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Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is tra …pped between the two trying to hold the family together. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | suicide of friendself harmfalling in lovedysfunctional familydepressionsuicidedeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | storm at seachicago illinoisswimming pool |
| Characters: | self centerednessgrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | teen suicideplea for understandingsurvivor's guiltboating accidentcruel mothertherapist client relationshipswimming teamhuman conditionphilosophical conversationcircle of friendsshock therapylake michiganmother son conflictpsychological abuseepiphany …student athleteemotional abusebad motherhusband wife conflictfamily conflictfather son conflictfamily crisishouston texasmiddle classpsychotherapybereavementpsychoanalysiswrist slittingpeer pressurerepressionmarital separationpost traumatic stress disordersibling rivalrymental hospitalforbidden lovesociopathdeath of sondeath of brotherdeath of childtragic eventsuicide attemptdrowningbirthday partydeath of friendbare chested male (See All) |
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: | falling in lovesuicidedeath |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | father son conflictdeath of sondeath of brothertragic eventbirthday partydeath of friendbare chested male |
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: | falling in lovedysfunctional familydepression |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | psychotherapypsychoanalysissuicide attemptbare chested male |
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydepressiondeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wrist slittingmarital separationforbidden love |
Becca and Howie Corbett are a happily married couple whose perfect world is forever changed when their young son, Danny, is killed by a car. Becca, an executive-turned-stay-at-home mother, tries to redefine her existence in a surreal landscape of well-meaning family and friends. Painful, poignant, a …nd often funny, Becca's experiences lead her to find solace in a mysterious relationship with a troubled young comic-book artist, Jason - the teenage driver of the car that killed Danny. Becca's fixation with Jason pulls her away from memories of Danny, while Howie immerses himself in the past, seeking refuge in outsiders who offer him something Becca is unable to give. The Corbetts, both adrift, make surprising and dangerous choices as they choose a path that will determine their fate. (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bereavementrepressiondeath of sondeath of brotherdeath of childtragic eventbirthday partybare chested male |
Unable to cope with reality and the difficulty that comes with it, 18 year old Susanna, is admitted to a mental institution in order to overcome her disorder. However, she has trouble understanding her disorder and therefore finds it difficult to tame, especially when she meets the suggestive and un …predictable Lisa. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | self harmsuicide |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | post traumatic stress disordermental hospitalsociopathsuicide attemptbare chested male |
Lee Chandler is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman for a Boston apartment block. One damp winter day he gets a call summoning him to his hometown, north of the city. His brother's heart has given out suddenly, and he's been named guardian to his 16-year-old nephew. As if losing his …only sibling and doubts about raising a teenager weren't enough, his return to the past re-opens an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
| Themes: | depressiondeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | bereavementdeath of sondeath of brothersuicide attemptbare chested male |
Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that's why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn't get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's r …eal concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and "chickie" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | falling in lovedysfunctional familydeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | middle classpeer pressuredeath of friendbare chested male |
In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child. Friends, relatives, and colleagues say warm and loving things …about Andrew, home movies confirm his exuberance. Andrew's parents, Kathleen and David, move to Newfoundland, Canada where the ex-girlfriend has gone. They await an arrest and trial of the murderer. They negotiate with the ex-girlfriend to visit their grandchild, Zachary, and they seek custody. Is there any justice; is Zachary a sweet and innocent consolation for the loss of their son? (Read More)
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of sondeath of childdrowningdeath of friendbare chested male |
Violet Weston ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiance), eldest daughter Barbara (with her …separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familysuicidedeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | emotional abusehusband wife conflictmarital separationsibling rivalrysociopathdrowning |
Baghdad, the playground for the rich and infamous, where anything can be bought - but for a price. This is Uday Hussein's world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality, he helps himself to whatever turns him on. When army lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned to Saddam's palace, he is …faced with an impossible request - to be Uday's 'fiday' - his body double, or have his family condemned to death. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption, knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for Latif, as he battles to escape from his forced existence. (Read More)
| Themes: | suicidedeath |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | wrist slittingsociopathdeath of childsuicide attemptbirthday partybare chested male |
The acerbic, hilarious Claire Bennett becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina's suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina's husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.
