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Thinking Pulitzer Prize and hoping to bring down a President, D.C. political columnist Rachel Armstrong writes that the President ignored the findings of a covert CIA operative when ordering air strikes against Venezuela. Rachel names the agent, Erica Van Doren, a woman whose young daughter is in Ra …chel's son's class at school. The government moves quickly to force Rachel to name her source. She's jailed for contempt when she refuses. She won't change her mind, and the days add up. Chaos descends on Van Doren's life as well. First Amendment versus national security, marriage and motherhood versus separation. What's the value of a principle? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | death of motherprisonadulterymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | prison busprison fightschool buscourtroomcemeteryschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little boylittle girllawyerfemale protagonistmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | newspaper reporterjournalism ethicsfemale cia agentcia operativeu.s. supreme courtu.s. governmentsupreme courtcia agentnewspaper storynewspaper officefemale journalistnewspaper editorrelease from jailjail sentencejail visitation …newspaper articlenews reporterfemale reporternewspaper headlineprison visitwomen's prisonbashing someone's head into a wallbruised facemarital troubleconjugal visitfemale convictfreedom of the presssourcebanging head against wallconfidentialitypulitzer prizewoman killedinformation leaknotepadsoccer momsplit lipadulterous husbandlie detectorgarden partyfirst amendmentgazebotv interviewintegrityfemale prisonerwoman shotpolitical prisonersoccer matchfight the systemprosecutorbunk bedjuryinformantabuse of powermarital separationundercover agentwedding ringgunshot woundattorneystrong female leadcheating husbandjournalismfbi agentassassination attemptrevelationidentitystrong female characterwashington d.c.cialaptopgovernmentcourtu.s. presidentstorytellinglimousinebirthday partyjudgefour word titlejournalistnewspaperreporterclassroomjailarrestwritten by directorshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingbased on true storysex scenesexinterviewflashback (See All) |
In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co …mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)
| Themes: | prison |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | u.s. supreme courtsupreme courtcia agentnewspaper headlineundercover agentfbi agentwashington d.c.ciacourtjudgenewspaperarrestshot to deathbased on true story |
A petty thief is gunned down in an alley and a Congressman's assistant falls in front of a subway - two seemingly unrelated deaths. But not to wisecracking, brash newspaper reporter Cal McAffrey who spies a conspiracy waiting to be uncovered. With a turbulent past connected to the Congressman and th …e aid of ambitious young rookie writer Della Frye, Cal begins uprooting clues that lead him to a corporate cover-up full of insiders, informants, and assassins. But as he draws closer to the truth, the relentless journalist must decide if it's worth risking his life and selling his soul to get the ultimate story. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | adulterymurder |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper reporternewspaper editorfemale reporternewspaper headlinejournalismassassination attemptwashington d.c.journalistnewspaperreporter |
Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men, who's also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her, that states who probably, wanted to see these two men dead. He then gives it to one of his friends, who works for t …he FBI. When the FBI director reads it, he is fascinated by it. One of the president's men who read it, is afraid that if it ever got out, the president could be smeared. So, he advises the president to tell the director to drop it, which he does. But later the professor and the girl were out and he was drunk and when he refused to give her the keys she stepped out of the car. When he started it, it blew up. She then discovers that her place has been burglarized and what was taken were her computer and her disks. Obviously, her brief has someone agitated. She then turns to her boyfriend's friend at the FBI, he agrees to come meet her but before he does someone shoots him and takes his place. At the meeting, he was about to kill her when someone shoots him. She then decides to turn to Gray Grantham, an investigative reporter, who was contacted by someone who says he has info on the killings but backed out at the last minute. He then meets her and tells her what her brief is, and basically, the man she suspects is a good friend of the president, who is trying to manipulate the outcome of a trial that is now before the Supreme Court. Grantham tells her that her brief can harm the pres… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | supreme courtcia agentnewspaper editornewspaper headlineinformantjournalismfbi agentassassination attemptwashington d.c.ciau.s. presidentlimousinejudgejournalistnewspaper …reportershot to death (See All) |
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
| Themes: | prisonmarriagemurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | u.s. supreme courtsupreme courtfreedom of the pressfirst amendmentattorneyassassination attemptciacourtjudgearrestbased on true storysex scenesex |
Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he's Rowena's …prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she's soon the object of Hill's attentions. She's helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out? (Read More)
| Themes: | adulterymurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerfemale protagonistmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper editorfemale reporternewspaper headlineadulterous husbandjurywedding ringlaptopcourtnewspaperreporterinterviewflashbacksex |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherprisonadulterymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | courtroomcemeteryrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girllawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | newspaper headlineprison visitjurywedding ringattorneycourtjudgenewspaperarrestflashback |
When the Boston Globe's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations … around the world. (Read More)
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper reporternewspaper editormarital separationjournalismgovernmentcourtjudgejournalistnewspaperreporterbased on true storyinterview |
When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomcemeteryschool |
| Characters: | lawyerfemale protagonisthusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewomen's prisonjuryjudgearrestshot in the chestshot to deathsex scenesex |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | school busschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewomen's prisonmarital separationattorneyciajudgejournalistnewspaperreporterarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbased on true storyinterview |
Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hire …d and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mother |
| Locations: | courtroomcemetery |
| Characters: | little boylittle girllawyermother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | confidentialityjuryabuse of powerattorneyfbi agentassassination attemptwashington d.c.governmentcourtjudgenewspaperreporterarrestbeatingbased on true story …flashbackinterview (See All) |
Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of … the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | female protagonisthusband wife relationship |
| Story: | cia agentnews reporternewspaper headlinestrong female leadassassination attemptrevelationstrong female characterwashington d.c.cialaptopu.s. presidentlimousinearrestshot in the chestshot to death …flashbackinterview (See All) |
After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e …xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper reporternewspaper storynewspaper officenewspaper editornewspaper headlinefirst amendmentfbi agentjournalistnewspaperreporterarrestinterview |
Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woma …n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinefight the systemjuryattorneycourtjudgearrestbeating |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomcemeteryschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girllawyermother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlineidentitylaptopcourtbirthday partynewspaperreporterclassroomjailbeatingbased on true storysex sceneflashback |
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: | prisonmarriagemurder |
| Locations: | courtroomschool |
| Characters: | lawyerfemale protagonistmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | juryattorneystrong female leadstrong female charactercourtlimousinejudgeclassroomarrestbeatingflashback |
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)
| Themes: | marriage |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | freedom of the pressconfidentialityfirst amendmentintegritymarital separationjournalismwashington d.c.courtjournalistreporterclassroomarrestshot to deathbeatinginterview |
Mick Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of assaulting a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case … might be linked to an old case of his. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyermother son relationship |
| Story: | prison visitprosecutorjuryjudgejailarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingsex sceneflashback |
Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | marriagemurder |
| Locations: | cemetery |
| Characters: | female protagonistmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | cia agentnewspaper articlenews reporterinformation leakintegrityabuse of powerwashington d.c.ciau.s. presidentnewspaperreporterbased on true storyinterview |
When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.
| Themes: | prison |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | prison visitprosecutorjuryattorneycourtjudgefour word titlereporterarrest |
CIA chief Hunley (Baldwin) convinces a Senate committee to disband the IMF (Impossible Mission Force), of which Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is a key member. Hunley argues that the IMF is too reckless. Now on his own, Hunt goes after a shadowy and deadly rogue organization called the Syndicate.
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
| Story: | cia agentlie detectorundercover agentrevelationstrong female charactercialaptopcourtlimousinejudgewritten by directorshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingflashback |
In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, 42, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned t …he simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. As the trial unfolds, Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherprisonmurder |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlineintegrityprosecutorabuse of powerwashington d.c.u.s. presidentarrestshot to deathflashback |
An extremely wealthy man, dying from cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the organization that will kill to protect its cause.
