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In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexp …ected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | news satiretragicomedydark comedyconspiracyblack comedy |
| Themes: | technologybreak upexploitationunfaithfulnessinsanitycorruptionextramarital affairangerdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymarriagekidnappingmurder |
| Mood: | nightbehind the scenessatire |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york cityofficecityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | mass hysteriamedia hypemedia manipulationtelevision ratingstelevision networktelevision newsmarital infidelityreference to edward r. murrowreference to mary tyler moorereference to archie bunkertalking during sexreference to walter cronkitereference to patty hearstfictional tv news showfictional tv network …economic depressionnarcissistic womancorporate conglomerationcorporate intriguereference to kojakruffled shirttv control roomcorporate politicstv industrysmashing a tv setmurdered journalisttv ratingsreference to gerald fordconglomerateomnipotencemachiavellianismcorporatocracyprofit motivetv directortv networkworking latecorporate powerrantingscreening roomrantboeing 747no musicrainy dayboard meetingreference to karl marxmanipulative womantv broadcastdehumanizationunhappy endingmob of reporterssuicide threattv producertv cameraolder man younger womanmegacorporationevangelistworkaholicfamous lineradicalbanquetdialogue drivenprophetshowbiztv studioheiresshearing voicessuicidalforeplaytv reportermental breakdownhysteriarevolutionaryfortune tellergunfiredivorceealienationtuxedosocietymay december romancethunderstormcynicismsocial commentarycheating husbandjournalismmediacommunistmonologuefaintingtv newsmanagerbusinessfired from the jobwidowerbusinessmanracial slurassassinationjoketerroristcalifornianew yorkbedroomgay slurtelevisionbedwoman on topvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characternipplesfemale nudityone word titlesexkiss (See All) |
In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge M …cCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history. (Read More)
| Themes: | exploitationmarriage |
| Locations: | new york cityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | television newstv networkscreening roomtv broadcasttv producertv cameratv studiojournalismmediacommunisttv newsfired from the jobterroristcaliforniatelevision …bedtitle spoken by characterkiss (See All) |
Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, h …e goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | corruptionangerdrunkennessmarriage |
| Locations: | new york cityofficebar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | television newsreference to edward r. murrowcorporate powertv studiojournalismmediatv newsmanagerbusinessfired from the jobbusinessmanterroristtelevision |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a … covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york cityrestaurantbar |
| Story: | tv producertv cameratv studiomental breakdownassassinationgay slurtelevisionvoice over narrationsexkiss |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | new york citybar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | media hypemedia manipulationmob of reportersmediatv newsbedroomtelevisionbedvoice over narrationfemale nuditykiss |
Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn, was held siege by a bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Broo …klyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | no musictv camerafamous linetv reportergunfiremediafaintingtv newsmanagernew yorkgay slursex |
Happily married New York lawyer Dan Gallagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriagekidnappingmurder |
| Locations: | new york cityofficecityrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | rainy daymental breakdowncheating husbandnew yorkgay slurnipplesfemale nuditysexkiss |
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: | black comedy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesscorruptionextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | marital infidelitycynicismfired from the jobvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterone word titlekiss |
Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office …, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. (Read More)
| Themes: | angerdrunkenness |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york cityofficerestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | tv ratingsreference to gerald fordtv directormob of reporterstv camerabanquettv studiotv newsbedroomtelevisionvoice over narrationsex |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and …disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark comedyblack comedy |
| Themes: | insanitycorruptionangerdrunkennessmurder |
| Locations: | city |
| Story: | tv studiomental breakdownalienationtuxedosocietycynicismsocial commentarytv newsfired from the jobbusinessmanjoketelevisiontitle spoken by characterone word title |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo …ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracyblack comedy |
| Themes: | corruptionextramarital affairkidnappingmurder |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | los angeles californiaofficebar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | reference to karl marxtv cameramegacorporationprophettuxedosocial commentarytv newsracial slurterroristcaliforniatelevisionvoice over narrationkiss |
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | break upinsanityangerdrunkennessinfidelitymurder |
| Mood: | nightsatire |
| Locations: | new york cityofficerestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | hysteriaalienationtuxedobusinessmanracial slurnew yorkgay slurbedvoice over narrationnipplesfemale nuditykiss |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe …s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark comedyblack comedy |
| Themes: | insanityinfidelitymurder |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | tv producertv cameratv studiocynicismracial slurgay slurtelevisionsexkiss |
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)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
| Locations: | new york cityofficerestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | foreplayfired from the jobcalifornianew yorkbedroombedvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterone word titlekisssex |
Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson aren't your typical lovers - after killing her abusive father, they go on a road trip where, every time they stop somewhere, they kill pretty well everyone around them. They do however leave one person alive at every shootout to tell the story and they soon become a me …dia sensation thanks to sensationalized reporting. Told in a highly visual style. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | exploitationinsanitycorruptionkidnappingmurder |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | media hypemedia manipulationmob of reporterscynicismsocial commentaryjournalismmediatv newsgay slurtelevisionsex |
Becky (Rachel McAdams) is a hard-working morning TV show producer, or at least she was until she got fired. Desperate to get a job, she finally gets an interview with Jerry (Jeff Goldblum) - who is desperate to hire a producer for the struggling show "Daybreak". Becky accepts the job and it proves t …o be more difficult than even she might be able to handle. She has to fire the sexist co-host, then try to convince egotistical news reporter, Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), to take the job, and then try and get him to actually do the job, properly. And she has to do this while falling for handsome Adam (Patrick Wilson), and trying to save the show from plummeting ratings. Will Becky be able to hold on to her dream job and her sanity? (Read More)
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Story: | fictional tv networktv ratingstv broadcasttv producerworkaholictv studioforeplaytv reporterfired from the jobtelevision |
In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, who are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything (Jack O'Connell) forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense st …andoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee and Patty must work furiously against the clock to unravel the mystery behind a conspiracy at the heart of today's fast-paced, high-tech global markets. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracyblack comedy |
| Themes: | corruptionangerkidnapping |
| Locations: | new york cityofficebar |
| Story: | fictional tv networktv producertv studiosocial commentarybusinessmantitle spoken by characterkiss |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi …m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
| Themes: | break upunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | los angeles californiabar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | famous linemay december romancebusinessnipplesfemale nuditykiss |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz …es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
| Themes: | angerdrunkennessmurder |
| Locations: | officerestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | suicide threatrevolutionarymay december romancetv newsmanagerfired from the jobbusinessmanassassinationcaliforniagay slurvoice over narrationone word titlekiss |
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romanti …c entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | revolutionarygunfireassassinationtitle spoken by characternipplesfemale nudityone word title |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkennessmarriagekidnappingmurder |
| Locations: | new york cityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | tv control roomreference to karl marxtv cameratv reporterrevolutionarygunfiretv newsbusinessmanassassinationterroristbedtitle spoken by characterone word titlefemale nuditysex |
After The Atomic War the world is divided into three states. London is a city in Oceania, ruled by a party who has total control over all its citizens. Winston Smith is one of the bureaucrats, rewriting history in one of the departments. One day he commits the crime of falling in love with Julia. Th …ey try to escape Big Brother's listening and viewing devices, but, of course, nobody can really escape... (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | technologycorruptionanger |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | officecity |
| Story: | media manipulationsocietysocial commentarycommunisttelevisionvoice over narrationfemale nudity |
After his death sometime in his forty-third year, suburbanite Lester Burnham tells of the last few weeks of his life, during which he had no idea of his imminent passing. He is a husband to real estate agent Carolyn Burnham and father to high school student Janie Burnham. Although Lester and Carolyn … once loved each other, they now merely tolerate each other. Typical wallflower Janie too hates both her parents, the three who suffer individually in silence in their home life. Janie tries to steer clear of both her parents. Carolyn, relatively new to the real estate business, wants to create the persona of success to further her career, she aspiring to the professional life of Buddy Kane, the king of the real estate business in their neighborhood. Lester merely walks mindlessly through life, including at his job in advertising. His company is downsizing, and he, like all the other employees, has to justify his position to the newly hired efficiency expert to keep his job. Things change for Lester when he falls in love at first sight with Janie's more experienced classmate, Angela Hays. Both Janie and Angela can see Lester's sexual infatuation with Angela, who courts such attention from any man as a sign that she is model material, she having once appeared in Seventeen and it a career to which she aspires. Lester's infatuation with Angela gives him a reenergized view on life, where he openly doesn't care anymore what anyone thinks about what he does, anyone except Angela. This in… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | tragicomedydark comedyblack comedy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymurder |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | talking during sexolder man younger womanalienationcynicismbusinessbusinessmanbedroomgay slurtelevisionbedvoice over narrationnipplesfemale nuditykiss |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york citybar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | screening roomtv studiotv newsbusinessfired from the jobtitle spoken by characterone word titlekisssex |
Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry B …uttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill's lives are put in danger. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark comedyblack comedy |
| Themes: | technologymurder |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | officerestaurant |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | mental breakdownalienationtuxedosocietysocial commentaryfaintingterroristone word title |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
| Subgenre: | conspiracyblack comedy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesscorruptionextramarital affairdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | new york cityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | talking during sexmediamanagerbusinessfired from the jobbusinessmangay slurvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditykiss |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t …he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitykidnappingmurder |
| Locations: | citybar |
| Story: | tv broadcastjournalismtv newsracial slurassassinationgay slurvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditykiss |
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: | drunkennessmarriage |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york citycityrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | may december romancefired from the jobbedroombedvoice over narrationnipplesfemale nuditykisssex |
A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish produc …tion, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessinsanitycorruptionextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymurder |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | los angeles california |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | bedroomtelevisionbedtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex |
When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favorabl …e successor being finally chosen. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairmarriagemurder |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york cityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | famous lineforeplaywidowerracial slurassassinationtitle spoken by characterfemale nuditykiss |
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, … escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. Things get bad... (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | new york cityofficecity |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | social commentaryassassinationbedroombedvoice over narrationtitle spoken by charactersexkiss |
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol …business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | drunkennessmarriagekidnappingmurder |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | conglomeratetv newsmanagerbusinessfired from the jobbusinessmanbedvoice over narrationsex |
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 affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york cityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | bedfemale nuditykiss |
Two convicts, one charismatic (Willis) and the other a hypochondriac (Thornton), break out of prison and immediately start a bank robbing spree, kidnapping bank managers, spending the night with their families, then going with the managers in the morning to rob the banks. Using a dim-witted stunt ma …n as their getaway driver and lookout, the three successfully pull off several jobs (even gaining the attention of a television show about American criminals), and become known as "The Sleepover Bandits." Things are going great until the bank managers begin to realize that the robbers are non-violent and therefore no threat to them or their employees, changing the game for the Bandits. To add to the complications, a bored & unhappy housewife (Blanchett) ends up in the hands of the criminals, and begins to have romantic feelings for both Willis and Thornton, causing a sticky love triangle. (Read More)
| Themes: | kidnapping |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | media manipulationtv studiogunfirecynicismjournalismfaintingjokecaliforniatelevisionkiss |
The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert da …ta, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society-and what are the costs of exposing them? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | technologybreak upcorruptiondrunkennessmurder |
| Locations: | new york citybar |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | reference to karl marxgunfiresocietyjournalismmediatv newsfired from the jobassassinationtitle spoken by charactersexkiss |
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in d …oing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark comedyconspiracy |
| Themes: | murder |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york city |
| Story: | megacorporationcynicismsocial commentarytv newsbusinessmanassassinationwoman on topvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterfemale nudityone word titlekiss |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens …uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracyblack comedy |
| Themes: | corruptionextramarital affairdrunkennessadulterymurder |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | los angeles californiaofficerestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | famous lineracial slurtitle spoken by characterfemale nudityone word title |
This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his mo …vies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | technologyexploitationmurder |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | city |
| Story: | media manipulationtelevision newsscreening roomtv reportermediaassassinationwoman on toptitle spoken by characterfemale nudity |
Forty-two year old Isaac Davis has a romanticized view of his hometown, New York City, most specifically Manhattan, as channeled through the lead character in the first book he is writing, despite his own Manhattan-based life being more of a tragicomedy. He has just quit his job as a hack writer for … a bad television comedy, he, beyond the ten second rush of endorphins during the actual act of quitting, now regretting the decision, especially as he isn't sure he can live off his book writing career. He is paying two alimonies, his second ex-wife, Jill Davis, a lesbian, who is writing her own tell-all book of their acrimonious split. The one somewhat positive aspect of his life is that he is dating a young woman named Tracy, although she is only seventeen and still in high school. Largely because of their differences a big part of which is due to their ages, he does not see a long term future with her. His life has the potential to be even more tragicomical when he meets journalist Mary Wilkie, the mistress of his best friend, college professor Yale Pollack. Although Isaac's first impression of Mary is that she is a pretentious intellectual, he falls for her. They do become friends with the potential of becoming more than just friends as she knows that being the "other woman" in Yale's life is not a long term role that she wants. An Isaac/Mary coupling may complicate matters even more with Yale being mutually in their lives. Regardless, Isaac may be able to rationalize events a… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | tragicomedy |
| Themes: | break upextramarital affairadulterymarriage |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | new york cityrestaurant |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | tv studiomay december romancethunderstormcheating husbandtelevisionvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterone word title |
When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for p …ennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries. (Read More)
| Themes: | exploitationcorruptiondrunkenness |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | new york cityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | corporate powerboard meetingmob of reportersjournalismfaintingbusinessfired from the jobvoice over narrationkiss |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye …ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracyblack comedy |
| Themes: | corruptionextramarital affairdrunkennessinfidelitymurder |
| Locations: | new york citycityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | managerbusinessnew yorkgay slurtitle spoken by characterfemale nudity |
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ship's bar. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. While living in Paris for sev …eral years trying to be a writer, he becomes obsessed with a woman he met by chance on a bus. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | break upunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | restaurantbar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | tuxedocynicismwidowernipplesfemale nuditysexkiss |
It's 1955. Frank and April Wheeler, in the seventh year of their marriage, have fallen into a life that appears to most as being perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job while April stays at home as a house …wife. But they're not happy. April has forgone her dream of becoming an actress, and Frank hates his job - one where he places little effort - although he has never figured out what his passion in life is. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris - a city where Frank visited during the war and loved, but where April has never been - as a means to rejuvenate their life. April's plan: she would be the breadwinner, getting a lucrative secretarial job for one of the major international organizations, while Frank would have free time to find himself and whatever his passion. Initially skeptical, Frank ultimately agrees to April's plan. When circumstances change around the Wheelers, April decides she will do whatever she has to to get herself out of her unhappy existence. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | new york cityofficecity |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | revolutionarycheating husbandwidowertitle spoken by characterfemale nudity |
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)
| Themes: | break upunfaithfulnessextramarital affairangeradulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | new york cityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | dialogue drivendivorceefemale nudityone word titlekiss |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymurder |
| Locations: | new york cityrestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | tv reportertv newsfired from the jobfemale nudity |
On the Wall Street of the 1980s, Bud Fox is a stockbroker full of ambition, doing whatever he can to make his way to the top. Admiring the power of the unsparing corporate raider Gordon Gekko, Fox entices Gekko into mentoring him by providing insider trading. As Fox becomes embroiled in greed and un …derhanded schemes, his decisions eventually threaten the livelihood of his scrupulous father. Faced with this dilemma, Fox questions his loyalties. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Locations: | new york cityofficerestaurantbar |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | famous linemanagerbusinessfired from the jobbusinessmantitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
| Locations: | bar |
| Story: | cynicismmanagerbusinessfired from the jobbusinessmanvoice over narrationfemale nuditykiss |
In 1930's Hollywood, the powerful agent, Phil Stern, is attending a party and receives a phone call from his sister living in New York. She asks for a job for her son and Phil's nephew, Bobby, who decided to move to Hollywood. Three weeks later Phil schedules a meeting with Bobby and decides to help … him. He asks his secretary Veronica "Vonnie" to hang around with Bobby, showing him the touristic places. Bobby immediately falls in love with Vonnie, but she tells that she has a boyfriend, a journalist that travels most of the time. However, Vonnie's boyfriend is indeed a married man that is also in love with her and soon she has to make a choice between her two loves. (Read More)
| Themes: | break upextramarital affairinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | los angeles californianew york cityrestaurant |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | marital infidelityolder man younger womansocietycheating husbandnew yorktitle spoken by characterkiss |
After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano … blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | corruptionextramarital affairdrunkennessadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | night |
| Locations: | new york citycityrestaurant |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | tuxedobedroombednipplesfemale nuditykisssex |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a …lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
| Themes: | angermarriagekidnappingmurder |
| Locations: | officerestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | banquethearing voicesdivorceebusinessmanbedroombedwoman on toptitle spoken by characternipplesfemale nuditykiss |
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