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Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled pri …son with Iris, a city girl who works in a local gas staion. But his clumsy attempts at escape spiral out of control and end in complete failure. Only a natural disaster will shatter Noi's universe and offer him a window into a better world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | regretforgivenesswrestlingdeath of fathertheftescapedrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriagefriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | taxi drivermuseumgas stationrooftoppolice carvillagetaxisnowschoolrestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdeath of girlfriendgrandmother grandson relationshipfrenchpsychiatristthieflawyerpriestdancerpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship …friendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual (See All) |
Period: | winter |
Story: | birthday cakedigging a gravepick axebank robberylord's prayerpiano playerbirthday presentrunning awayjail cellexpelled from schoolthrown out of a barsoren kierkegaardheavy equipmentbuying clothesmalt liquor …kicking a doormath examhot wiringbreaking a glass windowbreaking into a carpeking chinacrepehookeyviewfinderwanderlustmayonaisefjordwater coolerfrostmeat grinderthrowing a rockmarblestruancyidentificationicelandicstuffed toylivericicletoothachejigsaw puzzleschoolmatewelderalbinotraffic lightrubik's cubelemonadecairo egyptfreezingdeath of grandmothersnowballsleeping on a coucheggsclothing storestudyingwaveheadmastersnowmobilegame playingtrapdoorcoldavalanchesewingcar radiofilling stationnatural disasterhold uprainbowslot machinelistening to a radioelvis presleyicelandcoughingflysingaporeburied aliveporn magazineboredomshaved headgeniusfortune telleralarm clockcellarsnowingslackerbookstorecigarette lighterhawaiishovelkaraokebloody nosestealing a carwalkie talkieexercisetape recorderbreaking and enteringcakegolficescandalclassisolationbankrabbitreadingpay phonebinocularsgravebartendergraveyardfishingmapmountainaxekung fuprayerclassroomjailpianocafebirthdayrunningriflebookletterarrestcondomdrinkcatwatching tvrescuetelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlebloodmasturbationkisssexdog (See All) |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | schoolrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefdancerstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | birthday cakepiano playerwavelistening to a radioporn magazinebloody nosetape recorderreadinggraveyardpianocafebirthdayrunningbookletter …drinktelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingkissmasturbationsexblood (See All) |
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a d …angerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenessdrunkennessdrinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | villagerestaurantbar |
Characters: | policemanfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | piano playerrunning awaylistening to a radioporn magazineshovelbloody nosepay phonebinocularsgravegraveyardmapmountainprayerpianocafe …runningrifledrinkwatching tvtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlemasturbationblooddogsex (See All) |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to …respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
Themes: | theftescapedrinkingfriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | snowschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefprieststudentteacherfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | lord's prayerpiano playericicleschoolmatefreezingheadmastersnowingexerciseclassrabbitreadingmapprayerclassroompiano …runningbookletterarrestdrinktelephone callcigarette smokingmasturbationblood (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | regretforgivenessescapedrunkennessdrinkingfriendshipdeathlove |
Locations: | rooftoptaxischoolrestaurantbeachbar |
Characters: | lawyerdancerpolicemanstudentteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | birthday presentporn magazineclassgraveyardfishingclassroomjailcafebirthdaylettercondomdrinkwatching tvrescuetelephone call …partydancingbloodkiss (See All) |
After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Tu …rner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom? (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherescapedrinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | rooftoppolice car |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | listening to a radioboredomcellarshovelbreaking and enteringclassrabbitreadingbinocularsfishingclassroomrunningbookarrestdrink …watching tvtelephone callpartydancingkissdogblood (See All) |
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician (recently deceased) tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settl …e his affairs. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrunkennessdrinkingdeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | snownew york city |
Characters: | teacher student relationshippolicemanstudentteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sleeping on a couchgeniussnowingcigarette lighterclassreadingclassroombirthdaybookdrinkwatching tvtelephone callpartykisssex |
Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homem …aking replaces school and marriages start being arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | escapedrunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | rooftopvillageschoolbeach |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | running awaybreaking a glass windowwelderlemonadegame playingscandalreadingrunningriflebookdrinkwatching tvtelephone calldancingblood …kiss (See All) |
In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working …but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneyfriendship |
Locations: | gas stationsnowschoolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipfrenchthiefdancerstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakebirthday presentstudyingfilling stationboredomsnowingcigarette lighterclassreadingmapclassroomcafebirthdaybookletter …drinkdancingcigarette smokingkissdogsex (See All) |
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: | drinkingmarriagedeath |