| Themes: | depressionsuicidedeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | death of sontragic eventsuicide attemptbare chested male |
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Bree …dlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | houston texasbirthday party |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | falling in lovedeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | marital separationdeath of sonbirthday partydeath of friend |
A man about forty years of age tells the story from when he was a teenager in upscale suburban Detroit of his and three of his friends' fascination with the mysterious and doomed Lisbon sisters. In 1974, the sisters were seventeen year old Therese, sixteen year old Mary, fifteen year old Bonnie, fou …rteen year old Lux, and thirteen year old Cecilia. Their fascination still remains as they try to piece together the entire story. The sisters were mysteries if only because of having a strict and overprotective upbringing by their father, who taught math at the girls' private co-ed school, and overly devout Catholic mother, who largely dictated the household rules. The story focuses primarily on two incidents and the resulting situations on the girls' lives. The first was an action by Cecilia to deal with her emotions over her life. And the second was the relationship between Lux - the sister who pushed the boundaries of the household rules most overtly in doing what most teenagers want to do - and Trip Fontaine, he who could have any girl he wanted but wanting solely Lux. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | depressionsuicidedeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | teen suicidewrist slittingrepressiontragic eventsuicide attempt |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in …timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | therapist client relationshippsychoanalysissociopathtragic eventbare chested male |
John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Rick …y is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of sondeath of brothertragic eventdeath of friendbare chested male |
When two people "connect" the bond between them can be so pure and simple as to stir hearts in heaven. When they connect in all the right places at all the wrong times, heaven weeps for broken hearts. To heal these broken hearts, heaven breaks time.
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | chicago illinois |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | lake michigandeath of brotherbirthday party |
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: | dysfunctional family |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of sondeath of brothertragic eventbare chested male |
Despite being no saint herself, Julia Cody has shielded her seventeen year old son, Joshua "J" Cody, from her Melbourne-based criminal relatives who they have not seen in years. After Julia dies in front of J's eyes from a self-inflicted heroin overdose, J, who is slightly detached from life, feels …he has no choice but to contact his maternal grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, the family matriarch, for a place to live. Smurf rules the family with a borderline incestuous love over her three sons, the quietly menacing Andrew "Pope" Cody, the hyperactive Craig Cody, and the barely of age Darren Cody. Pope and his best friend, Barry "Baz" Brown, are armed robbers, with Darren their up and coming apprentice, while Craig is a mid level drug dealer. Melbourne's Armed Robbery Squad is after specifically Pope, who is hiding out. But when the standoff between the Codys and the Armed Robbery Squad is brought up a notch, an all out war ensues, with some casualties and J caught in the middle. The only grounding in J's life is his girlfriend, Nicky Henry. With those casualties comes an investigation by Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Nathan Leckie, who knows the Codys are involved in some of those deaths. As Leckie tries to get J on his side, J has to figure out how best to get himself out from the middle, where he trusts neither side. J also wants to figure out how to exact what he considers justice in an all around bad situation. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | death |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bad mothersociopathdeath of sondeath of brotherdeath of friendbare chested male |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | death |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of friendbare chested male |
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 19 …72 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | peer pressurepost traumatic stress disordertragic eventbirthday partydeath of friendbare chested male |
1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, John …ny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger? (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of sondeath of childsuicide attemptbirthday partybare chested male |
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie (Liana Liberato) meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend (Chris Henry Coffey) is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents (Clive …Owen and Catherine Keener) are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life. (Read More)
| Themes: | depression |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | family conflictpost traumatic stress disordersociopathtragic eventsuicide attempt |
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: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sibling rivalrydeath of sondeath of brotherdrowningbare chested male |
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest …son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydepressionsuicide |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | father son conflictbirthday party |
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday party |
Emily Taylor, despite being reunited with her husband from prison, becomes severely depressed with emotional episodes and suicide attempts. Her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks, after conferring with her previous doctor, eventually prescribes an experimental new medication called Ablixa. The plot thicke …ns when the side effects of the drug lead to Emily killing her husband in a "sleepwalking" state. With Emily plea-bargained into mental hospital confinement and Dr. Banks' practice crumbling around him, the case seems closed. However, Dr. Banks cannot accept full responsibility and investigates to clear his name. What follows is a dark quest that threatens to tear what's left of his life apart even as he discovers the diabolical truth of this tragedy. (Read More)
| Themes: | depressionsuicidedeath |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | epiphanymarital separationmental hospitaldeath of sontragic eventsuicide attemptbare chested male |
Shakespeare's classic tale of romance and tragedy. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for years. Young Romeo Montague goes out with his friends to make trouble at a party the Capulets are hosting, but while there he spies the Capulet's daughter …Juliet, and falls hopelessly in love with her. She returns his affections, but they both know that their families will never allow them to follow their hearts. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familysuicidedeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | teen suicideforbidden lovedeath of friend |
Amal is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her … but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes. (Read More)
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wrist slittingsibling rivalryforbidden lovesuicide attemptbirthday party |
The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
| Themes: | dysfunctional familysuicidedeath |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wrist slittingmarital separationsibling rivalrydeath of brotherbirthday party |
Born Christmas Day 1960, Zac Beaulieu is the fourth of five sons of Gervais and Laurianne Beaulieu. Zac feels somewhat disconnected to his brothers, all of whom are different from each other. They include the bookworm Christian who is the eldest, the dumb jock Antoine who is third, and the youngest …Yvan. But Zac has the most contempt for his second eldest brother, the shiftless druggie Raymond. To his devout Catholic mother, Zac is her miracle son, both for being born the same day as Jesus Christ (a fact which Zac has always hated), and because a Tupperware-selling mystic once told her that he has the power to heal. Laurianne has always coddled Zac, the two who have a special if unspoken bond. But Zac wants more to please his father, who wants more than anything in his sons that they grow up to be man's men and not sissies. As Zac goes through his mid-teens to early twenties, Zac isn't sure if he can live up to the ideals of either his mother or especially his father. A young man with stress-induced asthma, Zac just wants to be what he considers normal, which includes getting rid of his asthma. But more importantly, he wants to get rid of the underlying thoughts that he has and which most going through puberty have, but that for him are becoming more prevalent as he grows older. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | peer pressuresibling rivalrydeath of sondeath of brothersuicide attempt |
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: | dysfunctional familydepression |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | teen suicidepeer pressuresuicide attemptbare chested male |
After graduating from Montclair State, New Jersey Girl Annie can't make up her mind about what to do with her life. After saving a little boy from being run over in the park, she is quickly employed as a nanny for a rich Upper East Side couple. Mr X is occupied with his business, Mrs X loves shoppin …g, and neither really likes to spend time with their little boy Grayer. Annie quickly learns that she has more than her hands full taking care of him. Her busy schedule doesn't give her much spare time. Mrs X fired her last nanny because she was dating and that gives Annie problems when Harvard Hottie who lives in the same building asks her out on a date. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | husband wife conflictbirthday party |
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: | suicide of frienddepressionsuicide |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mental hospitalsuicide attemptdeath of friend |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | houston texaspsychotherapydeath of brotherdrowningbirthday party |
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's ste …ady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry). (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | depressiondeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | peer pressuredeath of sondeath of brother |
Kym Buchman has been in drug rehab for nine months, during which time she has been clean. She is released temporarily from the facility to attend her sister Rachel Buchman's wedding. During her release, Kym is staying at the family home, where the wedding is taking place. As such, it is like Grand C …entral Station for the duration of Kym's stay, which may not be the most conducive situation for her in constantly being exposed to the watching eyes of those who know and don't yet know her, but know of her situation. The reunion with her family members starts off well enough, but issues around Kym's release from rehab quickly surface. Kym and Rachel's father, Paul Buchman, wants to make sure that Kym is all right at all times, which to Kym feels instead like he doesn't trust her. Rachel slowly begins to resent Kym's situation taking over what is supposed to be the happiest day of her life, some of which is directed by Kym, some of which isn't. One person present but largely not included in the last minute wedding planning work is Kym and Rachel's mother, Abby, from who Paul is divorced. The two have since married other people. Outwardly, Abby has been nurturing of Kym throughout her life. However, what is one of the key moments in Kym's drug induced life, and in their collective family's lives, may profoundly affect the wedding. Beyond how Kym's presence affects the wedding, the goings-on of the family during Kym's short stay may either bring them closer together or tear them apa… (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sibling rivalrysociopathdeath of sondeath of brotherdrowning |
After his death sometime in his forty-third year, suburbanite Lester Burnham tells of the last few weeks of his life, during which he had no idea of his imminent passing. He is a husband to real estate agent Carolyn Burnham and father to high school student Janie Burnham. Although Lester and Carolyn … once loved each other, they now merely tolerate each other. Typical wallflower Janie too hates both her parents, the three who suffer individually in silence in their home life. Janie tries to steer clear of both her parents. Carolyn, relatively new to the real estate business, wants to create the persona of success to further her career, she aspiring to the professional life of Buddy Kane, the king of the real estate business in their neighborhood. Lester merely walks mindlessly through life, including at his job in advertising. His company is downsizing, and he, like all the other employees, has to justify his position to the newly hired efficiency expert to keep his job. Things change for Lester when he falls in love at first sight with Janie's more experienced classmate, Angela Hays. Both Janie and Angela can see Lester's sexual infatuation with Angela, who courts such attention from any man as a sign that she is model material, she having once appeared in Seventeen and it a career to which she aspires. Lester's infatuation with Angela gives him a reenergized view on life, where he openly doesn't care anymore what anyone thinks about what he does, anyone except Angela. This in… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | falling in lovedysfunctional familydepressiondeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | repressiontragic eventbare chested male |
