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In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
| Themes: | prejudicealcoholismillnessunfaithfulnesspovertyextramarital affairracismmemorydrunkennesstorturedrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriage …murder (See All) |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police carfarmrural settingairplanechurch |
| Characters: | brother in law sister in law relationshipsheriffdancerbrother brother relationshipsingerdoctorafrican americanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 1939year 1941year 19451930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | picking cottonmississippi riverpiano playervoice over letterbritish actress playing american characterpre world war twosundance film festivalwhooping coughkilling a chickenfalling off a laddersharecropperleg in a castmultiple narratorsmilitary veterancotton …southern gothicson murders fatherbiracial childmuleair forcegeneral storebloody facemississippidigging a gravelynchingku klux klanfemale cinematographermiseryhymnpost warbelgiumpost world war twofarmingsaving a lifewar veteransermonmudpost traumatic stress disorderinterracial romancesufferingcivil rightsbroken legpreacherpickup truckblack americanhatefarmerflowerstankflash forwardpainnew yorkpianoletterdrinktitle directed by femalebeatingsongvoice over narrationknifesingingphotographdancingbased on novelone word titleviolencesexbloodflashback (See All) |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
| Themes: | illnessdrunkennesstorturedrinkingmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | doctorafrican americanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | voice over lettercottonhymnfarmingsermoninterracial romancepreacherflash forwardpianoletterdrinkknifesingingphotographbased on novel …bloodflashback (See All) |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
| Themes: | prejudiceracismdrinking |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | sheriffdancerbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | sharecropperlynchingku klux klansermoncivil rightspreacherblack americanletterdrinkbeatingsongknifesingingdancingviolence …sex (See All) |
The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California presents miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview, a driven man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He works hard but also takes advantage of those around him at their expense if need b …e. His business partner/son (H.W.) is, in reality, an "acquired" child whose true biological single-parent father (working on one of Daniel's rigs) died in a workplace accident. Daniel is deeply protective of H.W. if only for what H.W. brings to the partnership. Eli Sunday is one in a pair of twins whose family farm Daniel purchases for the major oil deposit located on it. Eli, a local preacher and a self-proclaimed faith healer, wants the money from the sale of the property to finance his own church. The lives of the two competitive men often clash as Daniel pumps oil off the property and tries to acquire all the surrounding land at bargain prices to be able to build a pipeline to the coast, and as Eli tries to build his own religious empire. (Read More)
| Themes: | alcoholismmoneymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | falling off a ladderdigging a gravehymnfarmingsermonmudbroken legpreacherfarmerflash forwardletterbeatingsongsingingphotograph …based on novelbloodviolenceflashback (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 …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: | prejudicealcoholismracismdrunkennesstorturedrinkingmarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | sheriffdancerbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | farmertankflash forwardletterdrinksongvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingviolencebloodflashback |
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 …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: | prejudiceracismdrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | brother in law sister in law relationshipdancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19391930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | biracial childmuleinterracial romancepreacherdrinksongvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingone word titleflashbacksexviolenceblood |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | illnessunfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemorydrinkingadulteryinfidelitymurder |
| Locations: | rural settingchurch |
| Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | general storehatefarmerflash forwardletterdrinktitle directed by femalesongvoice over narrationknifesingingphotographdancingbased on novelflashback …violenceblood (See All) |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
| Themes: | prejudiceunfaithfulnessextramarital affairracismmemorydrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshipsingerdoctorafrican americanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1930s1940s |
| Story: | sharecropperhymncivil rightspianodrinksongsingingdancingone word titleflashbacksex |
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 …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: | illnessdrinkingmoneymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | piano playervoice over letterhymnfarmerpianoletterdrinksongvoice over narrationsingingdancingbased on novelsexviolence |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin …ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
| Themes: | alcoholismunfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemorydrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | farmairplane |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | post warfarminghatefarmerflowerspianodrinksongsingingphotographdancingbased on novel |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
| Themes: | alcoholismpovertyracismextramarital affairdrunkenness |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | singerafrican americanfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | general storeblack americanfarmerflowerspianoletterbeatingvoice over narrationphotographbased on novel |
It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subo …rdinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennesstorturedrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | year 19411940sworld war two |
| Story: | piano playerpianodrinkbeatingsongknifesingingphotographdancingbased on novelbloodsex |
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: | illnessunfaithfulnessmemorydrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | piano playermultiple narratorsfarmingfarmerpainpianodrinkbeatingvoice over narrationknifesingingphotographdancingsexflashback …violenceblood (See All) |
In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Jus …t when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnesspovertytorturedrinkingmurder |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshipsingerdoctormother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | voice over lettersermonsufferingfarmerpianoletterdrinkbeatingsongknifesingingphotographdancingviolenceblood |
Malena is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malena in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is pres …umed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesspovertymemoryadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | post warletterbeatingsongvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingone word titlesexblood |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li …ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Cecilia… (Read More)