Locations: | taxisnowrestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | policemanstudentteachermother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakesnowingclasspay phonegravegraveyardclassroompianocafebirthdayrunningdrinktelephone callpartycigarette smoking …sexkiss (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drinkinglovefriendship |
Locations: | snowrestaurant |
Characters: | teacher student relationshippsychiatristpriestdancerpolicemanteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | birthday cakelord's prayerbirthday presentstudyingcar radiokaraokeclassreadingprayerclassroomcafebirthdayrunningbookletter …condomdrinkwatching tvtelephone callpartydancingkiss (See All) |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | forgivenesstheftdrinkingmarriagedeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | rooftoptaxisnowschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefdancerpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | jail cellsnowballclassreadingpay phonegravemountainprayerclassroomjailcaferunningriflebookarrest …drinkcatwatching tvtelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingkissdogblood (See All) |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte …r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmoneylovefriendship |
Locations: | rooftopschoolbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshippsychiatristdancerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | jail cellcigarette lighterexerciseicereadingpay phonebartenderjailbookarrestcondomdrinkwatching tvtelephone callparty …dancingcigarette smokingdogmasturbationkisssex (See All) |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenesstheftdrunkennessdrinkingdeathlove |
Locations: | taxi drivergas stationpolice cartaxisnowbeachbar |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | filling stationtape recorderreadingpay phonebinocularsgravefishingriflebookarrestdrinkwatching tvtelephone callpartydancing …cigarette smokingdogbloodsexkiss (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | forgivenessdeath of fatherdrinkingmoneymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | police carschoolbar |
Characters: | lawyerdancerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | running awaybreaking and enteringclassisolationbartenderprayerclassroomrunningletterarrestdrinkwatching tvtelephone calldancingcigarette smoking …character name in titleblooddog (See All) |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriagedeathlove |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | priestteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakepick axestudyingporn magazinegeniusshovelisolationreadingbirthdaybookdrinktelephone callcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlesex |
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trail begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants t …o believe what Father Moore says is true. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | snowrestaurantbar |
Characters: | lawyerpriestdancerpolicemanteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | jail celltape recorderpay phonegravegraveyardprayerpianocafeletterdrinkcatwatching tvtelephone calldancingcharacter name in title |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | forgivenessdrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriagedeath |
Locations: | snowrestaurantbeachbar |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | winter |
Story: | piano playericicleexerciseisolationreadingpay phonebartenderfishingmapmountainprayerpianocaferunningrifle …bookarrestdrinkwatching tvtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingblooddogsex (See All) |
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend …Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned? (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenessdeath of fathertheftdrunkennessdrinkingfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | gas stationschoolbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipthiefpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | birthday presentfilling stationhold upbirthdaydrinkpartycigarette smokingmasturbationbloodkiss |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | theftescapemoneymarriagedeathfriendship |
Locations: | museumgas stationrooftoptaxisnow |
Characters: | frenchthieflawyerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationship |
Period: | winter |
Story: | trapdoorsnowingbloody nosepay phonebinocularsgravemountainaxebirthdayrunningriflebookletterarrestcat …telephone callcigarette smokingdogsexbloodkiss (See All) |
Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced …with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drinkinglovefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | police cartaxisnowschoolbar |
Characters: | death of girlfriendpolicemanteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | winter |
Story: | rubik's cubesnowmobilegame playinglistening to a radiocellarsnowingtape recorderclassreadingclassroombookarrestdrinkcattelephone call …cigarette smokingdogbloodkiss (See All) |
Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m …urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trum… (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneylovefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | taxi driverpolice cartaxisnowrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | thieflawyerpriestpolicemanstudentteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | lord's prayerjail cellcoldisolationreadingpay phonejailcaferiflebookletterdrinktelephone callpartycigarette smoking …character name in titlekissblood (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | theftescapedrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | rooftoppolice carsnowschoolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | thiefpriestpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | breaking into a carbloody nosestealing a carbreaking and enteringclassprayerclassroomjailcaferunningriflearrestcondomdrinkwatching tv …telephone callcigarette smokingmasturbationkisssexblood (See All) |
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, …and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price. (Read More)
