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Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat …e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenesswealthgamblingunfaithfulnessdysfunctional familydeath of motherextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | sex in an airplanechinese restauranttunnelsan francisco californiaairporttaxilos angeles californiaairplanechurchrestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | chinese foodfiance fiancee relationshipaunt niece relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipolder man younger woman relationshiplove trianglesister sister relationshiplawyerpriestwriterdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship …family relationships (See All) |
Period: | year 19971960s |
Story: | search for fatherbloody mary the drinkmirror balltossing the wedding bouquetwedding bouquetwedding receptionunwed pregnancynew year's eve partybeach housemarriage engagementreference to richard dreyfussreference to katharine rossreference to joan jettcabo san lucas mexicodragon dance …charity ballholding one's breathcheating on one's boyfriendpublic speakerchinatown san francisconapa valleytesticular cancermaid of honorschool yearbookpasadena californiareference to fidel castrostory continued during end creditsincest subtextmile high clubanxiety attacksterilitybiological fatherbridesmaidvideo cassettereference to bill clintonroulettebride and groomartificial inseminationprivate jetvineyardin lawsgiving a toastold flamerumorhangoverjukeboxengagement ringlingerie sliptheatre audiencemobile phonemovie theatretennisgossipwatching a moviemagicianfarcescandalcasinopremarital sexscene during end creditsspeechprologuepilotauthorvoice oversearchritualapologydinereatingjournalistnewspaperbathroomcafebedtearsbeerliebooksecretcondomdrinkwatching tvmirrorfoodtesticlescell phonecryingtelephone callshowerpartyphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Themes: | gamblingunfaithfulnessdysfunctional familydeath of motherextramarital affairweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | chinese restauranttaxichurchrestaurantbeachbar |
Characters: | sister sister relationshippriestdancerfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding bouquetwedding receptionmarriage engagementbridesmaidbride and groomsearchcafetearsbeerliedrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone callphotograph …dancingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | sex in an airplanesan francisco californiaairportairplanechurchbeachbar |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | tossing the wedding bouquetwedding receptionengagement ringspeechpiloteatingtearsdrinkmirrorfoodcell phonecryingtelephone callpartyphotograph …dancingfemale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
Rachel is a nice girl who is going to marry with Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working in the wedding preparations she meets Luce, wedding's florist, unexpectedly falling in love to her and discovering what is having love feeling to another woman. Unable to stop her Rachel me …ets Luce a few times hiding it to her family, specially her mother Tessa because she contracted Luce. At the same time that Heck tries to win the affection of his parents-in-law, above all the eccentric father-in-law Ned, Rachel tries following with the daily life and marriage with her husband, but the love and passion she feels for Luce causes a secret affair between both women, and a doubt in Rachel about the life she wants for herself. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airplanechurchrestaurant |
Characters: | love trianglesister sister relationshipdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding receptionbridesmaidbride and groomspeecheatingnewspapercafetearsliesecretdrinkfoodcell phonecryingtelephone call …dancingdog (See All) |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of … honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | chinese restauranttaxiairplanechurchrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationship |
Story: | wedding receptionmarriage engagementmaid of honorbridesmaidbride and groomgiving a toastengagement ringprologuecafeliedrinkfoodcell phonetelephone callshower …partydancingdogkiss (See All) |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, … and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdeath of motherextramarital affairweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchbeach |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipsister sister relationshiplawyerdancerfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding bouquetwedding receptionbridesmaidbride and groomgiving a toasttennispremarital sexapologyeatingbathroombedbeerliebookdrink …foodcryingtelephone callpartydancingfemale nuditykiss (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | beachbar |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding receptionbeach housegiving a toastwatching a movieapologyeatingtearsbeerliebooksecretdrinkmirrorfoodcell phone …cryingtelephone callphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss (See All) |
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "phil …istines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks up with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdysfunctional familyextramarital affairdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | chinese foodolder man younger woman relationshiplawyerwriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfamily relationships |