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | school buscemeteryschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinefight the systemassassination attemptrevelationidentitylaptoplimousineshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingflashback |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto …n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mothermurder |
| Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
| Characters: | little boylawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlineinformantfbi agentjournalistnewspaperreporterarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingbased on true storyflashback |
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches … age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need. (Read More)
| Locations: | courtroomschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girllawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | soccer matchattorneycheating husbandcourtu.s. presidentbirthday partyjudgeclassroomarrest |
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | prison |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girllawyerfemale protagonistmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | newspaper reporteru.s. supreme courtu.s. governmentnewspaper storynewspaper officenewspaper editornewspaper headlinestrong female leadjournalismrevelationstrong female characterwashington d.c.governmentcourtu.s. president …storytellingjournalistnewspaperreporterbased on true story (See All) |
Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a …KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | adulterymurder |
| Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
| Story: | cia agentnewspaper headlineundercover agentassassination attemptwashington d.c.ciau.s. presidentlimousinearrestshot to deathsex sceneinterview |
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shippi …ng news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey... (Read More)
| Themes: | adulterymarriage |
| Characters: | little boylittle girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper officenewspaper editornewspaper articlenewspaper headlinejournalismnewspaperreportersex sceneflashback |
Jonah Hill plays Michael Finkel, a recently terminated New York Times journalist who's struggling for work after a story gone wrong. One day, he receives a phone call from a man regarding an FBI Most Wanted individual named Christian Longo, who's been captured and claimed to be living as Finkel. Lon …go and Finkel meet and form a potentially marriage shattering bond while Longo is in prison awaiting his trial. Finkel exchanges journalism tips for the real events behind Longo's alleged heinous acts of murdering his family. Through the twists and turns in the movie, only at the end will Finkel uncover the True Story. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmarriagemurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Story: | prison visitjournalismstrong female characterjournalistjailbased on true storyflashback |
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: | marriage |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | u.s. supreme courtnews reporterintegrityundercover agentattorneyjournalismwashington d.c.governmentjournalistnewspaperreporterinterviewflashback |
An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detai …l and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | adulterymurder |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | female cia agentcia operativenewspaper headlinewedding ringwashington d.c.ciagovernmentlimousinenewspaperarrestbeatingsex sceneinterview |
Mark Sway is an 11 year old boy who lives with his mother and brother in a trailer. One day he and his brother are hanging out when a car pulls over beside them. The driver then sticks a hose in his exhaust and puts the other end into the car. Mark pulls it out. But the man sees him and grabs him an …d takes inside the car. The man talks to Mark then later shoots himself. The shock sends Mark's brother into a catatonic state. The police question him and slips out some stuff that makes them think he's saying more than he knows. Roy Foltrigg, a prosecutor with political ambitions tells Mark he wants to talk to him tomorrow. Mark feeling that he needs a lawyer, sees Reggie Love. Mark tells her about the man who killed himself. Reggie tells him he's a mob lawyer. And one of his clients is a member of a mob family who is suspected of killing a Senator who was trying to take down his family. But because the Senator's body is missing, they can't prosecute him. Reggie thinks Foltrigg thinks the lawyer told Mark where the body is which is why he wants to speak to him. Mark goes to meet Roy and when he threatens him, Mark steps out then Reggie comes in with a recording of his conversation with Mark telling him that made several violations. In the meantime, the mobster is told by the head of the family to take care of Mark. So he threatens Mark. Mark doesn't know what to do and learns that Reggie has some secrets of her own and is uncertain if he can trust her. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | news reporternewspaper headlinefight the systemprosecutorfbi agentassassination attemptcourtlimousinejudgejournalistjailarrest |
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: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | newspaper headlineprison visitundercover agentcourtbirthday partynewspaperjailarrestwritten by directorshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingbased on true storyflashback |
Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years, she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Characters: | lawyerfemale protagonistmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | strong female leadidentitystrong female characterwashington d.c.laptopgovernmentreporterarrestshot to death |
A romantic drama set in New York City during the summer of 2001, where Tyler, a rebellious young man, meets Ally through a twist of fate. Her spirit helps him heal after a family tragedy, though soon the circumstances that brought them together threaten to tear them apart.
