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A fable of innocence: thirteen-year-old Aviva Victor wants to be a 'mom'. She does all she can to make this happen, and comes very close to succeeding, but in the end her plan is thwarted by her sensible parents. So she runs away, still determined to get pregnant one way or another, but instead find …s herself lost in another world, a less sensible one, perhaps, but one pregnant itself with all sorts of strange possibility. She takes a road trip from the suburbs of New Jersey, through Ohio to the plains of Kansas and back. Like so many trips, this one is round-trip, and it's hard to say in the end if she can ever be quite the same again, or if she can ever be anything but the same again. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismmelodramablack comedycoming of ageindependent film |
| Themes: | blindnessabortiondisabilitycrueltyadoptionfaithdysfunctional familydrug usedeath of motherdepressiondeath of fatherdeceptionfuneralfearpregnancy …politicsmarriagesuicidedeathsurrealismmurder (See All) |
| Mood: | nightmarehigh schoolsatire |
| Locations: | indiamoteltrucklakefarmwoodsbusrestaurant |
| Characters: | truck driversuicide by copwriter directorgrandmother granddaughter relationshipcousin cousin relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipfilm directorjewsniperbibleteacher student relationshipreference to godjewishchristianbaby …actordancernursefemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerchildrendoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager (See All) |
| Story: | baby dollrunaway teenabortion clinicsemi truckchristian hateborn again christiandead babyfuneral wakeunwed pregnancyteenage pregnancyreference to ben and jerry'spsychological evaluationrole played by multiple actorspracticing musiczip drive …sexual victimright to lifefood stampswatching a cartoon on tvmucusvaporizationbrain cancercystic fibrosisdermatologistcoat hangergenespledge of allegiancetoy boatprocreationkleenexmentally challenged personhysterectomybirth defectlungscolapalindromeabortionistsurrogate familypurityanestheticsunshinecharadestoilet bowlwatching pornographycynicinnocence lostmisanthropytalent contestdehydrationpro choicepro lifeaudio tapechild prostitutionalbinoplastic bagmisanthropefoster homedeath of grandmothermicrowave ovensurrogate fatherwyomingtumorlambkneelingmortgageconformityinitiationpost september 11 2001date rapesex with a minorepilepsychapter headingsironingkansasvideo footagesurrogate mothergeneticsdown syndromeloss of sisterunderage sexteamworkcdlawsuitchild molestationfarmhousesandwichcoffee shopphoto albumsinirreverencesports carpedophileheavenmedicationdespairobesitynew jerseyhypocrisydrug overdosemoralityhitchhikingmilkhitchhikerdemonstrationloss of virginitychild murdereavesdroppingrunawaymoonmagical realismex convictpremarital sexdollangelsuburbdrug addictflash forwardfishingcoffinpainterfalse accusationchild abusedinercookingreference to jesus christprayerneighborbathroomcafetearsriflevomitingpaintingwritten by directorwatching tvcomputershotgunshootoutsongcryingshowerpartysingingejaculationdancingone word titledog (See All) |
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)
| Subgenre: | melodramacoming of age |
| Themes: | crueltydysfunctional familydeath of motherpregnancysuicidemurderdeath |
| Mood: | nightmarehigh school |
| Locations: | busrestaurant |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipbiblereference to godchristianbrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | innocence lostfoster homesex with a minorhypocrisydrug overdosemilkrunawaypremarital sexflash forwardpainterchild abusereference to jesus christcafetearspainting …watching tvcomputercryingparty (See All) |
A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place …the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | abortionadoptiondrug usepregnancymarriage |
| Mood: | high school |
| Characters: | babydancerfemale protagonistteenage girlsingerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipteenager |
| Story: | abortion clinicunwed pregnancyteenage pregnancycddemonstrationloss of virginitysuburbbathroomtearsvomitingcomputersongcryingsingingdancing …one word titledog (See All) |
Mary is a senior at American Eagle Christian High School in suburban Baltimore. She considers herself born again, despite the fact that her rebirth was at age three. Her best girlfriends are two classmates that comprise the Christian Jewels band with her. Hilary Faye is the alpha Christian, who outw …ardly is perfect, especially in her connection to God. And Veronica is ethnic Vietnamese who was adopted and thus saved by a black Christian couple. A third is Tia, who is generally an outsider in her geek status but who aspires to be in this Christian clique. Also within their social circle solely out of necessity is Hilary Faye's older brother Roland, who has been in a wheelchair since age nine after falling out of a tree, and who, out of family obligation Hilary Faye transports everywhere including to/from school. Beyond that transportation, Roland and Hilary Faye generally have disdain for each other. One of Hilary Faye's God driven missions for the year is to save Cassandra, a Jewish girl new to the school, she who was expelled from her last school and is only attending a faith based school as a marginally better option than the alternative. Mary's world starts to fall apart just before the start of the school year when her boyfriend, Dean, admits to her that he thinks he is gay. Mary receives what she believes are messages from God, including one indirectly through Hilary Faye, leading to her thinking she can save Dean by having sex with him, God who will restore her spiritua… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | abortionadoptionfaithdrug usedeath of fatherfearpregnancymarriage |
| Mood: | high schoolsatire |
| Locations: | bus |
