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Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and di β¦scover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier mache town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone? (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Themes: | home invasiontheftdrunkennessjealousysurrealismfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | human animal relationshippolice officerfamily relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | throwing a snowballsleeping in a barnanimal driving a caranimal that acts humananthropomorphic animalescape from slaveryonline shoppingflooded homebuilding houseswept awaystreet signfalling down a shaftball and chainunpaid billplaying drums β¦delivery truckdairy cowbricksindian chiefwoolly mammothchocolate cakeroommate relationshipbirthday cardreference to mozartmusic schoolmusic lessonbrick wallhouseworkpearlssea creatureslow dancingsurprise birthday partyenslavementsunken shipmissing person posterretaliationdoor bellcar wrecksnowballmusic teachersnowstormabsurdreading a newspaperpostmanroosterdepartment storelavabirthday presenttaking a showerdonkeypractical jokeplaying pianobrushing teethanimated sequencefloodmad scientistbarnbow and arrowbirthday cakegaragelove interestfireworkspigfarmermissing personcowboyportraitanimaldream sequencerobotneighborriflehorsecell phonechaseexplosion (See All) |
RJ, a raccoon who needs food, accidentally takes food from a hungry bear named Vincent and he wants his food to be found in exactly the same place in a week. He finally finds that an animal family, with a tortoise named Verne as their leader, could help him restore the food from the suburbia, the ga β¦teway to the good life. But little does RJ know, there is a woman who has recently hired an exterminator to try to hunt them down. (Read More)
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | animal driving a caranimal that acts humanbirthday cakeanimaldream sequencecell phoneexplosion |
To escape an abusive boyfriend, without announcing her plans in advance, Jean Gilkyson takes her young daughter Griff to the Wyoming ranch of her father-in-law, Einar. Jean and Einar are disaffected, as he blames her for the death of his son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitc β¦h, who was attacked by a bear, and Einar does not know that he has a granddaughter. While Mitch heals and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving Griff. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | police officerfamily relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | donkeybarncowboyriflehorse |
Back when the Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and animals were scurrying to save themselves from the upcoming Ice Age, a sloth named Sid, a woolly mammoth named Manny, and a saber-toothed tiger named Diego are forced to become unlikely heroes. The three reluctantly come together when they have β¦to return a human child to its father while braving the deadly elements of the impending Ice Age. (Read More)
Story: | animal that acts humanwoolly mammothsnowballlavachase |
An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince and his partner as they put the tax squeeze on the poor.
Themes: | theftfriendship |
Story: | anthropomorphic animalroosterbow and arrowpigchase |
When a magic scepter accidentally transports April back through time to 17th Century Japan, the boys take-off in hot pursuit, cowabungling their way out of the sewers right into Samurai-O-Rama! Now they must battle the evil Lord Norinaga to reclaim the magic scepter that will bring them back below t β¦he subways of New York City. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Story: | animal that acts humananthropomorphic animalbow and arrowhorsechaseexplosion |
Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills β¦ and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters. (Read More)
Story: | animal that acts humanwoolly mammothfireworksanimalrobotexplosion |
Shaun the sheep is tired of doing the same work at the farm everyday. He decides to take a day off. In order to do that, he needs to make sure the farmer doesn't know. When more happens than they can handle, the sheep find their way in the big city. Now they need to get back to the farm.