Story: | theatre audiencetenniswatching a movieeatingbathroomcafebedtearsbeerliebookcondomdrinkwatching tvmirror …foodcryingtelephone callshowerpartyphotographkiss (See All) |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the … Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthmemoryweddingdrinkingpregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | taxiairplanechurchbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | priestwriterdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | wedding receptionbiological fatherbridesmaidbride and groomold flamescene during end creditstearsbookdrinkmirrorcryingpartyphotographdancingdog …kiss (See All) |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipaunt niece relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshiplove trianglesister sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marriage engagementapologycafetearsliedrinkcell phonecryingtelephone callpartycigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenesswealthunfaithfulnessdeath of motherextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | airporttaxirestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | love trianglewriterdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | theatre audienceapologyjournalistbathroomcafetearsliebookmirrorcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | forgivenessdysfunctional familydeath of motherweddingdrinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurantbeachbar |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipsister sister relationshiplawyerdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | rumorengagement ringsearchdinereatingnewspapercafetearsbeerliebooksecretdrinkwatching tvfood …cell phonecryingtelephone callpartyphotographdancingcigarette smokingkissdog (See All) |
Jacob Pederson lives in shanty surroundings in Bombay, India, and assists in the running of Anand Orphanage and School. He had attempted a number of projects to assist orphans, including child prostitutes - all quite in vain. He has adopted a young male orphan, Pramod, and takes special care of him. … With growing pressure on the facilities, which is on the verge bankruptcy, the orphanage receives an offer of funding from wealthy Danish citizen, Jorgen, which may put an end to its problems. In order to obtain the money, Jacob must travel to Copenhagen, meet with Jorgen, get financial assistance, and be back to celebrate Pramod's 8th birthday. He sets forth, is received by Christian Refner, an employee and future son-in-law of Jorgen. Jacob is shown all possible courtesy and even housed in a posh apartment. He subsequently meets with Jorgen, shows him video-tapes and submits that a few Kroner could really save several lives which would otherwise succumb to minor illnesses and infections. Jorgen views the videos, but does not display much interest. He invites Jacob to attend his daughter's wedding. Jacob does attend the ceremony, is introduced to Helene, Jorgen's wife; the bride, Anna; and Jorgen's twins - Martin and Morten. After the wedding ceremony, Christian makes a speech. Quite unconventionally, Anna also decides to make a speech - it is this speech that will shatter Jacob's world, slowly make him realize that this invitation to Copenhagen was a ploy to not only ensnare him… (Read More)
Themes: | wealthunfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | airporttaxichurchrestaurant |
Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshiplawyerdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding receptionvideo cassettespeechritualeatingcafetearsbooksecretdrinkwatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone call …photographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country …odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinking |
Locations: | airporttaxiairplanechurchrestaurantbeachbar |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshiplove trianglepriestdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | wedding receptionbride and groomeatingcafebedtearsbeerdrinkfoodcell phonecryingtelephone callshowerdancingdog …kiss (See All) |
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdeath of motherextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshiplawyerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | giving a toasthangoverprologueapologyeatingcafetearsbeersecretdrinkwatching tvmirrorfoodcryingtelephone call …cigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy … neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdeath of motherextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiarestaurant |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipwriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | prologuedinercafetearssecretwatching tvmirrorcell phonecryingtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smokingdogkiss |
In late 1951, Eilis Lacey, a young Irish girl, emigrates to Brooklyn. Sponsored by Father Flood, a priest from her native town Enniscorthy, she is assured to find a full-time job there. But the early days are tough, seasickness being soon replaced by loneliness and homesickness, two feelings all the … more acutely felt by Eilis for having had to leave behind her widowed mother and her dear sister Rose. She nevertheless little by little manages to find her footing by adapting to her job as a salesgirl, by studying bookkeeping at Brooklyn College as well as with a little help from both Father Flood and Mrs. Kehoe, the owner of the boarding school she now lives in. And not only does graduation follow but love shows its face in Tony, an Italian-American plumber, full of adoration and respect for her. They end up marrying, although keeping the thing secret. It is at that point that tragedy strikes inciting Eilis to return to Enniscorthy to support her mother morally. And there a strange thing happens : she gradually gets lured by the charms of her native place, going far as to let herself be wooed by Jim Farrell, a young local. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | love trianglesister sister relationshippriestdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationship |
Story: | mirror ballmarriage engagementbride and groomgiving a toastengagement ringgossipwatching a moviepremarital sexprologuevoice overapologyeatingbathroombedtears …secretdrinkmirrorfoodcryingtelephone callphotographdancingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Jim Levenstein has finally found the courage to ask his girlfriend, Michelle Flaherty to marry him. She agrees to get married, but the problems don't stop there for Jim. Now along with Paul Finch and Kevin Myers, Jim must plan the wedding. Unfortunately Steve Stifler is in town and won't let the wed …ding go past without having some fun himself, which includes setting up a secret bachelor party. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airportrestaurantbeachbar |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshiplove trianglesister sister relationshipdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding receptionbridesmaidbride and groomfarcepremarital sexapologyeatingbathroomsecretdrinkfoodtesticlescell phonetelephone callparty …dancingfemale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri …ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | mirror ballunwed pregnancynew year's eve partyjukeboxpremarital sexapologycafetearsbeercondomdrinkfoodcell phonecryingparty …dancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykissdog (See All) |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin …d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerwriterdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | wedding receptionbride and groomengagement ringspeechritualnewspapercafetearsliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone call …showerphotographdancingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detai …l and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemorydrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | airporttaxiairplanerestaurantbeachbarnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerwriter |
Story: | beach houseprivate jetgiving a toastscandalauthorsearcheatingnewspapercafetearsbooksecretdrinkwatching tvfood …cell phonecryingtelephone callshowerphotographcigarette smokingkissdog (See All) |
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: | forgivenessdeath of mothermemoryweddingdrinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | san francisco californiaairporttaxibar |
Characters: | writerdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | mirror ballwedding receptiontheatre audiencemobile phonemovie theatrewatching a moviespeechauthorsearchbathroombedtearsbeerliebook …secretmirrorfoodcryingtelephone callpartyphotographdancingcigarette smokingdogkiss (See All) |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | wealthdrinkingpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxilos angeles californiarestaurantbeachnew york city |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipolder man younger woman relationshiplove trianglesister sister relationshiplawyerwriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | beach houseanxiety attackcafebedtearsdrinkcell phonecryingtelephone callpartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
Themes: | memoryweddingdrinkingpregnancymarriage |
Locations: | taxibeachnew york city |
Characters: | writerdancermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | bride and groomgiving a toastmovie theatrespeechauthorapologyeatingbathroomtearsliebookdrinkmirrorfoodtesticles …cryingtelephone callpartyphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss (See All) |
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: | wealthweddingdrinkingpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | chinese restauranttaxilos angeles californiarestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | chinese foodlawyerwriterdancerfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | tennissearcheatingnewspapercafetearssecretdrinkmirrorfoodcryingtelephone callshowerpartyphotograph …dancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykissdog (See All) |
Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole …rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | dancerfriendmother daughter relationship |
Story: | wedding receptiondinereatingnewspapercafetearsliesecretmirrorfoodcryingtelephone calldancingcigarette smokingkiss |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin …ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | airporttaxiairplanerestaurantbar |
Characters: | love triangledancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bride and groomhangoverspeechpiloteatingnewspaperbathroomcafebedtearsbeerdrinkmirrorfoodcrying …telephone callshowerphotographdancingcigarette smokingkiss (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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | churchrestaurant |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshippriestboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | rumormovie theatregossipscandalcafetearsbeerliecondomdrinkwatching tvmirrorcell phonecryingtelephone call …showerpartyphotographfemale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.
Themes: | death of motherwedding |
Locations: | restaurantbeachnew york city |
Characters: | love trianglewriterdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | prologueapologyeatingnewspapercafetearsbookmirrorfoodcell phonecryingtelephone callshowerphotographdancing …female nuditykiss (See All) |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi …m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdysfunctional familyextramarital affairweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | airportlos angeles californiaairplanechurchbar |
Characters: | love trianglelawyerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | bride and groomapologytearsbeerdrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone callpartyfemale nuditykiss |
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: … truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | sister sister relationshiplawyerwriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | theatre audienceauthorapologyeatingcafebedtearsliebookdrinkwatching tvmirrorfoodcell phonecrying …telephone callpartyphotographkiss (See All) |
Themes: | drinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airporttaxirestaurantbeachnew york city |
Characters: | writerdancerfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | giving a toastjukeboxtheatre audiencewatching a movieapologydinereatingcafedrinkwatching tvfoodtesticlescryingtelephone callparty …photographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss (See All) |
In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortes, the twenty-som …ething wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach's location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airportairplanerestaurantbeach |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationshipwriterdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | giving a toastjukeboxmobile phoneapologyeatingcafebedtearsbeerliesecretdrinkfoodcryingtelephone call …showerphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | gamblingunfaithfulnessdeath of motherextramarital affairweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipsister sister relationshippriestdancermother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bride and groomtheatre audiencegossipscandalritualeatingbedtearsdrinkmirrorfoodcryingpartydancingfemale nudity …kissdog (See All) |
Peter Klaven's world revolves around his real estate work and Zooey, his soon-to-be fiancee. After he pops the question, she calls her best friends and they go into wedding planning mode. Peter has no male friends and that poses problems: will he turn out to be a clingy guy, and who will be his best … man? Zooey, her friends, and Peter's brother Robbie offer help that results in awkward moments. Then, at an open house Peter's hosting, he meets Sydney, an amiable, low-key guy. They trade business cards, and Peter calls him to meet for drinks. A friendship develops that's great at first but then threatens Peter's engagement and career. Can guys be friends and couples be in love? (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | chinese restaurantlos angeles californiarestaurantbeach |
Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | marriage engagementbridesmaidbride and groomin lawsgiving a toastengagement ringscene during end creditseatingcafebeercondomdrinkfoodcell phonetelephone call …photographdogkiss (See All) |
Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker to marry his daughter, ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife travel to Miami to Greg's parents, who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker, who are as different from them as can be. As asked in the first movie, what sort of people name their son Gayl …ord M. Focker? (Read More)
Themes: | wealthdysfunctional familyweddingpregnancymarriage |
Locations: | airportairplane |
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | wedding receptionunwed pregnancyin lawsold flamefarcepremarital sexscene during end creditsbathroomsecretwatching tvtesticlesshowerdancingfemale nuditydog |
A comedy about bending the rules to reach your goal, Bend It Like Beckham explores the world of women's football, from kick-abouts in the park to freekicks in the Final. Set in Hounslow, West London and Hamburg, the film follows two 18 year olds with their hearts set on a future in professional socc …er. Heart-stopping talent doesn't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots, find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airportairplane |
Characters: | love trianglesister sister relationshipdancerfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding receptionmarriage engagementbride and groomscene during end creditsritualbedtearsliedrinkwatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone callparty …dancingkiss (See All) |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | san francisco californialos angeles californiaairplanebarnew york city |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshiplove triangleboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | premarital sexprologueeatingjournalistbathroombeerbooksecretdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callpartyphotograph …dancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss (See All) |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in …timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthdrinkingmarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxichurchrestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | dancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | anxiety attacktheatre audiencemovie theatreeatingcafebedtearsbeerliebookdrinkwatching tvmirrorfoodcell phone …cryingtelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingkissdog (See All) |
Peter is a composer and a likable sad sack who's devastated when his girlfriend of five years, Sarah Marshall, the star of a cheesy CSI-style crime show, dumps him. He weeps, he rails, he mopes. Finally, his step-brother Brian suggests Hawaii, so Peter heads for a resort on Oahu where, as he's check …ing in, he sees Sarah and her new beau, Aldous, a polymorphously perverse English rocker. The weeping and moping start again, until Peter is rescued by Rachel, a thoughtful hotel clerk who invites him to a luau and to hang out. Although he constantly runs into Sarah and Aldous, Peter starts to come alive again. Will Sarah realize what she's lost, and what about Rachel? (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkinginfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiaairplanerestaurantbeachbar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | old flametheatre audiencemobile phonepremarital sexscene during end creditsapologycafebedtearsliecondomdrinkwatching tvmirrorcell phone …cryingtelephone callshowerphotographfemale nuditydogkiss (See All) |
Jon and Wendy Savage are two siblings who have spent their adult years trying to recover from the abuse of their abusive father, Lenny Savage. Suddenly, a call comes in that his girlfriend has died, he cannot care for himself with his dementia and her family is dumping him on his children. Despite t …he fact Jon and Wendy have not spoken to Lenny for twenty years and he is even more loathsome than ever, the Savage siblings feel obliged to take care of him. Now together, brother and sister must come to terms with the new and painful responsibilities with their father now affecting their lives even as they struggle with their own personal demons Lenny helped create. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdysfunctional familydeath of motherextramarital affairmemorydrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | airporttaxiairplanerestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipwriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | watching a movieeatingbathroomcafetearsliedrinkwatching tvfoodcell phonecryingtelephone callcigarette smokingkissdog |
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr …eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdeath of motherextramarital affairweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airporttaxiairplanerestaurantbar |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wedding receptionhangoverapologynewspapercafetearsbeerliedrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowerphotograph …dancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss (See All) |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthweddingdrinkingpregnancymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | airportairplanerestaurantbar |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipolder man younger woman relationshiplove trianglesister sister relationshippriestfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | bride and groomjukeboxtennisspeechdinernewspapercafetearsbookdrinkmirrorfoodcryingtelephone callparty …cigarette smokingkissdog (See All) |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Themes: | gamblingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | los angeles californiabarnew york city |
Characters: | love trianglesister sister relationshipdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | unwed pregnancytheatre audienceprologuetearsdrinkwatching tvmirrorcryingtelephone callpartydancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a yo …ung, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagefriendship |
Locations: | taxiairplanerestaurantbarnew york city |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipwriterdancerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | engagement ringjournalistcafebedtearsbeerbookdrinkwatching tvmirrorcell phonecryingtelephone callphotographdancing …cigarette smokingdogkiss (See All) |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York …and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingpregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | san francisco californiataxichurchrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | dancerfriendfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | search for fatherprologuesearcheatingcafetearsbeerliedrinkfoodcryingtelephone callpartyphotographdancing …kiss (See All) |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | airportbarnew york city |
Characters: | lawyerwriter |
Story: | casinoauthorsearcheatingbathroombedbeerliebooksecretdrinkwatching tvfoodcell phonecrying …telephone callshowerpartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditykiss (See All) |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdeath of motherextramarital affairmemoryweddingdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | churchnew york city |
Characters: | dancerfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | wedding receptionbride and groomgossipscandalapologynewspaperliebooksecretdrinkmirrortelephone callphotographdancingcigarette smoking …dogkiss (See All) |
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ship's bar. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. While living in Paris for sev …eral years trying to be a writer, he becomes obsessed with a woman he met by chance on a bus. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairweddingdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriage |
Locations: | airplanerestaurantbar |
Characters: | older man younger woman relationshipwriterdancer |
Story: | new year's eve partyauthoreatingcafetearsdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowerpartyphotographdancingcigarette smoking …female nuditydogkiss (See All) |
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.
Themes: | memorydrinkingpregnancy |
Locations: | airporttaxilos angeles californiaairplane |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipsister sister relationshiplawyerdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | pasadena californiabride and groomgiving a toasttheatre audiencespeechapologynewspapertearsliebookdrinkmirrorcryingtelephone callphotograph …dancingcigarette smoking (See All) |