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A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, Mike decides to convert their toy trolley, the "Radio …Flyer", into a plane to fly him to safety. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodalcoholismabusebullyingdysfunctional familyfear |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | sewerairportbicycleairplane |
| Characters: | stepfather stepson relationshiplittle boyalcoholicsingle motherbullyboybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19691960s |
| Story: | abusive stepfatherparking garagephysical abusenorthern californiabirthday presentchild abusebirthday caketoy airplanebirthday partythrowing away wedding ringradio flyerchild pilotdairy queenblowing out a candlecrop duster …tourist attractioncrackerfantasy lifecross country tripmother's boyfriendpeanut butterice cream conechild swearingwagonbuffalooklahomabiplanecross countrycarouselsleeping in a carbeltbunk bedcorporal punishmentgerman shepherdstepfathermelancholyflightbruisefriendship between boyswedding ringblack and white sceneaviationimaginationtold in flashbackfrogcountry musicice creamballoonflyingsingle parentgaragedrivingcaliforniabirthdaywatching tvbeatingsingingtitle spoken by characterdogflashback (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: | childhoodabusebullyingdysfunctional familyfear |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | bullyboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | birthday presentchild abusebirthday partycarouselfriendship between boysbirthdaywatching tvbeatingflashback |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened … that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodabusedysfunctional family |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | little boysingle motherbullyboymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | child abusemother's boyfriendchild swearingbruiseice creamsingle parentbirthdaywatching tvbeatingsingingdogflashback |
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth. Sara's belief that "e …very girl's a princess" is tested to the limit, however, when word comes that her father was killed in action and his estate has been seized by the British government. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodbullyingabusefear |
| Story: | birthday presentchild abusebirthday cakebirthday partyblowing out a candlefantasy lifeimaginationballoonsingle parentbirthday |
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | little boysingle motherbrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partybunk bedballoonsingle parentbirthdaysinging |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodabuse |
| Locations: | airport |
| Characters: | little boybullyboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | child abusebirthday partyfriendship between boyssingle parentcaliforniabirthdaybeatingsingingdogflashback |
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Toget …her, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen. This friendship helps Jess deal with the tragedy that makes him realize what Leslie taught him. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhooddysfunctional family |
| Characters: | little boybullyboyfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakeimaginationbirthdaywatching tvsingingdog |
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.
| Themes: | fear |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | single motherbrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | parking garagechild swearingblack and white scenetold in flashbacksingle parentcaliforniawatching tvbeatingflashbackdog |
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: | bullyingabusefear |
| Characters: | little boybullyboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday presentchild abusebirthday cakeice creamdrivingbirthdaywatching tvbeatingsingingflashback |
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)
| Themes: | childhooddysfunctional family |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bicycleairplane |
| Characters: | little boyboybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebunk bedice creamdrivingbeatingsingingflashback |
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend, Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small …Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen. (Read More)
| Themes: | abusebullying |
| Characters: | bullybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | physical abusebirthday partybruisebirthdaywatching tvbeatingdog |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhood |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | little boyboyfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partybirthdaysingingflashback |
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries the mechanic, but they soon find out that he's an ab …usive and unreasoning alcoholic, and they struggle to maintain hope in an impossible situation as the boy grows up with plans to escape the small town by any means possible. Based on a true story by Tobias Wolff. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | alcoholicsingle motherboyfamily relationships |
| Story: | abusive stepfatherchild abusemelancholysingle parentgarage |
In the Town of Derry, the local kids are disappearing one by one, leaving behind bloody remains. In a place known as 'The Barrens', a group of seven kids are united by their horrifying and strange encounters with an evil clown and their determination to kill It.
| Themes: | childhoodbullyingfear |
| Locations: | sewerbicycle |
| Characters: | little boybully |
| Story: | child abusechild swearingballoongaragetitle spoken by characterflashback |
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estrang …ed mother. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partyballooncaliforniabirthdaysingingtitle spoken by characterdog |
Amal is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her … but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes. (Read More)
| Themes: | bullying |
| Characters: | bullybrother brother relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partybirthdaywatching tvtitle spoken by character |
Middle aged Sy Parrish works as a technician at a one hour photo lab located in a SavMart store in a suburban mall. Sy is a lonely man, never having had any friends. He knows much about his customers through the photographs they have developed. But he knows more about the Yorkin family - specificall …y Nina Yorkin and her adolescent son Jake Yorkin, the two in the family who drop off and pick up the family's photofinishing - the family about whom he is obsessed, than anyone else. Nina's husband, Will Yorkin, is incidental to his obsession since Sy has only seen him in photographs. Sy's obsession includes fantasizing about being their favorite "Uncle Sy". He has even been making an extra set of prints for himself of all of their photographs since Jake was a newborn. After an incident at work and after Sy finds out more about the family through a set of photographs, he decides to right the injustices he sees in the only way he knows how. His actions demonstrate his true mental state. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | little boyalcoholicfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday presentchild abusebirthday cakebirthday partybirthdaywatching tvflashbackdog |
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 …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodfear |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | single motherboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partycountry musicbirthdaysingingtitle spoken by characterflashbackdog |
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new respo …nsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son. (Read More)
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | little boysingle motherboymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | toy airplanebirthday partyice creamsingle parentwatching tv |
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: | abusefear |
| Locations: | airportairplane |
| Characters: | little boymother son relationship |
| Story: | birthday caketoy airplanebirthday partycarouselbirthdaywatching tvtitle spoken by characterflashback |
Eccentric actor Daniel Hillard is an amusing and caring father. But after a disastrous birthday party for his son, Daniel's wife Miranda draws the line and files a divorce. He can see his three children only once a week which doesn't sit well with him. Daniel also holds a job at a TV studio as a shi …pping clerk under the recommendation of his liason. But when Miranda puts out an ad for a housekeeper, Daniel takes it upon himself to make a disguise as a Scottish lady named Mrs Doubtfire. And Daniel must also deal with Miranda's new boyfriend Stu Dunemyer. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | single mothermother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partychild swearingbirthdaytitle spoken by character |
This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhe …ad pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see Shaun, ask Him. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodbullyingfear |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | bullyboyfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | birthday cakecorporal punishmentbirthdaywatching tvbeatingsingingtitle spoken by characterdog |
The family of "Big Daddy" Pollitt convenes at his and Big Momma's vast 28,000 acre East Mississippi plantation for his sixty-fifth birthday, although it may as well be for his funeral on the belief that he is dying. Despite his latest medical report being clean, in reality he truly does have termina …l colon cancer, something the doctor only tells Big Daddy's two sons, Gooper Pollitt, a lawyer, and Brick Pollitt, who recently left his job as a sportscaster. Brooding Brick and his wife Maggie Pollitt, who have driven up from New Orleans for the occasion, are going through a long rough patch in their marriage. Brick wanted to split, but Maggie convinced him to stay married on the condition that she not pressure him for sex. In their troubles, Brick has turned to the bottle, leading to a drunken incident which has left Brick currently on crutches. Maggie believes Gooper and his wife Mae Pollitt are trying to orchestrate Brick out of Big Daddy's will. Brick and Maggie's saving grace is Big Daddy has greater affinity for them than Gooper and Mae. Maggie is beautiful and Brick was a star athlete, specifically in football and track. As Gooper and Mae have a sixth child on the way, Maggie also believes they could combat anything Gooper and Mae could do by having a child of their own. In his current state, Brick has contempt for everyone and everything around him, which includes Big Daddy's money. All Brick and Maggie's problems seem to center on their respective relationships with Bric… (Read More)
| Themes: | alcoholismdysfunctional family |
| Locations: | airport |
| Characters: | little boyalcoholicbrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partyice creambirthdaysinging |
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: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | single motherfamily relationships |
| Story: | child abusemother's boyfriendgerman shepherdballoonsingle parentdrivingwatching tvbeatingsingingdog |
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, 'Richard Linklater' (qv)'s BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by 'Ellar Coltrane' (qv)), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring 'Ethan Hawke' (qv) and … 'Patricia Arquette' (qv) as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, BOYHOOD charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue. BOYHOOD is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodalcoholism |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | little boyalcoholicsingle motherboyfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | abusive stepfathercountry musicbirthdaysinging |
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 19 …72 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familyfear |
| Characters: | bullyboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partybruisegaragebirthdaywatching tvbeatingtitle spoken by characterdog |
The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil, a chance at redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her … own with devastating consequences to both of their lives. (Read More)
| Themes: | abuse |
| Characters: | single motherboy |
| Story: | mother's boyfriendbruisesingle parentdrivingbeatingsingingtitle spoken by characterdog |
In Atlanta on business, straight-laced and overly analytical architect Peter Highman is flying home to Los Angeles and his wife Sarah for the imminent birth of their first child. However, traveling by plane no longer becomes an option when he and a fellow passenger, aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay, ar …e kicked off the plane, which was caused by Ethan's social inappropriateness, due to being generally unaware, exacerbated by Peter's temper at a situation against his sensibilities. Peter, who ends up without money or his suitcase, is forced to accept Ethan's offer of a shared car ride to Los Angeles, Ethan who is looking for his big acting break. For Peter, this partnership is one made in hell, but he feels he has no other choice. Peter obviously wants to take as direct and as quick a route as possible, while he is at Ethan's mercy as the person with the driver's license, car rental and money. They get into one misadventure after another on this trip, with the same issue at each misadventure being Ethan's ineptness as an adult combined with Peter's resulting temper. The questions become whether they will survive the trip together, and if so if Peter will make it home in time to witness the birth of his and Sarah's first child. (Read More)
| Locations: | airportairplane |
| Characters: | single mothermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | child abusecross country tripcross countrysleeping in a carflightflyingsingle parentwatching tvbeatingtitle spoken by characterdog |
Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force …performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. (Read More)
| Themes: | alcoholism |
| Locations: | airportairplane |
| Characters: | little boyalcoholicmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | year 19691960s |
| Story: | birthday partycaliforniawatching tvsingingflashback |
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: | childhoodabuse |
| Characters: | alcoholicboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | physical abusechild abusemelancholybirthdaywatching tvbeatingsingingtitle spoken by characterflashback |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj …amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | little boyboymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | toy airplanegerman shepherdfriendship between boysbeatingsingingdog |
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: | fear |
| Characters: | little boyboybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | child abusebirthday cakeice creamsingle parentbirthdaywatching tvsingingtitle spoken by character |
When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend …Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned? (Read More)
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | bullybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | birthday presentballoonbirthdaybeating |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Locations: | airportairplane |
| Characters: | boyfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | carouselflightwatching tvsingingtitle spoken by characterdogflashback |
ROOM tells the extraordinary story of Jack, a spirited 5-year-old who is looked after by his loving and devoted mother. Like any good mother, Ma dedicates herself to keeping Jack happy and safe, nurturing him with warmth and love and doing typical things like playing games and telling stories. Their … life, however, is anything but typical--they are trapped--confined to a 10-by-10-foot space that Ma has euphemistically named Room. Ma has created a whole universe for Jack within Room, and she will stop at nothing to ensure that, even in this treacherous environment, Jack is able to live a complete and fulfilling life. But as Jack's curiosity about their situation grows, and Ma's resilience reaches its breaking point, they enact a risky plan to escape, ultimately bringing them face-to-face with what may turn out to be the scariest thing yet: the real world. (Read More)
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | little boyboymother son relationship |
| Story: | child abusebirthday cakebirthdaywatching tvsingingtitle spoken by characterdog |
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: | fear |
| Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partyblowing out a candlebirthdaysingingflashback |
After his mother (Henson) accepts a job in China, preteen Dre Park (played by Jaden Smith) is forced to move to the new country. He attempts to befriend others, but loses all of them except for Mei Ying (Han), his new girlfriend, after getting attacked by a bully (Cheng). After almost being killed, …he is rescued by his maintenance man, Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who does much more than maintenance. When Dre is forced to fight his bully, Cheng, in the upcoming tournament; Mr. Han steps in and teaches him Kung-Fu, and now Dre has to take matters into his own hands. (Read More)
| Themes: | bullyingfear |
| Characters: | single motherbullyboymother son relationship |
| Story: | child abusesingle parentwatching tvbeating |
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its ang …er and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. (Read More)
| Locations: | airportairplane |
| Characters: | stepfather stepson relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | flightsingle parentgaragebeatingsingingtitle spoken by characterflashback |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar … is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Characters: | single motherboymother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday presentbirthday cakebirthday partydrivingbirthdaywatching tvtitle spoken by characterflashback |
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)
| Themes: | childhoodbullyingdysfunctional familyfear |
| Locations: | bicycleairplane |
| Characters: | little boybullyboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | child abusedogflashback |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
| Themes: | alcoholism |
| Locations: | airportairplane |
| Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19691960s |
| Story: | child abusecaliforniabirthdaywatching tvtitle spoken by character |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodbullyingdysfunctional family |
| Locations: | airportbicycleairplane |
| Characters: | bullybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | ice cream conewedding ringflashback |
A boy named Walter is dropped by his mother Mae at his great-uncles' house. Later,Walter will find out his great-uncles' big secret. And rumors say that Hub & Garth, Walter's great uncles, have stolen much gold & money. (some say they stole it from Al Capone) Did they really steal that money or not?
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | single motherboybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | child abusebiplaneflashbackdog |
Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to int …ensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhoodbullyingfear |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | little boybullyboy |
| Story: | black and white scenewatching tvbeatingtitle spoken by characterdogflashback |
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: | fear |
| Characters: | boyfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partybirthdaywatching tvsingingtitle spoken by characterflashbackdog |
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: | fear |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | physical abusebirthday cakebirthday partybruisesingingdogflashback |
The husband of aviation engineer Kyle Pratt has just died in Berlin. Now she is flying back to New York with his coffin and their six-year-old daughter Julia. Three hours into the flight Kyle awakens to find that Julia is gone! It's a big double-decker plane, so very concerned mother has a lot of te …rritory to cover in order to find her daughter. But as Kyle fights to discern the truth, she takes matters into her own hands. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear |
| Locations: | airportairplane |
| Characters: | single motherboyfather son relationship |
| Story: | flightaviationflyingwatching tvflashback |
It's the summer of 1959 in Castlerock, Oregon and four 12 year-old boys - Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern - are fast friends. After learning of the general location of the body of a local boy who has been missing for several days, they set off into woods to see it. Along the way, they learn about them …selves, the meaning of friendship and the need to stand up for what is right. (Read More)
| Themes: | childhood |
| Characters: | bullyboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | child abusechild swearingfriendship between boysdrivingsingingdogflashback |
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)
| Themes: | alcoholism |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | little boyboyfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakebirthday partybirthdaywatching tvbeatingsingingflashback |
The movie is about a boy with a unique aging disorder: one that makes him age 4 times faster than normal. It picks up when Jack (Robin Williams) is 10 years old, but looks 40. He tries to go to public school for the first time, and to become friends with kids his own age. His physical appearance cau …ses him lots of problems, however. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional family |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | little boyboymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | friendship between boyscaliforniatitle spoken by character |
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