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Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache) is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual strugg …le deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | religious bigotryfather daughter incestforgivenesshomophobiaabuseevilfaithguiltpovertytheftrobberyincestfuneraldrinkingpolitics …religionrapedeath (See All) |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic schoolcatholic churchkitchen fireoral sex in a carpolice carkissing on the beachgay barenglandkitchenelevatorbicyclesnowcarchurchschool …beachbarhospital (See All) |
| Characters: | catholic priestsex with a priestgay priestself loathingcatholicbiblehomosexualityinterracial relationshipgay kissreference to godpriestgay sexpolicemannursegirl …singerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolicehomosexual (See All) |
| Story: | vow of celibacyliverpool englandepileptic seizuresmoke alarmsexual repressionstations of the crossrecord playerduck costumeseal of confessionsexual abuselord's prayerchild abuseschool pageantschool uniformchild rape …pretend sexreference to tammy wynettereference to sitting bullvideo projectiontalking with godbelief in the devilgay self loathingdislocated shoulderdoor to doorrectoryjengareference to judasabominationlast ritesabsolutionfirst communion360 degree pandistressbelief in hellreference to saddam husseinjehovah's witnessvowwhite male black female relationshipaltar boyphotocopiercleaning womanscapegoatleft wingcollarholy communiontelephone numberliverpoolnobilitycelibacyright wingliberalrecordepilepsymasstalent showhypocritewakebreaking a windowtoleranceseizurebishopcreationlatinconservativebarking dogcatholicismdouble lifeconfessionalrepressionflutecremationbrainwashingleather jacketsermonsinarrogancesmokesocial workerbigotryhousekeeperbelief in godperversionreference to satankaraokehypocrisyremote controlsufferingpromiseiraqforbidden lovecompassioncrucifixexercisecloseted homosexualhugginghatepubclasscrossgymflowerscostumecurseconfessioncontroversycoffinnunapologydrivingdinnersuicide attemptwidowbedroombisexualreporterguitarreference to jesus christprayerclassroombedbare buttsecretarrestdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneurinationtitle directed by femalesongcryingvoice over narrationfireknifesingingdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditynuditykissflashbacksexdog (See All) |
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are … sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences. (Read More)
| Themes: | forgivenessguiltreligion |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic schoolcatholic churchbicyclesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicbiblepriestgirlsingerchildrenhusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | record playerschool uniformrectoryaltar boyholy communionmasshypocritetolerancebishopsermonhypocrisycompassionclasscrossgym …confessionnunprayerclassroomsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
| Themes: | homophobiaabuseguiltincestdrinking |
| Locations: | catholic churchsnowchurchhospital |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicgay kissreference to godpriestpolicemangirlsingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | sexual abuselord's prayerchild abuseholy communionmasskaraokesufferingpromisecloseted homosexualhuggingclassapologydrivingdinnersuicide attempt …bedroomreference to jesus christprayerclassroomsecretdrinkwatching tvslow motion scenecryingvoice over narrationknifesingingdancingflashbackkiss (See All) |
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcome …d. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftpoliticsreligiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclesnowchurchschoolbar |
| Characters: | catholicpriestgirlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | vowconfessionalcremationsermonreference to satancrucifixclassflowersconfessionapologywidowguitarprayerclassroomcrying …voice over narrationfireknifedancingflashbacksexdognuditykiss (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: | homophobiaguiltdrinkingreligion |
| Locations: | kitchenchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholicbiblereference to godpriestgirlsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | belief in the devilbelief in helltoleranceconfessionalbigotrybelief in godhypocrisycloseted homosexualhuggingclasscrossgymconfessiondinnerbedroom …guitarreference to jesus christprayerclassroomdrinkwatching tvslow motion scenesongcryingsingingdogkiss (See All) |
As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The … one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)
| Themes: | abusetheftrobberyfuneraldrinkingpoliticsrapedeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchgay barsnowchurchbarhospital |
| Characters: | catholicpriestpolicemangirlsingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | record playersexual abusechild abusechild rapevowaltar boymassconfessionalsocial workercrucifixclasscrossconfessioncoffinnun …reporterclassroomarrestdrinkwatching tvslow motion scenesongcryingvoice over narrationsingingcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
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: | father daughter incestabuseincestdrinkingreligiondeath |
| Locations: | bicyclesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | priestpolicemannursegirlsingerchildrenfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | sexual abuselord's prayerchild abuse360 degree panholy communionrepressionflutehousekeeperbelief in godsufferingpromisecrossconfessioncoffinbedroom …prayerclassroombeddrinkcryingvoice over narrationfiresingingdancingcigarette smokingsexkissnudity (See All) |
At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a man who uses an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and his priest, he contacts Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a professional sex surrogate and a typical soccer mom with a house, a mortgage and a husband. Inspired by a true st …ory, The Sessions, follows the fascinating relationship which evolves between Cheryl and Mark as she takes him on his journey to manhood. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltfuneraldrinking |
| Locations: | catholic churchelevatorbicyclechurchbeachhospital |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicreference to godpriestgirlsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sexual repressionsermonpromiseforbidden lovehuggingcurseconfessioncoffinapologyreference to jesus christprayerdrinkurinationsongvoice over narration …singingcigarette smokingsexkissflashback (See All) |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to …respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinkingreligiondeath |
| Locations: | bicyclesnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholicbiblereference to godpriestnursesingerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | lord's prayerholy communionmasslatinsermonexercisehateclassconfessionnundinnerwidowreference to jesus christprayerclassroom …secretarrestdrinkurinationsongcryingsingingcigarette smoking (See All) |
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: | religious bigotryforgivenessabusefaithguiltdrinkingreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchelevatorsnowchurch |
| Characters: | catholicgay kissreference to godpriestnursemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | confessionalsinhypocrisyremote controlcrossconfessionnunapologyreporterreference to jesus christprayersecretdrinkwatching tvcrying …flashbacksexkiss (See All) |
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: | forgivenessabuseguiltincestdrinkingrapedeath |
| Locations: | schoolbeachbar |
| Characters: | policemangirlpolice |
| Story: | sexual abusechild abuseschool uniformchild raperemote controlpromisehugginghatepubclassconfessionapologyreporterclassroombed …bare buttsecretdrinkwatching tvcryingknifedancingmale nudityflashbackkiss (See All) |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | abusetheftrobberydrinkingreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic schoolcatholic churchpolice carkitchensnowchurchschoolhospital |
| Characters: | catholicpriestpolicemanpolice |
| Story: | school uniformhypocriteconfessionalbigotryhypocrisycrucifixclasscrossgymconfessioncoffinprayerclassroomarrestdrink …watching tvslow motion sceneurinationcryingvoice over narrationknifecigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditysexkiss (See All) |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
| Themes: | forgivenessfaithguiltpovertytheftdrinkingpoliticsreligionrapedeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | snowchurchbeach |
| Characters: | biblereference to godpriestsingerchildrenhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | holy communionbishopsmokesufferingcrucifixcrossconfessioncontroversyreference to jesus christprayerbare buttsecretarrestdrinkslow motion scene …cryingvoice over narrationfireknifesingingmale nuditynuditydogflashbacksexkiss (See All) |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeraldrinkingreligiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchsnowchurchbarhospital |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godpriestsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | record playerlord's prayervowlatinsufferingcrossconfessionnunapologyreference to jesus christsecretdrinksongsingingdancing …cigarette smokingmale nuditysexnuditykiss (See All) |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz …es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
| Themes: | homophobiadrinkingpoliticsdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchgay barkitchenchurchschoolbar |
| Characters: | catholic priesthomosexualitygay kissreference to godgay sexpolicemansingerpolicehomosexual |
| Story: | record playerhypocriteconservativebigotryhypocrisycloseted homosexualnundinnerbare buttdrinkwatching tvurinationsongcryingvoice over narration …singingdancingmale nuditydogflashbackkiss (See All) |
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: | guiltdrinkingreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police carsnowchurchschoolbeachbarhospital |
| Characters: | gay kisspolicemannursegirlchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
| Story: | child abusebreaking a windowcremationsufferingcrucifixcloseted homosexualhuggingcrossflowerscoffinapologydinnerarrestdrinkwatching tv …urinationcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Born Christmas Day 1960, Zac Beaulieu is the fourth of five sons of Gervais and Laurianne Beaulieu. Zac feels somewhat disconnected to his brothers, all of whom are different from each other. They include the bookworm Christian who is the eldest, the dumb jock Antoine who is third, and the youngest …Yvan. But Zac has the most contempt for his second eldest brother, the shiftless druggie Raymond. To his devout Catholic mother, Zac is her miracle son, both for being born the same day as Jesus Christ (a fact which Zac has always hated), and because a Tupperware-selling mystic once told her that he has the power to heal. Laurianne has always coddled Zac, the two who have a special if unspoken bond. But Zac wants more to please his father, who wants more than anything in his sons that they grow up to be man's men and not sissies. As Zac goes through his mid-teens to early twenties, Zac isn't sure if he can live up to the ideals of either his mother or especially his father. A young man with stress-induced asthma, Zac just wants to be what he considers normal, which includes getting rid of his asthma. But more importantly, he wants to get rid of the underlying thoughts that he has and which most going through puberty have, but that for him are becoming more prevalent as he grows older. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | homophobiafuneraldeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchgay barbicyclesnowchurchschoolbeachhospital |