Themes: | theftescapedrinkingmoneymarriagefriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | snowbeachbar |
Characters: | death of girlfriendthiefdancerpolicemanstudentboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | birthday cakebloody nosetape recorderbankgraveyardjailbirthdayarrestdrinkpartydancingcigarette smokingblood |
Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have …to say and they don't like it. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of fathertheftmoneyfriendship |
Locations: | schoolrestaurant |
Characters: | frenchthieflawyerstudentteacherteenage boyfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | headmasteralarm clocksnowingshovelreadingprayerpianobooklettertelephone callcigarette smokingkissbloodsex |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece …s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathertheftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | rooftoppolice carrestaurantbar |
Characters: | thiefdancerpolicemanfriendfather daughter relationship |
Story: | bank robberyclothing storeslot machinebloody noseclassbankclassroomcaferunningrifledrinkwatching tvdancingcigarette smokingblood …kisssex (See All) |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathertheftdrinkingmoneydeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | snowrestaurant |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipfrenchdancerpolicemanteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | car radiosnowingshovelgravecaferunningriflebookletterdrinkcatrescuetelephone calldancingcharacter name in title …blooddogkiss (See All) |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | police carrestaurantbar |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | car radiolistening to a radiobartenderprayerjailpianocafearrestdrinktelephone calldancingcigarette smokingdogkissblood …sex (See All) |
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferr …ed to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drunkennessmoneyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipdancerpolicemanteacherfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | piano playerschoolmatesnowingclassgravegraveyardclassroompianorunningbooklettertelephone calldancingcigarette smokingcharacter name in title …sexbloodkiss (See All) |
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: | regretdrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriagefriendshiplove |
Locations: | museumschoolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | teacher student relationshippsychiatristlawyerpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | classreadingclassroomcafebooklettercondomdrinkcatwatching tvtelephone callpartykisssexmasturbation |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Locations: | taxi driverpolice cartaxisnowschool |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | breaking a glass windowicicletrapdoorcellarbreaking and enteringreadingaxebirthdayrunningbookdrinkwatching tvtelephone calldancingcigarette smoking …kissdogblood (See All) |
Vincent is an old Vietnam vet whose stubbornly hedonistic ways have left him without money or a future. Things change when his new next-door neighbor's son, Oliver, needs a babysitter and Vince is willing enough for a fee. From that self-serving act, an unexpected friendship forms as Vincent and Oli …ver find so much of each other's needs through each other. As Vincent mentors Oliver in street survival and other worldly ways, Oliver begins to see more in the old man than just his foibles. When life takes a turn for the worse for Vincent, both them find the best in each other than no one around them suspects. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendship |
Locations: | taxischoolbarnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerdancerteacherfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | marblescigarette lighterbloody noseclassbankpay phonebinocularsprayerclassroomrunningbookdrinkcatwatching tvtelephone call …dancingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlebloodsex (See All) |
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career …. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenessdrinkingmoneyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | rooftoppolice cartaxisnowrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | birthday cakepiano playercoldpay phoneprayerjailpianocafebirthdayarrestdrinkcatwatching tvtelephone calldancing …cigarette smokingcharacter name in titledogbloodkiss (See All) |
It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to … tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathfriendship |
Locations: | snowbeachbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteacherfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | sleeping on a couchcar radiosnowingcigarette lighterclassisolationbankreadingpay phonebartenderclassroomriflebookdrinkwatching tv …telephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingdogbloodkiss (See All) |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love …s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | moneyfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | taxisnowschoolrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | teacher student relationshiplawyerpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | studyingsewingsnowingtape recorderclassreadinggraveyardclassroomjailcafebirthdaybooklettertelephone callcigarette smoking …kiss (See All) |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa …chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | escapedrunkennessmarriagedeathfriendshiplove |
Locations: | taxi driverrooftoptaxisnowbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerpriestdancerpolicemanstudentteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | winter |
Story: | jail cellweldersnowingbloody noseclassclassroomjailrunningrifleletterarrestwatching tvtelephone callpartydancing …cigarette smokingbloodkiss (See All) |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenessdeath of fathertheftescapedrinkingmoneymarriagedeathlovefriendship |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxisnowbar |
Characters: | thiefdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | iciclelistening to a radiosnowingreadinggraveyardmountainprayerbirthdayrunningriflebooklettertelephone callpartydancing …cigarette smokingsexblooddogkiss (See All) |
Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master …cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of fatherdrunkennessdrinkingmoneymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | schoolbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | clothing storestudyingbookstoreclassreadingbartenderclassroomdrinktelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingkisssex |
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: | drunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendship |
Locations: | police carschoolrestaurantbar |
Characters: | psychiatristdancerpolicemanstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | piano playerjail cellclassclassroomjailpianocafebookarrestdrinktelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingcharacter name in title …kissbloodsex (See All) |
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)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | snowschoolnew york city |
Characters: | studentteacherteenage boyteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | tape recordergolficeclassreadingprayerclassroombookdrinkwatching tvtelephone callpartycigarette smokingkissmasturbation …sex (See All) |
Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In …their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathertheftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneydeathfriendship |
Locations: | beachbarnew york city |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipthiefdancerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | running awayfreezingdeath of grandmothercoughinggravebartendergraveyardprayerdrinktelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingkissblood …sexdog (See All) |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
Themes: | wrestlingdrunkennessdrinkingmarriage |
Locations: | taxischoolbeachnew york city |
Characters: | psychiatristdancerpolicemanfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | piano playerjail cellshoveljailpianorunningriflebookletterarrestdrinktelephone callpartydancingcigarette smoking …masturbationkisssex (See All) |
The bitter, cynical and lonely Barbara Covett is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia and missing her special friend Je …nnifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart joins the high-school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart, who is about twenty years older than she; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly; and her son Ben that has Down's Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with the fifteen year-old student Steven Connolly, Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fathermarriagefriendship |
Locations: | schoolbar |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipdancerstudentteacherteenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | headmasterscandalclassprayerclassroomarrestdrinkcattelephone calldancingcigarette smokingsexkiss |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | regrettheftmarriagedeath |
Locations: | police carschoolrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipthiefpriestpolicemanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | piano playerjigsaw puzzlewavecar radiocigarette lighterbreaking and enteringclassreadinggraveyardprayerclassroompianocaferunningbook …arrestcattelephone calldancingdogkiss (See All) |
A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r …ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)
Themes: | wrestlingdeath of fatherdrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | police carschoolrestaurant |
Characters: | lawyerdancerpolicemanstudentteenage boymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bank robberylord's prayertape recorderbreaking and enteringbankprayerjailcafearrestdrinkwatching tvtelephone callpartydancingcigarette smoking …dogkissblood (See All) |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingdeath |
Locations: | snowschoolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipdancerstudentfamily relationships |
Story: | running awaygame playingalarm clocksnowinggravegraveyardcafeletterdrinkwatching tvtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingsexkiss |
This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhe …ad pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see Shaun, ask Him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | death of fathertheftdrunkennessdrinkingdeathfriendship |
Locations: | schoolrestaurantbeach |
Characters: | thiefpolicemanstudentteacherboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | birthday cakegame playingporn magazineclassreadingcafebirthdayrifledrinkwatching tvtelephone callcigarette smokingdogkissblood |
Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted h …is relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Deputy Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him. (Read More)
Themes: | death of fatherdrunkennessdrinkingmarriagedeathfriendship |
Locations: | rooftopsnowbar |
Characters: | priestdancerteenage girlfriendfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | birthday cakegraveyardaxecafebirthdaydrinkwatching tvrescuetelephone calldancingcigarette smokingblooddog |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this …gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendship |
Locations: | schoolbarnew york city |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipfrenchthieflawyerdancerpolicemanstudentfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | jail cellbreaking and enteringmapjailbirthdaybookarrestdrinkcattelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingkissblood …sexmasturbation (See All) |
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
Themes: | moneymarriagefriendshipdeath |
Locations: | gas stationsnowrestaurant |
Characters: | dancerstudentboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | filling stationsnowingpay phonegravegraveyardjailcaferunningwatching tvtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingdogbloodkiss |