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My One And Only (2009)
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My One And Only (2009)

Subgenre:
autobiographicalcoming of age
Themes:
communismtheatremental illnesssexualityunfaithfulnessdeath of fathertheftlonelinessdivorceextramarital affairrobberyweddingdrunkennessdrinkingadultery …betrayalmoneyinfidelitymarriagelovedeathfriendship (See All)
Mood:
high school
Locations:
los angeles californiausachicago illinoismotellakeroad tripelevatortaxibusairplanecarhotelswimming poolrestaurantbeach …barnew york city (See All)
Characters:
ex soldierold friendstepfather stepson relationshipbrother in law sister in law relationshipamerican dreammilitary officeraunt nephew relationshipex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipgay teenageruncle nephew relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipmaidwaitresschristian …thiefsister sister relationshipwriteractormusiciandetectivesoldierteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualteenager (See All)
Period:
1950s
Story:
waitress uniformcar salesmanwedding ringpurse snatchersewing machinecadillac convertibledrive in theatremilitary uniformblack maidtheatre productionbig bandhollywood californiajail cellgreyhound busextra actor …bus stoprearview mirrorlooking at self in mirrorselling a carlistening to a car radiobuying a cardrive in restaurantknife held to throatmarriage engagementtelephone callmarriage proposalcoconut grove nightclub hollywoodreference to holden caulfieldreference to count basiereference to robert mitchumhartford connecticutsister sister estrangementimplied bare breastsreference to donna reeddelusion of grandeurflagstaff arizonaleaving husbandreference to catcher in the ryenew haven connecticutasking for a loanreference to gene kellyparis texasreference to oedipuspaint storeschool theaterstepbrother stepbrother relationshipaudio montagemovie lotcharleston the dancekansas city missourione hit wonderlawn partyreference to shakespeare's othelloaphorismneckingempty swimming poolasbestosabusive manreference to bette davistv dinnercostumerbandleaderwestern filmmakingreference to judy garlandalbuquerque new mexicoyear 1953fireplace pokergownsound stagesouthern bellereference to shakespeare's macbethreference to the ten commandmentsbigamistreference to marlon brandoanimated opening creditssafe deposit boxst. louis missouriclarinetphoenix arizonaembroideryreference to josef stalinfired from a jobpittsburgh pennsylvaniaimplied nuditybigamypanties hit the floorrevolving doormartinicleveland ohiomovie camerasocialitecross countryradio newsdallas texasgynecologistroller skatessewingpearl necklacepawnshopmovie studioscholarshipburlesquegiving a toast15 year oldinfertilitypursetornadoflaskponytailtv commercialepisodic structuremovie producerescalatorsarcasmcrutchesphiladelphia pennsylvaniapajamasmarital separationsongwritersalesmannewsreel footagebribeboston massachusettsmovie setironybackstagepassportpicniccheating husbandcolonelhitchhikereccentriccommunistmedicineblack americanheart attackreference to william shakespearedeath of husbandclassdomestic violenceconvertibleringbanksuitcaseon the roadauditionpay phonechampagneuniformfired from the joblimousinecigar smokingfalse accusationdinereatingbasketballmansioncaliforniabandtelephoneclassroomjailcafetearsarrestdrinkwatching tvface slapmirrorfoodunderwearsongcryingvoice over narrationknifesingingcigarette smokingnumber in titlegunflashbackkiss (See All)

Dreamgirls (2006)
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Dreamgirls (2006)

Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early  …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)

Themes:
theatreunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendshiplovedeath
Locations:
los angeles californiaelevatorbuscarswimming poolbarnew york city
Characters:
aunt nephew relationshipsister sister relationshipmusicianbrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerfriendafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
car salesmantelephone callflasksongwritersalesmanbackstageblack americanauditionfired from the joblimousinebandtearsdrinkwatching tvmirror …songcryingsingingcigarette smokinggunkiss (See All)

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Almost Famous (2000)
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Almost Famous (2000)

