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Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realizes she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with …her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother. Once in LA, she finds herself under the protection of Nick, the son of Phil's girlfriend, who at first is very annoyed at losing his holidays to escort a hick *girl* around town. However, he soon becomes more involved in the difficult search. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen romancecoming of ageindependent film |
Themes: | poetrydeath of motherparanoiamemoryinvestigationpregnancyjealousydeathfriendship |
Mood: | affectionbreaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | los angeles californiapennsylvaniapolice stationairporttaxibicycleairplanesmall townhospital |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipfuneral directormother in law daughter in law relationshippregnant wifeself discoveryaunt niece relationshipuncle niece relationshipex husband ex wife relationshipamericanemployer employee relationshipteenage girlfilm directorfilmmakerteenage boyactress …love trianglewriterbabyphotographermusicianpolicemanstudentpolice officergirlteacherfemale protagonistboychildrendoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship (See All) |
Period: | year 19741970s |
Story: | tar pitmood ringwoman holding a babybaby carriagenewborn babytalking to the camerasong in titletitle based on songreference to walter matthaureference to cyd charissereference to virginia woolfstaying with relativesreference to carole lombardreference to farrah fawcettreference to the marx brothers …reference to franz lisztreference to montgomery cliftreference to joseph mccarthyschool assignment16mm projectorroadside attractionchild narratorschool roomgender in titlestrudelreference to orson wellesschool suspensionear piercingfemale narratorreference to judy garlandlove hateplaquetweenpaper bagorigin storybiological mothertartubaembalmingwreathhare krishnaschoolhouselandmarkboutiquemementosouvenirscreenprinting pressyearbookprinteroil rigclassic carreminiscinghot dog standcadaversheet musicprecocious childbedriddenreference to richard nixonmuralmorticianairlinerluggagesmoking potcustompre teenpitmortuaryarchivepigtailsmonumentfuneral homebowpalm treetravelingblackboard13 year oldfilm projectorponytailstepmotherearringperformerbicyclinglockerpubertyreference to elvis presleynarrated by character12 year oldteachingstorereflectionmusic bandsports cardivorceeboxbowlingmovie setpet dogold agebackpackmechanicpassportteenage protagonisthome moviecrushtimemovie starwatching a moviereference to adolf hitlerwarehouseteen angstgarageloss of motherpoetstageconvertibleringmini skirtmarriage proposalsearchcaliforniaold mannumbered sequelmarijuanadead bodysecond parttearssecretcamerawatching tvcorpsesongcryingvoice over narrationthree word titlesingingphotographdancingnumber in titlesequel (See All) |
1972. Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), is a mortician and a widower. Her best friend is Thomas J Sennett (Macaulay Culkin). Then her father hires a new receptionist, Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and …life will never be the same again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | poetrymemorydeathfriendship |
Locations: | pennsylvaniabicyclesmall town |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipuncle niece relationshipamericanwritermusicianstudentpolice officergirlteacherboychildrendoctorfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | mood ringsong in titletitle based on songreference to the marx brothersgender in titletubaembalmingcadaverprecocious childreference to richard nixonmorticianmortuaryfuneral homeblackboardponytail …bicyclingdivorceeold agecrushtimegarageloss of motherringmini skirtdead bodytearswatching tvcorpsecryingsingingphotographdancing (See All) |
Teenager Andie is one of the not-so-popular girls in high school. She usually hangs out with her friends Iona or Duckie. Duckie has always had a crush on her, but now she has met a new guy at school, Blane. He's one of the rich and popular guys but can the two worlds meet?
Subgenre: | teen romancecoming of ageindependent film |
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlteenage boymusicianstudentboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | title based on songyearbookbicyclinglockerpet dogcrushteen angstconvertiblemarijuanatearswatching tvcryingthree word titlesingingphotograph …dancing (See All) |
The movie is based on the young adult book, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Anne Brashares. As four best friends spend their first summer apart from one another, they share a magical pair of jeans. Despite being of various shapes and sizes, each one of them fits perfectly into the pants. T …o keep in touch they pass these pants to each other as well as the adventures they are going through while apart. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen romancecoming of age |
Themes: | pregnancyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | airporthospital |
Characters: | self discoveryteenage girlfilmmakergirlfemale protagonistboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | bedriddenairlinertravelingmusic bandpet dogtimeteen angstloss of motherstagetearswatching tvcryingvoice over narrationphotographdancing |
Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force …performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | poetrymemoryjealousydeath |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairporttaxiairplane |
Characters: | americanfilmmakerphotographermusicianstudentpolice officerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | airlinersmoking potpalm treeperformerpet dogtimewatching a moviereference to adolf hitlerpoetstagecaliforniamarijuanatearscamerawatching tv …cryingsingingdancing (See All) |
Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hire …d and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherparanoiamemoryinvestigationfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicycleairplane |
Characters: | americanbabyphotographerpolice officerdoctorfamily relationshipsmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | reference to joseph mccarthyscreenreminiscingfilm projectorbicyclingstoremusic bandpet dogold agecrushtimewatching a movieringold mandead body …secretcamerawatching tvcryingphotographdancing (See All) |
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mecha …nical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past. (Read More)
Themes: | poetrymemorydeathfriendship |
Characters: | teenage girlfilm directorfilmmakerteenage boyactresswriterphotographermusicianpolicemanpolice officergirlboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | mementoscreenfilm projectormusic bandpet dogtimewatching a moviepoetstagesearchold mandead bodytearssecretcamera …corpsecryingvoice over narrationphotographdancing (See All) |
An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a …n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | death of mothermemoryinvestigationdeathfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairporttaxiairplane |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipamericanactresspolicemanpolice officerteacherfather daughter relationship |
Story: | palm treeponytailsports carmovie setpassporttimewarehousesearchcaliforniamarijuanadead bodywatching tvsingingphotograph |
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his pa …rents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | bicyclesmall town |
Characters: | babystudentteacherhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | schoolhousescreencadaverpigtailsblackboardpet doghome moviewatching a moviestagesearchtearssecretwatching tvcorpsecrying …singingphotograph (See All) |
It's the proverbial end of the summer 1962 in a small southern California town. It's the evening before best friends and recent high school graduates, Curt Henderson and Steve Bolander, are scheduled to leave town to head to college back east. Curt, who received a lucrative local scholarship, is see …n as the promise that their class holds. But Curt is having second thoughts about leaving what Steve basically sees as their dead end town. Curt's beliefs are strengthened when he spots an unknown beautiful blonde in a T-bird who mouths the words "I love you" to him. As Curt tries to find that blonde while trying to get away from a local gang who have him somewhat hostage, Curt may come to a decision about his immediate future. Outgoing class president Steve, on the other hand, wants to leave, despite meaning that he will leave girlfriend, head cheerleader and Curt's sister, Laurie Henderson, behind. Steve and Laurie spend the evening "negotiating" the state of their relationship. Meanwhile, two of their friends cruise around town for the evening. Steve has left his car to meek and mild-mannered Terry "Toad" Fields to look after during his absence. The wheels give Toad a new sense of confidence, which he uses to try and impress Debbie Dunham, a more experienced girl generally out of his league. And John Milner, who is seen as the king of the street race in his souped-up yellow deuce coupe, tries to get rid of precocious pre-teen, Carol Morrison, who has somehow become his passenger… (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of ageindependent film |
Themes: | jealousyfriendship |
Locations: | airportairplanesmall town |
Characters: | self discoveryamericanteenage girlteenage boylove trianglepolice officergirlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | yearbookairlinerpre teenearringlockerreflectionmusic bandmechaniccrushteen angstconvertiblemini skirtcaliforniamarijuanatears …watching tvsongsingingdancing (See All) |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of motherdeathfriendship |
Mood: | affection |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | teenage girlteenage boybabymusicianstudentgirlteacherboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | title based on songschool suspensionreference to elvis presleymusic bandpassportteen angsttearssecretsongcryingsingingphotographdancing |
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker (Mackellan) is Nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the concentration camps in WWII. Denker agrees … and Bowden starts visiting him regularly. The more stories Bowden hears, the more it affects his personality. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationdeath |
Locations: | bicyclehospital |
Characters: | teenage girlteenage boystudentteacherboyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | smoking potblackboardbicyclingpassportwatching a moviereference to adolf hitlerold manmarijuanatearssecretcamerawatching tvphotograph |
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: | pregnancyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiataxibicycle |
Characters: | pregnant wifewriterphotographerstudentgirlboyfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | home movieloss of mothermarriage proposalsearchold manmarijuanadead bodytearssecretcameracorpsesongcryingthree word titlesinging …photographdancing (See All) |
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: | poetrydeath of mothermemoryinvestigationpregnancyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicyclehospital |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlteenage boybabyphotographerpolicemangirlteacherboydoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | backpackgarageloss of mothermarriage proposalold mancameracryingvoice over narrationphotographdancing |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. …As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryjealousy |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipfilm directoractresslove trianglewriterphotographerteacherboydoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | sports carmovie setmovie starloss of motherconvertiblesearchtearscamerasongcryingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancingnumber in title |
'Louisa May Alcott' (qv)'s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of ho …w the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | pregnancydeath |
Mood: | affection |
Characters: | pregnant wifeteenage girlwriterbabygirlfemale protagonistdoctorfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | sheet musicpet dogtimestagemarriage proposalold mantearssingingdancing |
Themes: | friendshipdeath |
Locations: | airporttaxi |
Characters: | film directorfilmmakeractresswriterphotographerpolicemanpolice officerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | film projectorhome moviewatching a movieconvertiblemarriage proposalmarijuanacamerawatching tvsongcryingsingingphotographdancing |
A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid England of all children.
Themes: | death of mother |
Locations: | taxibicyclesmall town |
Characters: | babypolicemanpolice officergirlboychildrendoctorfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | baby carriagebedriddenluggagepigtailsbicyclingloss of motherstagesearchtearscryingsinging |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c …ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherinvestigationjealousydeath |
Locations: | bicyclesmall town |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipemployer employee relationshipteenage girlteenage boybabymusicianpolicemanpolice officergirlteacherboychildrendoctorfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationship …husband wife relationshipmother son relationship (See All) |
Story: | baby carriagenewborn babycustompubertymarriage proposalsearchtearscorpsecryingvoice over narrationsingingdancing |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Themes: | memorypregnancydeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairporttaxibicycleairplane |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipuncle niece relationshipbabygirldoctorfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | newborn babystrudelmementoarchivepassportcaliforniaold mantearssongcryingsingingphotographdancing |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin …d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | memoryjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | taxibicycle |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlwriterbabyphotographerstudentteacherfemale protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | teachingtimemarriage proposalcaliforniatearscamerawatching tvsongcryingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancing |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | memoryfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiahospital |
Characters: | film directorteenage boyactressphotographerstudentgirlboydoctorfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | divorceetimewatching a moviedead bodycamerawatching tvsongsinging |
When 'Walt Disney' (qv)'s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, 'P.L. Travers' (qv)' _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv), he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromi …sing writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairporttaxi |
Characters: | filmmakerwriterbabymusiciandoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | screensheet musicbedriddenairlinerpalm treemusic bandpet dogstagetearswatching tvcorpsesongcryingthree word titlesinging …photographdancing (See All) |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | poetry |
Locations: | airporttaxiairplanesmall townhospital |
Characters: | babyphotographermusiciangirlboychildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 19741970s |
Story: | talking to the cameratitle based on songreference to richard nixonwatching a moviepoetcaliforniadead bodycamerawatching tvcorpsesongvoice over narrationthree word titlesingingphotograph …dancing (See All) |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u …p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of motherpregnancy |
Locations: | taxihospital |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipfilm directorteenage boybabypolicemangirlteacherboydoctorfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | divorceehome moviemarijuanatearswatching tvsongcryingvoice over narrationsingingdancing |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
Themes: | death of motherpregnancydeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipactressstudentgirlboydoctorfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationship |
Story: | precocious childhome movieloss of mothersearchtearswatching tvsongcryingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancing |
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.
Subgenre: | coming of ageindependent film |
Themes: | poetrymemorydeath |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
Locations: | los angeles californiasmall town |
Characters: | self discoveryamericanteenage girlteenage boypolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | palm treedivorceebackpackhome movietimestagesearchcaliforniaold mantearswatching tvcryingvoice over narrationthree word titlesinging …photographdancing (See All) |
A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place …the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker? (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | pregnancyjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bicyclehospital |
Characters: | teenage girlteenage boybabymusicianstudentteacherfemale protagonistdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | woman holding a babynewborn babyponytailbicyclingteen angsttearssongcryingvoice over narrationsingingdancing |
It's 2003. Thirty-eight-year-old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationships with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on … life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death, and Hal's new outlook on life during that time, will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take care of who was originally Hal's very needy Jack Russell terrier, Arthur. (Read More)
Themes: | death of mothermemorydeathfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiataxihospital |
Characters: | actressboydoctorfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | reference to richard nixonstoreold agetimewatching a moviereference to adolf hitlerloss of mothermarriage proposalcaliforniaold mantearssecretcryingvoice over narrationphotograph …dancing (See All) |
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shippi …ng news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey... (Read More)
Themes: | memoryinvestigationpregnancydeath |
Locations: | small townhospital |
Characters: | employer employee relationshipwriterbabyphotographermusicianchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | printercadavercustomtimereference to adolf hitlersearchtearscameracorpsecryingthree word titlephotograph |
Zahra's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zahra until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits. Will the plan succeed?
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipbabyphotographerstudentgirlboychildrenfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | blackboardbicyclingsearchtearssecretcamerawatching tvcrying |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat …e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | death of mothermemorypregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairporttaxiairplane |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshiplove trianglewriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | watching a moviesearchtearssecretwatching tvcryingphotographdancing |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
Themes: | poetrymemorypregnancydeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairplane |
Characters: | americanteenage girlactresswriterphotographerstudentboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pigtailscrushtimepoetcamerasongsingingphotographdancing |
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | pregnancyjealousydeathfriendship |
Locations: | small townhospital |
Characters: | pregnant wifeemployer employee relationshipwriterbabygirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipshusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | storepet dogmarijuanatearswatching tvcryingvoice over narrationthree word title |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | death of motherjealousy |
Locations: | airporttaxihospital |
Characters: | americanlove trianglewriterphotographerpolicemanchildrendoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | divorceeboxpassporttearscameracryingphotographdancing |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia …tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationpregnancydeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairporttaxiairplane |
Characters: | pregnant wifeaunt niece relationshipamericanbabypolicemanfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | newborn babypassportsearchdead bodywatching tvvoice over narrationphotographdancing |
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)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | poetrymemoryjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | pennsylvaniahospital |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlteenage boywriterphotographerpolicemangirlteacherboydoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipshusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | ponytail12 year oldcrushmarijuanatearssecretcamerawatching tvcryingvoice over narrationsingingphotographdancing |
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: | poetrymemoryinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | taxibicyclehospital |
Characters: | teenage girlteenage boyphotographerpolicemangirldoctorfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | searchdead bodytearscamerawatching tvcorpsecryingvoice over narrationthree word titlephotographdancing |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | poetryfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairplane |
Characters: | teenage girlteenage boylove trianglemusicianteacherboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | poetstagecaliforniamarijuanasecretcamerawatching tvsongcryingsingingphotographdancing |
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: | death of motherdeathfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiataxihospital |
Characters: | teenage girlteenage boyactresswritergirlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | tearssecretwatching tvcrying |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | memorydeathfriendship |
Locations: | airporttaxibicyclehospital |
Characters: | uncle niece relationshipteenage girlteenage boypolicemanstudentgirlteacherfemale protagonistboychildrendoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship …mother son relationship (See All) |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | pubertypassportwatching a movieold manmarijuanadead bodytearswatching tvcorpsecryingvoice over narrationdancing |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | memorypregnancyjealousydeath |
Locations: | taxihospital |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshiplove trianglebabyphotographerpolicemanstudentteacherfemale protagonistboydoctorfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | tearscamerasongcryingsinging |
Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfr …iends, and his son Petey fears going to school owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins. (Read More)
Themes: | memorypregnancydeath |
Mood: | affection |
Locations: | taxibicyclesmall town |
Characters: | teenage girlpolicemanpolice officerboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | ponytailbicyclingpet dogstageold mandead bodytearswatching tvcorpsecryingphotograph |
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me …tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen romancecoming of age |
Themes: | jealousy |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlteenage boylove trianglestudentteacherfemale protagonistmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | teachingteen angstcryingvoice over narration |
A day in the lives of a group of average teenage high school students. The film follows every character and shows their daily routines. However two of the students plan to do something that the student body won't forget.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | jealousyfriendshipdeath |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlteenage boyphotographerstudentgirlteacherboyboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | blackboardbackpacktimemarijuanacamerawatching tvphotograph |
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Toget …her, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen. This friendship helps Jess deal with the tragedy that makes him realize what Leslie taught him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | friendshipdeath |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlteenage boystudentpolice officergirlteacherboyfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | blackboardpet dogcrushtearswatching tvthree word titlesingingphotographdancing |
At the edge of adolescence, Tracy is a smart straight-A student--if not a little naive (it seems...she smokes and she cuts to alleviate the emotional pain she suffers from having a broken home and hating her mom's boyfriend, Brady.) When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in sch …ool, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of ageindependent film |
Themes: | death of motherdeathfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage girlteenage boyactressstudentgirlteacherfemale protagonistfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | 13 year oldpubertywatching a movieteen angstmarijuanadancingnumber in title |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | poetrydeath of motherfriendshipdeath |
Characters: | americanmusicianteacherdoctorfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | pigtailsmonumentponytailstepmothermusic bandpet dogringsearchold mantearssecretwatching tvcryingvoice over narrationphotograph …dancing (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)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of motherparanoiapregnancyjealousydeathfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | teenage girlteenage boyactressphotographerpolice officergirlteacherboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | palm treeteen angstpoetcaliforniatearssecretwatching tvcryingvoice over narrationphotograph |
A man about forty years of age tells the story from when he was a teenager in upscale suburban Detroit of his and three of his friends' fascination with the mysterious and doomed Lisbon sisters. In 1974, the sisters were seventeen year old Therese, sixteen year old Mary, fifteen year old Bonnie, fou …rteen year old Lux, and thirteen year old Cecilia. Their fascination still remains as they try to piece together the entire story. The sisters were mysteries if only because of having a strict and overprotective upbringing by their father, who taught math at the girls' private co-ed school, and overly devout Catholic mother, who largely dictated the household rules. The story focuses primarily on two incidents and the resulting situations on the girls' lives. The first was an action by Cecilia to deal with her emotions over her life. And the second was the relationship between Lux - the sister who pushed the boundaries of the household rules most overtly in doing what most teenagers want to do - and Trip Fontaine, he who could have any girl he wanted but wanting solely Lux. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of ageindependent film |
Themes: | memoryjealousydeath |
Locations: | taxihospital |
Characters: | teenage girlteenage boygirlteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationshipsmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | talking to the camerasouvenirteachingreflectionhome moviewatching a movieteen angstmarijuanatearswatching tvsongcryingvoice over narrationsingingdancing |