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In London, the public relation Helen is fired from her position in a PR company. While returning home, she does not catch the train in the subway. But in another possibility of her life, she catches the train in the subway. The story shows two parallel lives of Helen: in one life, she stays with her … boyfriend Gerry, and in the other life, she finds that Gerry cheats her with Lydia and falls in love with James Hammerton. (Read More)
Themes: | cheatingwritingbreak updatingunfaithfulnessdepressiontheftdivorceextramarital affairdeceptiondrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulterybetrayal …infidelityfriendship (See All) |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxi driverdrinking at barelevatortaxilondon englandboathoteltrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | pregnant girlfrienddysfunctional relationshiptalking to oneself in a mirrorwaitressthiefwriterfemale protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | suspicion of adulteryattempted muggingcheating boyfriendpublic libraryromantic dinnerboat racekissing in the rainheavy rainpregnancy testmale in a showerfemale in a showershut up with kissfemale business ownerdeath of unborn babyreference to lady godiva …small business loanband aid on headwoman in leather jacketice cream sodadiscovering one is pregnanttube stationreference to monty pythonpeople moverjack daniels whiskeywindow blindsreference to the nobel prizesmall business ownerbumping into someonegetting dumpedcamera flashforehead cutboyfriend girlfriend conflictreverse motionon off relationshiplistening to music on headphonesthesaurusloss of babyepileptic fitgrand openingreference to barbra streisandhairdowishing someone good luckwhite vantwist of fateirish womanhit by a vanreference to elton johnparallel timemayonaisedorsetparallel storyaspirationmake believeindecisioncateringdumped by girlfriendprozacoarreference to woody allenunfaithful boyfrienddrunk womandishonestyhoroscopepublicistserendipitysick motherpurse snatcheroperating roomsmall businesschancerepeated eventmultiple outcomesbrandysurgical operationscotsmandeja vurowingattempted robberyscotdoomepilepsypigtailsrepeated linehair salonhospital roomhonestyemergency roomwriter's blockmuggingbeliefreference to the beatlesvodkamarital separationalternate realitynotedeceitadvertisingnovelistanxietybreakuphaircutfollowing someonecaught having sexscene during opening creditsfaintingfalling down stairsdestinytrustpubcharacter says i love yoususpicionringpay phonefired from the jobauthorlibrarylatex glovesdinnersubwaybridgewinecafebirthdayliebookdrinkwatching tvfooddreamcryingtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smokingtwo word titlekisssexfight (See All) |
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: | break updatingunfaithfulnessdepressiondivorceextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelity |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxi driverelevatortaxilondon englandhotelrestauranthospital |
Characters: | waitresswriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | emergency roombreakupfollowing someonecafebirthdayliebookcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome …nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
Themes: | cheatingwritingdatingdepressiontheftdeceptiondrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorrestauranthospital |
Characters: | waitressthiefwriterfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | honestyalternate realitydeceitanxietyfired from the jobbridgecafebirthdayliedrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone callkisssex |
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: | break updatingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorrestauranthospital |
Characters: | talking to oneself in a mirrorwriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | marital separationlibrarydinnersubwaycafeliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowerpartykiss …sex (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: | cheatingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairpregnancyadulterybetrayalinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | waitressfemale protagonistfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pregnancy testhoroscopepay phonedinnercafeliefoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingkisssex |
Themes: | cheatingbreak updatingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxihotelrestauranthospital |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | bumping into someonehonestyemergency roomreference to the beatlesscene during opening creditssubwaywinecafeliedrinkwatching tvtelephone callcigarette smokingsexkiss …fight (See All) |
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdepressiontheftextramarital affairdeceptiondrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | thiefwriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pregnancy testdiscovering one is pregnantnoteliedrinkwatching tvdreamcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
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: | datingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainrestaurant |
Characters: | waitresswriterfemale protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | rowinganxietyfired from the joblibrarywinecafeliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowercigarette smoking …kiss (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: | break upunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestauranthospital |
Characters: | talking to oneself in a mirrorwaitresswriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | kissing in the raincafewatching tvcryingtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smokingkiss |
Lucia is a young waitress in a restaurant in the centre of Madrid. After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, a writer, she seeks refuge on a quiet, secluded Mediterranean island. There, bathed in an atmosphere of fresh air and dazzling sun, Lucia begins to discover the dark corners of her past rela …tionship, as if they were forbidden passages of a novel which the author now, from afar, allows her to read. (Read More)
Themes: | depressiondrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | boattrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | waitresswriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | writer's blocknovelistauthorlatex glovesbirthdaydrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowercigarette smokingsexkiss |
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: | writingbreak upunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelity |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | elevatorrestauranthospital |
Characters: | waitresswriterhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hit by a vanchancehaircutauthorcafedrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smokingkissfight …sex (See All) |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdeceptiondrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | trainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | waitresswriterhusband wife relationship |
Story: | beliefmarital separationfollowing someonepay phonefired from the jobcafebookdrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smoking |
