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Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 14.5 kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two drivers per car alternate - but it's still a chall β¦enge for concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure, because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his friend Lisa's husband was killed. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | campingcelebritydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | car drivercar explosionpolice cartrain stationfrancehelicoptercartrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | driveramerican abroadgermanfrenchphotographermusiciannursepolice officerdoctor |
Period: | year 1970 |
Story: | race car driverpit crewvictory celebrationitalian flagfrench flagautomobile racingmotor carrace car crashrace cardriving in the rainchanging a tirepit stopcheckered flagbritish flagflat tire β¦racecar driversprayed with champagnecar accidentleica cameramovie camerafilm cameracar crashsteering wheelrepeated scene from a different perspectivemedical examdistancepetanquebocceconcentrationbandaged facecarnynightfallbandaged headmidwayspectacleslow motion action sceneskillkerosenecitroeneventtarmacminimal dialoguebuffetcompetitortechniciantoolequipmentspeakerstopwatchmob of reportersrunning for your lifetireendurancebloody facefairgroundmotorspectatorextreme close upreputationracetrackpitloudspeakerwinnermotorcycle copvictorymaineroadferraristressentertainerscarfmarching bandporschepressstretchercrewvery little dialoguespeedwhistlebicyclingautographalarmfireballtaking a photographflagfiremancrowdweathersirentraileramusement parkfanteammechaniccelebrationaudiencelossslow motionhelmetinjuryraceathleteentertainmentapplauseitalianracingchampionmanagerautomobilecontestcountrysideflowerstentchampagnemicrophonepilotdrivingaccidentwidowbridgeambulancereportercompetitionriverplace name in titlecamerablondeexplosiontitle spoken by characterinterviewbloodflashback (See All) |
Cole Trickle enters the high-pressure world of Nascar racing. He's a hot driver with a hot temper, and this attitude gets him into trouble not only with other drivers, but members of his own team as well.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Locations: | helicoptercarrestauranthospital |
Characters: | driverdoctor |
Story: | pit crewautomobile racingrace carcheckered flagcar accidentcar crashtiremotorspeedteammechanicracingmanagerautomobiledriving β¦ambulanceexplosion (See All) |
The story of the monumental life and tragic death of legendary Brazilian motor-racing Champion, Ayrton Senna. Spanning the decade from his arrival in Formula One in the mid 80's, the film follows Senna's struggles both on track against his nemesis, French World Champion Alain Prost, and off it, agai β¦nst the politics which infest the sport. Sublime, spiritual yet, on occasion, ruthless - Senna conquers and transcends Formula One to become a global superstar. Privately, he is humble, almost shy, and fiercely patriotic, donating millions to his native Brasil and contemplating a life beyond motor-racing. Yet he is struck down in his prime on the blackest weekend in the history of the sport, watched live on television by 300 million people. Years on he is revered in Formula One as the greatest motor racing driver of all time - and in Brasil as a Saint. (Read More)
Themes: | celebritydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | car driverhelicopterhospital |
Characters: | driver |
Story: | automobile racingrace carcheckered flagracecar drivercar accidentmotorwinnervictoryautographhelmetathleteracingchampionchampagnemicrophone β¦drivingaccidentcompetitiontitle spoken by characterflashbackinterview (See All) |
Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy 'James Hunt (II)' (qv) (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver 'Niki Lauda' (qv) (Bruhl). The sto β¦ry follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die. (Read More)
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | francecarhospital |
Characters: | driverdoctor |
Period: | year 1970 |
Story: | race cardriving in the rainchanging a tirepit stopcheckered flagracecar drivercar crashmob of reportersracetrackferrarimechanicracingchampionmanagerautomobile β¦champagnedrivingambulanceflashbackblood (See All) |
The story begins with Speed Racer who is a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible, a cross-country car racing rally that took the life of his older brother, Rex Racer. Speed is loyal to the family business, run by his parents Pops and Mom. Pops designed Speed's car β¦, the Mach 5. The owner of Royalton Industries makes Speed a lucrative offer, Speed rejects the offer, angering the owner. Speed also uncovers a secret that top corporate interests, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit. With the offer to Speed denied, Royalton wants to ensure that Speed will not win races. Speed finds support from his parents and his girlfriend Trixie and enters The Crucible in a partnership with his one-time rival, Racer X, seeking to rescue his family's business and the racing sport itself. (Read More)
Locations: | helicoptercar |
Characters: | driver |
Story: | automobile racingrace car crashrace carcheckered flagracecar drivercar accidentmotorracetrackspeedmechanicraceracingcompetitionexplosiontitle spoken by character β¦flashback (See All) |
This comedy film brings Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and an all-star cast to the starting line of the ultimate auto race, a madcap cross-country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. This action-comedy was inspired by an actual event: the Cann β¦onball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an anything goes, all-stops-out - and very much illegal - competition that has grown to legendary proportions within the last ten years. (Read More)
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | cartrain |
Characters: | photographerdoctor |
Story: | automobile racingdriving in the rainflat tireeventferrarispeedraceautomobilemicrophoneambulancecompetitioncamerablonde |
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau to the case. His intention is to β¦give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton to work with Clouseau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery. (Read More)
Themes: | celebritydeath |
Locations: | police carfrancehospital |
Characters: | photographermusicianpolice officer |
Story: | spectatorpressbicyclingcrowdsirenteamcelebrationinjuryathleteapplausemicrophonebridgeambulancereporterriver β¦cameratitle spoken by characterflashbackinterview (See All) |
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose β¦his license and his dream job. (Read More)
Locations: | police carfrancecar |
Characters: | drivergermanfrenchpolice officer |
Story: | race carracecar drivercar accidentcar crashsteering wheelstopwatchmotorcycle copspeedautomobiledrivingbridge |
NASCAR stock car racing sensation Ricky Bobby is a national hero because of his "win at all costs" approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr., are a fearless duo -- "Shake" and "Bake" by their fans for their ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions β¦, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges "Shake" and "Bake" for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky Bobby must face his own demons and fight Girard for the right to be known as racing's top driver. (Read More)
Locations: | police carcar |
Characters: | driverfrench |
Story: | race car driverpit crewautomobile racingcar accidentcar crashmotorspeedracingcompetition |
Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins the San Francisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | celebritydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carhelicoptertrainhospital |
Characters: | photographerdoctor |
Story: | pressautographsirenfanathletemicrophonereportercamerablood |
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a β¦ rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | trainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | photographernursedoctor |
Story: | fairgroundspectatorpressteaminjuryathleteapplausemanagerreportercompetitioncameraflashback |
When his partner is killed by the mysterious and possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark, Steve Zissou and his Team Zissou crew set off for an expedition to hunt down the creature. Along with his estranged wife, a beautiful journalist and a co-pilot who could possibly be Zissou's son, the crew set off for β¦ one wild expedition. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | movie cameracrewbicyclingalarmteamaudiencehelmetapplauseitalianmicrophonepilotreporterrivercamerablonde β¦explosioninterviewbloodflashback (See All) |
Belle Williams is a speed demon. Flying through the streets of New York in her tricked-out taxi, she's earned a rep as New York's fastest cabbie. But driving a hack is only a pit stop for her real dream: Belle wants to be a race car champion. And she's well on her way--until she's derailed by overea β¦ger cop Andy Washburn, whose undercover skills are matched only by his total ineptitude behind the wheel. Washburn, whose lack of vehicular skills has landed him in the precinct doghouse, is hot on the heels of a gang of beautiful Brazilian bank robbers, led by Vanessa, their cold, calculating--and leggy--leader. To nab the evasive crooks, drivers license-less Washburn convinces Belle to team up with him to pursue Vanessa and crew. Belle has carte blanche to drive at any speed and break any law. The car-less cop and speed-demon cabbie--New York's unlikeliest partners-- begin a high-speed game of cat and mouse with the robbers. That is, if Belle and Washburn don't end up killing each other first. (Read More)
Locations: | carrestauranthospital |
Story: | automobile racingrace carpit stopcar accidentpitcrewspeedteamracechampiondrivingtitle spoken by characterflashback |
Bo and Luke Duke are southern cousins. In Hazzard County, Bo and Luke help their Uncle Jesse and their sexy cousin Daisy run the Moonshine business and always getting into trouble with Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane and recklessly driving in their orange car "General Lee". Boss Hogg, the mean and corru β¦pt local county commissioner who hates The Dukes evicts The Dukes from their farm. Bo and Duke travels to Atlanta and meets up with old friend Katie Johnson and her friend Annette as they set out to find out why Boss Hogg has evicted them from their farm and what he plans to do. With local ace race car driver Billy Prickett in town to take part in the Annual Hazzard Road Race rally, Bo and Luke sets out to save their farm and foil Boss Hogg's scheme. (Read More)
Locations: | car drivercar |
