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The story of two Mumfords - one a small town, the other a man. Mumford, the town, is full of people with problems, from a teenage girl who is unhappy with her looks to a local billionaire, "the king of modems", who would trade everything away if he could. So when Micky Mumford, the man, turns out to … be a psychologist with slightly unusual methods he soon finds a spot in people's heart as someone to whom they can tell their secrets. But Micky too has a secret, and that one's about to hunt him down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | mental illnessunfaithfulnessinsanitydrug usedepressionparanoiadivorceextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationdrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelitymarriage …suicidelovefriendshipdeath (See All) |
Locations: | chinabaseballcourtroompolice carwheelchairtaxismall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotstepfather stepson relationshipself esteempsychiatristjapaneseactresspolicemanteenage boyteenage girltattoofriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship …mother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice (See All) |
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Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte …r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedepressionparanoiadivorcedrinkingdrugsinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | psychiatristpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | psychotherapystonedbongpsychologistsexual fantasytherapycocainecollegemarijuanatearsbeerdrinkmirrordreamcrying …showererectionphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditygundogsex (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 usedepressiondrinkingmarriagesuicidelovedeathfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomtaxirestaurant |
Characters: | psychiatristfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | college graduationwife abusedouble lifetherapytrustcourtjudgecocainecollegemarijuanacaferunningtearsshootingsecret …drinkmirrorcryingshowerphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditydogflashbackgun (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: | black comedy |
Themes: | mental illnessunfaithfulnessdrug usedepressionextramarital affairdeceptiondrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelitymarriagesuicidefriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | small town |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | stonedlonermarijuanatearsbeerdrinkdreambeatingcryingcigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbackdoggun |
Although cheerful, friendly, intelligent, well-dressed, authentic and wealthy, Charlie Bartlett has problems. With his father gone and his mother loopy and clueless, he's been expelled from every private school for his victimless crimes. Now he's in a public school getting punched out daily by the s …chool thug. He ever longs to be popular - the go-to guy - and the true crux of his troubles is that he invariably finds the means to this end, whatever that might be. At Western Summit High, he makes peace with his tormentor by going into business with him - listening to kids' problems and selling them prescription drugs. Charlie's a hit, but attraction to Susan (daughter of the school's laissez-faire principal), new security cameras on campus, a student's overdose, and Charlie's open world view all converge to get him in serious trouble. Can this self-made physician possibly heal himself and just be a kid? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug usedepressiondivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | police carsmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | psychiatristpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | lonermedicationremote controlskateboardfraudbasketballmarijuanacafetearsdrinkcomputermirrorbeatingcryingcigarette smoking …female nuditycharacter name in titlesexgun (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 … 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)
Themes: | mental illnessinsanitydepressiondrinkingmarriagedeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | courtroomtaxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | hardware storepsychologistpatientroommatejudgecollegecafetearsbeerdrinkcomputerdreamcryingphotographflashback …gunsex (See All) |
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: | divorceinvestigationdrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | courtroompolice carbar |
Characters: | policemantattoofriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | remote controlbreaking and enteringcourtjudgedinerbasketballrunningtearsbeerdrinkcomputermirrorbeatingcryingphotograph …cigarette smokingcharacter name in titledogflashbackgunnudity (See All) |
Forty-year-old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twen …ties onwards. Christine receives treatment from Dr. Nasch, a neurologist at a local hospital who provides her a camera to record her thoughts and progress each day, and calls her every morning to remind her to watch the video in the camera. Soon, she starts to discover the truth around her. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessunfaithfulnessparanoiadivorceextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | psychiatristteenage boyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | surprise endingbirth certificatesurpriseimpostorpsychologistwarehousetherapytrustsleepinghallucinationrunningsecretmirrorcar accidentdream …beatingcryingshowerphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbacknuditysex (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: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairdrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelitymarriagesuicidelovedeath |
Locations: | police carrestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanteenage boytattoofather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | stonedpatienttherapydinercocainebasketballcafetearsshootingsecretdrinkcomputercar accidentbeatingcrying …photographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditygunflashback (See All) |
