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Wilson Joel is a man in trouble. There's a searing pain in his gut that he can't tolerate and a dazed quietness to his struggle as he tries to maintain his equilibrium. Wilson is attempting to move on from the sudden and inexplicable suicide of his wife. His mother-in-law is there for him, but her s β¦ympathies turn quickly. He has an employer that seems to want to help him, and a workmate who wants him for herself. But nothing and no one can give Wilson solace; so, he seeks oblivion. It is not the usual alcohol or drugs. Wilson inhales fumes from gasoline cans and model airplane fuel and finds temporary salvation in the company of remote-control model enthusiasts. However, nothing that provides him relief really lasts. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodramaindependent film |
Themes: | death of daughterdeath of wifemental illnessgriefdrug usedrinkingsuicidefriendshipdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | campfiregas stationmotelroad tripkitchentaxicemeteryrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | mother in law son in law relationshipdysfunctional relationshipboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | gasoline firegrieving widowerbasketball courtswimming in a lakemen's bathroomlaptop computerman in underwearpants on fireaccidental firesetting a fireman cryingsuicide of wifesuicide notereflection in a car windowremote control boat β¦remote control airplanekicking in a windowindie rock musicradio controlled toyprice tagmobile alabamabreaking a glass windowmodel boatremote control carramblinggas pumphuffingteen drug usesleeping on the floormental depressionempty housetoolsodoralliterative titleslide projectormodel airplanemanic depressionstarting overfamily abandonmentgas station attendantobituarypancakeradio newssitting on a toiletsleeplessnessfilling stationsleeping in a carbereavementshirtawkwardnesslistening to a radiobathrobestonedunconsciousnesshugloss of daughtermental breakdownwebsiteloss of jobmelancholynervous breakdowngasolinenew orleans louisianaco workeraquariumzoomourningdrug overdosefull moonloss of wifewristwatchloss of loved onedrug abusebreaking and enteringanswering machinearsonflowersvacationumbrellaliarwidowergraveyardinternetbasketballswimmingf wordhallucinationbathroomcafetearslieletterdrinkcomputerunderwearcryingfiretelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographfemale nuditycharacter name in titlebare chested maletwo word titlenudityflashback (See All) |
Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other β¦ hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | death of daughterdeath of wifemental illnessgriefdrinkingfriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | kitchentaxirestaurant |
Characters: | mother in law son in law relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | loss of daughtermental breakdownmelancholyloss of wifewidowercafetearsletterdrinkcomputercryingtelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographflashback |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr β¦aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifegriefdrinkingdeathlovefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchencemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | man in underweartoolsloss of jobloss of wifewristwatchloss of loved oneflowersvacationwidowerf wordcafelieletterdrinkcrying β¦firetelephone callphotographcharacter name in titlebare chested maleflashback (See All) |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken β¦ behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughterdeath of wifemental illnessgriefdrinkingsuicidefriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbeach |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | laptop computersuicide notemanic depressionunconsciousnessco workerumbrellaliarbasketballcafetearslieletterdrinkcomputerunderwear β¦cryingtelephone callphotographflashback (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con β¦vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodramaindependent film |
Themes: | death of daughtergriefdrug usedrinkingsuicidelovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motelrestaurant |
Characters: | boymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | stonedloss of daughtermourningdrug abuseumbrellabasketballswimmingbathroomcafetearsdrinkcomputerunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦photographfemale nuditytwo word titleflashback (See All) |
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 β¦, 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)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingsuicidedeathlove |
Locations: | campfiregas stationroad triptaxibeach |
Story: | suicide noteslide projectorfilling stationsleeping in a caraquariumdrug overdoseflowersbasketballswimmingbathroomtearsdrinkcomputerunderwearcrying β¦telephone callphotographbare chested maleflashback (See All) |
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: | death of wifedrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchentaxicemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomsitting on a toiletnervous breakdownliargraveyardhallucinationbathroomcafeliedrinkcomputerunderwearcryingfiretelephone call β¦photographflashback (See All) |
While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those injuries, including one to his eye and leg. He has resumed a sexual r β¦elationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the army assigns him to the Casualty Notification Team in his area. Not having a background in counseling, psychology or grief management, he is unsure if he is well suited to this job. He is partnered with a career soldier, Captain Tony Stone, who teaches Will the precise protocol involved in the job. Tony tells Will, who quickly learns by on the job experience, that this job has its own dangers. As Will learns to adapt to the range of emotions of the next of kin, he is unprepared for the reaction of Olivia Pitterson, whose husband was killed in Iraq. His initial encounter with Olivia leads to him wanting to get to know her better, which may not be in either her or his best interest. Despite being a recovering alcoholic, the more experienced Tony tries to guide Will as best he can under their collective circumstances. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughtergriefdrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | kitchentaxirestaurant |
Characters: | boyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | man cryingreflection in a car windowsleeping in a carbereavementlistening to a radiounconsciousnessloss of daughterloss of loved oneanswering machineflowersf wordcafetearslieletter β¦drinkcomputerunderwearcryingtelephone callphotographfemale nuditynudity (See All) |
