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David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother …’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.” (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedygay interest |
| Themes: | dying motherdyinghomophobiagriefdysfunctional familycancerdepressionlovedeathfriendship |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | mother with cancergay writergay datinggay actorgay boyboyfriend boyfriend relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipgay relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmothersister sister relationshipgay sexbrother sister relationship …father daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships (See All) |
| Story: | sacramento californiashy manhospice carelying to mothermother and soncancer treatmentvomiting in a toiletcomedy writerex boyfriend ex boyfriend relationshipreference to justin timberlakereference to taco bellmoment of truth60th birthdayadoptive father adopted son relationshipsiblings living together …sacramentoreference to justin biebervideo callnauseadrive thrushyreturn homelaxativehospicesocially awkwardnew year's eve partybreakdowngrievinginternet datingchemotherapytoilet papergay protagonistin medias ressorrowgay brothermale protagonistbereavementimprovmisfitwedding ceremonygay manshynessmelancholyalienationgay sonmourninggrocery storebreakupembarrassmentgay characterlgbtterminal illnessgay couplewigbirthday partycaliforniavomitingwritten by directortitle spoken by characterbare chested maletwo word titlesex scene (See All) |
It's 2003. Thirty-eight-year-old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationships with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on … life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death, and Hal's new outlook on life during that time, will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle and Oliver needing to take care of who was originally Hal's very needy Jack Russell terrier, Arthur. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyinggriefcancerdepressiondeathfriendship |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | hospicebereavementmourningterminal illnesscalifornia |
The Stone family unites in common cause when their favorite son brings his uptight girlfriend home for the Christmas holiday, with plans of proposing. Overwhelmed by the hostile reception, she begs her sister to join her for emotional support, triggering further complications.
| Themes: | dysfunctional familycancer |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipsister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | gay brotherbreakupterminal illnessgay couplewritten by directorbare chested male |
Three time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented. When a child, Chiron lives with his single, crack addict mother Paula in a crime ridden neighborhood in Miami. Chiron is a shy, withdrawn child largely due to his small size and bein …g neglected by his mother, who is more concerned about getting her fixes and satisfying her carnal needs than taking care of him. Because of these issues, Chiron is bullied, the slurs hurled at him which he doesn't understand beyond knowing that they are meant to be hurtful. Besides his same aged Cuban-American friend Kevin, Chiron is given what little guidance he has in life from a neighborhood drug dealer named Juan, who can see that he is neglected, and Juan's caring girlfriend Teresa, whose home acts as a sanctuary away from the bullies and away from Paula's abuse. With this childhood as a foundation, Chiron may have a predetermined path in life, one that will only be magnified in terms of its problems when he reaches his difficult teen years when peer pressure affects what he and many of his peers do, unless he follows Juan's advice of truly making his own decisions for himself. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | gay interest |
| Themes: | homophobiadysfunctional family |
| Characters: | gay boymother son relationshipmothergay sex |
| Story: | shygay protagonistgay mangay songay characterlgbtgay coupletitle spoken by charactersex scene |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyinggriefcancerdeathlove |
| Characters: | gay relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | chemotherapymourningterminal illnessgay couplevomitingtitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
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.
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | embarrassmentbirthday partyvomitingsex scene |
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 familycancerdeath |
| Characters: | mother with cancermother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipsister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | siblings living togetherchemotherapyterminal illnesswigvomiting |
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)
| Themes: | griefdysfunctional familydepressiondeath |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bereavementbirthday partybare 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 familycancerlovefriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherfamily relationships |
| Story: | terminal illnessbirthday party |
Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him m …ore and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection. The stunning, semi-autobiographical directing debut of 20-year-old actor Xavier Dolan. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familylovefriendship |
| Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshipmother son relationshipmothergay sexfather son relationship |
| Story: | gay sonlgbtbare chested male |
Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight. She has her own tattoo shop and he plays the banjo in a bluegrass band. They bond over their shared enthusiasm for American music and culture, and dive headfirst into a sweeping romance that plays out on and off stage - but when an unexpected tragedy hit …s their new family, everything they know and love is tested. An intensely moving portrait of a relationship from beginning to end, propelled by a soundtrack of foot-stomping bluegrass, The Broken Circle Breakdown is a romantic melodrama of the highest order. (Read More)
| Themes: | griefcancerdepressionlovedeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | breakdownchemotherapywedding ceremonyterminal illnessbirthday partybare chested male |
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dyinggriefcancerfriendshipdeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | chemotherapyterminal illnesswigvomiting |
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: | griefdysfunctional familydepressiondeathfriendship |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | terminal illness |
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)
| Themes: | homophobialove |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipsister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | shylgbtbirthday partyvomitingtitle spoken by charactertwo word titlesex scene |
A Walk in the Clouds depicted a story about a young-married US military soldier, named Paul, who returned home after the World War II. In the middle of the way back home, he accidentally met a girl named Victoria who finished her master's degree. She has not married yet but got pregnant by accident. … During the journey they talked a lot. Due to her pregnancy, Victoria was afraid of her father who respected old Mexican tradition. Thus, Paul proposed to pose as her husband to help her face her dad. Paul was not intended to cheat on his wife by pretending to be Victoria's husband. However, when Paul decided to come back to his home and left Victoria, he found his wife cheating on him. Paul then headed back to Victoria's house "Las Nubes" and confessed his true love to Victoria. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeathlove |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sacramento californiacaliforniavomiting |
Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are.