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Story: | roosterpigfarmermissing person |
Following the death of his father in Mexico, Stephane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor Stephanie. But conquering her is no bed of rose β¦s for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world... (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Themes: | drunkennessjealousyfriendshipsurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | reference to mozartdoor bellbirthday cakedream sequenceneighborhorse |
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a d β¦angerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | family relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | donkeybarncowboyneighborriflehorsecell phonechase |
Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realiz β¦ation that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world. (Read More)
Themes: | home invasiondrunkennessjealousyfriendshipsurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | love interestfireworksrobotcell phonechaseexplosion |
Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet named Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other farm animals, inclu β¦ding Fly's jealous husband Rex, accept a pig who doesn't conform to the farm's social hierarchy? (Read More)
Themes: | jealousyfriendship |
Story: | roosterpigfarmerhorse |
While protecting his village from rampaging boar-god/demon, a confident young warrior, Ashitaka, is stricken by a deadly curse. To save his life, he must journey to the forests of the west. Once there, he's embroiled in a fierce campaign that humans were waging on the forest. The ambitious Lady Ebos β¦hi and her loyal clan use their guns against the gods of the forest and a brave young woman, Princess Mononoke, who was raised by a wolf-god. Ashitaka sees the good in both sides and tries to stem the flood of blood. This is met be animosity by both sides as they each see him as supporting the enemy. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | human animal relationship |
Story: | floodbow and arrowanimalriflehorsechase |
The 17-year-old Sean Anderson receives a coded signal and his stepfather Hank helps him to decipher the message. They find that Sean's grandfather Alexander Anderson has found the mysterious island in the Pacific described by Jules Verne and two other writers in their novels. The stubborn Sean wants β¦ to travel to the coordinates and Hank decides to buy the tickets and travel with the teenager to a small island nearby the location. They rent an old helicopter owned by the locals Gabato and his teenage daughter Kailani and the group heads to the unknown spot. Along their journey, they cross a hurricane and crash on the island. They find a beautiful and dangerous place, surrounded by forests, volcanoes with lava of gold and menacing life forms. They also meet the old Alexander and Hank discovers that the island is sinking. Now their only chance to survive is to find the legendary Nautilus. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | sea creaturelavabirthday presentfloodlove interestcell phonechaseexplosion |
Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat are still together and enjoying the perks of their now melting world. Manny may be ready to start a family, but nobody has seen another mammoth for a long time; Manny think β¦s he may be the last one. That is, until he miraculously finds Ellie, the only female mammoth left in the world. Their only problems: They can't stand each other--and Ellie somehow thinks she's a possum! Ellie comes with some excess baggage in the form of her two possum "brothers"-- Crash and Eddie, a couple of daredevil pranksters and cocky, loud-mouthed troublemakers. Manny, Sid and Diego quickly learn that the warming climate has one major drawback: A huge glacial dam holding off oceans of water is about to break, threatening the entire valley. The only chance of survival lies at the other end of the valley. So our three heroes, along with Ellie, Crash and Eddie, form the most unlikely family--in any "Age"-- as they embark on a mission across an ever-changing, increasingly dangerous landscape towards their salvation. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | animal that acts humanwoolly mammothlavafloodanimal |
Buddy was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa's sack and ended up at the North Pole. Later, as an adult human who happened to be raised by elves, Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs. Hobbs, on Santa's naughty list for being a heartless jerk, had β¦ no idea that Buddy was even born. Buddy, meanwhile, experiences the delights of New York City (and human culture) as only an elf can. When Walter's relationship with Buddy interferes with his job, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Themes: | drunkenness |
Characters: | family relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | anthropomorphic animalsnowballdepartment storeanimated sequencechase |
In this update of Disney's masterpiece film mixture of animation and music, new interpretations of great works of music are presented. It begins with an abstract battle of light and darkness set to the music of Beethoveen's Fifth Symphony. Then we see the adventures of a Humpback Whale calf and his β¦pod set to "The Pines of Rome." Next is the humourous story of several lives in 1930's New York City, scored with "Rhapsody in Blue." Following is a musical telling of the fairy tale, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" set to Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2. Then a goofy Flamingo causes havoc in his flock with his yo-yo to the tune of the finale of "Carnival of the Animals." This is followed by the classic sequence from the original film, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" starring Mickey Mouse and followed by "Pomp and Circumstance" starring Donald Duck as a harried assistant to Noah on his Ark. Finally, we see the awesome tale of the life, death and renewal of a forest in a sequence featuring the composition, "The Firebird." (Read More)
Themes: | theftjealousysurrealism |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | anthropomorphic animalmusic lessonlavafloodportraitdream sequencehorsechase |
It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on t β¦he three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Themes: | theft |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | anthropomorphic animalfarmerexplosion |
During WWII in England, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul Rawlins are sent to live with Eglantine Price, an apprentice witch. Charlie blackmails Miss Price that if he is to keep her practices a secret, she must give him something, so she takes a bedknob from her late father's bed and places the "famous magi β¦c traveling spell" on it, and only Paul can activate it. Their first journey is to a street in London where they meet Emelius Browne, headmaster of Miss Price's witchcraft training correspondence school. Miss Price tells him of a plan to find the magic words for a spell known as Substitutiary Locomotion, which brings inanimate objects to life. This spell will be her work for the war effort. (Read More)