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, …and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedivorcedrinkingadulterydrugsmarriagefriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | policemanfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | stonedbongcourtfugitivejudgecocainecollegemarijuanabeershootingdrinkdreambeatingphotographcigarette smoking …female nudityflashbackgun (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnessparanoiadivorceextramarital affairdeceptiondrinkingadulteryinfidelitysuicidedeath |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | surprise endinggoth girlmagazinedinercollegecaferunningtearsdrinkcomputercryingshowerphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudity …female nuditycharacter name in titleflashbacknudity (See All) |
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 …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | paranoiadeceptiondrinkingsuicidedeath |
Locations: | courtroomtaxismall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | surprise endinggoth girlwatching televisionbreaking and enteringcourtjudgedinerbasketballcaferifleshootingsecretdrinkcomputerbeating …photographcigarette smokinggunsex (See All) |
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devou …tly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuicidedeathlove |
Locations: | police car |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | porn magazinebongwatching televisionskateboardmarijuanatearsbeerdrinkmirrorbeatingcryingerectionphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudity …female nuditycharacter name in titleflashbackdoggun (See All) |
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h …is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedepressionparanoiadrinkingdrugssuicidefriendship |
Locations: | police carwheelchairrestaurantbar |
Characters: | psychiatristpolicemanfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | medicine cabinethobbyhardware storestonedbongmedicationtrustcocainerobotmarijuanacafedrinkcryingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …doggunsex (See All) |
Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter, who is 26, replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters with another on the way, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Dan and Carter's working relationship is tested when Carter … begins a relationship with Alex, who is Dan's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | teenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | surprise endingwatching televisionmagazineroommatebasketballcollegemarijuanacafetearssecretcomputercar accidentshowerphotograph |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | courtroompolice carsmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | pro bonobirth certificateremote controlfraudtrustcourtjudgedinercafebeerdrinkmirrorcar accidentshowerphotograph …flashback (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 …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedepressionparanoiadrinkingdrugssuicidedeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | courtroomtaxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | porn magazineremote controlwarehousesleepingcourthallucinationcafetearsbeersecretdrinkmirrorcar accidentbeatingcrying …photographfemale nudityflashback (See All) |
Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madl …y in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessparanoiadivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelitysuicidelovedeathfriendship |
Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
Characters: | actressteenage boyteenage girltattoofriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | garbage collectorcourtjudgecocainecafetearsbeershootingsecretdrinkcomputerdreamcryingphotographcigarette smoking …sexflashbackgun (See All) |
Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has …fewer of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick! (Read More)
Themes: | insanityparanoiasuicidedeathlove |
Locations: | wheelchairsmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | psychiatristteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | surprise endinggoth girlpsychotherapypsychologytherapydollroommatebasketballcollegecafetearsbeerdreambeatingcrying …showercigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityflashbackdoggun (See All) |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel …p... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdepressiondivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | baseballbar |
Characters: | policemanteenage boyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | playing catchhardware storeaccountantsleepingdrinkcomputerdreamcryingphotograph |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe …s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | insanitydrug useinvestigationdrinkingdrugsinfidelitydeathfriendship |
Locations: | police carsmall townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | actresspolicemanfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | patienttherapyroommatedinerhallucinationcafetearsshootingdrinkcomputercar accidentcryingcharacter name in titlenuditysex …gun (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessdrug usedepressiondrinkingdrugssuicidefriendshiplove |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | psychiatristpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | goth girlstonedlonersurprisetrusthallucinationcollegemarijuanacaferunningtearsshootingsecretdrinkmirror …car accidentbeatingcryingphotographflashback (See All) |
After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not … to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessparanoiaextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | policemantattoofriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | warehousetherapycigar smokingjudgebasketballtearsbeersecretdrinkcomputermirrordreambeatingcryingshower …cigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbacksexnudity (See All) |
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trail begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants t …o believe what Father Moore says is true. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessinvestigationdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | courtroomrestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | surprise endingscholarshippsychologistpsychologycourtdolljudgehallucinationcollegecafedrinkcar accidentphotographcharacter name in titleflashback |
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 …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: | deceptiondeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | courtroomwheelchairtaxirestaurant |
Characters: | policemanfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | prison sentencedeceitsurprisefraudtrustjudgecaferunningtearssecretcomputermirrorcar accidentbeatingcrying …showercharacter name in titledognuditysexflashback (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 … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessdrug usedrinkingdrugsfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | police carwheelchairrestaurant |
Characters: | policemanteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | medicine cabinetstonedbreaking and enteringcourtdinercocainebasketballhallucinationcaferunningtearsrifleshootingdrinkdream …beatingcryingerectionphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunsex (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 …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagesuicidedeathfriendship |
Locations: | police carwheelchairtaxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | japanesepolicemanfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | touristroommatecafetearsbeerdrinkcryingphotographcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlesexnudity |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in …timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcedeceptiondrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | baseballtaxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | friendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | kleenexdeceitpatienttherapytrustroommatemodelbasketballcollegecafetearsbeerdrinkmirrorcrying …cigarette smokingdogflashbacksex (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 …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: | unfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelitymarriagesuicidelovefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | psychiatristtattoofriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | stonedpsychologistroommatecocainecaferunningtearsbeerrifledrinkcar accidentbeatingcryingshowerphotograph …cigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditygunsex (See All) |
A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construc …tion business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal Serbian gang and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | drug useparanoiadeceptiondrinkingdrugssuicidedeathlove |
Locations: | police carrestaurantbar |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotpolicemanfather daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | surprise endingstonedbongaccountantwarehousetrustcigar smokingdinercocainecaferunningbeerrifledrinkmirror …beatingshowercigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysexflashbackgun (See All) |
After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano … blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useparanoiaextramarital affairdeceptiondrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelitymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | psychiatristfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | stoneddeceitpatientsexual fantasyroommatemodelcocainehallucinationmarijuanacafebeerdrinkmirrordreamcrying …cigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex (See All) |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a …lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
Themes: | divorcedeceptioninvestigationmarriagesuicidedeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | policemanfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | surprise endingdouble lifesurprisebreaking and enteringdinerhallucinationcafetearsshootingsecretcomputermirrorcar accidentdreamcrying …photographfemale nuditycharacter name in titleflashbackgun (See All) |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | baseballpolice cartaxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | surprise endingpantyhosecafeshootingsecretdrinkcomputerbeatingshowercigarette smokingdogflashbackgun |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy … neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | actressteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | dinercafetearssecretcomputermirrorcryingshowercigarette smokingflashbackdog |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life …, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdepressionextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeathlove |
Locations: | courtroomwheelchairrestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanteenage boyteenage girltattoofriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | courtjudgedinertearsbeershootingdrinkcar accidentdreambeatingcryingshowercigarette smokingfemale nuditygun |
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 …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitysuicidedeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | police carrestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | wife abusecaferunningtearsrifleshootingsecretdrinkcomputermirrorcar accidentbeatingcryingshowerphotograph …cigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditydoggunnudityflashback (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnessinsanityparanoiaextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitysuicide |
Locations: | police carwheelchair |
Characters: | psychiatristactresspolicemanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | spabankersleepingcocaineshootingdrinkmirrorbeatingshowerphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbackgunnudity …sexdog (See All) |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | investigationdrinkingsuicidedeathfriendship |
Locations: | police carbar |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotactresspolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | surprise endingpatientbreaking and enteringtrustsleepingrobotrunningshootingdrinkcar accidentdreambeatingerectioncigarette smokingfemale frontal nudity …female nuditydogflashbackgun (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 …, 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)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | drug usedepressiondrinkingsuicidedeathlove |
Locations: | police carwheelchairtaxibar |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotpolicemanmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | warehouseroommatedinerbasketballtearsbeerrifledrinkcomputercar accidentdreamcryingphotographcigarette smokingflashback …gunsexdog (See All) |
As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The … one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairdeceptiondrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | baseballcourtroomwheelchairrestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanteenage boyfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | boston celticsnew york timeswife abusedeceitcourtjudgecocainebasketballcafetearsshootingdrinkbeatingcryingphotograph …cigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbackgun (See All) |
Themes: | divorcedrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | police cartaxirestaurant |
Characters: | actresspolicemanfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | sexual fantasytrustdinercocainemarijuanacaferunningdrinkbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in title …gunsexnudityflashback (See All) |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | mental illnessdepressioninvestigationdrinkingsuicidelovedeath |
Locations: | taxi |
Characters: | psychiatristactressfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | surprise endingmedicationpatientdinerrunningtearsdrinkcar accidentdreamcryingshowercigarette smokingdogflashbackgun |
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.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | mental illnessinsanityparanoiadrinkingmarriage |
Locations: | courtroomtaxi |
Characters: | psychiatristpolicemanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | sleepingcourtcollegerunningtearsrifledrinkmirrordreambeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity …flashbacksexnudity (See All) |
Middle aged Sy Parrish works as a technician at a one hour photo lab located in a SavMart store in a suburban mall. Sy is a lonely man, never having had any friends. He knows much about his customers through the photographs they have developed. But he knows more about the Yorkin family - specificall …y Nina Yorkin and her adolescent son Jake Yorkin, the two in the family who drop off and pick up the family's photofinishing - the family about whom he is obsessed, than anyone else. Nina's husband, Will Yorkin, is incidental to his obsession since Sy has only seen him in photographs. Sy's obsession includes fantasizing about being their favorite "Uncle Sy". He has even been making an extra set of prints for himself of all of their photographs since Jake was a newborn. After an incident at work and after Sy finds out more about the family through a set of photographs, he decides to right the injustices he sees in the only way he knows how. His actions demonstrate his true mental state. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessunfaithfulnessinsanitydepressionparanoiaextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | tattoohusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | lonerremote controlbreaking and enteringdinercaferunningtearssecretcomputermirrorcar accidentdreamcryingshowerphotograph …cigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditydogsexflashbackgunnudity (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | investigationdrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | small townrestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanteenage girlfriendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | surprise endingwatching televisionbreaking and enteringsleepingpantyhosecaferunningtearsdrinkcomputermirrorcar accidentbeatingcryingphotograph …cigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbacksexdog (See All) |
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | drug usedrugsmarriagelovedeath |
Locations: | courtroomwheelchairbar |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | porn magazinemagazinecourtjudgecocainerifleshootingphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in titlegunnuditysex |
Struggling private investigator Louis Simo treats his work more as a means to make a living than a want to do right by what few clients he has. Through connections with the investigation firm for which he used to work, Simo is hired by Helen Bessolo to investigate the death of her son, actor 'George … Reeves (I)' (qv). Reeves was best known for his title role in _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv), a role which he always despised, in part since it typecast him as a "cartoon", despite it bringing him a certain fame. His June 16, 1959 death by a single gunshot wound while in his bedroom in his Los Angeles home was ruled a suicide by the police, the death which occurred when the house was filled with people. Reeves' story is told in part in flashback as Simo, who is trying to make a name for himself with this case, talks to or tries to talk to some of the players involved, most specifically the wife of MGM General Manager 'E.J. Mannix' (qv), Toni Mannix, with whom Reeves was having a relatively open and gift-lucrative affair (she bought him that house), and Reeves' fiancee at the time of his death, Lenore Lemmon, an aspiring actress who some felt didn't love Reeves (or vice versa). As Simo proceeds with his high-profile investigation, he learns that someone doesn't want him snooping around. Through the process, Simo evaluates his own professional and personal life, the latter of which includes a somewhat strained relationship with his wife and son. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdepressiondivorceextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitysuicidelovedeath |
Locations: | police carwheelchairrestaurant |
Characters: | japaneseactresspolicemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | investigatorbreaking and enteringcigar smokingdinercafeshootingdrinkcar accidentbeatingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunflashback |
John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their q …uest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | divorcedrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbar |
Characters: | friendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | surprise endingremote controltouristtherapytrustdollbasketballcaferunningbeerrifleshootingsecretdrinkcomputer …mirrorcar accidentphotographcharacter name in titledogsexgun (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationdrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelityfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | wheelchairsmall townbar |
Characters: | stepfather stepson relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching televisiondrinkcomputercar accidentbeatingphotographfemale nudityflashbacksex |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairdrinkingadulterydrugsinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | restaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | trusthallucinationmarijuanacafetearsbeershootingsecretdrinkmirrorbeatingcryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudity …female nuditycharacter name in titledognuditysexgun (See All) |