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old β¦ carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else? (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | mental illnessdrug usedrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motelkitchentaxirestaurant |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomnervous breakdownanswering machinevacationswimmingbathroomcafeletterdrinkcomputerunderweartelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographfemale nudity β¦character name in titlebare chested male (See All) |
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: | mental illnessdrug usedrinkinglovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchenrestaurant |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | stonedmental breakdownnervous breakdowndrug overdoseflowersumbrellaswimmingbathroomcafetearsliedrinkunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦title spoken by characterphotographfemale nuditycharacter name in title (See All) |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an β¦d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | death of wifedrinkingsuicidedeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | moteltaxirestaurantbeach |
Characters: | boyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | vacationliarswimmingf wordcafetearsliedrinkcryingfiretelephone callphotographcharacter name in titlenudity |
Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart β¦his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessdrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationbeach |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | odorsleeplessnessfilling stationsleeping in a carnervous breakdownco workerdrug overdosevacationf wordhallucinationtearsdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦photograph (See All) |
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)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | mental illnessdrug usedrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchenrestaurant |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | basketball courtstoneddrug overdosewristwatchdrug abusebreaking and enteringbasketballswimminghallucinationbathroomcafetearsdrinkunderwearcrying β¦telephone callphotographfemale nudity (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: | griefdrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchencemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | boymother daughter relationship |
Story: | pancakeanswering machinegraveyardcafetearsletterdrinkcryingfiretelephone callphotograph |
In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife and raises his son Shigehiko Aoyama alone. Seven years later, the teenage Shigehiko asks why his middle-aged father does not remarry and Shigeharu meets his friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, who is a film producer, and tells his inte β¦ntion. However, Shigeharu has difficulties to approach to available women to date and Yasuhisa decide to organize a sham audition for casting the lead actress for the fake movie. They receive several portfolios of candidates and Shigeharu becomes obsessed by the gorgeous Asami Yamazaki. Despite the advice of the experienced Yasuhisa, Shigeharu calls Asami to date and he falls for her. But who is the mysterious Asami? (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | death of wifegriefdrug usedrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurantbeach |
Characters: | boyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomco workerumbrellaliarwidowerhallucinationcafeliedrinkcomputerunderweartelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographfemale nudity β¦bare chested maleflashbacknudity (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei β¦ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingsuicidefriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | taxicemeteryrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | boyfriend |
Story: | men's bathroomco workerliargraveyardhallucinationcafetearslieletterdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callphotographfemale nudity β¦bare chested maleflashback (See All) |
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | mental illnessdrug usedrinkingsuicidedeathfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motel |
Characters: | boyfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | stonednervous breakdownco workerliarswimmingtearsliedrinkcryingfemale nuditybare chested maleflashback |
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: | independent film |
Themes: | griefdrug usedrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | campfiretaxicemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroombathrobeunconsciousnessflowersliargraveyardhallucinationcafetearslieletterdrinkunderwearcryingphotograph β¦female nuditybare chested maleflashback (See All) |
A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary β¦feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. (Read More)
Themes: | griefdrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | campfiretaxirestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | radio newssleeplessnesslistening to a radioanswering machineumbrellaswimmingf wordcafetearsletterdrinkcomputerunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦title spoken by characterbare chested male (See All) |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul β¦-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | death of daughterdeath of wifegriefdrug usedrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | loss of wifebreaking and enteringanswering machinearsonflowersliarf wordswimmingtearsliedrinkunderwearcryingfiretelephone call β¦photographcharacter name in titlebare chested maleflashback (See All) |
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settl β¦e his affairs. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessgriefdrug usedrinkinglovedeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchen |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | melancholynervous breakdownmourningumbrellahallucinationtearsdrinkcryingtelephone calltitle spoken by characterflashback |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifegriefdrug usedrinkingsuicidedeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | mother in law son in law relationshipboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | mourningloss of wifeloss of loved onedrug abuseinternetswimmingcafetearsliedrinkcomputerunderwearcryingtelephone callphotograph β¦female nuditybare chested malenudityflashback (See All) |