Characters: | driver |
Story: | race car driverrace car crashrace carracecar driverraceautomobiledrivingblondeexplosion |
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few β¦unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage! (Read More)
Story: | race carcar accidenttechnicianferrariflagtrailerraceracingchampiondrivingaccidentbridgecompetitioninterviewflashback |
Framed by an ex-partner for a murder he did not commit, Tobey Marshall, a financially struggling custom-car builder and street-racer, spends two years in jail thinking about one moment. Fresh out of prison he reacquires the fastest car his workshop ever built and sold, and seeks to enter a secretive β¦ and extremely high-stakes race known as The DeLeon. His purpose; redemption, recognition from the world of racing and to solve his problems. Yet all this fades in comparison to his driving reason. Revenge. Above all, revenge. This is a story about love, redemption, revenge and motor oil all swirled together (Read More)
Locations: | helicoptercarrestauranthospital |
Story: | race carcar accidentcar crashmotorracetrackspeedmechanicraceracingpilotdrivingbridgeblondeexplosion |
Peter Colt, an English tennis player in his thirties whose ranking slipped from 11th to 119th in the world, considers he never really had to fight for anything as his wealthy but all but close family easily put him through studies and allowed him to pursue his tennis ambitions, bravely exchanges jok β¦es with his German sparring partner Dieter Prohl, in a similar position, but feels it's about time to admit he's getting too old to compete with fitter coming men (or boys) and intends, after a last Wimbledon, to take a job with the prestigious tennis club instead. Just then, by accident, he bumps into Lizzie Bradbury, the American rising star of female tennis, falls in love with her and finds her interest in him changes his entire perception, even gives him the strength to win again. But where will it lead them, especially when her overprotective father-manager Dennis Bradbury proves determined to nip their relationship in the bud, believing it detrimental to her career? (Read More)
Themes: | celebrity |
Characters: | germanphotographer |
Story: | spectatorpressbicyclingautographtaking a photographfanathleteapplausechampionmanagermicrophoneaccidentreportercompetitionplace name in title β¦cameratitle spoken by characterinterview (See All) |
Maggie Peyton is the new owner of Number 53--the free wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own; she puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor. As a third generation member of a NASCAR family, racing is in Maggie Peyton's blood, but she is forbidden from pursuin β¦g her dream by her overprotective father, Ray Peyton, Sr. When Ray Sr. offers Maggie a car as a college graduation present, he takes her to a junkyard to choose one from an assortment of very used cars. Maggie has her eye on an old Nissan, but a certain rusty, banged up '63 VW Bug seems to be clamoring for her attention. To her surprise, Maggie leaves the lot with Herbie. As she prepares to leave town for a position with ESPN News, Maggie discovers that Herbie has a mind of his own--and an alternate route for her future. (Read More)
Locations: | carhospital |
Story: | automobile racingracecar drivercar accidentcar crashcompetitorroadautographmechanicracingautomobileinterviewblood |
Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force β¦performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | celebritydeath |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | photographermusicianpolice officer |
Period: | year 1970 |
Story: | car accidentmovie cameratechnicianentertainerautographcrowdsirenaudienceentertainmentmanagertentmicrophonereportercamerainterview β¦bloodflashback (See All) |
Car theft in Long Beach went down 47% when Randall "Memphis" Raines walked away from the life. He gets dragged back into it by assuming the job his brother Kip screwed up for stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri: steal 50 exotic cars and have them on a container ship by 8 AM Friday morning, and he got β¦this news on a Monday. With Calitri threatening to kill him and Kip, and the police GRAB unit breathing down his neck, Memphis reassembles his old crew and attempts to pull off the logistically impossible. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | police carhelicoptercar |
Story: | motor carcar crashferrariporschecrewmechanicautomobilebridgeambulancecamerablondeexplosionblood |
Ronin is the Japanese word used for Samurai without a master. In this case, the Ronin are outcast specialists of every kind, whose services are available to everyone - for money. Dierdre (undoubtedly from Ireland) hires several Ronin to form a team in order to retrieve an important suitcase from a m β¦an who is about to sell it to the Russians. After the mission has been completed successfully, the suitcase immediately gets switched by a member of the team who seems to work into his own pocket. The complex net of everyone tricking everyone begins to surface slowly, and deadly... (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | francecar |
Characters: | american abroadgermanfrench |
Story: | car accidentcar crashcitroenteammechanicautomobiledrivingbridgecamerablondeexplosiontitle spoken by characterblood |
