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Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an a β¦ffliction which is slowly turning her blind. The film portrays the harsh existence of the homeless as Alex, Michele and Hans, an older vagrant survive on the streets with their wits. As they both slowly get their lives back together, Michele becomes increasingly dependent on Alex as her vision deteriorates further. Fearing that Michele will leave him if she receives a new medical treatment Alex attempts to keep Michele practically a prisoner. The streets, skies and waterways of Paris are used as a backdrop to the story in a series of stunning visuals which dominate the film. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | homelessnesshopedrug useobsessiontheftdrunkennesstorturedrinkingprisonchristmasmurderlovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | car fireart museumboatparis francesnowbeach |
Characters: | self injuryalcoholicartistthiefdancer |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | pont neuf bridgethrown from a bridgefalling off a bridgeunderwater scenesidewalk cafefire eaterman on fireperson on firepeople moverwater skiereye diseasefemale armpit hairpoor eyesightleg castwino β¦vagrantbargeseine riverstreet performersketchingwater skiingone eyed manman hits womanmarchingtrampemaciationweldingcrutchman slaps womanbroken bottlecellistmanslaughterpeep holeimmolationwoman smokermetrogymnasticshobospeedboatsushiacrobatferris wheelbumknocked unconsciousrazorbellunconsciousnesshangoverbeggarcrutchesfountaindormitorypostereye patchparadebreaking and enteringaddictionarsonfireworksunderwatermissing personstatuechampagnefactoryparkradiopainterfishsubwaybridgecafelettersecretdrinkcatunderweardreambeatingfireshowererectiondancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditygunnuditysexviolence (See All) |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | boatsnowbeach |
Characters: | dancer |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | water skiingtrampemaciationhobospeedboatbumfireworksunderwaterfishbridgecafedrinkunderweardreambeating β¦fireshowerdancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditynuditysexviolence (See All) |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
Themes: | hopetheftdrunkennesstorturedrinkingdeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snowbeach |
Characters: | artistthief |
Story: | man on fireperson on fireacrobatbellpaintersecretdrinkcatdreambeatingfirefemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nudity β¦nudityviolencesex (See All) |
The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their undergr β¦ound "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. (Read More)
Themes: | hopetheftdrunkennesstorturedrinkinglovemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | underwater sceneposterradiofishdrinkcatunderwearfiredancingfemale nuditygunsex |
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr β¦eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathlovemurder |
Characters: | alcoholicdancer |
Story: | sidewalk cafemanslaughterbumrazorhangoverfireworkscafeletterdrinkunderwearbeatingshowerdancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudity β¦male frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditygunviolencesex (See All) |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | drinkinglovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | car fire |
Characters: | self injuryartistdancer |
Story: | underwater scenesketchingarsonpaintersubwaybridgedrinkunderweardreamshowerdancingcigarette smokinggun |
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 β¦sence again by becoming a perfumer, and creating the essence of an innocence lost. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiontorturelovedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | boatparis francebeach |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | underwater sceneemaciationmanslaughterhangoverfireworksfishbridgecatbeatingdancingfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditynudity β¦violence (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac β¦kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | homelessnessdrug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
Characters: | artistthiefdancer |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | vagrantunconsciousnessfireworksstatuepainterfishcafeletterdrinkunderweardreamdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymale nudity β¦gunsexviolence (See All) |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a β¦rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | drug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | artistthiefdancer |
Story: | falling off a bridgeunderwater scenehoboparkpaintersubwaycafedrinkunderwearfiredancingcigarette smokingmale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nudity β¦nuditysex (See All) |
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In β¦ the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. (Read More)
Themes: | homelessnessdrug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkingchristmasdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | beggarbreaking and enteringmissing personchampagnesubwaycafedrinkbeatingfiredancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditynudity |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingprisonchristmasdeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | bumbridgecafedrinkunderweardreambeatingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunviolencesex |
Karol (Polish) marries Domininque (French) and moves to Paris. The marriage breaks down and Dominique divorces Karol, forcing him into the life of a metro beggar and eventually back to Poland. However, he never forgets Dominique and while building a new life for himself in Warsaw he begins to plot.. β¦. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiontheftdrinkingprisonmurderdeath |
Locations: | paris francesnow |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | metrobeggararsonstatuesubwaybridgedrinkunderwearbeatingfirecigarette smokingsexgun |
Cat and mouse. Jonathan McQuarry is an auditor in Manhattan, moving from office to office checking their books. While working late, a smooth and well-dressed man named Wyatt Bose chats Jonathan up, offers him a joint, and soon they're pals. When their cell phones are accidentally swapped, Jonathan a β¦nswers Wyatt's phone to a series of women asking if he's free tonight. Jonathan discovers it's a sex club: busy powerful people meet each other anonymously in hotels. Jonathan falls for one of the club members, whom he knows only as "S," whom he's also seen on a subway. When she goes missing, patterns emerge and Jonathan faces demands involving violence and lots of money. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkinglovedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | missing personparkpaintersubwaydrinkunderwearfireshowerdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunsexviolence |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell β¦ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiontheftdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmurderdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | boat |