| Themes: | memorydrunkennessdrinking |
| Locations: | airplanechurch |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19391930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | voice over letterhymnsaving a lifeflowersflash forwardpianoletterdrinksongvoice over narrationsingingphotographbased on novelone word titlesex …bloodflashback (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 …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)
| Themes: | alcoholismillnessunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police carchurch |
| Characters: | sheriffdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | saving a lifepickup truckflash forwardpaindrinkbeatingvoice over narrationknifesingingphotographbloodflashback |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | prejudiceillnessracismdrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farmairplane |
| Characters: | singerdoctorafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | mudinterracial romanceflowersletterdrinkbeatingsongsingingbased on novelone word titleblood |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
| Themes: | illnessmemorymoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farmrural settingairplane |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | killing a chickenmudsingingphotographdancingone word titlebloodflashback |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
| Themes: | memorydrinkingmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police carfarm |
| Characters: | dancerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | leg in a castsaving a lifemudhateflowersflash forwarddrinkbeatingvoice over narrationknifephotographdancingbased on novelflashbackblood |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
| Themes: | memorydrunkennessdrinkingmurder |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | digging a gravepost world war twosufferingpainletterdrinksongsingingphotographdancingone word titlesex |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f …inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesspovertyextramarital affairmemorydrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farmairplanechurch |
| Characters: | singerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | mulepost warmudpost traumatic stress disordersufferingfarmertankpainletterdrinksongvoice over narrationsingingphotographbased on novel …sexflashback (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 …ound "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. (Read More)
| Themes: | memorydrunkennesstorturedrinkingmarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19411940sworld war two |
| Story: | post world war twohatetankdrinkdancingone word titlebased on novelsex |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
| Themes: | memorydrunkennessdrinkingmarriage |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | piano playerpost world war twopost traumatic stress disorderflash forwardpianoletterdrinkbeatingsongsingingphotographdancingsexviolenceflashback |
October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to sta …y behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio, part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely in tact and that he is running away from his past, in part or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which was interrupted by the war. He may not be running from his work as a spy for the Germans as Caravaggio believes, but rather the memory of an affair he had with married Katherine Clifton, the love of his life, and the memory of a promise not totally fulfilled. Hana may also test her theory of her fates with love and death as she embarks on a relationship of her own with Kip Singh, a Sikh from India, whose unit has camped on the now overgrown lawn of the church. Their work entails sweeping for and di… (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemorytorturedrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | airplanechurch |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Period: | 1930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | sufferingtankflash forwardpainpianodrinkbeatingsongknifesingingphotographdancingbased on novelbloodflashback |
Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who … have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | police carchurch |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | saving a lifesufferingpickup truckhateflowerspaintitle directed by femalebeatingknifephotographone word titlesexviolenceblood |
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 …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemorydrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | leg in a castbroken legflowersflash forwarddrinktitle directed by femalesongsingingphotographdancingsexflashback |
United Press International journalist Will Bloom and his French freelance photojournalist wife Josephine Bloom, who is pregnant with their first child, leave their Paris base to return to Will's hometown of Ashton, Alabama on the news that his father, Edward Bloom, stricken with cancer, will soon di …e, he being taken off chemotherapy treatment. Although connected indirectly through Will's mother/Edward's wife, Sandra Bloom, Will has been estranged from his father for three years since his and Josephine's wedding. Will's issue with his father is the fanciful tales Edward has told of his life all his life, not only to Will but the whole world. As a child when Edward was largely absent as a traveling salesman, Will believed those stories, but now realizes that he does not know his father, who, as he continues to tell these stories, he will never get to know unless Edward comes clean with the truth before he dies. On the brink of his own family life beginning, Will does not want to be the kind of father Edward has been to him. One of those stories from Edward's childhood - that he saw his own death in the glass eye of a witch - led to him embracing life since he would not have to fear death knowing when and how it would eventually come. The question is whether Will will be able to reconcile Edward's stories against his real life, either directly from Edward before he dies and/or from other sources, and thus allow Will to come to a new understanding of himself and his life, past, p… (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelity |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | rural settingairplanechurch |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1930s1940s |
| Story: | piano playerfalling off a laddermultiple narratorsflash forwardpainpianoletterbeatingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingbased on novelbloodflashback |
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 … 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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farm |
| Characters: | singerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | voice over letterfarmingfarmertankletterdrinkvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingbased on novelviolencesexflashback |
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked off their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his uncle's farm and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life - Hopefully.
| Themes: | prejudicepovertymurder |
| Locations: | farmrural setting |
| Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | sharecropperpreacherpickup truckfarmerdancingbased on novel |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sufferingflowersflash forwardpainpianoletterdrinksongsingingdancingbased on novelflashback |
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 …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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | piano playermiseryflowerspianoletterdrinkbeatingsongvoice over narrationknifesingingphotographdancingviolenceblood …sex (See All) |
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: | drunkennessdrinkingmoneymurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police carchurch |
| Characters: | dancersingerafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | black americanpianodrinkbeatingsongsingingdancingsexbloodviolence |
In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such …activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessdrinkingmurder |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctormother son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | voice over letterlynchingflash forwardletterdrinksingingdancingblood |
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its ang …er and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
| Locations: | rural settingairplane |
| Characters: | singerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | pickup truckflash forwardpaindrinkbeatingsongknifesingingphotographbased on novelflashbackbloodsex |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessracismdrunkennessdrinkingmarriagemurder |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | brother in law sister in law relationshipdancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19451940sworld war two |
| Story: | voice over lettersufferingflowerstankflash forwardpainletterdrinkbeatingsongsingingphotographdancingflashbackblood …violence (See All) |
Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole …rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriage |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | voice over letterflowerslettertitle directed by femalesongsingingdancingone word titlesex |
"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 …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | voice over letterflowersletterdrinktitle directed by femalesongvoice over narrationsingingdancingbased on novelsex |
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 …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: | memorydrinkingmoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | dancerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | voice over letterfalling off a ladderleg in a castbloody facesaving a lifeflowersflash forwardletterdrinkvoice over narrationphotographdancingbased on novelflashbackblood |
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. … 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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | post world war twointerracial romanceletterdrinksingingdancingflashbacksex |
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 …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: | illnessdrunkennessdrinkingmarriage |
| Locations: | rural settingchurch |
| Characters: | dancersingerafrican americanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | southern gothichymnfarmingpreacherpickup truckfarmerdrinkbeatingsongsingingdancingflashbackbloodviolence |
Violet Weston ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiance), eldest daughter Barbara (with her …separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August. (Read More)
| Themes: | alcoholismunfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemorydrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | sheriffsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sufferingpickup truckpainpianodrinksongsingingphotograph |
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.
| Themes: | illnessunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | church |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | pickup truckhatepaindrinkbeatingvoice over narrationflashback |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a … covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairtorturedrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | dancersingerfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1930s1940s |
| Story: | flowersflash forwarddrinksongvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingviolencebloodflashbacksex |
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 …son. Shane must clear out all the guns from the valley. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farm |
| Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | general storebloody facehymnmudhatefarmerdrinkbeatingsongsingingdancingbased on novelone word titleviolenceblood |
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 …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: | prejudicepovertydrinkingmarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | farmrural settingchurch |
| Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sermonflash forwardpianoletterdrinksongvoice over narrationsingingdancing |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
| Themes: | drinkingmoneymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | police carchurch |
| Characters: | dancerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | voice over letterpickup truckflash forwardletterdrinkbeatingknifephotographdancingone word titleviolencebloodflashback |
Class struggle becomes all too real as a young doctor moves into a modern apartment block in suburban 1975 London. Drugs, drink & debauchery dissolve into murder, mayhem and misogyny in this pseudo-post-apocalyptic breakdown of societal norms.
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymurder |
| Locations: | police car |
| Characters: | dancerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | bloody faceflash forwarddrinkbeatingvoice over narrationphotographdancingbased on novelsexviolencebloodflashback |
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 …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 (Vijayen… (Read More)
| Themes: | prejudicealcoholismillnessdrunkennessdrinkingmarriage |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | brother in law sister in law relationshipdancerbrother brother relationshipsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | voice over letterpianoletterdrinkbeatingsongvoice over narrationsingingdancingbased on novelone word titleflashbackblood |
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 …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: | povertydrinkingmoneymurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | airplanechurch |
| Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1930s1940s |
| Story: | tankdrinksongvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingone word titlesex |
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