Bandit and Cledus are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified amount of time. Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carri β¦e, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a "high-speed pursuit" across the Southeast to catch the bandit. (Read More)
Locations: | police carhelicopter |
Characters: | musicianpolice officer |
Story: | car accidentcar crashmotorcycle copspeedsirenracemicrophonedrivingbridgecompetitionblood |
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shippi β¦ng news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey... (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | photographermusician |
Story: | car accidentcar crashweatheraudiencedrivingaccidentwidowbridgeambulancereporterrivercameraflashback |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | police carrestaurant |
Characters: | photographerpolice officer |
Period: | year 1970 |
Story: | film cameracar crashautographinjuryapplauseflowerschampagnemicrophonecameratitle spoken by characterflashbackbloodinterview |
When Ruby Baker's parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett, must travel to Malibu, to live with Terrence and Erin Glass, their former neighbors. At first, all seems well. Ruby is making new friends at school and Rhett is getting more video games and flashy toys than he's ever β¦ had in his life. When Ruby speaks to her family's estate lawyer, he tells her that her parents have left Rhett and her $4 million. Suddenly, Ruby begins to notice odd behavior from Terry and Erin. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | car explosionpolice carcarrestaurant |
Characters: | police officerdoctor |
Story: | flat tirecar accidentcar crashdrivingaccidentexplosionblood |
Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not been followed and that the building continues to develop short circuits. When the fire begins, Michael O β¦'Halleran is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground. (Read More)
Themes: | celebritydeath |
Locations: | police carhelicopter |
Characters: | nursepolice officer |
Story: | movie camerapressstretcheralarmfiremansirencelebrationinjurychampagnepilotambulancereporterexplosion |
Adrian Doria, a wealthy businessman named Man of the Year due to his high-tech company and his trade agreements with the Asian market, meets Virginia Goodman, a veteran lawyer expert in witness preparation and judicial declaration, recommended by Adrian's lawyer Felix Leiva in order to create a cred β¦ible defense. Arrested by the police in a mountain hotel room with the corpse of his lover at his side, photographer Laura Vidal, Adrian talks Virginia about the crime and his relationship with Laura, revealing that both suffered a car crash where a man called Daniel Garrido died, and how Laura manipulated Adrian to avoid the jail by Daniel's death. At the same time that Felix is looking for a clue that it could change the course of the events, Virginia and Adrian keep talking about the case but her, unconvinced of the Adrian's testimony, forces him to clear the dark points of his history, in a puzzle where the truth and the lie are easily exchangeable. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | police cartrain stationhelicoptercartrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | photographer |
Story: | car accidentcar crashrepeated scene from a different perspectivebloody facetaking a photographsirenmicrophonebridgecameraflashbackinterviewblood |
Ben Randall is a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. When his crew is killed in an accident and his marriage ends, his commander tells him he wants Randall to go to the US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer "A" School to train other rescue swimmers. He encounters a guy named Jake who's a little cocky because he was β¦ once a swim champion. So Ben puts him through the wringer to see if he can handle it. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicoptertrainrestaurant |
Story: | stopwatchcrewteamlosschampionaccidentambulanceexplosiontitle spoken by characterblood |
Madame Souza, an elderly woman, instills in her grandson Champion (for who she acts as his guardian) a love of cycling. As a young man, he does become a dedicated road racer with his grandmother as his trainer. During a mountainous leg of the Tour de France in which Champion is racing, he goes missi β¦ng. Evidence points to him being kidnapped. Indeed, he and two of his competitors were kidnapped, the kidnappers who want to use the threesome's unique skills for nefarious purposes. With Champion's overweight and faithful pet dog Bruno at her side, Madame Souza goes looking for Champion. Their trek takes them overseas to the town of Belleville. Without any money, Madame Souza and Bruno are befriended and taken in by three eccentric elderly women, who were once the renowned jazz singing group The Triplets of Belleville. The triplets help Madame Souza and Bruno try to locate and rescue Champion. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | francecartrainrestaurant |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | flat tirecar accidentroadvery little dialoguewhistleteammechanicraceracingbridgeplace name in titleexplosion |
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the β¦rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | car |
Story: | driving in the raincar accidentcar crashmob of reportersalarmteamautomobilechampagnebridgeambulanceexplosiontitle spoken by characterflashbackblood |