Characters: | artistthiefdancer |
Story: | paradechampagnecafeletterdrinkunderweardancingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nudityviolencegunsex |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How β¦ do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiondrinkinglovedeath |
Locations: | paris france |
Characters: | alcoholicdancer |
Story: | street performerferris wheelfountainstatueparkbridgecafedrinkcatunderweardancingcigarette smokingsex |
Following the death of his father in Mexico, Stephane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor Stephanie. But conquering her is no bed of rose β¦s for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world... (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkinglovedeath |
Locations: | boatparis france |
Characters: | artistdancer |
Story: | man on firepeep holesushibreaking and enteringparkbridgeletterdrinkunderweardreamfiredancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudity β¦female nuditymale nuditysex (See All) |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both β¦came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiontheftdrinkinglove |
Locations: | paris france |
Characters: | artistthiefdancer |
Story: | metrohangoverstatuesubwaycafedrinkcatfiredancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymale nuditysex |
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: | drunkennesstorturedrinkingprisondeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | boatbeach |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | arsonparkcafedrinkbeatingfiredancingcigarette smokinggunviolence |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this β¦gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useobsessiontheftdrunkennessdrinkingmurder |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | manslaughterdormitorybreaking and enteringaddictionradiosubwaysecretdrinkcatunderwearshowerdancingcigarette smokingmale nuditynudity β¦sex (See All) |
Pizza delivery man Victor is having an argument with Elena, whom he met a few days ago, but she was high then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David and older Sancho, arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off.. Four years later David is a wheelchair β¦ basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkingprisonchristmasmurderdeath |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | underwater sceneunconsciousnessstatuedrinkunderwearfireshowerdancingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditygun |
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: | drug useobsessiondrunkennessdrinkinglovedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | boatparis france |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | peep holemissing personsubwaybridgecafesecretdrinkunderwearshowerdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityviolencegun |
In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next si β¦x days bring about a change in him that couldn't be foreseen. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | artistthiefdancer |
Story: | beggarbreaking and enteringradiosubwaydrinkunderwearbeatingdancingcigarette smokingmale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditygun |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a β¦lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | prisondeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | sidewalk cafebreaking and enteringaddictionchampagnefactorybridgecafesecretunderweardreamdancingfemale nuditymale nuditygunviolence |
Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the β¦ events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkinglovedeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snowbeach |
Story: | female armpit hairmarchingparadechampagnecafeletterdrinkunderweardreamfiredancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nudity β¦male nuditysexviolencenudity (See All) |
After five years in prison, Tony le Stephanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the β¦ gangster owner of the night-club L' Age d' Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back for being unfaithful. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the Don Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | thefttorturedrinkingprisondeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | paris france |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | metrorazorbreaking and enteringchampagnesubwaybridgecafedrinkbeatingdancingcigarette smokinggun |
Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In β¦their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend. (Read More)
Themes: | homelessnessdrug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | sidewalk cafestatueradiosubwaydrinkdreambeatingshowerdancingcigarette smokingmale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditysex |
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death a β¦nd Sid is arrested for her murder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hopedrug usedrunkennessdrinkingchristmasmurderdeath |
Locations: | paris france |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | addictionchampagnesubwaybeatingfiredancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymale nuditysexnudity |
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: | theftdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | broken bottlebeggarcrutcheschampagnebridgecafeletterdrinkunderwearfireshowerdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditygun |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his β¦ mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | peep holebumbreaking and enteringaddictionparkcafedrinkunderweardreambeatingerectioncigarette smokingfemale nuditymale nuditygun β¦sex (See All) |
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ship's bar. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. While living in Paris for sev β¦eral years trying to be a writer, he becomes obsessed with a woman he met by chance on a bus. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiondrunkennessdrinkingdeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | paris france |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | ferris wheelrazorchampagnecafedrinkunderwearbeatingshowererectiondancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditysex β¦gun (See All) |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep β¦aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | artistdancer |
Story: | sidewalk cafeparkfishcafeletterdrinkfiredancingcigarette smokingsex |
A chance encounter between a travelling salesman and a lonely hitman triggers a strangely profound relationship which provokes each to act in ways neither would have imagined possible. Fate steps in to form a friendship between two men from irreconcilable worlds that will alter the lives of both for β¦ever. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingchristmasmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | underwater scenecellistfountainparkradiocafedrinkunderwearfireshowerdancingcigarette smokingsexgun |