| Characters: | jewbiblereference to godjewishchristianbabyfemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship …family relationshipsteenager (See All) |
| Story: | born again christianteenage pregnancyunderage sexcdsinhypocrisyloss of virginityreference to jesus christprayervomitingwatching tvcomputersongsingingone word title …dog (See All) |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | crueltyfaithdrug usepoliticsmarriagesurrealism |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | busrestaurant |
| Characters: | biblejewishchristianbabyactordancernursesingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | role played by multiple actorsnew jerseydrug overdosehitchhikingdemonstrationdrug addictcoffinpainterreference to jesus christprayercaferiflepaintingwatching tvsong …partysingingdancingdog (See All) |
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h …is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | blindnessdysfunctional familydrug usedeath of motherdepressionfuneralsuicide |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipjewreference to godjewishbabyactordancerbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | epilepsyphoto albummedicationnew jerseysuburbcoffinbathroomcafewatching tvsongcryingpartysingingejaculationdancing …dog (See All) |
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: | dysfunctional familydeath of fatherfuneralmarriagesuicidedeath |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipreference to goddancerbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | kansasphoto albumdespaircoffincookingbathroomtearsvomitingpaintingwatching tvcomputersongcryingsingingdancing …one word titledog (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | melodramaindependent film |
| Themes: | abortionfaithdrug usedeath of motherpregnancymarriagesuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | motelrestaurant |
| Characters: | biblereference to godnursedoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | despairex convictdrug addictflash forwarddinerreference to jesus christprayerbathroomcafetearsvomitingwatching tvcomputercryingparty …singing (See All) |
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
| Themes: | adoptionmarriage |
| Mood: | high schoolsatire |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipbibleteacher student relationshipreference to godchristianfemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager |
| Story: | born again christiancdhypocrisydemonstrationloss of virginityfalse accusationreference to jesus christprayercafetearswatching tvsongcryingshowerparty …singingdog (See All) |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | drug usedepressionfuneralfearpoliticsmarriagemurdersurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | nightmarehigh school |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipcousin cousin relationshipreference to goddancerfemale protagonistteenage girlchildrendoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | despairhypocrisymoralitydemonstrationpremarital sexflash forwardfalse accusationcookingprayerneighborcafetearsriflevomitingwatching tv …cryingshowerpartydancingone word titledog (See All) |
Adult film director Jack Horner is always on the lookout for new talent and it's only by chance that he meets Eddie Adams who is working as a busboy in a restaurant. Eddie is young, good looking and plenty of libido to spare. Using the screen name Dirk Diggler, he quickly rises to the top of his ind …ustry winning awards year after year. Drugs and ego however come between Dirk and those around him and he soon finds that fame is fleeting. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of ageindependent film |
| Themes: | drug usefearpregnancymarriagemurder |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | moteltruckrestaurant |
| Characters: | film directorbabyactorsingerfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | surrogate familyinnocence lostsex with a minorchapter headingsvideo footagesurrogate motherdrug overdoserunawaydinertearspaintingshotgunshootoutsongcrying …partysingingdancing (See All) |
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)
| Subgenre: | melodrama |
| Themes: | funeralpregnancypoliticsmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | truckfarmrestaurant |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipbabynursebrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerchildrendoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | innocence lostlambloss of sistersports carcoffindinerprayerneighborcafetearsriflesongcryingpartysinging …one word titledog (See All) |
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The c …enter of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | melodramacoming of age |
| Themes: | abortiondrug usepregnancy |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | teacher student relationshipbrother sister relationshipteenage girlteenager |
| Story: | unwed pregnancyteenage pregnancyinnocence lostsex with a minorunderage sexirreverenceloss of virginitypremarital sexbathroomvomiting |
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 familydrug usedeath of fatherfuneralfearmarriagesuicidedeath |
| Locations: | motelbus |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipcousin cousin relationshipreference to godteenage girlsingerdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | hysterectomysports carpedophiledrug addictfalse accusationchild abusereference to jesus christprayertearsvomitingsongcryingsinging |
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: | drug usedepressionfuneralsuicidedeathsurrealism |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | dancersingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | new jerseydrug overdosehitchhikerangelflash forwardfishingdinerbathroomtearsriflewatching tvcomputersongcryingparty …singingdancingdog (See All) |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | crueltydysfunctional familydrug usedeath of motherfuneralpregnancymurderdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | motelrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godbabybrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | watching a cartoon on tvsports carloss of virginityfishingcoffinreference to jesus christprayercafetearsvomitingwatching tvcryingpartydog |