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: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | driveramerican abroadgermanfrenchphotographerpolice officerdoctor |
Story: | loudspeakersirenitalianchampagnedrivingbridgerivercameraexplosionblood |
Baby is a young and partially hearing impaired getaway driver who can make any wild move while in motion with the right track playing. It's a critical talent he needs to survive his indentured servitude to the crime boss, Doc, who values his role in his meticulously planned robberies. However, just β¦when Baby thinks he is finally free and clear to have his own life with his new girlfriend, Deborah, Doc coerces him back for another job. Now saddled with a crew of thugs too violently unstable to keep to Doc's plans, Baby finds himself and everything he cares for in terrible danger. To survive and escape the coming maelstrom, it will take all of Baby's skill, wits and daring, but even on the best track, can he make it when life is forcing him to face the music? (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carhelicoptercarrestaurant |
Characters: | drivermusicianpolice officer |
Story: | flat tirecar accidentcar crashsteering wheelskillmotorcycle copcrewapplauseautomobilemicrophonedrivingaccidentbridgereporterexplosion β¦title spoken by characterflashbackblood (See All) |
Bomber terrorist's elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a LA city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if LAPD Officer tries to unload any passengers off, Payne will detonate it. Joe Morton co-stars as Jack's superior, and Jeff Dan β¦iels supports Jack helping him try to defuse the bomb. (Read More)
Locations: | police carhelicoptercartrain |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | car crashmotorcycle copspeedsirenapplausemicrophoneambulancereportercameraexplosiontitle spoken by characterblood |
After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco's girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young ballet stu β¦dent. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them towards an unsuspected destiny. (Read More)
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | photographermusiciannursedoctor |
Story: | car crashspectatorentertainerautographaudienceentertainmentmicrophoneambulancereportercameratitle spoken by characterflashbackblood |
After a freak accident infuses him with the power of super-speed, Turbo kicks into overdrive and embarks on an extraordinary journey to achieve the seemingly impossible: competing in the world's fastest race, the Indianapolis 500. With the help of his tricked-out streetwise snail crew, this ultimate β¦ underdog puts his heart and shell on the line to prove that no dream is too big, and no dreamer too small. (Read More)
Story: | pit stopcar crashvictorycrewspeedteaminjuryraceaccident |
Famous symbologist on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop a madman from unlea β¦shing a global virus that would wipe out half of the world's population. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police carhelicoptertrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | american abroadnursedoctor |
Story: | car accidentcar crashmotorcycle copraceitalianambulanceexplosiontitle spoken by characterbloodflashback |
Since a road accident left him with serious facial and bodily scarring, a former TV scientist has become obsessed by the marriage of motor-car technology with what he sees as the raw sexuality of car-crash victims. The scientist, along with a crash victim he has recently befriended, sets about perfo β¦rming a series of sexual acts in a variety of motor vehicles, either with other crash victims or with prostitutes whom they contort into the shape of trapped corpses. Ultimately, the scientist craves a suicidal union of blood, semen, and engine coolant, a union with which he becomes dangerously obsessed. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | carhospital |
Story: | motor carcar accidentcar crashmotorroadporscheautomobileaccidenttitle spoken by characterblood |
Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years, she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
Locations: | police carhospital |
Characters: | photographernursepolice officerdoctor |
Story: | car crashfairgroundpressfiremansirenpilotreportercameraexplosion |
Rachel Phelps is the new owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. However, her plans for the team are rather nefarious. She wants to move the team to Miami for the warmer climate and a new stadium. To justify the move, the team has to lose, and lose badly. So she assembles the worst possible te β¦am she can. Among these are a past-his-prime catcher with bad knees, a shrewd but past-his-prime pitcher, a young tearaway pitcher (and felon) with a 100 mph fastball but absolutely no control, a third baseman who is too wealthy and precious to dive, a voodoo-loving slugger who can't hit a curve ball and an energetic-but-naive lead off hitter and base-stealer who can't keep the ball on the ground. Against the odds, and after the inevitable initial failures, they iron out some of their faults and start to win, much to Ms Phelps' consternation. (Read More)
Themes: | celebrity |
Locations: | restaurant |
Story: | stopwatchtirespectatorautographfanteamcelebrationaudienceathleteapplausemanagerchampagnemicrophoneriverexplosion |