It's 2003. Thirty-eight-year-old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationships with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on β¦ life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death, and Hal's new outlook on life during that time, will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take care of who was originally Hal's very needy Jack Russell terrier, Arthur. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifegriefdrinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | taxi |
Characters: | boyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomobituarybereavementmourningloss of wifeflowersliarf wordbathroomtearsliedrinkcomputerunderwearcrying β¦telephone callphotographflashback (See All) |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri β¦ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | death of wifedrinkingdeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | kitchentaxicemeteryrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomdrug abusegraveyardcafetearsdrinkunderwearcryingfirefemale nuditycharacter name in titleflashback |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
Themes: | death of wifedrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | cemeterybeach |
Characters: | mother in law son in law relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | sleeplessnessmourningloss of wifeumbrellaliarwidowergraveyardlieletterdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callphotograph |
To escape an abusive boyfriend, without announcing her plans in advance, Jean Gilkyson takes her young daughter Griff to the Wyoming ranch of her father-in-law, Einar. Jean and Einar are disaffected, as he blames her for the death of his son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitc β¦h, who was attacked by a bear, and Einar does not know that he has a granddaughter. While Mitch heals and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving Griff. (Read More)
Themes: | griefdrinkingfriendshiplovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | motelrestaurant |
Characters: | dysfunctional relationshipboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | loss of daughterzooloss of wifeliarcafeliedrinkcomputerunderwearphotograph |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as β¦he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | griefdrug usedrinkingdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | cemeteryrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | boymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | odorsitting on a toiletsleeplessnessmourningbreaking and enteringflowershallucinationbathroomcafetearsdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone calltitle spoken by character β¦photographfemale nuditybare chested male (See All) |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b β¦ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
Themes: | griefdrinkingsuicidedeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | road tripcemetery |
Characters: | boymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | mourningumbrellagraveyardbasketballbathroomtearsdrinkcomputerunderwearcryingfiretelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographflashback |
In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfi β¦eld pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him? (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifegriefdrug usedrinkingsuicidedeath |
Locations: | motelrestaurant |
Characters: | boymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | listening to a radiowristwatchanswering machineliarbathroomcafetearsliedrinkcomputerunderwearcryingtelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotograph β¦female nuditybare chested maleflashback (See All) |
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | suicidedeathfriendship |
Locations: | gas stationmotelcemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomfilling stationflowersgraveyardcafelieunderweartelephone callphotographfemale nudityflashback |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
Themes: | death of wifegriefdrinkingsuicidefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | campfirebeach |
Characters: | boyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | suicide of wifesleeplessnessmourningloss of wifeumbrellaliarwidowergraveyardtearsliedrinkunderwearcryingphotographbare chested male β¦flashbacknudity (See All) |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | death of wifegriefdrinkingfriendshipdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | boyfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | sleeplessnessdrug overdoseloss of wifeanswering machinewidowergraveyardhallucinationdrinktelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographbare chested maleflashback |
Michael Clayton, a high-priced law firm's fixer, leaves a late night poker game, gets a call to drive to Westchester, and watches his car blow up as he's taking an impromptu dawn walk through a field. Flash back four days. He owes a loan shark to cover his brother's debts (Michael's own gambling hab β¦its have left him virtually broke). His law firm is negotiating a high-stakes merger, and his firm's six year defense of a conglomerate's pesticide use is at risk when one of the firm's top litigators goes off his meds and puts the case in jeopardy. While Michael is trying to fix things someone decides to kill him. Who? Meanwhile his son summarizes the plot of a dark fantasy novel. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifemental illnessdrinkingsuicidedeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | boyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | ramblingmanic depressionmental breakdownnervous breakdownloss of wifedrug abusebreaking and enteringanswering machinef wordcafetearsdrinkcomputercryingtelephone call β¦title spoken by characterphotographcharacter name in titleflashback (See All) |
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)
Themes: | death of wifedrug usedrinkingsuicidelovefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | mother in law son in law relationshipboyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | stoneddrug overdosedrug abuseflowersliarwidowercafetearslieletterdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callphotograph β¦female nudity (See All) |
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: | drinkinglovefriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeach |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | laptop computerpancakewebsiteflowersinternetcafetearsdrinkcomputercryingtelephone callphotographfemale nudityflashback |
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: | mental illnessdrinkingsuicidedeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxicemetery |
Characters: | boy |
