshot in the headface slapfirebased on novelflashbackmasturbationblood |
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: | religion |
| Locations: | beach |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | actual animal killedbishopanimal abusemudcrucifixcowcontroversyfiredogbloodsexflashback |
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
| Themes: | religion |
| Story: | vaticanbishopservantrome italytoiletorgyface slapsexflashbackblood |
Nazi-Fascist Northern Italy, 1943-44. Four senior members of government, aided by henchmen and Nazi soldiers, kidnap a group of young men and women. They hold them for 120 days, subjecting them to all manner of torture, perversion and degradation.
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Mood: | avant gardesatire |
| Story: | reference to the marquis de sadebishopcontroversyshot in the headface slapshot to deathbased on novelsexbloodmasturbation |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t …he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | religion |
| Locations: | beach |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | actual animal killedbloody body of childchild murderclass differencescontroversyrifleshot in the headface slapshot to deathflashbackblood |
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room... and over the next few days all the elaborate pretenses and facades that they've built up by virtue of their position in society collapse completely as they become reduced to living like animals...
| Subgenre: | absurdismdark comedyexperimental film |
| Themes: | religionsurrealism |
| Mood: | avant gardesatire |
| Story: | symbolismclass differences |
A meek word processor impulsively travels to Manhattan's Soho District to date an attractive but apparently disturbed young woman and finds himself trapped there in a nightmarishly surreal vortex of improbable coincidences and farcical circumstances.
| Subgenre: | absurdismcult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Locations: | taxi |
| Story: | posterstatuetoiletshot to deathsexblood |
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth …and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | experimental filmcult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Mood: | avant garde |
| Locations: | beach |
| Story: | imageryactual animal killedsymbolismface slapsex |
During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escap …e. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape... (Read More)
| Themes: | religion |
| Locations: | castle |
| Story: | nobilitybourgeoisiecrucifixclass differencescowcontroversyrifleshot to deathfiredog |
The fantastic tale of an 18th century aristocrat, his talented henchmen and a little girl in their efforts to save a town from defeat by the Turks. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable advent …ures. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismcult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Locations: | beach |
| Story: | orchestracowskeletonstatuerifleshot to deathbased on novelblooddog |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from … the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
| Themes: | religionsurrealism |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | beach |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | nobilitygiraffevaticanrome italystatuecontroversysexflashbackdog |
In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual promiscuity flourish. Thirteen years later, in the midst of political and economical problems, Charles II asks for the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from e …xile back to London. John is a morally-corrupt drunkard and a sexually- active cynical poet. When the King asks John to prepare a play for the French ambassador so as to please him, John meets the aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her into a great star. He falls in love with her and she becomes his mistress. During the presentation to the Frenchman, he falls into disgrace with the court. When he was thirty-three years old and dying of syphilis and alcoholism, he converts to being a religious man. (Read More)
| Locations: | castle |
| Characters: | lust |
| Story: | country estatemudsexual desireorchestraservantorgyface slapbloodsexdog |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Locations: | taxibeach |
| Story: | toilet flushcrucifixrifleshot in the headface slapflashbackdogbloodsex |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdism |
| Locations: | taxi |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | servantflirtingratstatuerifleface slapflashbackdogbloodsex |
Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Characters: | lust |
| Story: | sexual desireratcontroversyrifleface slapshot to deathfirebased on novelsexdogbloodflashback |
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found deca …pitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents". (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismdark comedycult film |
| Locations: | castletaxi |
| Story: | ministerratskeletonrifleshot to deathflashbackblooddog |
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)
| Locations: | beach |
| Story: | marquisbishopchild murderratorgyrifleface slapbased on novelflashbackdog |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, …not the answering of them. (Read More)
| Story: | lavasymbolismservantclass differencesstatuerifleface slapbased on novelflashbackdogbloodsex |
The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his siste …r, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of Britain before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members). (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Characters: | lust |
| Story: | pleasureactual animal killedbloody body of childsexual desirestatuecontroversyorgymasturbationbloodsex |
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)
| Story: | bullanimal abusemudministerservantcrucifixclass differencesriflebased on noveldogblood |
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)
| Subgenre: | dark comedy |
| Themes: | religion |
| Locations: | beach |
| Story: | blasphemymudministerrifleshot in the headface slapfirebased on novelbloodflashback |
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.
| Subgenre: | absurdismcult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Locations: | taxibeach |
| Story: | rifleface slapshot to deathflashbackdog |
Tells the story of Evey Hammond and her unlikely but instrumental part in bringing down the fascist government that has taken control of a futuristic Great Britain. Saved from a life-and-death situation by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who calls himself V, she learns a general summary of V's past and, …after a time, decides to help him bring down those who committed the atrocities that led to Britain being in the shape that it is in. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | bloody body of childbishopchild murderratstatuetoiletshot to deathfireflashbackblood |
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: | surrealism |
| Mood: | avant garde |
| Story: | mudsymbolismcontroversyriflefireflashbackdogblood |
Severine is a beautiful young woman married to a doctor. She loves her husband dearly, but cannot bring herself to be physically intimate with him. She indulges instead in vivid, kinky, erotic fantasies to entertain her sexual desires. Eventually she becomes a prostitute, working in a brothel in the … afternoons while remaining chaste in her marriage. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | castlebeach |
| Story: | mudface slapshot to deathbased on novelsex |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
| Themes: | religion |
| Locations: | taxibeach |
| Characters: | lust |
| Story: | headachecontroversyrifleface slapsexmasturbationflashback |
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)
| Subgenre: | dark comedy |
| Themes: | religion |
| Mood: | satire |
| Story: | blasphemycrucifixrifleshot in the headface slapfireblood |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | footflirtingfirebased on novelsexflashback |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
| Locations: | beach |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | headachebishopservantriflebased on novelsexflashback |
Preston, Idaho's most curious resident, Napoleon Dynamite, lives with his grandma and his 32-year-old brother (who cruises chat rooms for ladies) and works to help his best friend, Pedro, snatch the Student Body President title from mean teen Summer Wheatley.
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | animal abusecowrifleshot in the headface slap |
The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old ma …n for two days. (Read More)
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | actual animal killedmudcowrifleshot to deathfiredog |
The People Under the Stairs is the story of a young boy (Fool) from the ghetto and takes place on his 13th birthday. In an attempted burglary (along with two others) of the home of his family's evil landlords, he becomes trapped inside their large suburban house and discovers the secret of the "chil …dren" that the insane brother and sister have been "rearing" under the stairs. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark comedycult film |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | animal abuseskeletonface slapshot to deathdogblood |
Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Wismar where Jonathan lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Wismar, bringing with him death and plague. ….. An unusually contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the curse of not being able to get old and die. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Locations: | castlebeach |
| Characters: | lust |
| Story: | ratbased on novelblood |
A happy young couple, Sarah and Tom marry against the wishes of Sarah's friends and family and go to Europe for their honeymoon. Unfortunately for them, Sarah's parents send Sarah's ex-boyfriend Peter Prentis to break up the happy marriage.
| Locations: | castlebeach |
| Story: | cockroachclass differencestoiletface slapflashbackdog |
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to g …et Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismdark comedycult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Story: | absurd humorflirtingface slapdog |
In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor's greatest creation - Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward's hands; instead, he is left with metal scissors for hands. Since then, he has lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers him and welcomes … him into her home. At first, everyone welcomes him into the community, but soon things begin to take a change for the worse. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark comedycult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | castle |
| Story: | crucifixflashbackdogblood |
Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of 'Michael Collins (XIV)' (qv), the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
| Themes: | religion |
| Locations: | castlebeach |
| Story: | controversyrifleshot in the headface slapfire |
History is turned on its comic head when, in 10th century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God who s …ends them on a quest: to find the Holy Grail. After a series of individual adventures, the knights are reunited but must face a wizard named Tim, killer rabbits and lessons in the use of holy hand grenades. Their quest comes to an end however when the police intervene - just what you would expect in a Monty Python movie. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismcult film |
| Themes: | surrealism |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | castle |
| Story: | absurd humorcowskeletonblood |
In this blend of the B movie classic The Blob (1958), and some Romero's zombies film, a meteorite collides in a small town. Grant finds it, and is infected by a parasite worm, which installs in his brain and causes him a creepy transformation into a monster. Starla, his wife, and Bill, a policeman, …will try to stop him and the plague of worms generated by the creature. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Story: | animal abusecowrifleshot in the headshot to deathsexflashbackblood |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | ministercrucifixchild murderskeletonrifleface slapflashbackblood |
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: | religion |
| Locations: | taxi |
| Characters: | boy |
| Story: | servantcontroversyrifleshot to deathfirebased on novelflashbacksexdogblood |
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