This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Star β¦ting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkingdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | artistthief |
Story: | underwater sceneaddictionparkpaintercafedrinkunderwearshowercigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditysex |
A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construc β¦tion business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal Serbian gang and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usethefttorturedrinkingprisonmurderdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | underwater scenemissing personchampagnefishcafedrinkunderwearbeatingshowerdancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysexviolence β¦gun (See All) |
Berlin student Jule is hoplessly indebted due to an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat she moves in with her boyfrend Peter and soon learns that Peter and his flatmate, Jan, are breaking into luxurious mansions at night. Instead of stealing β¦ or vandalizing, though, they carefully and ornately rearrange furniture and valulables and leave obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a visit to the villa of her creditor. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkinglove |
Characters: | thief |
Story: | hobobumposterbreaking and enteringparkcafeletterdrinkunderwearbeatingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymale nuditygunnudity β¦sex (See All) |
Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced β¦with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | drinkinglovemurderdeath |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | alcoholic |
Story: | underwater sceneperson on fireaddictionradiosubwaybridgedrinkcatunderwearfirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditynudity |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened β¦ that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useobsessiontheftdrunkennessdrinkingchristmas |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | crutchesbreaking and enteringfireworksunderwatersubwayletterdrinkunderweardreambeatingshowercigarette smokingmale nuditynudityviolence β¦gun (See All) |
In 1945, the Marines attack twelve thousand Japaneses protecting the twenty square kilometers of the sacred Iwo Jima island in a very violent battle. When they reach the Mount Suribachi and six Marines raise their flag on the top, the picture becomes a symbol in a post Great Depression America. The β¦government brings the three survivors to America to raise funds for war, bringing hope to desolate people, and making the three men heroes of the war. However, the traumatized trio has difficulty dealing with the image built by their superiors, sharing the heroism with their mates. (Read More)
Themes: | hopedrunkennesstorturedrinkingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | man on fireparadefireworksstatueradioletterdrinkunderweardancingcigarette smokingviolence |
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: | homelessnessdrug usethefttorturedrinkingprisonchristmasdeathmurderlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | paris francesnow |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | razorbeggarfishcafedrinkcatdreamshowerdancingcigarette smoking |
Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boy β¦friend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | unconsciousnessposterbreaking and enteringfishdrinkunderwearbeatingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymale nuditynuditysex |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife β¦ is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
Themes: | homelessnessdrug usedrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | boatparis francebeach |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | sidewalk cafebreaking and enteringcafesecretdrinkcatunderwearbeatingdancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditygunnudity β¦sexviolence (See All) |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's β¦use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | homelessnessdrug usetorturedrinkingprisondeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | beggarposterparadebreaking and enteringcafedrinkunderwearbeatingfiredancingcigarette smokingviolencegun |
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle suspects murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial β¦journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history; but, the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiondrunkennesstorturedrinkingchristmasdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | car firesnow |
Story: | man on fireperson on fireimmolationparadebreaking and enteringsubwaybridgesecretdrinkbeatingfirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nudity β¦male nuditygunviolence (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion β¦s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | beach |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | underwater scenesidewalk cafecrutcheschampagnesecretdrinkdreamdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditymale nuditysexnudity |
"Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth ce β¦ntury into a three-hour time-frame. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useobsessiondrunkennesstorturedrinkinglovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | snow |
Story: | acrobatfishletterdrinkbeatingfiremale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditynuditysex |
Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly l β¦eads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessdrinkingdeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | boatbeach |
Characters: | dancer |
Story: | underwater scenefishsecretdrinkdancingfemale nuditymale nuditygunsex |
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcome β¦d. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdeath |
Locations: | boatsnow |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | fire eaterbreaking and enteringarsonstatuecafeletterfiredancingsexviolencenudity |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkinglovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | boatparis francesnowbeach |
Story: | seine riverchampagnebridgecafedrinkerectioncigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditysex |
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 β¦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: | cult film |
Themes: | drug usetheftdrunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | boatsnow |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | marchingcrutchesfountainstatuefactorydrinkbeatingfiredancingfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditygunnudity β¦sexviolence (See All) |
"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.
Themes: | drug usetheftdrinkingdeathmurder |
Locations: | boatbeach |
Characters: | thiefdancer |
Story: | champagnefactoryfishdrinkunderwearbeatingdancingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditygunsexviolence |