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Idealistic lawyers Mike Weiss and Paul Danziger are partners. Mike is a drug-addict and Paul is a family man with a pregnant wife. When nurse Vicky Rogers seeks them out, they learn that she contracted AIDS a couple of years ago when she was accidentally pinpricked with a contaminated needle by a vi β¦olent patient. Vicky shows a retractable safety needle invented by engineer Jeffrey Matthew Dancort, who owns the Safety Point Company, but is unable to sell his product to any hospital from the United Medical group, apart from San Antonio Memorial. Danziger and Weiss accept the case and go to court against United Medical, defended by powerful lawyer Nathaniel Price. Soon, they see all the doors closed in their fight against the powerful mafia of the medical supply system. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | mysterious deathdrug addictionaidsdrug usecorruptiondivorcedrunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | motelcourtroombarhospital |
Characters: | pregnant wifelawyerbabynurseprostitutetattoohusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1998year 1995year 1999 |
Story: | crack cocainetattoo on facehealth insurancedrug withdrawaliguanalaw firmconference555 phone numberneck bracehouston texassleeping in a carwakealligatorcowboy bootsreceptionist β¦lawsuitneedlemarijuana jointnewspaper clippinglens flareturtlesenatorinventorattorneydrug overdosecommercialnosebleedscene during opening creditswhat happened to epiloguesyringewashington d.c.heroindirected by starfactorycharacter repeating someone else's dialogueprotestdrug addictnews reportjudgecocainedeath of frienddrug dealerhallucinationvomitinghorsebased on true storypistolpartycigarette smokingfemale rear nuditybare chested maleone word title (See All) |
An intertwined drama about the United States' war on drugs, seen through the eyes of a once conservative judge, now newly-appointed drug czar, his crack-addicted daughter, two DEA agents, a jailed drug kingpin's wife, and a Mexican cop who begins to question his boss's motives.
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usecorruption |
Locations: | courtroom |
Story: | crack cocaineattorneydrug overdosewashington d.c.heroindrug addictjudgecocaineone word title |
This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Star β¦ting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictiondrug use |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | pregnant wifebabyprostitutetattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | drug withdrawalneedlemarijuana jointdrug overdosesyringeheroindrug addictdrug dealervomitingcigarette smokingfemale rear nudityone word title |
1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, John β¦ny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger? (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | motelbar |
Characters: | lawyertattoohusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1999 |
Story: | marijuana jointattorneyscene during opening creditswhat happened to epiloguecharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug dealerbased on true storypistolpartycigarette smokingfemale rear nuditybare chested male |
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 β¦ 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: | drug addictiondrug usecorruptiondrunkenness |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | drug withdrawaldrug overdosenosebleedwhat happened to epiloguesyringeheroindrug addictcocainedeath of frienddrug dealerhallucinationvomitingbased on true storycigarette smoking |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto β¦n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | corruptiondrunkenness |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | lawyerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1995 |
Story: | senatorwhat happened to epilogueheroincharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictnews reportcocainedrug dealerbased on true storypistolcigarette smoking |
After Katrina, police sergeant Terence McDonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an addiction to cocaine and painkillers. Six months later, a family is murdered over drugs; Terence runs the investigation. His drug-using prostitute girlfriend, β¦ his alcoholic father's dog, run-ins with two old women and a well-connected john, gambling losses, a nervous young witness, and thefts of police property put Terence's job and then his life in danger. He starts seeing things. He wants a big score to get out from under mounting debts, so he joins forces with drug dealers. The murders remain unsolved. A bad lieutenant gets worse. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usecorruption |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | lawyerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | crack cocaineiguanaalligatormarijuana jointheroindrug addictcocainedrug dealerhallucinationpistolfemale rear nudity |
Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woma β¦n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
Themes: | corruption |
Locations: | motelcourtroombarhospital |
Characters: | lawyernursetattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | lawsuitattorneynews reportjudgecigarette smokingbare chested male |
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
Themes: | drug addictionaidsdrug use |
Locations: | courtroombarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | lawsuitattorneydrug overdosewhat happened to epiloguedrug addictjudgecocainebased on true story |
Despite being no saint herself, Julia Cody has shielded her seventeen year old son, Joshua "J" Cody, from her Melbourne-based criminal relatives who they have not seen in years. After Julia dies in front of J's eyes from a self-inflicted heroin overdose, J, who is slightly detached from life, feels β¦he has no choice but to contact his maternal grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, the family matriarch, for a place to live. Smurf rules the family with a borderline incestuous love over her three sons, the quietly menacing Andrew "Pope" Cody, the hyperactive Craig Cody, and the barely of age Darren Cody. Pope and his best friend, Barry "Baz" Brown, are armed robbers, with Darren their up and coming apprentice, while Craig is a mid level drug dealer. Melbourne's Armed Robbery Squad is after specifically Pope, who is hiding out. But when the standoff between the Codys and the Armed Robbery Squad is brought up a notch, an all out war ensues, with some casualties and J caught in the middle. The only grounding in J's life is his girlfriend, Nicky Henry. With those casualties comes an investigation by Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Nathan Leckie, who knows the Codys are involved in some of those deaths. As Leckie tries to get J on his side, J has to figure out how best to get himself out from the middle, where he trusts neither side. J also wants to figure out how to exact what he considers justice in an all around bad situation. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | motelcourtroom |