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:
unfaithfulnessdeath of fatherdrunkennessdrinkingadulterybetrayalmoneyinfidelityfriendshiplove
Mood:
high school
Locations:
los angeles californiaroad tripelevatorbusairplanecarhotelswimming poolbarnew york city
Characters:
older man younger woman relationshipmusicianteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerfriendmother son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenagerhomosexual
Story:
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Waitress (2007)
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Waitress (2007)

Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole …rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)

Themes:
unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingadulterybetrayalmoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendship
Locations:
busrestaurant
Characters:
waitresssingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
waitress uniformwedding ringbus stoptelephone callleaving husbandgynecologistdomestic violencepay phonedinereatingtelephonecafetearsface slapmirror …foodsongcryingsingingcigarette smokingkiss (See All)

Adore (2013) is one of the best movies like My One And Only (2009)
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Adore (2013)

Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)

Themes:
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Locations:
bushotelbeachbar
Characters:
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Story:
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Lovelace (2013)
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Lovelace (2013)

Themes:
divorcedrinkingmoneymarriagefriendshipdeath
Locations:
moteltaxihotelswimming poolrestaurantbeachnew york city
Characters:
writersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
jail celltelephone callmarriage proposalgiving a toastreference to william shakespearedomestic violenceconvertibleauditionpay phonechampagnelimousinedinereatingbandtelephone …jailcafedrinkwatching tvface slapfoodunderwearsongcryingsingingcigarette smokingflashbackgunkiss (See All)

Up In The Air (2009)
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Up In The Air (2009)

Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

Themes:
unfaithfulnesslonelinessextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage
Locations:
chicago illinoismotelroad tripelevatorairplanehotelswimming poolbeachbar
Characters:
older man younger woman relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
telephone callkansas city missourist. louis missouricross countrydallas texasescalatorsuitcaseon the roadchampagnefired from the jobeatingbasketballtearsdrinkmirror …foodcryingvoice over narrationkissgun (See All)

Leap Year (2010)
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Leap Year (2010)

A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country  …odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)

Themes:
theftweddingdrunkennessdrinking
Locations:
lakeroad triptaxibusairplanecarhotelrestaurantbeachbar
Characters:
ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipthiefsingerhusband wife relationship
Story:
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Nowhere Boy (2009) is one of the best movies like My One And Only (2009)
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Nowhere Boy (2009)

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:
theftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendshipdeathlove
Locations:
busrestaurant
Characters:
aunt nephew relationshipuncle nephew relationshipthiefsister sister relationshipmusicianteenage boyteenage girlsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Period:
1950s
Story:
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Muriel's Wedding (1994)
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Muriel's Wedding (1994)

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:
unfaithfulnesstheftdivorceextramarital affairrobberyweddingdrinkingadulterybetrayalmoneyinfidelitymarriagedeathfriendship
Locations:
moteltaxihotelswimming poolrestaurantbeachbar
Characters:
thiefsister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

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:
unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessdrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagelovefriendship
Locations:
laketaxiswimming poolrestaurantbeachbarnew york city
Characters:
waitresswriterteenage girlsingerfriendteenager
Period:
1950s
Story:
telephone callmarriage proposalflaskphiladelphia pennsylvanianewsreel footagecommunistclassfired from the jobcigar smokingcaliforniatelephoneclassroomcafetearsdrink …watching tvfoodsongcryingvoice over narrationsingingcigarette smokingkiss (See All)

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Another Year (2010)
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Another Year (2010)

A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.

Themes:
unfaithfulnesslonelinessdivorceextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelityfriendshipdeath
Locations:
taxicarrestaurant
Characters:
old friendex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipuncle nephew relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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In Her Shoes (2005) is one of the best movies like My One And Only (2009)
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In Her Shoes (2005)

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:
mental illnesstheftlonelinessweddingdrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriagefriendshipdeath
Locations:
chicago illinoishotelswimming poolrestaurantbeachbar
Characters:
waitressthiefsister sister relationshipmusicianfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Blow (2001)
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Blow (2001)

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:
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Locations:
los angeles californiachicago illinoisbusairplaneswimming poolbeachbar
Characters:
thiefactormusicianfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual
Period:
1950s
Story:
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Ray (2004)
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Ray (2004)

The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)

Themes:
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Locations:
los angeles californiabushotelswimming poolbeach
Characters:
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Period:
1950s
Story:
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Nurse Betty (2000)
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Nurse Betty (2000)

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)

Themes:
theftrobberydrinkinginfidelitydeathfriendship
Locations:
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Characters:
waitressthiefwriteractorfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Birth (2004)

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:
unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagedeath
Locations:
taxirestaurantbeachbarnew york city
Characters:
brother in law sister in law relationshipolder woman younger man relationshipsister sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Charlie Bartlett (2007)
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Charlie Bartlett (2007)

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)

Subgenre:
coming of age
Themes:
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Mood:
high school
Locations:
swimming poolrestaurantbar
Characters:
writerteenage boyteenage girlsingerfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship
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The Squid And The Whale (2005)
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The Squid And The Whale (2005)

In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil …istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)

Themes:
unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagefriendshiplove
Mood:
high school
Locations:
elevatorrestaurantnew york city
Characters:
older woman younger man relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipwriterteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager
Story:
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The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
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The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)

The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin …ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)

Themes:
unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagelove
Locations:
elevatortaxiairplanerestaurantbar
Characters:
military officeruncle nephew relationshipmaidteenage boybrother sister relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
wedding ringtelephone callmarriage proposalpearl necklacepajamasconvertiblebankpay phonefired from the jobcigar smokingeatingbandcafetearsdrink …mirrorfoodsongcryingsingingcigarette smokingkiss (See All)

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Amy (2015)

A documentary on the life of 'Amy Winehouse' (qv), the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

Themes:
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Locations:
taxihotelbeachbar
Characters:
stepfather stepson relationshipmusicianteenage girlsingerfriendmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

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...

Themes:
theftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
los angeles californiamotellakebusairplanehotelswimming poolbeachbarnew york city
Characters:
old frienduncle nephew relationshipthiefsister sister relationshipactordetectiveteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather son relationshiphomosexual
Story:
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Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
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Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that's why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn't get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's r …eal concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and "chickie" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff. (Read More)

Subgenre:
coming of age
Themes:
lonelinessdrunkennessdrinkingmarriagelovedeathfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
los angeles californiacar
Characters:
gay teenagermaidteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlfriendafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager
Period:
1950s
Story:
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Monster (2003)
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Monster (2003)

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:
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Locations:
motelbuscarrestaurantbeachbar
Characters:
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Story:
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Crazy Heart (2009)

Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician …. (Read More)

Themes:
lonelinessdrunkennessdrinking
Locations:
moteltaxibusbar
Characters:
older man younger woman relationshipwritermusiciansingermother son relationship
Story:
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Rumor Has It... (2005)
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Rumor Has It... (2005)

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:
unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship
Locations:
los angeles californiataxiairplanerestaurantbeachbarnew york city
Characters:
older man younger woman relationshipsister sister relationshipwriterfriendfamily relationships
Story:
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Swingers (1996)
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Swingers (1996)

This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.

Themes:
drunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendshiplove
Locations:
los angeles californiacarrestaurantbarnew york city
Characters:
ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipwaitressactorsingerfriendafrican americanhomosexual
Story:
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Easy A (2010)
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Easy A (2010)

After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

Themes:
unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
swimming poolrestaurant
Characters:
older woman younger man relationshipgay teenagerolder man younger woman relationshipchristianteenage boybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenagerhomosexual
Story:
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Short Cuts (1993) is one of the best movies like My One And Only (2009)
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Short Cuts (1993)

While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, … even on a fishing trip. (Read More)

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unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship
Locations:
los angeles californiaswimming poolbar
Characters:
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I'm Not There (2007)
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I'm Not There (2007)

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:
theatretheftdivorcedrunkennessdrinkinginfidelitymarriagelove
Locations:
elevatortaxibusairplanerestaurantbarnew york city
Characters:
ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipchristianthiefactormusiciansingerafrican americanhusband wife relationship
Period:
1950s
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Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (2006)
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Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (2006)

Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter of a popular show in Kazakhstan as Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist. He is sent from his home to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand American … humor. While watching Baywatch on TV, Borat discovers how beautiful their women are in the form of C. J. Parker, who was played by actress Pamela Anderson who hails from Malibu, California. He decides to go on a cross-country road trip to California in a quest to make her his wife and take her back to his country. On his journey Borat and his producer encounter a country full of strange and wonderful Americans, real people in real chaotic situations with hysterical consequences. (Read More)

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weddingdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendship
Locations:
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Characters:
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Story:
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Something's Gotta Give (2003)
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Something's Gotta Give (2003)

Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.

Themes:
divorcedrunkennessdrinkingmarriagefriendshiplovedeath
Locations:
los angeles californiataxirestaurantbeachnew york city
Characters:
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Story:
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The Basketball Diaries (1995)

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)

Subgenre:
autobiographicalcoming of age
Themes:
mental illnesstheftrobberydrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
bushotelrestaurantnew york city
Characters:
thiefwriterteenage boyteenage girlbrother brother relationshipfriendafrican americanmother son relationshipteenager
Story:
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All Good Things (2010)
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All Good Things (2010)

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 illnessweddingdrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriagefriendshipdeathlove
Locations:
los angeles californiamotellakeelevatortaxiswimming poolrestaurantnew york city
Characters:
maidwriterbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Giant (1956)
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Giant (1956)

Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)

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Story:
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The Good Girl (2002)
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The Good Girl (2002)

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.

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mental illnessunfaithfulnesstheftextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagelovedeathfriendship
Locations:
motelcar
Characters:
older woman younger man relationshipchristianthiefwriterfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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White Oleander (2002)

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:
unfaithfulnesslonelinessdivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelityfriendshipdeathlove
Mood:
high school
Locations:
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Characters:
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Story:
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)

New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tra …cks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. (Read More)

Themes:
death of fatherdivorceextramarital affairadulterybetrayalmoneyinfidelity
Mood:
high school
Locations:
los angeles californiausamoteltaxiairplanecarhotelswimming poolrestaurantbarnew york city
Characters:
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Story:
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21 Grams (2003)
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21 Grams (2003)

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)

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unfaithfulnesslonelinessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymarriagelovedeath
Locations:
motelswimming poolrestaurantbar
Characters:
sister sister relationshipteenage boyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Adam (2009)
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Adam (2009)

Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: … truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)

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unfaithfulnessdeath of fatherextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelity
Locations:
restaurantnew york city
Characters:
sister sister relationshipwriterafrican americanhusband wife relationship
Story:
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The Painted Veil (2006)

This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)

Subgenre:
coming of age
Themes:
theatreextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagelovedeath
Locations:
road triprestaurant
Characters:
maidsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
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The Last Picture Show (1971)

In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's ste …ady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry). (Read More)

Subgenre:
coming of age
Themes:
unfaithfulnesslonelinessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagelovedeathfriendship
Mood:
high school
Locations:
motellakebusrestaurant
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Heartbreakers (2001)
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Heartbreakers (2001)

Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.

Themes:
unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairweddingdrunkennessadulterymoneyinfidelitymarriagedeath
Locations:
hotelswimming poolrestaurantbeachbarnew york city
Characters:
maidteenage girlsingerhusband wife relationshipteenager
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Inherent Vice (2014)
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Inherent Vice (2014)

During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom …as Pynchon. (Read More)

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Locations:
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Characters:
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Spanglish (2004) is one of the best movies like My One And Only (2009)
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Spanglish (2004)

John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. W …hen they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous! (Read More)

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Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

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)

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Conviction (2010)
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Conviction (2010)

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.

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Original Sin (2001)
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Original Sin (2001)

When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell …ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)

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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

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)

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Elizabethtown (2005)
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Elizabethtown (2005)

After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)

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