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Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week. To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Her β¦o of infidelity. In the end, though, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing." (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | father daughter incestjusticedeceptionfuneralweddingdancejealousymarriagefriendshipdeathrevenge |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Characters: | father in law son in law relationshipuncle niece relationshipuncle nephew relationshipcousin cousin relationshipvillainpriestmusiciandancerbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 16th century |
Story: | face maskmasquerade partymarriage engagementshakespeare's much ado about nothingspreading a rumormessina italywife and husband lead actorsfalse reportvow of celibacypadua italypiperantipodeshedgesextonsighing β¦loathingadorationmasked balldisloyaltynoblesupperfriarsonnetbumblerbugleoverhearingdishonorvirtuefire eatershakespeare playwitjesterrhymegrapesblack leatherslanderdisgracetuscanyconstablemockeryconsumptionclothes linecountendurancefortunematchmakernobilitymistreatmentchurch bellfeastbride and groomveilbritish renaissancecourtshipvineyardopposites attractbattle of the sexesheirbullvenice italybachelorgovernorvillafluteschemehomecomingset upfountainhorseback ridingswingframe upmisunderstandingintriguemourningthundersufferingpresumed deadcelebrationpicnichonoreavesdroppingprincereference to william shakespeareespionagegardensadnesscrossdirected by starcountrysidesensualitypranklightningmistaken identitywritten and directed by cast membermassageduelfalse accusationpoliticianmontagetearsliemaskslow motion scenehorsesongcryingbased on playshowerpartysingingdancingmale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nuditykissdog (See All) |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar β¦ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriagedeath |
Characters: | priestmusiciandancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | masquerade partymasked ballcountbride and groomhorseback ridingintriguemourninggardenmontagetearsslow motion scenehorsesongcryingparty β¦singingdancingfemale rear nudityfemale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
Themes: | weddingdancejealousymarriagedeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipdancermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 16th century |
Story: | horseback ridingintriguefalse accusationtearsliesongcryingsingingdancingdogkiss |
Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A ser β¦ies of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriagedeath |
Characters: | musiciandancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 16th century |
Story: | sonnetshakespeare playrhymehorseback ridingintriguemourningthunderpicnicreference to william shakespearecrosshorsesongcryingsingingdancing β¦male nuditydogkiss (See All) |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from β¦ the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralweddingfriendshipdeath |
Characters: | priestdancersingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | witcountnobilitymourningreference to william shakespearegardensadnesscrossmontagelieslow motion scenesongcryingpartysinging β¦dancingmale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditykissdog (See All) |
Japanese warlord Hidetori Ichimonji decides the time has come to retire and divide his fiefdom among his three sons. His eldest and middle sons - Taro and Jiro - agree with his decision and promise to support him for his remaining days. The youngest son Saburo disagrees with all of them arguing that β¦ there is little likelihood the three brothers will remain united. Insulted by his son's brashness, the warlord banishes Saburo. As the warlord begins his retirement, he quickly realizes that his two eldest sons selfish and have no intention of keeping their promises. It leads to war and only banished Saburo can possibly save him. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralmarriagefriendshiprevenge |
Characters: | father in law son in law relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 16th century |
Story: | slanderheirflutehorseback ridingsufferinghonorsadnesstearsliehorsesongcryingbased on playsingingdog β¦kiss (See All) |
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: | marriagedeathfriendship |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshippriestmusiciandancerbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | horseback ridingmourningthundercelebrationhonorcrosstearslieslow motion scenehorsesongcryingshowersingingdancing β¦male nuditydog (See All) |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of β¦ honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingjealousymarriagefriendship |
Characters: | dancersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | marriage engagementbride and groomhonorliehorsesongshowerpartysingingdancingkissdog |
The year is 1795 and young Jane Austen is a feisty 20-year-old and emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was then nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appoin β¦ted husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. They are eyeing Mr. Wisley, nephew to the very formidable, not to mention very rich, local aristocrat Lady Gresham, as a prospective match. But when Jane meets the roguish and decidedly non-aristocratic Tom Lefroy, sparks soon fly along with the sharp repartee. His intellect and arrogance raise her ire - then knock her head over heels. Now, the couple, whose flirtation flies in the face of the sense and sensibility of the age, is faced with a terrible dilemma. If they attempt to marry, they will risk everything that matters - family, friends and fortune. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdancemarriagedeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipuncle nephew relationshipcousin cousin relationshipdancerbrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | fire eaterfortunehorseback ridingcelebrationmontagehorsesongpartysingingdancingmale nuditydogkiss |
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views sep β¦arate them. During the welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judah's house and injures the governor. Although Messala knows they are not guilty, he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiprevengedeath |
Characters: | dancerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | heirgovernorthunderprincecrosslightningmassagefalse accusationtearshorsecryingdancingkiss |
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: | funeralweddingmarriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshippriestdancerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | marriage engagementconstablebride and groompoliticiantearsliecryingsingingdancingkiss |
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Themes: | dancemarriagedeath |
Characters: | priestmusiciandancermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 16th century |
Story: | church bellflutehorseback ridingintriguecrossmontagetearshorsecryingdancingfemale nudity |
A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, Bend It Like Beckham explores the world of women's football, from kick-abouts in the park to freekicks in the Final. Set in Hounslow, West London and Hamburg, the film follows two 18 year olds with their hearts set on a future in professional socc β¦er. Heart-stopping talent doesn't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptionweddingdancejealousymarriagefriendship |
Characters: | dancerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | marriage engagementbride and groomveilcelebrationsadnessmontagetearsliecryingpartydancingkiss |
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: | marriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | priestmusiciandancerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | fire eatercountchurch bellfeastcountrysidemontagetearsliecryingpartydancingdogkiss |
The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will ever find true love and marry. Charles thinks he's found "Miss Right" in Carrie, an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | funeralweddingmarriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | priestbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | british renaissancebachelorlightningpoliticianliedancingkissdog |
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: | deceptionmarriagerevengedeathfriendship |
Characters: | dancersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | homecomingdirected by starwritten and directed by cast membermontageliesongshowersingingdancingfemale nuditykissdog |
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cous β¦in, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingjealousymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipdancerbrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | marriage engagementopposites attractbattle of the sexeshomecominghorseback ridingmourninghonoreavesdroppinglightningtearsliehorsesongcryingparty β¦singingdancingkissdog (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: | independent film |
Themes: | funeraldeathfriendship |
Characters: | priestdancerbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | black leathermistreatmentintriguesufferingsadnesscountrysidepoliticiantearsliehorsesongcryingbased on playsingingdancing β¦female rear nudityfemale nuditymale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will be over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spir β¦ited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralweddingjealousymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipsingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | fire eaterbattle of the sexessufferingsadnesstearscryingpartydancingfemale rear nuditymale nuditykiss |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the β¦ Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdancefriendship |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Characters: | priestmusiciandancersingerfriendmother daughter relationship |
Story: | bride and groomtearsslow motion scenesongcryingpartysingingdancingmale nuditydogkiss |
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: | justicedeceptionjealousydeath |
Characters: | priestbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | jesterhorseback ridingsufferingprincesadnesscrossfalse accusationtearslieslow motion scenehorsecryingsingingmale frontal nudityfemale rear nudity β¦female nuditymale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
Shane rides into a conflict between cattleman Ryker and a bunch of settlers, like Joe Starrett and his family, whose land Ryker wants. When Shane beats up Ryker's man Chris, Ryker tries to buy him. Then Shane and Joe take on the whole Ryker crew. Ryker sends to Cheyenne for truly evil gunslinger Wil β¦son. Shane must clear out all the guns from the valley. (Read More)
Themes: | funeraljealousydeathrevengefriendship |
Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | horseback ridingthundercelebrationhonorgardenmontagetearshorsesongcryingpartysingingdancingdogkiss |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity β¦works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralweddingdeath |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | adorationfortunehorseback ridingmourningpoliticianmontagetearshorsesongcryingshowersingingdancing |
Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper co β¦nnection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of "fishing trips", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingjealousymarriagefriendship |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Characters: | dancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | clothes linebullthundercelebrationeavesdroppingsadnesscrosslightningtearsliehorsesongcryingsingingdancing β¦male frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
The son of Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee, Devdas (Shahrukh Khan) was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He grew up in the lush village of Taj Sonapur, where he spent his childhood, indulged by his lovely playmate Paro (Aishwarya). They grew up sharing a special relationship, in which they existed o β¦nly to each other. Oblivious of all the differences of status and background, a bond that would never break grew between them. Slowly, it changed to love but it was still unsaid. But the reverie was broken when his family sent Devdas to London for education. Paro's world crashed knowing that her Devdas would be gone and she lit a diya, for it signified the fast coming back of her loved one. Years passed and Devdas returned. Devdas was besotted by her stunning beauty and longed to have her back. But Zamindar Narayan Mukherjee (Vijay Crishna), Devdas' father, met Paro's mother Sumitra's (Kiran Kher) marriage proposal with condescending arrogance. It caused a rift between the families and even though Devdas tried to convince his father, only antagonism came his way. Finally, he moved away from Paro and wrote a letter to her, asking her to forget him. Only, he didn't realize that he would never be able to forget her ever! And much later, when he reached out to her, it was too late as she was far too humiliated. She scorned him for not standing by her and they parted forever with a heart-broken Paro entering into a chaste marriage with a wealthy, much older man, Zamindar Bhuvan (Vijayenβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdancejealousymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | priestdancerbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | bride and groomfountainthundercelebrationhonorlightningmontagetearslieslow motion scenesongcryingsingingdancing |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c β¦ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
Themes: | father daughter incestdancejealousydeathrevenge |
Characters: | priestmusiciandancerbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | flutehorseback ridingsufferinghonoreavesdroppingsadnesscrosstearshorsecryingpartysingingdancingfemale nuditykiss |
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: | funeraljealousymarriagedeathrevenge |
Characters: | singerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | schemesufferingcelebrationcrossmassageduelliesongshowersingingdancingfemale nuditymale nuditydogkiss |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat β¦e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriagefriendship |
Characters: | priestdancerfriendmother daughter relationship |
Story: | marriage engagementbride and groomvineyardtearsliecryingshowerpartydancingfemale nuditykissdog |
Themes: | deceptionjealousymarriagedeathrevenge |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | governorpresumed deadcelebrationprincecrosslightningfalse accusationmontageslow motion scenehorsepartydancingdog |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, β¦not the answering of them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | friendshipdeath |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | adorationsonnetconstablevillahorseback ridingpicnictearsslow motion scenehorsesongcryingpartysingingkissdog |
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: | funeralweddingmarriagedeath |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipcousin cousin relationshipdancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | disgracehomecomingmourningtearsslow motion scenesongcryingsingingdancingkissdog |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro β¦ss two generations. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralweddingjealousymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | father in law son in law relationshippriestsingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | bride and groombullhorseback ridingthundermontagetearshorsesongcryingpartysingingdogkiss |
The five highly trained Bennett sisters in Georgian England must try to protect themselves from the growing zombie threat, find suitable husbands for themselves, battle marriage proposals and unlikely suitors, and save the country before it's too late.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | deceptionweddingdancemarriagedeathrevengefriendship |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshippriestfriendmother daughter relationship |
Story: | face maskcourtshipheireavesdroppinglightningslow motion scenehorsepartydancingdogkiss |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg β¦eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingjealousymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipdancersingerfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | bachelorhorseback ridingthunderlightningtearshorsesongcryingpartysingingdancingkissdog |
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: | funeralmarriagefriendshipdeath |
Characters: | father in law son in law relationshipmusiciansingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | swingmourninghonorgardensadnessmassageliesongcryingsinging |
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
Themes: | funeralweddingdancemarriagerevengedeath |
Characters: | priestdancerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | feasthorseback ridinghonormontageliehorsedancingfemale nuditymale nuditykiss |
'Antonio Salieri' (qv) believes that 'Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart' (qv)'s music is divine and miraculous. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. He began his career as a devout man who believes his success and talent as a composer are God' β¦s rewards for his piety. He's also content as the respected, financially well-off, court composer of Austrian Emperor Joseph II. But he's shocked to learn that Mozart is such a vulgar creature, and can't understand why God favored Mozart to be his instrument. Salieri's envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is ready to take revenge against God and Mozart for his own musical mediocrity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | deceptionfuneralweddingjealousymarriagerevengedeath |
Characters: | priestmusiciansingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | nobilityfeasthorseback ridingcrossmaskhorsesongbased on playsingingdancing |
Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | marriagedeathrevenge |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipcousin cousin relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | mistreatmentchurch bellswingsadnesscountrysidesensualitymontageslow motion scenesongcryingpartysingingfemale nuditykissdog |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count β¦ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
Themes: | dancemarriagedeathfriendship |
Characters: | priestdancersingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | horseback ridingmourningthundercelebrationcrosslightningfalse accusationslow motion scenehorsesongsingingdancingdogkiss |
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. A police officer called Leo sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers". Leo arrests Mei, β¦only to have Jin breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem... (Read More)
Themes: | jealousymarriagerevengedeath |
Characters: | musiciandancersingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | matchmakerhonordueltearsslow motion scenehorsesongcryingsingingdancingkiss |
In rural Tennessee, Lazarus, a former blues musician who survives by truck farming, finds a young girl nearly beaten to death near his home. She's the white-trash town tramp, molded by a life of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and verbal abuse from her mother, who seems to delight in remindi β¦ng Rae of her mistake in not aborting her. Lazarus, who is also facing personal crisis at the dissolution of his marriage, nurses Rae back to health, providing her with gentle, fatherly advice as well as an education in blues music. Rae's boyfriend, Ronnie, goaded by the man who nearly beat Rae to death, misunderstands the relationship between Lazarus and Rae, and vows to kill him. Lazarus, exhibiting a street-smart understanding of violence and its motives, calls Ronnie's bluff, senses that he is as troubled as Rae, and becomes a guiding force in the young couple's resurrection. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptionweddingmarriagedeathfriendship |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipmusiciandancersingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | bride and groomgardenmontagetearsslow motion scenesongcryingpartysingingdancingfemale nuditydogkiss |
Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no long β¦er wants to be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven's life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptionjealousyfriendshiprevenge |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | set upframe upeavesdroppingdirected by starlightningmassagefalse accusationmontageslow motion scenehorseshowerparty |
A Walk in the Clouds depicted a story about a young-married US military soldier, named Paul, who returned home after the World War II. In the middle of the way back home, he accidentally met a girl named Victoria who finished her master's degree. She has not married yet but got pregnant by accident. β¦ During the journey they talked a lot. Due to her pregnancy, Victoria was afraid of her father who respected old Mexican tradition. Thus, Paul proposed to pose as her husband to help her face her dad. Paul was not intended to cheat on his wife by pretending to be Victoria's husband. However, when Paul decided to come back to his home and left Victoria, he found his wife cheating on him. Paul then headed back to Victoria's house "Las Nubes" and confessed his true love to Victoria. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriagedeath |
Characters: | priestdancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | dishonorvineyardhorseback ridinghonorreference to william shakespearetearshorsecryingsingingdancingkiss |
In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora gets engaged to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him to a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to Dublin but is robbed on the road. Without an alte β¦rnative, Barry joins the British Army to fight in the Seven Years War. He deserts and is forced to join the Prussian Army where he saves the life of his captain and becomes his protege and spy of the Irish gambler Chevalier de Balibari. He helps Chevalier and becomes his associate until he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Lyndon. They move to England and Barry, in his obsession of nobility, dissipates her fortune and makes a dangerous and revengeful enemy. (Read More)
Themes: | funeralweddingjealousy |
Characters: | musicianbrother brother relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | fortunenobilitypresumed deadhonorespionageduelhorsecryingdancingfemale nuditykiss |
Disney's animated classic takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an all-star cast. A young prince, imprisoned in the form of a beast, can be freed only by true love. What may be his only opportunity arrives when he meets Belle, the only human girl to ever visit the castle since it was enc β¦hanted. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptiondancejealousyrevenge |
Characters: | singerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | opposites attractprincereference to william shakespearegardenlightningfalse accusationmontageslow motion scenehorsepartysingingdancingkissdog |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is β¦short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdancedeathfriendship |
Characters: | dancersingerfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | bride and groomset upmistaken identitytearsslow motion scenehorsesongcryingpartysingingdancingmale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditydog |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Themes: | justicefuneraldeath |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipdancerbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | bride and groomheirfalse accusationmontagetearsliesongcryingsingingdancing |
In late 1951, Eilis Lacey, a young Irish girl, emigrates to Brooklyn. Sponsored by Father Flood, a priest from her native town Enniscorthy, she is assured to find a full-time job there. But the early days are tough, seasickness being soon replaced by loneliness and homesickness, two feelings all the β¦ more acutely felt by Eilis for having had to leave behind her widowed mother and her dear sister Rose. She nevertheless little by little manages to find her footing by adapting to her job as a salesgirl, by studying bookkeeping at Brooklyn College as well as with a little help from both Father Flood and Mrs. Kehoe, the owner of the boarding school she now lives in. And not only does graduation follow but love shows its face in Tony, an Italian-American plumber, full of adoration and respect for her. They end up marrying, although keeping the thing secret. It is at that point that tragedy strikes inciting Eilis to return to Enniscorthy to support her mother morally. And there a strange thing happens : she gradually gets lured by the charms of her native place, going far as to let herself be wooed by Jim Farrell, a young local. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdancejealousymarriagedeathfriendship |
Characters: | priestdancerbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | marriage engagementadorationbride and groomsadnesscrosstearssongcryingsingingdancingkiss |
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: | weddingjealousymarriagefriendshipdeathrevenge |
Characters: | dancersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | sadnesscrosstearsliesongcryingsingingdancingfemale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nuditykiss |
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: | funeralweddingjealousymarriagedeath |
Characters: | singermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | marriage engagementmourningtearsliesongcryingpartysingingfemale nuditymale nuditykiss |