New England, 1630: William and Katherine try to lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. 'The Witch' is a chilling portrait of a … family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fatherfearmurderdeath |
| Locations: | farmwoods |
| Characters: | biblereference to godchristianbabybrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | dead babysinhypocrisyfalse accusationreference to jesus christprayerriflesongcryingsingingdog |
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads en …ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydrug usedeath of motherdeath of fatherfearpregnancysurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | farmbus |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipreference to godbrother sister relationshipsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | epilepsyfarmhousedrug overdosedolldrug addictprayerriflevomitingpaintingsongsinging |
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: | abortiondysfunctional familydepressionfuneralpregnancysuicidemurder |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipchristiandancerbrother sister relationshipsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of sisterpedophiledespairhypocrisychild abusecookingbathroomtearsvomitingsongcryingpartysingingdancingone word title |
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)
| Subgenre: | melodrama |
| Themes: | deceptionfeardeathmurder |
| Locations: | busrestaurant |
| Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipbiblenursefemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipsingerfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | farmhousepedophilemedicationdespairdemonstrationchild murderfalse accusationdinerreference to jesus christprayerbathroomcafetearsrifleshotgun …songcryingshowersingingone word title (See All) |
When his only friend and co-worker dies, a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey. Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with an artist who is struggling with a personal tragedy and an overly friendly Cuban hot-dog vendor.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drug usedepressiondeath of fatherfearpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | lakerestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godchildrenfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | unwed pregnancyvideo footagenew jerseydrug overdosehitchhikingpainterdinerprayercafepaintingwritten by directordog |
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 ageindependent film |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydrug usedepression |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | lake |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipdancerteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager |
| Story: | watching pornographycdsandwichnew jerseyhypocrisyloss of virginitypremarital sexreference to jesus christbathroomtearsvomitingwatching tvcryingshowerparty …dancingdog (See All) |
God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter in present-day Brussels, Belgium. She concludes that her dad is doing a terrible job and decides to rewrite the world, descending to earth in search of her own 6 messengers to write a brand new testament and change the s …tatus quo. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdismblack comedy |
| Themes: | murderdeath |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipsniperbiblereference to godbabynursebrother sister relationshipdoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | chapter headingsirreverenceheavenmilkdollcoffinchild abusereference to jesus christneighborriflepaintingwatching tvcomputersongcrying …singingdancing (See All) |
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 1 …2 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution's spring. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | abortionfaithdeath of motherfuneralfearpregnancypoliticssuicidemurderdeath |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | bus |
| Characters: | biblereference to godchristianbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctorfather son relationship |
| Story: | cynicdown syndromeex convictchild abusecookingtearsriflesongcryingsinging |
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: | abortiondeath of motherfearpregnancymarriagedeath |
| Locations: | motellakewoodsbus |
| Characters: | nursefemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctormother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | tumordown syndromecdhitchhikinghitchhikerdrug addictdinerprayertearsriflevomitingcryingshowersingingone word title |
Fired in disgrace, kids show host Randolph Smiley finds himself out on the street, while his replacement Sheldon Mopes, finds himself on the fast track to success with a new hit show as the proud purple rhino Smoochy. But things take a turn for the worst when Sheldon finds out that some of the peopl …e that he works with, and some he doesn't know he's working for, are all in it for the money. Meanwhile, Randolph is slowly turning insane with his only thoughts focusing on killing Smoochy and getting back to his life of luxury. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | drug usefuneraldeathmurdersurrealism |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | sniperactordancersingerchildrenmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | mentally challenged personmoralitydollangeldrug addictcoffinfalse accusationchild abusereference to jesus christprayercaferiflesongsingingdancing |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath of motherfuneralpoliticsmarriagesuicidedeath |