At a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers, Grace is a young counselor trying to do her best for kids who often have been pulled from the worst kinds of home situations. Even then, life is not easy as Grace and her colleagues care for kids who are too often profoundly scarred, even as they try …to have lives of their own. Now, things are coming to a head as Grace readies for marriage even as some her charges are coming to major turning points in their lives. To cope, Grace will have to make difficult perceptions and decisions that could put her career, and more importantly her charges, at dire risk. (Read More)
| Themes: | self harmdepressiondeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wrist slittingpost traumatic stress disordersuicide attemptbare chested male |
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devou …tly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familysuicidedeath |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipbrother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | teen suicide |
Seemingly in constant trouble at school, 14 year-old Antoine Doinel returns at the end of every day to a drab and unhappy home life. His parents have little money and he sleeps on a couch that's been pushed into the kitchen. He knows his mother is having an affair and his parents bicker constantly. …He decides to skip school and begins a downward spiral of lies and later stealing. His parents are at their wits end and after he's stopped by the police, they decide the best thing to do would be to let Antoine face the consequences. He's sent to a juvenile detention facility where he doesn't do much better. He does manage to escape however......... (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | mother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mother son conflicthusband wife conflictfather son conflictbare chested male |
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: | falling in lovedepressionsuicidedeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | epiphanybereavementdrowningbare chested male |
Ben Randall is a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. When his crew is killed in an accident and his marriage ends, his commander tells him he wants Randall to go to the US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer "A" School to train other rescue swimmers. He encounters a guy named Jake who's a little cocky because he was … once a swim champion. So Ben puts him through the wringer to see if he can handle it. (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | storm at seaswimming pool |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drowningdeath of friendbare chested male |
Julieta (Emma Suarez) is a middle-aged woman living in Madrid with her boyfriend Lorenzo. Both are going to move to Portugal when she casually runs into Bea, former best friend of her daughter Antia, who reveals that this one is living in Switzerland married and with three children. With the heart b …roken after 12 years of total absence of her daughter, Julieta cancels the journey to Portugal and she moves to her former building, in the hope that Antia someday communicates with her sending a letter. Alone with her thoughts, Julieta starts to write her memories to confront the pain of the events happened when she was a teenager (Adriana Ugarte) and met Xoan, a Galician fisherman. Falling in love with him, Julieta divides her time between the family, the job and the education of Antia until a fatal accident changes their lives. Slowly decaying in a depression, Julieta is helped by Antia and Bea, but one day Antia goes missing suddenly after a vacation with no clues about where to find her, leaving Julieta desperate to understand the reasons of her missing... (Read More)
| Themes: | depressionsuicidedeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | storm at sea |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | death of sondrowningdeath of friendbare chested male |
"The Joneses", a social commentary on our consumerist society. Perfect couple Steve and Kate Jones, and their gorgeous teen-aged children Jenn and Mick, are the envy of their posh, suburban neighborhood filled with McMansions and all the trappings of the upper middle class. Kate is the ultimate tren …d setter - beautiful, sexy, dressed head-to-toe in designer labels. Steve is the admired successful businessman who has it all: a gorgeous wife, big house and an endless supply of high-tech toys. Jenn and Mick rule their new school as they embody all that is hip and trendy - cool clothes, fast cars and the latest gadgets. But as the neighbors try to keep up with the Joneses, none are prepared for the truth about this all- too perfect family. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familysuicidedeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | swimming pool |
| Characters: | husband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | middle classdeath of friendbare chested male |
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: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Locations: | chicago illinois |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of sontragic eventbare chested male |
Set in the Southern United States, 'Monster's Ball' is a tale of a racist white man, Hank, who falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's interracial affair leads to confusion and new ideas … for the two unlikely lovers. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familysuicidedeath |
| Characters: | mother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | death of sondeath of childtragic event |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a … good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sociopathdeath of childtragic eventbirthday party |
When sheriff Barnum investigates the death of an elderly rural resident, he discovers a teenage grandson living in the basement. Raised by his grandparents, he has experienced the world only through books, never leaving the family farm. He is sent to a state home for boys where he has trouble fittin …g in socially. His odd appearance and unusual abilities cause the small town residents to fear and ridicule him. However, not all are afraid. Some begin to view his potential and gifts with wonderment. (Read More)
| Themes: | depressiondeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | tragic eventbare chested male |
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