| Themes: | death of motherprisonmurder |
| Locations: | cemeteryrestaurant |
| Characters: | little girlmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | split lipwoman shotbirthday partyclassroomjailarrestshot to deathsex scene |
Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madl …y in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherprisonadulterymurder |
| Locations: | school buscourtroomschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | prison visitwomen's prisoncourtjudgeclassroomjailarrestinterviewsexflashback |
In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is th …e initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed. (Read More)
| Themes: | adulterymurder |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationship |
| Story: | news reporterfemale reporternewspaper headlineundercover agentwedding ringidentityciau.s. presidentstorytellingreportershot in the chestshot to deathbeating |
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)
| Themes: | death of motherprisonmurder |
| Locations: | prison bus |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | news reporterfemale reporternewspaper headlinefight the systemwedding ringjournalismjournalistjailarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingflashbacksexinterview |
SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.
| Subgenre: | political thriller |
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | little girllawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | u.s. governmentnewspaper headlinebunk bedabuse of powerundercover agentjournalismwashington d.c.cialaptopu.s. presidentjudgejournalistnewspaperjailbased on true story …sexinterviewflashback (See All) |
Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent's crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane's plans to destroy the city.
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | school buscemetery |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | cia agentnewspaper headlinefemale prisonerfight the systemassassination attemptrevelationcialaptopcourtu.s. presidentlimousinejudgefour word titlewritten by directorshot in the chest …shot to deathbeatingflashback (See All) |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewomen's prisongarden partypolitical prisonerassassination attemptgovernmentjudgefour word titlejournalistnewspaperjailarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbeating …based on true storysex sceneinterviewflashback (See All) |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlineprosecutorjuryjudgereporterjailbeatinginterview |
Hard-drinking journalist Paul Kemp takes a job at a besieged newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His volatile editor, Lotterman, assigns him to tourist pieces and horoscopes, but promises more. Paul rooms with Sala, an aging and equally alcoholic reporter, in a rundown flat. Sanderson, a wealthy ent …repreneur, hires Paul to flack for a group of investors who plan to buy an island near the capital and build a resort. Sanderson's girl-friend, the beguiling Chenault, bats her eyes at Paul. His loyalties face challenges when he and Sala get in trouble with locals, when a Carnival dance enrages Sanderson, and when the paper hits the skids. Is the solution always alcohol? (Read More)
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Story: | newspaper reporternewspaper officenewspaper editorjournalistnewspaperreporterjailarrestwritten by director |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerfemale protagonisthusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinejuryabuse of powergovernmentcourtjudgenewspaperreporterclassroombased on true storyflashback |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life …, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonadulterymurder |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerfemale protagonistmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper articlejuryattorneycourtu.s. presidentjudgearrestbeatingbased on true storysex scene |
New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tra …cks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonadultery |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | newspaper articleprison visitprosecutorattorneyfbi agentwashington d.c.judgeclassroomarrestbased on true storysex sceneflashback |
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)
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | little boylawyermother son relationship |
| Story: | u.s. governmentnewspaper headlineconfidentialityinformation leakjournalismwashington d.c.cialaptopgovernmentjudgejournalistnewspaperreporterarrestflashback …sex (See All) |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | juryabuse of powerattorneyrevelationcourtjudgearrestbeatingsex |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia …tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)
| Themes: | marriagemurder |
| Locations: | courtroomcemeteryrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | journalismciacourtjournalistreporterarrestinterviewflashbacksex |
In New Orleans, English teacher of the high school Rampart High, Will Gerard, and his wife, musician Laura Gerard, are in love with each other. One night, Laura leaves a rehearsal and is assaulted, while Will is playing chess with his friend Jimmy. Will is visiting her in hospital when, out of the b …lue, a stranger named Simon tells him that he belongs to an organization of vigilantes and offers to eliminate the assailant. In return, the organisation would want a favor from Will in the future. Will agrees, and the criminal is murdered. Six months later, Simon collects his debt with Will. He demands that Will kill Alan Marsh, a pedophile. Will accidentally kills Alan and soon he learns that the victim was an awarded journalist that was investigating the organization. Now he seeks evidences to prove his innocence but the network of the organization is powerful and is seeking Will out to eliminate him. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | school busschoolrestaurant |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper reporternewspaper officenewspaper headlinelaptopjournalistreporterarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbeatingflashback |
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