| Locations: | motelrestaurant |
| Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipdancerfemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | microwave oventumorobesityloss of virginitydrug addictcoffincafetearswatching tvcryingsingingdancing |
Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot h …im, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? (Read More)
| Themes: | abortiondrug usedeath of motherdeath of fatherfearpregnancysurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipolder man younger woman relationshipjewbabydancerbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | abortion clinicabortionistdrug addictflash forwardpainterbathroomtearspaintingsongcryingsingingdancing |
In rural Tennessee, Lazarus, a former blues musician who survives by truck farming, finds a young girl nearly beaten to death near his home. She's the white-trash town tramp, molded by a life of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and verbal abuse from her mother, who seems to delight in remindi …ng Rae of her mistake in not aborting her. Lazarus, who is also facing personal crisis at the dissolution of his marriage, nurses Rae back to health, providing her with gentle, fatherly advice as well as an education in blues music. Rae's boyfriend, Ronnie, goaded by the man who nearly beat Rae to death, misunderstands the relationship between Lazarus and Rae, and vows to kill him. Lazarus, exhibiting a street-smart understanding of violence and its motives, calls Ronnie's bluff, senses that he is as troubled as Rae, and becomes a guiding force in the young couple's resurrection. (Read More)
| Themes: | abortionfaithdrug usedeceptionpregnancymarriagedeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | moteltruckbusrestaurant |
| Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipbibledancersingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | child molestationfarmhouseloss of virginitychild abuseprayercafetearsriflevomitingsongcryingpartysingingdancingdog |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdepressionpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancersingerdoctormother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | watching a cartoon on tvloss of sisterphoto albumrunawaydollcookingneighborcafetearswatching tvsongcryingsingingdancing |
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: | death of fatherfuneralfearmarriagemurderdeath |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | lake |
| Characters: | babydancerfemale protagonistbrother sister relationshipchildrenboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | foster homedespairflash forwardfalse accusationdinerprayertearswatching tvcomputercryingdancingone word titledog |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of ageindependent film |
| Themes: | crueltydysfunctional familydrug usedeath of motherdeath of fatherfuneralpoliticssurrealismdeathmurder |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | truckfarmrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to goddancersingerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager |
| Story: | surrogate fathersandwichhitchhikinghitchhikercoffinpaintercafetearspaintingwatching tvsongcryingsingingdancingdog |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u …p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | death of motherdeceptionpregnancypoliticsmarriage |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipfilm directorbabydancernursebrother sister relationshipsingerdoctorfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | ironingdemonstrationpremarital sexneighbortearsvomitingwatching tvsongcryingpartysingingdancing |
A triumphant epic of survival and a tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) - a diabolical zealot and he …r twisted nemesis. But Liz is a genuine survivor; she's no victim - a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve. Fear not. Retribution is coming. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of ageindependent film |
| Themes: | crueltydysfunctional familyfearpregnancysuicidemurderdeath |
| Locations: | farmwoods |
| Characters: | sniperbiblechristianfemale protagonistteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager |
| Story: | sex with a minorchapter headingsunderage sexpedophileeavesdroppingdollchild abusereference to jesus christprayertearsrifleshotgunshootoutcrying |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
| Themes: | funeraldeathmurdersurrealism |
| Locations: | lakefarm |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipdancerbrother sister relationshipteenage girldoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | child molestationphoto albumpedophileheavensuburbflash forwardpainterneighbortearspaintingwatching tvcryingdancingdog |
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: | death of motherdeath |
| Locations: | woodsrestaurant |
| Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | death of grandmothersuburbdinerneighborcafetearsvomitingpaintingwatching tvcomputercryingshowerpartydog |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | funeralsuicidemurderdeath |
| Mood: | high schoolsatire |
| Locations: | motellakebus |
| Characters: | actorteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | born again christianplastic bagchapter headingslawsuitchild molestationrunawaycoffinchild abusebathroomwatching tvshotgunshootoutpartydog |
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old … carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | abortiondrug usedeath of motherdepressionpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | motelrestaurant |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipjewjewishnursesingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | abortion clinicmisanthropecdmedicationbathroomcafewatching tvcomputersongpartysingingone word titledog |