Characters: | human animal relationship |
Story: | animal that acts humananthropomorphic animalbow and arrowdream sequencerifleexplosion |
"The Croods" are an eccentric family of cavemen, who survive the harsh terrain by living accordingly to a strict set of rules. But when their home is destroyed in the wake of an impending disaster known as "The End", they are forced to leave their home of shelter and security, and into the wildernes β¦s of the unknown to find a new home. (Read More)
Characters: | human animal relationshipfamily relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | lavafireworkschase |
Pongo and Perdita have a litter of 15 puppies. Cruella De Vil takes a fancy to the pups, and wants to get hold of them, as well as more pups, to make herself a lovely dalmatian skin coat... Cruella hires some thugs to kidnap the pups and hold them at her mansion. Will Pongo and Perdita find them in β¦time ? (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | family relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | car wrecksnowstormbarnhorsechaseexplosion |
Abandoned after an accident, baby Mowgli is taken and raised by a family of wolves. As the boy grows older, the wise panther Bagheera realizes he must be returned to his own kind in the nearby man-village. Baloo the bear however thinks differently taking the young Mowgli under his wing and teaching β¦that living in the jungle is the best life there is. Bagheera realizes that Mowgli is in danger, particularly from Shere Khan the tiger who hates all people. When Baloo finally comes around, Mowgli runs off into the jungle where he survives a second encounter with Kaa the snake and finally, with Shere Khan. It's the sight of a pretty girl however that gets Mowgli to go the nearby man-village. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealismfriendship |
Characters: | human animal relationship |
Story: | animal that acts humananthropomorphic animalanimal |
Based on the beloved children's novel by E.B. White, a young girl named Fern rescues a runty piglet, raises it as her own and names him Wilbur. However, after Wilbur grows into a pig, she is compelled to sell him to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman down the street. At Zuckerman's barn, Wilbur meets a host β¦of animals and later learns from them that come winter, he will be slaughtered for food. Fearing for his life, Charlotte, a gentle and wise spider whom befriended the lonely Wilbur, vows to save his life. (Read More)
Story: | barnfireworkspighorse |
A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kind Brown family, who read the label around his neck ('Please β¦look after this bear. Thank you.') and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist. (Read More)
Themes: | theft |
Characters: | family relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | anthropomorphic animalbrushing teethchase |
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir β¦ing genuine courage. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennesssurrealism |
Story: | barnbow and arrowfireworkspiganimalriflehorseexplosion |
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, A β¦uguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrunkennessjealousyfriendship |
Story: | anthropomorphic animalanimalriflechase |
When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.
Themes: | surrealism |
Story: | animal that acts humananthropomorphic animalbarnpigfarmercell phonechase |
'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.
Themes: | theftdrunkenness |
Characters: | family relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | floodbow and arrowdream sequenceriflehorsechase |
Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes β¦ to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | human animal relationshipfamily relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | lavaanimated sequencefloodmissing personcell phonechase |
Julie and Jason have been best friends for years with no romantic interest in each other. He sleeps with someone new every few days, and she's looking for Mr. Right. Now in their thirties, they notice that their friends seem to lose all their good qualities when they have children - child rearing an β¦d the spark of Eros don't seem to co-exist. So, they decide to have a child together, share in child rearing, but pursue their own romantic lives. Things go well until he meets Mary Jane and she meets Kurt. Both seem like perfect mates. What could go wrong? (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessjealousyfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday presentbrushing teethbirthday cakecell phone |
Aladdin is a poor street urchin who spends his time stealing food from the marketplace in the city of Agrabah. His adventures begin when he meets a young girl who happens to be Princess Jasmine, who is forced to be married by her wacky yet estranged father. Aladdin's luck suddenly changes when he re β¦trieves a magical lamp from the Cave of Wonders. What he unwittingly gets is a fun-loving genie who only wishes to have his freedom. Little do they know is that the Sultan's sinister advisor Jafar has his own plans for both Aladdin and the lamp. (Read More)
Story: | anthropomorphic animalball and chainlavafireworkshorsechase |
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Themes: | home invasiondrunkennesssurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | police officerfamily relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | barnfireworksrifleexplosion |
In Early 1930's era Italy air pirates, bounty hunters and high fliers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso. A former Ace, he now makes a living flying contract jobs, such as rescuing those kidnapped by air pirates. Donald Curtis, Porco's rival in t β¦he air and in catching the affections of women, provides a constant challenge to the hero, culminating in a hilarious, action packed finale. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | human animal relationship |
Story: | anthropomorphic animalpigrifle |
Hard-partying brothers Mike (Adam Devine) and Dave (Zac Efron) place an online ad to find the perfect dates (Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza) for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves outsmarted and out-partied by the uncontrollable duo.
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | family relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | reading a newspaperbarnbirthday cakefireworkspighorseexplosion |
When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, h β¦e teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessjealousyfriendship |
Characters: | human animal relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | anthropomorphic animalretaliationanimal |
After being trapped in a jungle board game for 26 years, a Man-Child wins his release from the game. But, no sooner has he arrived that he is forced to play again, and this time sets the creatures of the jungle loose on the city. Now it is up to him to stop them.