Characters: | lawyertattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | lens flaredrug overdosesyringeheroincharacter repeating someone else's dialoguenews reportcocainedeath of frienddrug dealerbased on true storypistolcigarette smokingbare chested male |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser β¦ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug addictioncorruptioninfidelity |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | lawyerprostitutetattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | crack cocaineheroincharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictjudgecocainedeath of frienddrug dealerpistolpartyfemale rear nuditybare chested male |
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how th β¦ese cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. (Read More)
Themes: | aids |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1995 |
Story: | marijuana jointnosebleedcharacter repeating someone else's dialogueprotestcocainedeath of frienddrug dealerbased on true storypistolpartyfemale rear nuditybare chested male |
The Fighter is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer on the verge of being KO'd by drugs and crime.
Themes: | drug addictiondrug use |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | prostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | crack cocainedrug withdrawalscene during opening creditswhat happened to epiloguecharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictbased on true storycigarette smokingbare chested male |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge β¦ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | corruptiondrunkenness |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | prostitutetattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | crack cocainemarijuana jointlens flarescene during opening creditsprotestdrug addictnews reportcocainedeath of frienddrug dealerpistolpartycigarette smokingfemale rear nuditybare chested male |
After the murder of his beloved wife, Danny Parker is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey he befriends slacker Jimmy the Finn and becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons. Danny is antagonized by undercover narcotics agents and sadistic dea β¦ler Pooh-Bear. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictioncorruptiondrunkenness |
Locations: | motelbarhospital |
Characters: | tattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | drug overdosesyringeheroindrug addictcocainedrug dealerpistolpartycigarette smokingbare chested male |
'Erin Brockovich-Ellis' (qv) is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation β¦ for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her law firm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation. (Read More)
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | lawyerbabytattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | law firmneck bracereceptionistlawsuitattorneynosebleedjudgebased on true storycigarette smoking |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an β¦d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usedrunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | babyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | drug withdrawalhouston texasattorneydrug overdoseheroindrug addictcocainehallucinationhorsecigarette smokingone word title |
Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo ('Mark Wahlberg (I)' (qv)) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal ('Anthony Mackie' (qv)) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilde β¦r Paul Doyle ('Dwayne Johnson (I)' (qv)). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they're left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | motelcourtroomhospital |
Characters: | nursetattoohusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1995 |
Story: | lens flaredrug overdosewhat happened to epiloguecharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictjudgecocainedrug dealerbased on true storypistolfemale rear nuditybare chested male |
New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tra β¦cks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. (Read More)
Themes: | divorceinfidelity |
Locations: | motelcourtroombarhospital |
Characters: | lawyernurseprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | attorneywhat happened to epiloguewashington d.c.character repeating someone else's dialoguejudgevomitingbased on true storypistolpartycigarette smokingbare chested male |
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homes β¦ick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. (Read More)
Themes: | corruption |
Locations: | courtroombarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerbabynursehusband wife relationship |
Story: | law firmlawsuitsenatorattorneyjudgehallucinationpistolpartycigarette smokingfemale rear nudity |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usecorruptiondivorcedrunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | lawyerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | crack cocaineattorneycharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictjudgecocainedrug dealervomitinghorsebased on true storypartycigarette smokingfemale rear nuditybare chested male |
A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r β¦ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usecorruption |
Locations: | motelcourtroomhospital |
Characters: | lawyerbabytattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | tattoo on facescene during opening creditscharacter repeating someone else's dialoguenews reportdrug dealervomitingpistolpartycigarette smokingbare chested male |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | marijuana jointdrug overdoseheroincharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictcocainedeath of frienddrug dealervomitingpistolpartycigarette smokingbare chested male |
Mick Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of assaulting a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case β¦ might be linked to an old case of his. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Locations: | courtroombarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerprostitute |
Story: | lens flarecharacter repeating someone else's dialoguejudgedeath of friendpistolbare chested male |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | drug usedrunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | motelbar |
Characters: | babyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | cowboy bootsmarijuana jointlens flarecharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug dealerhallucinationvomitingpistolpartycigarette smokingfemale rear nuditybare chested male |
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, addicted gang biker Sam Childers is released from prison and learns that his wife Lynn is no longer a stripper but has converted to Christianity. One night, Sam and his best friend Donnie give a ride to a hitchhiker who threatens Donnie with a pocketknife; however Sam re β¦acts and turns the tables on the stranger. Sam is affected by the incident and is convinced by Lynn and his mother Daisy to join their church, and he is baptized. Sam finds a straight job in construction. When he meets a preacher from Africa, he decides to visit the continent. Sam travels to Northern Uganda and South Sudan many times and builds an orphanage for the victims of the cruel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Further, he fights whenever necessary and becomes a legend known as The Machine Gun Preacher. (Read More)
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | lens flaredrug overdosescene during opening creditswhat happened to epilogueheroincharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictdeath of frienddrug dealervomitingbased on true story |
Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Hodges in β¦no position to decline: Childers heroically saved his life back in Vietnam. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Locations: | courtroomhospital |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | what happened to epiloguewashington d.c.protestnews reportjudgevomitingpistolparty |
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also i β¦mplicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story. (Read More)
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | lawyerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | marijuana jointattorneywhat happened to epilogueprotestnews reportjudgedrug dealerbased on true storypistolcigarette smoking |
A documentary on the life of 'Amy Winehouse' (qv), the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Themes: | drug usedivorcedrunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | tattoo |
Story: | crack cocainedrug overdoseheroindrug addictcocainevomitinghorsecigarette smokingbare chested maleone word title |
Three amateurs stickup a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the hitman hired to track them down and restore order.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | lens flareheroincharacter repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictnews reportdrug dealervomitingpistolcigarette smoking |
Whip Whitaker is a commuter airline pilot. While on a flight from Orlando to Atlanta something goes wrong and the plane starts to fly erratically. With little choice Whip crashes the plane and saves almost all on board. When he wakes up in the hospital, his friend from the airline union introduces h β¦im to a lawyer who tells him there's a chance he could face criminal charges because his blood test reveals that he was intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine. He denies being impaired, so while an investigation is underway, he is told to keep his act together. However, letting go of his addiction is not as easy as it seems... (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | lawyerprostitute |
Story: | attorneycommercialsyringeheroincocainedrug dealervomitingcigarette smokingfemale rear nuditybare chested maleone word title |
Themes: | drunkenness |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | 555 phone numberscene during opening creditscharacter repeating someone else's dialoguenews reportdeath of friendhallucinationvomitingpistolpartybare chested maleone word title |
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but t β¦he family wants them for two reasons - they're not cops and they know the tough Boston neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve their case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that could tear them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictiondrunkenness |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | babyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | character repeating someone else's dialoguedrug addictnews reportcocainedeath of frienddrug dealervomitingpistolcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | lawyerbabyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | law firmlawsuitattorneyscene during opening creditswhat happened to epiloguewashington d.c.protestjudgehallucinationbased on true storycigarette smoking |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye β¦ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | corruptiondrunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | lens flarecharacter repeating someone else's dialogueprotestnews reportjudgedeath of friendpistolpartybare chested male |
Chris Kyle was nothing more than a Texan man who dreamed of becoming a cowboy, but in his thirties he found out that maybe his life needed something different, something where he could express his real talent, something that could help America in its fight against terrorism. So he joined the SEALs i β¦n order to become a sniper. After marrying, Kyle and the other members of the team are called for their first tour of Iraq. Kyle's struggle isn't with his missions, but about his relationship with the reality of the war and, once returned at home, how he manages to handle it with his urban life, his wife and kids. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | babynursehusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1998 |
Story: | what happened to epiloguecharacter repeating someone else's dialoguenews reportdeath of friendvomitinghorsebased on true storypistolpartybare chested male |
With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Cres β¦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: | drug addictiondivorceinfidelity |
Locations: | motelbarhospital |
Characters: | nursetattoo |
Period: | year 1995 |
Story: | heroindrug addicthallucinationvomitinghorsebased on true storyfemale rear nuditybare chested maleone word title |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | drug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | motelcourtroom |
Characters: | pregnant wifelawyernursehusband wife relationship |
Story: | scene during opening creditswhat happened to epiloguewashington d.c.judgecocainebased on true storypartycigarette smokingbare chested male |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is β¦short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Story: | cowboy bootsscene during opening creditswashington d.c.protestjudgehallucinationvomitinghorsepartycigarette smokingbare chested maleone word title |
It's 1949 Los Angeles, and gangster Mickey Cohen has moved in, with the intention of controlling all criminal activity in the city. He has bought local judges and police, and no one is willing to cross him or testify against him. Everyone except Sergeant John O'Mara, a former World War II soldier, w β¦hose goal is to settle with his family in a peaceful Los Angeles. Police Chief William Parker decides to form a special unit whose mission is to take down Cohen, and chooses O'Mara to lead the unit. O'Mara chooses 4 cops and asks another cop and vet, Jerry Wooters to join him but Wooters is not interested. But when he witnesses the murder of a young boy by Cohen's people, he joins them, and they decide to take apart Cohen's organization. Cohen wonders if a rival is going after him, but eventually he realizes it's the cops. (Read More)
Themes: | corruption |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | pregnant wifelawyerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | lens flareheroincharacter repeating someone else's dialoguenews reportjudgedeath of frienddrug dealerbased on true storypistolcigarette smokingbare chested male |
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, β¦and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usedivorce |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | drug overdosejudgecocainedrug dealerbased on true storypistolpartycigarette smokingone word title |
A group of drug users in the 1970's help finance their habit by robbing drug stores. Matt Dillon's character is very superstitious and eventually his luck runs out.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug addictiondrug use |
Locations: | motelhospital |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | needledrug overdosedrug addictdeath of friendhallucinationbased on true story |
After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano β¦ blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. (Read More)
Themes: | mysterious deathdrug usecorruptiondrunkennessinfidelity |
Characters: | nurseprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | receptionistdrug overdoseheroindrug addictcocainehallucinationpartycigarette smokingfemale rear nudity |
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.
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | pregnant wifelawyerbabynursehusband wife relationship |
Story: | drug overdosescene during opening creditscharacter repeating someone else's dialoguenews reporthallucinationcigarette smokingbare chested maleone word title |
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 β¦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: | drug addictiondrug usedrunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | motelbarhospital |
Characters: | lawyernursetattoohusband wife relationship |
Story: | wakedrug addictcocainevomitingpistolpartycigarette smoking |
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death a β¦nd Sid is arrested for her murder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | babyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | heroindrug addictdrug dealervomitingcigarette smoking |
Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) is a retired widow, living in a small apartment. She spends most of her time watching TV, especially a particular self-help show. She has delusions of rising above her current dull existence by being a guest on that show. Her son, Harry (Jared Leto) is a junkie but alon β¦g with his friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) has visions of making it big by becoming a drug dealer. Harry's girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly) could be fashion designer or artist but is swept along in Harry's drug-centric world. Meanwhile Sara has developed an addiction of her own. She desperately wants to lose weight and so goes on a crash course involving popping pills, pills which turn out to be very addictive and harmful to her mental state. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usecorruption |
Locations: | hospital |
Story: | needlemarijuana jointsyringeheroindrug addictdrug dealerhallucinationfemale rear nudity |
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In β¦ the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictionaidsdrug usedrunkenness |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | drug withdrawalheroinprotestdrug addictcocainedrug dealercigarette smokingfemale rear nudityone word title |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa β¦st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
Themes: | corruption |
Locations: | motelcourtroombar |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | lawsuitnewspaper clippingattorneydrug overdosenews reportjudgecigarette smoking |
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 β¦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: | drug addictiondrug usedivorcedrunkennessinfidelity |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | babynursehusband wife relationship |
Story: | neck bracedrug overdoseprotestdrug addicthorsebased on true storypartycigarette smokingbare chested male |