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 day …s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | funeralfearpregnancymurderdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | truckbus |
| Characters: | sniperreference to godbabydancernursebrother sister relationshipsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | watching pornographyteamworkflash forwardcoffinreference to jesus christprayertearsriflevomitingwatching tvsongcryingshowersingingdancing …one word title (See All) |
Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and … two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usedeath of motherfearpregnancymurderdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | farmrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to goddancerbrother sister relationshipteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | teenage pregnancykansaschild molestationfarmhousephoto albumdollflash forwardfalse accusationchild abusecookingreference to jesus christriflewatching tvcomputershotgun …dancingdog (See All) |
Sex addict and colonial theme park worker, Victor Mancini, has devised a complicated scam to pay for his mom's hospital bills while she suffers from an Alzheimer's disease that hides the truth about his childhood. He pretends to choke on food in a restaurant and the person who "saves" him will feel …responsible for Victor for the rest of their lives. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | absurdism |
| Themes: | blindnessdrug usedeath of motherdepressiondeathsurrealism |
| Locations: | busrestaurant |
| Characters: | biblereference to godnursedoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | toilet bowlpremarital sexflash forwardpainterreference to jesus christbathroomcafetearsvomitingwatching tvcomputercryingejaculation |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fatherdeceptionmurderdeath |
| Locations: | trucklakefarmbus |
| Characters: | jewbiblejewishchristiandancerbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | farmhouseeavesdroppingflash forwardcoffincookingreference to jesus christprayerbathroomtearsriflevomitingshootoutsongcryingshower …partysingingdancingone word title (See All) |
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: | death of motherdepressionpoliticsmarriagesuicidedeath |
| Locations: | truckbusrestaurant |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipbabydancernursesingerchildrendoctormother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | kneelingdemonstrationcafetearsvomitingsongcryingpartysingingdancingone word titledog |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
| Subgenre: | coming of ageindependent film |
| Themes: | adoptiondrug usemarriagedeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | trucklakefarmwoodsbusrestaurant |
| Characters: | dancerbrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager |
| Story: | chapter headingshitchhikinghitchhikerfishingdinercookingprayercafetearsriflewatching tvcryingshowersingingdancing …dog (See All) |
The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate jo …urney to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth. (Read More)
| Themes: | disabilityfaithdrug usedepressionpregnancymurderdeath |
| Locations: | farmwoodsbus |
| Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipbabysingerchildrenmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | procreationlambgeneticscoffee shopdemonstrationeavesdroppingtearspaintingwatching tvcomputershootoutcryingsingingdog |
When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin ar …ranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. (Read More)
| Themes: | adoptionfaithdepressionfeardeath |
| Characters: | reference to godchristianbabynursedoctormother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | teenage pregnancycynickneelingphoto albumsinhypocrisypremarital sexflash forwardfishingreference to jesus christprayertearswatching tvcomputercrying …one word title (See All) |
In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with sixty-two pellets o …f cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usepregnancymurder |
| Locations: | busrestaurant |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipbabydancerfemale protagonistteenage girlsingerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | new jerseydrug overdosebathroomtearsvomitingsongcryingshowersingingdancing |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | drug usedeath of father |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | bus |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipbrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipsteenager |
| Story: | surrogate familyinnocence lostironingunderage sexdrug overdoseloss of virginitypremarital sexbathroomvomitingwatching tvsongcryingpartysingingdancing |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c …ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
| Themes: | crueltydeath of motherdeath of fatherfearsuicidedeath |
| Locations: | farm |
| Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipteacher student relationshipchristianbabydancernursebrother sister relationshipteenage girlsingerchildrendoctorfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships …teenager (See All) |
| Story: | puritydown syndromepedophileheaveneavesdroppingfishingcoffinchild abuseprayertearscryingpartysingingdancing |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a … covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | funeralpregnancymarriagesuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | truckrestaurant |
| Characters: | jewbiblereference to godjewishdancerbrother sister relationshipsingermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | premarital sexflash forwardcoffinreference to jesus christbathroomriflevomitingwatching tvsongshowersingingdancingdog |
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