Themes: | surrealismfriendship |
Characters: | police officerfamily relationships |
Story: | animal driving a carfloodrifle |
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found deca β¦pitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents". (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | police officerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | animated sequencebirthday cakefarmerriflehorsecell phonechaseexplosion |
In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. She's Mary Dinkle, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distracted father. He's Max Horowitz, an overweight man with Asperger's, living alon β¦e in New York. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence, interrupted by a stay in an asylum and a few misunderstandings. Mary falls in love with a neighbor, saves money to have a birthmark removed and deals with loss. Max has a friendship with a neighbor, tries to control his weight, and finally gets the dream job. Will the two ever meet face to face? (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | roosterneighbor |
A boy named Walter is dropped by his mother Mae at his great-uncles' house. Later,Walter will find out his great-uncles' big secret. And rumors say that Hub & Garth, Walter's great uncles, have stolen much gold & money. (some say they stole it from Al Capone) Did they really steal that money or not?
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | brushing teethbarnpigriflehorseexplosion |
It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "hum β¦ane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero-not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her ...and our two heroes. (Read More)
Subgenre: | stop motion animation |
Story: | animal that acts humanfireworksriflechaseexplosion |
The candy recipes of the goody shops have been stolen by the Goody Bandit, and many animals are out of business. While the police are chasing the criminal, there is a mess at Granny's house involving Little Red Hiding Hood, The Wolf, The Woodsman and Granny, disturbing the peace in the forest. They β¦are all arrested by the impatient Chief Grizzly. Detective Nicky Flipper is in charge of the investigation, and each accused gives his/her own version of the incident. Flipper uses the information to disclose the identity of the evil Goody Bandit. (Read More)
Story: | anthropomorphic animalsnowballpiganimalexplosion |
It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary pa β¦rticle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust--discovered in the vast Arctic expanse of the North--was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from clans, 'gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle... (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfriendshipsurrealism |
Story: | bow and arrowanimalrobotriflehorsechaseexplosion |
After Babe's great victory in the shepherding contest, Farmer Arthur Hoggett turns down all offers to make money with his pig's talents. But when he gets hurt severely in the well, his wife has to take up farming. She does her best but cannot meet the bank's requirements, which results in the necess β¦ity of getting back to Babe. Soon, Esme Hoggett is sitting in a plane headed for "the" city. There, Babe unwillingly causes deep trouble. He has to stay with Mrs. Hoggett in the only hotel in town that accepts pets. Friendly neighbours send officials who catch all animals from the hotel: Cats, dogs, chimpanzees and many others. Babe, who managed to stay free, decides to help his new friends and gets unexpected help - not only by Ferdinand, who flew all the way to the city. (Read More)
Themes: | theft |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | pigfarmeranimalchase |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
Themes: | theftdrunkennessjealousyfriendship |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | roosterpigriflehorseexplosion |
Joanna Eberhart, a wildly successful president of a TV Network, after a series of shocking events, suffers a nervous breakdown and is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter, from Manhattan to the chic, upper-class, and very modern planned community of Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she ma β¦kes good friends with the acerbic Bobbie Markowitz, a Jewish writer who's also a recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their growing stupor and-then horror, that all the housewives in town are strangely blissful and, somehow... doomed. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Why is everything perfect here? Will it be too late for Joanna and Bobbie when they finally find out? (Read More)
Themes: | home invasionfriendship |
Characters: | family relationshipshusband wife relationship |
Story: | houseworkmad scientistrobotneighbor |
A teenage girl, trying to enjoy her birthday, soon realizes that this is her final one. That is, if she can figure out who her killer is. She must relive that day, over and over again, dying in a different way each time. Can she solve her own murder?
Themes: | jealousy |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | birthday cardsurprise birthday partybirthday cakelove interestcell phonechaseexplosion |
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle w β¦hen 40 bandits attack the village. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessfriendship |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | bow and arrowlove interestfarmerriflehorsechase |
A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.
Themes: | jealousyfriendship |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | donkeybrushing teethpiganimalriflechase |
Ellie has been taking care of her younger brother Jimmy since their parents death. One night after picking him up from a party they are involved in a car accident on Mullholland Drive. While trying to rescue a woman from the other car a creature attacks and kills her, also injuring both Ellie and Ji β¦mmy. After some research Jimmy realizes the creature could only have been a werewolf. (Read More)
Themes: | home invasiondrunkennessjealousysurrealism |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | police officer |
Story: | car wreckgaragecell phonechase |
Themes: | home invasiondrunkennessjealousy |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | department storeneighborcell phoneexplosion |