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's s β¦oon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | france |
Characters: | frenchmusiciannursepolice officer |
Story: | movie cameracar crashpressaudiencemanagermicrophoneaccidentambulancereporterinterviewflashback |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte β¦ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | trainhospital |
Characters: | germanfrenchnurse |
Story: | victorywhistleweathermechanictentchampagnepilotplace name in titlecameraexplosiontitle spoken by characterflashbackblood |
The famous race car Lightning McQueen and his team are invited to compete in the World Grand Prix race. There, McQueen's best friend Mater, finds himself involved in international espionage, and alongside two professional British spies, attempts to uncover a secret plan led by a mysterious mastermin β¦d and his criminal gang, which threatens the lives of all competitors in the tournament. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | police carcarrestaurant |
Characters: | german |
Story: | race carteamraceitalianexplosion |
Scaramanga is a hit-man who charges a million dollars per job. He becomes linked to the death of a scientist working on a powerful solar cell, and James Bond is called in to investigate. As he tracks down Scaramanga, he realises that he is highly respected by the killer, but will this prove to be an β¦ advantage in the final showdown? (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | spectatorentertainersirenaudienceentertainmentapplausechampagnemicrophonerivercamerablondeexplosiontitle spoken by character |
When a prisoner transport plane crashes, one prisoner, Mark Sheridan, skillfully escapes and saves lives at the same time. Deputy Sam Gerard and his team of U.S. Marshals pursue relentlessly, but Gerard begins to suspect that there is more to the exceptional fugitive than what he has been told. Mean β¦while, Sheridan struggles to avoid capture while seeking answers of his own. Until the final scene, both Gerard and Sheridan are in jeopardy of the unknown. (Read More)
Locations: | police carhelicoptertrainhospital |
Characters: | photographer |
Story: | car accidentcar crashpresssirenteampilotaccidentambulancereporterriverblood |
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician β¦. (Read More)
Locations: | trainhospital |
Characters: | photographermusiciannursedoctor |
Story: | flat tirecar accidentroadautographapplausemicrophonecameratitle spoken by characterinterview |
A young FBI agent infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. Deep undercover, and with his life in danger, he strives to prove these athletes are the architects of the mind-boggling crimes that β¦are devastating the world's financial markets. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | train stationfrancehelicoptertrain |
Characters: | american abroad |
Story: | flat tirecar accidentcar crashteamhelmetathletepilotexplosion |
For 25 years in Invercargill at the south end of New Zealand, Burt Munro (1899-1978) has been working on increasing the speed of his motorcycle, a 1920 Indian. He dreams of taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats to see how fast it will go. By the early 1960s, heart disease threatens his life, so he β¦mortgages his house and takes a boat to Los Angeles, buys an old car, builds a makeshift trailer, gets the Indian through customs, and heads for Utah. Along the way, people he meets are charmed by his open, direct friendliness. If he makes it to Bonneville, will they let an old guy on the flats with makeshift tires, no brakes, and no chute? And will the Indian actually respond? (Read More)
Locations: | carrestauranthospital |
Characters: | police officerdoctor |
Story: | flat tiretirespeedtrailermechanichelmetapplausemicrophonewidowambulancetitle spoken by character |
Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and The US has already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight.. un β¦til that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade. (Read More)
Locations: | helicoptercar |
Characters: | germanphotographerdoctor |
Period: | year 1970 |
Story: | motor carfilm camerapressteamautomobilereportercameraexplosiontitle spoken by characterinterview |
In San Andreas, California is experiencing a statewide earthquake that goes on record as easily the biggest earthquake in history. Dwayne Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a helicopter rescue pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department, who is trying to find his daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is in β¦ San Francisco amidst the chaos. Ray's estranged wife, Emma, is forced to turn to Ray for help, as he is her last resort. Together they journey to save their daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | flat tirecar accidentcar crashtentpilotbridgeambulancereporterexplosiontitle spoken by characterflashbackinterview |
Seven Australian teenage friends from a small town go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they didn't know was their country was being invaded by another country. Returning home, they discover that they are at war. With no training, t β¦hey band together to fight the enemy. (Read More)
Themes: | campingdeath |
Locations: | helicopterrestaurant |
Story: | car accidentcar crashfairgroundmechanichelmettentbridgeexplosionblood |