| Characters: | self loathingcatholicpriestgirlsingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | record playerlord's prayermasswakecatholicismcrucifixexercisecloseted homosexualcrossconfessioncoffinapologydrivingsuicide attemptreference to jesus christ …prayerslow motion scenesongcryingvoice over narrationsingingdancingcigarette smokingsexflashbackkiss (See All) |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertytheftrobberydrinking |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurch |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godpriestpolicemansingerchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | epileptic seizuremassseizurecrucifixcrossguitarprayerarrestdrinkurinationsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smoking …dog (See All) |
A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. While Matthew Poncelet and Sister Prejean desperately …try to gain a stay of execution from the governor or the courts, scenes are intercut from the brutal crime, gradually revealing the truth about the events that transpired. In addition to her temporal help, the nun also tries to reach out spiritually and assist as a guide to salvation. (Read More)
| Themes: | forgivenessfaithguiltpovertyfuneralrapedeath |
| Locations: | police carchurch |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicbiblepriestfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | liberalbishopbigotrycrucifixconfessioncoffinnunreporterprayerclassroomwatching tvcryingknifesingingflashback |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | faithguilttheftreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police carelevatorbicyclechurchschoolbeach |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godpriestpolicemanchildrenhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | record playerchild abusebreaking a windowsermonsufferingpromisehateclassflowerscoffinapologyguitarprayerclassroomarrest …slow motion scenecryingvoice over narrationfiredancingflashbackkissdog (See All) |
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: | independent film |
| Themes: | abuseguiltpovertytheftrobberyincestfuneraldrinkingpoliticsdeath |
| Locations: | gay barcarchurchbar |
| Characters: | homosexualityreference to godpriestgay sexpolicemangirlsingerhusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
| Story: | sufferingcompassionflowersconfessioncoffinbedroombisexualbeddrinkwatching tvurinationsongcryingknifesinging …dancingcigarette smokingmale nuditydogflashbacksexkiss (See All) |
In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Jus …t when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers. (Read More)
| Themes: | abusepovertydrinkingpoliticsdeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchbicyclechurchbarhospital |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicpriestsingerfamily relationships |
| Story: | breaking a windowflutesermonbigotrysufferingpubcrossconfessionapologyreference to jesus christprayerarrestdrinksongfire …knifesingingdancingcigarette smokingdogkiss (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)
| Themes: | faiththeftdrinkingpolitics |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | englandelevatorbarhospital |
| Characters: | biblenursegirlsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | record playerreference to judasliberalsermoncrucifixflowerscoffinreporterguitarreference to jesus christprayerbare buttdrinkwatching tvslow motion scene …songvoice over narrationfireknifesingingdancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditysexnuditydog (See All) |
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trail begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants t …o believe what Father Moore says is true. (Read More)
| Themes: | evilfaithdrinkingreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | snowchurchbarhospital |
| Characters: | catholicbiblepriestpolicemangirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | epilepsyseizurecatholicismreference to satancrucifixcrossreference to jesus christprayerdrinkwatching tvknifedancingflashback |
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in … love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? (Read More)
| Themes: | abusereligion |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | englandsnowchurchschool |
| Characters: | girlchildren |
| Story: | child abuseschool uniformbelief in hellhousekeeperbelief in godforbidden lovehuggingbedroomprayerclassroomsecretcryingfiresingingdancing …dogkissflashback (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)
| Themes: | forgivenessfaiththeftrobberyfuneraldrinkingpoliticsreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicyclechurchhospital |
| Characters: | biblereference to godpriestsinger |
| Story: | child abusechild raperectorysermoncrucifixcrossdrinkurinationsongcryingfiresingingcigarette smoking |
Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of 'Michael Collins (XIV)' (qv), the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
| Themes: | drinkingpoliticsreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchenglandbicyclechurchbeach |
| Characters: | catholicpriestpolicemansingerchildrenfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | liverpool englandscapegoatcontroversyarrestdrinksongfiresingingdancingcigarette smoking |
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: | independent film |
| Themes: | faithguiltdrinkingreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police carbicyclesnowchurchbarhospital |
| Characters: | biblereference to godpolicemannursefather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | wakeclasscrosssuicide attemptwidowreference to jesus christprayersecretdrinkwatching tvcryingvoice over narrationknifesingingcigarette smoking …male rear nuditymale nudityflashbackkiss (See All) |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
| Themes: | faithguiltfuneraldrinkingdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic schoolpolice carelevatorchurchbarhospital |
| Characters: | catholicpriestpolicemannursegirlchildrenfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | crucifixcrossnunsuicide attemptarrestdrinkslow motion scenecigarette smokingsexflashback |
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: | theftreligiondeath |
| Locations: | gay barelevatorcarchurchhospital |
| Characters: | homosexualitygay kissreference to godgay sexpolicemangirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
| Story: | promisecloseted homosexualhuggingflowerssuicide attemptreference to jesus christprayerbare buttsecretarresturinationcryingvoice over narrationsingingdancing …male rear nuditymale nuditydogkissnuditysexflashback (See All) |
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, …who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | guiltincestdrinkingrape |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police carbicycleschoolhospital |
| Characters: | priestpolicemangirlsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | record playerchild abuseforbidden lovecontroversywidowbedsecretdrinkslow motion scenecryingvoice over narrationfiredancingcigarette smokingmale rear nudity …male nuditydogkisssex (See All) |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertydrinkingdeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchhospital |
| Characters: | catholicpriestnursegirlsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | record playerpubflowerscostumeapologysuicide attemptreference to jesus christbeddrinksongfiresingingcigarette smokingflashbacksex |
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: | evilguiltreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | englandchurch |
| Characters: | biblereference to godsingerchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | lord's prayerbarking dogsinhypocrisypromiseconfessionreference to jesus christprayersecretsongcryingknifesingingmale rear nuditymale nudity …dognuditykiss (See All) |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only …companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
| Themes: | father daughter incestguiltincestdrinkingdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic schoolelevatorbicyclesnow |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | sinremote controlhatenunsuicide attemptprayersecretdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneurinationsongcryingvoice over narrationknife …singingcigarette smokingflashbackdogkiss (See All) |
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: | forgivenessguiltfuneraldrinkingrapedeath |
| Locations: | police carchurchschoolbar |
| Characters: | policemangirlchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | remote controlpromiseclassapologyprayerclassroombare buttarrestdrinkwatching tvcryingknifedancingcigarette smokingmale rear nudity …male nuditynuditydogflashback (See All) |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from … the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
| Themes: | faithpovertyfuneraldrinkingreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevatorchurchbeach |
| Characters: | catholicpriestgirlsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | nobilitylatincrosscontroversycoffinnunapologyguitarbare buttarrestdrinkwatching tvslow motion scenesongcrying …voice over narrationsingingdancingcigarette smokingmale nuditysexflashbackkissdog (See All) |
Jon Martello objectifies everything in his life: his apartment, his car, his family, his church, and, of course, women. His buddies even call him Don Jon because of his ability to pull "10s" every weekend without fail. Yet even the finest flings don't compare to the transcendent bliss he achieves al …one in front of the computer watching pornography. Dissatisfied, he embarks on a journey to find a more gratifying sex life, but ends up learning larger lessons of life and love through relationships with two very different women. (Read More)
| Themes: | religion |
| Locations: | carchurch |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicpriesthusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | lord's prayerconfessionalexercisecrossgymconfessiondrivingprayerclassroomwatching tvslow motion scenevoice over narrationdancingflashbacksex …kiss (See All) |
Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted h …is relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Deputy Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeraldrinkingdeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchsnowchurchbarhospital |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godpriestnursegirlsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | confessionalsmokeconfessioncoffindrinkwatching tvsongfiresingingdancingcigarette smokingdogflashback |
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)
| Themes: | forgivenessguilttheftfuneraldrinkingpoliticsreligiondeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicyclesnowschoolhospital |
| Characters: | reference to godpolicemangirlchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexualpolice |
| Story: | reference to saddam husseinrepressionhypocrisysufferingiraqhuggingclasscrossnunsuicide attemptprayerclassroombedarrestdrink …watching tvtitle directed by femalecryingvoice over narrationdancingcigarette smokingdogkissflashback (See All) |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li …ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Cecilia… (Read More)
| Themes: | forgivenessguiltdrinkingrapedeath |
| Locations: | englandkitchenchurchbeachhospital |
| Characters: | policemannursegirlsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | record playerchild abusehousekeeperforbidden loveflowersconfessionnunapologydinnerbare buttarrestdrinksongcryingvoice over narration …firesingingcigarette smokingmale nuditydogsexflashbackkiss (See All) |
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that th …ey can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | father daughter incesthomophobiaevilincestdrinkingrapedeath |
| Locations: | gay barelevatorcarbar |
| Characters: | gay sexpolicemanchildrenfather daughter relationshiphomosexualpolice |
| Story: | sexual abusecelibacyperversionsufferinghugginghatebedroomdrinkslow motion sceneknifedancingcigarette smokingmale rear nuditymale nuditykiss …sex (See All) |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
| Locations: | police carchurchbar |
| Characters: | catholic priestcatholicpriest |
| Story: | child abusealtar boybishopsermonremote controlconfessionreporterwatching tvknifesingingcigarette smokingmale nuditynudity |
A police Lieutenant goes about his daily tasks of investigating homicides, but is more interested in pursuing his vices. He has accumulated a massive debt betting on baseball, and he keeps doubling to try to recover. His bookies are beginning to get agitated. The Lieutenant does copious amounts of d …rugs, cavorts with prostitutes, and uses his status to take advantage of teenage girls. While investigating a nun's rape, he begins to reflect on his lifestyle. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | forgivenessdrinkingreligionrapedeath |
| Locations: | catholic churchpolice carbarhospital |
| Characters: | catholicpriestnursepolice |
| Story: | first communionabsolutionholy communioncatholicismcontroversynunreference to jesus christmale rear nuditymale nudity |
In the summer of 1975 in a neighborhood in Boston, 3 kids, Dave Boyle and two of his friends, Jimmy and Sean, are playing on the sidewalk when Dave gets abducted by two men and endures several days of sexual abuse. Eventually, Dave escapes traumatized throughout adulthood. Jimmy is an ex-con and a f …ather of three, whose daughter Katie, is found dead and Dave becomes the number one suspect. Sean is a homicide detective, investigating Katie's murder, ends up finding himself faced with past and present demons as more is uncovered about Katie's murder. Learning Katie had a boyfriend, ballistics later turn up a gun belonging to the father, which then puts her boyfriend as the suspect. Will Sean find out who killed Katie? Will Jimmy make it through the investigation? And will Dave ever find out what really happened when he was abducted? (Read More)
| Themes: | abusetheftrobberyrape |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | catholic churchcarchurchbar |
| Characters: | catholicpriestfather daughter relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | sexual abusechild abusechild rapefirst communionholy communionwakecrucifixcrosscryingcigarette smokingdogflashback |
In the early 60s, two boys - Ignacio and Enrique - discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school. Father Manolo, the school principal and Literature teacher, both witnesses and takes part in these discoveries. The three characters come against one another twice again, in the late 70s and in 1 …980. These meetings are set to change the life and death of some of them. (Read More)
| Themes: | religiondeath |
| Locations: | catholic schoolcatholic churchchurchschool |
| Characters: | catholic priestsex with a priestcatholicgay kisspriestgay sexchildren |
| Story: | sexual repressionsexual abusecatholicismmale nudityflashback |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
| Themes: | father daughter incestabusepovertyincestfuneralrape |
| Locations: | kitchenchurch |
| Characters: | girlsingerfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | sexual repressionsexual abusechild abusechild raperepressionflowerscursebisexualprayervoice over narration |
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: | povertyfuneraldrinkingrapedeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bicyclecarschool |
| Characters: | policemansingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | breaking a windowremote controlsufferingclassflowerscoffinapologyguitarreference to jesus christclassroomarrestdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneurination …songcryingfiresingingcigarette smokingflashback (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: | forgivenessfaiththeftdrinkingreligion |
| Locations: | kitchenchurchschool |
| Characters: | biblereference to godgirlsingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | tolerancesinbigotrybelief in godhypocrisypromisecloseted homosexualcrossgymreference to jesus christprayerclassroomdrinkwatching tvsong …singingcigarette smokingdogsexkiss (See All) |
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: | funeraldrinkingrapedeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | kitchen firepolice carbicyclesnowschoolhospital |
| Characters: | policemangirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
| Story: | record playerchild rapehateflowersdrinkwatching tvcryingvoice over narrationfireknifedancingcigarette smokingflashbackdogkiss |
Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boy …friend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinking |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | kitchencarschool |
| Characters: | girlchildrenmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | child abusedouble lifesocial workerhuggingdrivingbedroombare buttarrestdrinkwatching tvslow motion sceneurinationtitle directed by femalecryingsinging …dancingcigarette smokingmale nuditysexdogkissnudity (See All) |
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