Story: | man cryingempty houseaquariumanswering machinearsonbathroomtearsdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone calltitle spoken by characterflashback |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou β¦r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodramaindependent film |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomobituaryaquariumvacationinternetbathroomcafetearsliecomputercryingphotographfemale nudityflashback |
Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic years in the 1960s, as his inner demons and obsessions trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for years. In β¦ the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the unscrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationship grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessdrug usedrinkinglovedeathfriendship |
Locations: | restaurantbeach |
Characters: | boyfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | man cryingawkwardnessmental breakdownnervous breakdowndrug abuseliarswimmingf wordcafetearsliedrinkcryingtelephone callbare chested male β¦flashback (See All) |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | mental illnessdrug usedrinkingsuicidelovedeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | moteltaxirestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomanswering machineumbrellaswimmingcafetearsdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callphotographfemale nuditybare chested maleflashback |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa β¦st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingsuicidedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | moteltaxirestaurant |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | gasolinenew orleans louisianaco workerdrug overdosebreaking and enteringarsonumbrellabasketballbathroomcafedrinkcomputerfiretelephone callphotograph |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
Themes: | drinkingsuicidedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationmotelcemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | boyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomfilling stationgraveyardcafetearsdrinkcomputercryingtelephone callphotographfemale nuditycharacter name in titlenudityflashback |
In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the Internet. But sex is not what Lars has in mind β¦, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he's nuts, but eventually the entire town goes along with his delusion in support of this sweet natured boy that they've always loved. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessgriefdrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | boyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | websiteco workerflowersgraveyardinternetcafedrinkcomputertelephone callphotographcharacter name in title |
John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a criminal past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The β¦tailor also has a wife, who works for the canal administrator, and a huge debt. The spy's mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal, but he's really in business for himself, blackmailing the tailor into spinning a fantastic tale about the canal being sold to China and former mercenaries ready to topple the current government. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingsuicidedeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | pancakeumbrellaliargraveyardswimminghallucinationcafeliecomputerunderwearfiretelephone callflashback |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the β¦concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | griefdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | taxicemeteryrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | boymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | mourninggraveyardcafetearsliedrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callfemale nudityflashback |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, β¦ even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug usedrinkingsuicidefriendship |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | melancholyaquariumdrug overdoseloss of loved onebasketballtearsliedrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callphotographfemale nuditybare chested male |
Manuela is a hard-working single mom who has raised her son Esteban by herself since the time he was born. On his 17th birthday they go to the theater and after the show, Esteban tries to get the main actress' autograph but is run down on the street and dies. Manuela is beside herself with grief and β¦ decides to return to Barcelona to tell the boy's transgender father Lola, about the death of the son he never knew he had. He is nowhere to be found but Manuela does find an old friend, Agrado and meets up with a pregnant nun, Rosa. Together they form a life and become fast friends - until tragedy strikes again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodramaindependent film |
Themes: | griefdrug usedrinkinglovedeathfriendship |
Locations: | taxicemetery |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | loss of daughtermourningdrug abusecafelielettercryingphotographfemale nudityflashback |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif β¦estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | deathlovefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomstarting overdrug overdosewristwatchflowersliarcafetearslielettercomputerunderwearcryingtelephone calltitle spoken by character β¦character name in titlebare chested maleflashbacknudity (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: | drug usedrinkinglovedeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | mourningloss of loved onedrug abusebreaking and enteringanswering machineflowersgraveyardcafetearsdrinkcryingfiretelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotograph β¦female nuditynudity (See All) |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
Themes: | drinkingsuicidefriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationrestaurant |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomsleeping on the floorfilling stationliarcafeliedrinkunderwearcryingtelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographcharacter name in titleflashback |
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, h β¦e panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingfriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | motelrestaurant |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | man in underwearpants on fireteen drug usesleeping in a carwristwatchliarinternetf wordbathroomtearsliedrinkunderwearcryingfire β¦telephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographbare chested maleflashback (See All) |