| Themes: | cancerdepressionfriendshipdeath |
| Characters: | mother son relationshipmotherfather son relationship |
| Story: | cancer treatmentnauseachemotherapyalienationvomitingtitle spoken by charactersex scene |
Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad …, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She can't understand that work can be important to her as well as the kids. The conflict between them is deepened by the sudden diagnosis of cancer, which might may be deadly for Jackie. They all have to learn a little in order to grow together. (Read More)
| Themes: | cancer |
| Characters: | mother with cancermother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherfamily relationships |
| Story: | chemotherapyterminal illness |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
| Themes: | dyingfriendshipdeath |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipsister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sorrowmourningterminal illness |
Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets a …bout living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind... (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingcancerdepressionlovedeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mourningterminal illnessbirthday partyvomiting |
The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will ever find true love and marry. Charles thinks he's found "Miss Right" in Carrie, an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | friendshiplovedeath |
| Characters: | gay relationshipbrother sister relationship |
| Story: | male protagonistwedding ceremonygay mangay characterbare chested malesex scene |
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: | griefdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmothersister sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bereavementmourninggrocery storebirthday partybare chested maletwo word title |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | griefdysfunctional familylovedeath |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherbrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mourningvomitingtitle spoken by character |
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: | dyingdysfunctional familylovedeath |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmothersister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | alienationcaliforniatitle spoken by character |
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: | griefdepressionfriendshipdeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | grievingsorrowmourningtitle spoken by characterbare chested malesex scene |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar … is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmothersister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | grocery storeembarrassmentbirthday partyvomitingtitle spoken by character |
Manuela is a hard-working single mom who has raised her son Esteban by herself since the time he was born. On his 17th birthday they go to the theater and after the show, Esteban tries to get the main actress' autograph but is run down on the street and dies. Manuela is beside herself with grief and … decides to return to Barcelona to tell the boy's transgender father Lola, about the death of the son he never knew he had. He is nowhere to be found but Manuela does find an old friend, Agrado and meets up with a pregnant nun, Rosa. Together they form a life and become fast friends - until tragedy strikes again. (Read More)
| Themes: | grieflovedeathfriendship |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | mourninglgbtvomiting |
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)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydepressionfriendship |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | 60th birthdayembarrassmentbirthday partyvomiting |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy … neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingcancerfriendshipdeathlove |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipsister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | vomiting |
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. I …n the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dyingcancerlovedeathfriendship |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipmother son relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | chemotherapyterminal illnessvomiting |
Eccentric actor Daniel Hillard is an amusing and caring father. But after a disastrous birthday party for his son, Daniel's wife Miranda draws the line and files a divorce. He can see his three children only once a week which doesn't sit well with him. Daniel also holds a job at a TV studio as a shi …pping clerk under the recommendation of his liason. But when Miranda puts out an ad for a housekeeper, Daniel takes it upon himself to make a disguise as a Scottish lady named Mrs Doubtfire. And Daniel must also deal with Miranda's new boyfriend Stu Dunemyer. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | male protagonistgay brotherbirthday partytitle spoken by character |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingfriendshipdeathlove |
| Characters: | boyfriend boyfriend relationshipgay relationshipmother daughter relationshipgay sexfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | grocery storegay couplebirthday partyvomitingtitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.
| Themes: | dyingfriendship |
| Characters: | gay relationshipmother son relationshipgay sexfather son relationship |
| Story: | gay protagonistgay mangay characterlgbtbare chested malesex scene |
Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other … hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss. (Read More)
| Themes: | griefdepressionfriendshiplovedeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | grievingmelancholytitle spoken by character |
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: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dyinglovedeathfriendship |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | drive thrucaliforniavomitingbare chested male |
With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Cres …t Trail, alone. Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthen, and ultimately heals her. (Read More)
| Themes: | griefcancerdeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherbrother sister relationship |
| Story: | in medias resterminal illnesscaliforniavomitingtitle spoken by characterbare chested malesex scene |
The monster does not come walking often. This time it comes to Conor, and it asks for the one thing Conor cannot bring himself to do. Tell the truth. This is a very touching story about a boy who feels very damaged, guilty and mostly angry. He struggles at school with bullies, and pity looks from ev …eryone, and at home with his mother's sickness. Will Conor overcome his problems? Will everything be okay? Will Conor be able to speak the truth? (Read More)
| Themes: | griefcancerdeath |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmother son relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | cancer treatmentterminal illnesswig |
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: | dying motherdyingdysfunctional familycancerdepressionlovedeathfriendship |
| Characters: | mother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | embarrassmentbirthday partybare chested malesex scene |
In a story interspersed with interview tales of romantic pitfalls, friendship turns to romantic rivalry for gay man Francis and straight woman Marie when a veritable Adonis named Nicolas enters their lives. Sexual tensions mount as Francis and Marie await Nicolas' show of preference.
| Subgenre: | gay interest |
| Themes: | friendshiplove |
| Characters: | mother son relationshipmothergay sex |
| Story: | gay manbreakupbare chested malesex scene |
What's Eating Gibert Grape is a beautifully shot movie of tenderness, caring and self-awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one street town Endora. Centred around the Grape family Ellen and Amy and their two brothers Arnie and Gilbert, who, along with their morbidly obese widowed … mother Bonnie Grape are striving to survive and coexist with the absence of a father figure, low wage work and seventeen-year-old Arnie's severe mental condition. It is in this awkward and extremely one sided affair that the unfortunate Gilbert has to constantly, while working for the town's slowly dying convenience store, take care of his younger brother Arnie. Gilbert's life, his future, is thwarted he knows this, but it is in this guardian angel that his love and bond for Arnie cannot, and will not, be let go. That is until the free spirit of Becky arrives in town, and with her grandmother are stranded for the week while waiting for parts for their vehicle. This realization unties new feelings, new thoughts and new hope for the put upon Gibert, something new is eating Gilbert Grape. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyinggriefdysfunctional familylove |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmothersister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | grocery storebirthday party |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, … even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
| Themes: | cancerfriendship |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipsister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | melancholycaliforniavomitingbare chested male |
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: | black comedy |
| Themes: | homophobiadysfunctional familydepressionlovefriendshipdeath |
| Characters: | mother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | drive thruin medias resmale protagonistalienationgay couplebare chested maletwo word titlesex scene |
Young adult Harold Chasen, solitary and friendless by choice, is obsessed with death, this fascination manifesting itself in he staging his own fake suicides, driving a hearse, and attending funerals, even of people he doesn't know, all to the chagrin of his exasperated wealthy mother with who he li …ves. Mrs. Chasen is determined for Harold to be "normal", including she sending him into therapy to deal with his issues and finding him a girlfriend through a computer dating service. It is at a series of funerals that Harold meets Maude, on the cusp of her eightieth birthday, she who too attends funerals of strangers. Unlike Harold, Maude is obsessed with life - her own life to be more precise - she doing whatever she wants to please herself, damned what others may think or how they may be affected. Since she can't take material possessions with her, she is more interested in experiences, with whatever material possessions she has - often "borrowed" without asking - only to further those experiences. Their friendship is initially based on how the other can further their own priority. But as Maude shows Harold how to truly live, Harold falls in love with her. Their relationship, already limited in time by the sheer math, is curtailed even more as Maude shows him only not how to live well, but die well. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydepressiondeathfriendshiplove |
| Characters: | mother son relationshipmother |
| Story: | misfitalienationbirthday partycalifornia |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
| Themes: | dyinggriefdeath |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmother son relationshipmotherbrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | grieving |
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: | friendshipdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | grocery storeembarrassmentbare chested male |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
| Themes: | griefdepressiondeathfriendship |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipmotherfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | misfitgrocery storevomitingbare chested malesex scene |
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked off their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his uncle's farm and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life - Hopefully.
| Themes: | death |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipsister sister relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | california |
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: | homophobiagriefdepressiondeathfriendship |
| Characters: | gay relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipbrother sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bereavementmourningcaliforniabare chested male |
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)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | dyingdepressiondeathlove |
| Characters: | mother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | gay brothergrocery storebreakupbare chested male |
A troubled young boy, Oskar, is trying to cope with the loss of his father. Oskar starts lashing out at his mother and the world. Until a year later, he discovers a mysterious key in his father's belongings and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock, just as he used to when his father … was alive. On this journey he is bound to meet a lot of people and learn a lot about himself and his family, but will he ever find the lock? (Read More)
| Themes: | griefdeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipmother son relationshipmotherfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bereavementmourning |
In 1951, Laura Brown, a pregnant housewife, is planning a party for her husband, but she can't stop reading the novel 'Mrs. Dalloway'. Clarissa Vaughn, a modern woman living in present times is throwing a party for her friend Richard, a famous author dying of AIDS. These two stories are simultaneous …ly linked to the work and life of Virginia Woolf, who's writing the novel mentioned before. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingcancerdepressionfriendship |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | mother son relationship |
| Story: | melancholybirthday partytitle spoken by charactertwo word title |
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