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: | datingdivorcedeceptiondrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | elevatortaxirestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | deceitfollowing someonetrustdinnerbridgewinecafebirthdayliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone call …partycigarette smokingfightkisssex (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: | depressiondrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | elevatortaxiboattrainrestaurant |
Characters: | writerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | novelistscene during opening creditstrustsuspicionpay phonedinnersubwaybridgewinecafedrinkfoodcryingtelephone callshower …partycigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnesstheftextramarital affairdeceptiondrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | elevatortaxihoteltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefhusband wife relationship |
Story: | following someonedinnercafeliedrinkwatching tvfoodtelephone callshowercigarette smokingkiss |
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: | unfaithfulnessdepressiondivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxilondon englandtrainrestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | reference to the beatlespubwinecafedrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingkiss |
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: | datingdivorcedrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxiboatrestauranthospital |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | emergency roomfired from the jobdinnerbridgewinecafebirthdaydrinkcryingtelephone callpartycigarette smokingsexkiss |
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: | unfaithfulnesstheftdivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxihotelrestauranthospital |
Characters: | thieffemale protagonistfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | surgical operationemergency roomcafeliedrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingsexkissfight |
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: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | authorcafeliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smokingkiss |
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: | writingunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdeceptiondrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | elevatorhotelhospital |
Characters: | thiefwriterhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pregnancy testscene during opening creditssuspicionauthorbridgeliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smoking …two word titlekissfight (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 affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | elevatortaxilondon englandboathotelrestaurant |
Characters: | waitresswriterhusband wife relationship |
Story: | muggingfollowing someonefalling down stairssuspicionauthorwinecafebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callshowercigarette smoking …kiss (See All) |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel …p... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdepressiondivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | honestymarital separationcharacter says i love youliedrinkwatching tvdreamcryingtelephone callkissfight |
When two people "connect" the bond between them can be so pure and simple as to stir hearts in heaven. When they connect in all the right places at all the wrong times, heaven weeps for broken hearts. To heal these broken hearts, heaven breaks time.
Themes: | writingdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | trainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | parallel timehospital roomscene during opening creditsbridgewinecafebirthdaybookdrinkwatching tvcryingpartykiss |
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 affairdrinkingpregnancyadulterybetrayalinfidelity |
Locations: | taxirestauranthospital |
Characters: | female protagonisthusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | deja vutrustpay phonecafebirthdayliedrinkcryingtelephone callpartycigarette smokingkisssexfight |
In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity … as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. (Read More)
Themes: | break updivorceadulterybetrayalfriendship |
Locations: | elevatortaxihoteltrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | writerfemale protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | fired from the jobauthordinnersubwaywinecafebirthdaybookfoodcryingtelephone callkiss |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdepressiondivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | taxi driverelevatortaxihotelrestaurant |
Characters: | waitressmother son relationship |
Story: | vodkascene during opening creditstrustbridgedrinkwatching tvtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smokingkissfightsex |
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of tha …t time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter. (Read More)
Themes: | break updatingdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hoteltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | parallel storyserendipitychancebreakupdestinypay phonesubwaycafebirthdaydrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callcigarette smoking …two word titlesexkissfight (See All) |
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: | trainrestaurant |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | noteanxietycharacter says i love youfired from the jobauthorcafeliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callpartykiss …sexfight (See All) |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
Themes: | divorcedrinkingpregnancy |
Locations: | london englandhoteltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | serendipitychancepigtailshonestydestinybridgewinecafeliebookdrinkcigarette smokingkisssex |
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: | datingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrunkennesspregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxihotelrestauranthospital |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | pay phonefired from the jobwinecafebirthdaybookdrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingtwo word titlesexkiss |
Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter, who is 26, replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters with another on the way, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Dan and Carter's working relationship is tested when Carter … begins a relationship with Alex, who is Dan's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | writingdatingunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | elevatortaxirestauranthospital |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | pregnancy testhospital roommarital separationadvertisingcafebirthdaytelephone callshower |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only …companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
Themes: | writingdrinkingpregnancyfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | elevatortaxihotelrestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hair salonhaircutfaintingtrustringpay phonesubwaycafebirthdaybookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone call …showercigarette smokingkissfight (See All) |
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along …Lola's run. (Read More)
Themes: | cheatingtheftextramarital affairpregnancyadultery |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | thieffemale protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | bumping into someonerepeated eventmultiple outcomesalternate realityfalling down stairsdestinytrustpay phonesubwaytelephone call |
Forty-year-old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twen …ties onwards. Christine receives treatment from Dr. Nasch, a neurologist at a local hospital who provides her a camera to record her thoughts and progress each day, and calls her every morning to remind her to watch the video in the camera. Soon, she starts to discover the truth around her. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdeceptionpregnancyadulterybetrayalinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorlondon englandhotelhospital |
Characters: | female protagonistfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | heavy rainrepeated eventrepeated linehospital roomnotetrustliefooddreamcryingtelephone callshowerpartycigarette smokingkiss …sexfight (See All) |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both …came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkingfriendship |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxitrainrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefwriterboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | purse snatchersuspicionsubwaywinecafeliedrinkfoodcryingpartycigarette smokingkisssexfight |
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h …is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)
Themes: | depressiondrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hotelrestaurant |
Characters: | writerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | kissing in the rainheavy rainserendipitychanceepilepsyanxietydestinytrustpay phonecafeliedrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone call …partycigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
Paris, je t'aime is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers have five minutes each; the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. The 20 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction … and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere. There's a reappearing mysterious character who is a witness to the Parisian life. A common theme of Paris and love fuses all. (Read More)
Themes: | break updatingunfaithfulnessdepressiondivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | hair salonfaintingfalling down stairstrustfired from the jobsubwaywinecafedrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone callpartycigarette smokingsex |
A week before his friend Jack is to be married, best man Miles and the prospective groom head off to wine country for a week of fun, relaxation and - of course - wine drinking. Miles is the oenophile and does his best to teach Jack a bit about the art of appreciating great wine. All Jack cares about … is drinking and carousing, something he accomplishes when he meets the attractive Stephanie at one of the vineyards. Miles is something of a sad sack, a high school English teacher who is a failed writer at heart. He has yet to get over the fact that his wife has divorced him and that she has remarried and he now faces that nerve racking wait for word from a prospective publisher. Miles has an opportunity to start anew when he meets Stephanie's friend Maya but when he let's slip that Jack is about to be married any hope of a relationship seems to be lost. (Read More)
Themes: | writingunfaithfulnessdepressiontheftdivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkinginfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | waitresswriterfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | deceitcaught having sexauthorwinebirthdaytelephone call |
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 affairdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | heavy rainunfaithful boyfriendbreakupcharacter says i love youcafedrinkfoodcryingpartycigarette smokingkiss |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdepressiontheftdivorcedrinkinginfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestauranthospital |
Characters: | thieffemale protagonistboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | unfaithful boyfriendsurgical operationhonestyfaintingpay phonewinecafeliebookdrinkwatching tvfooddreamcryingtelephone call …showerpartycigarette smokingkissfight (See All) |
The Mantle brothers are both doctors - both gynecologists - and identical twins. Mentally however, one of them is more confident than the other, and always manages to seduce the women he meets. When he's tired of his current partner, she is passed on to the other brother - without her knowing. Every …thing runs smoothly, until an actress visits their clinic, and the shy brother is the first to fall in love. Will they be able to 'share' her ? (Read More)
Themes: | break upunfaithfulnesstheftdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyinfidelity |
Locations: | elevatorhotelrestauranthospital |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | operating roomsurgical operationanxietypay phonelatex glovescafebirthdaydrinkwatching tvdreamcryingshowertwo word titlekiss |
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: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hoteltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | waitressthieffriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | pigtailsdeceitringpay phonewinecafeliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callpartycigarette smoking …kisssex (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: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | hotelhospital |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | suspicionwinebirthdayliebookdrinkfooddreamcryingtelephone callcigarette smokingfightsexkiss |
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: | cheatingunfaithfulnessdrunkennessdrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | elevatorhotel |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendmother son relationship |
Story: | reference to elton johnreference to the beatlescharacter says i love youpay phonebirthdaybookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingtelephone callpartycigarette smokingkisssex |
Grady Tripp is a professor/writer living in Pittsburgh who is struggling with writer's block. Whilst doing this, he also manages to get the chancellor pregnant. In the meantime, he and a college student, James Leer are trying to find a rare jacket once owned by Marilyn Monroe, and a college girl, Ha …nnah Green boarding with Grady has a bit of a crush on him. (Read More)
Themes: | writingdivorceextramarital affairdrunkennesspregnancyadulteryfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | writerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | writer's blocknovelistfaintingbridgeliepartycigarette smokingtwo word title |
Michael Stone, an author that specializes in customer service, is a man who is unable to interact deeply with other people. His low sensitivity to excitement, and his lack of interest made him a man with a repetitive life on his own perspective. But, when he went on a business trip, he met a strange …r - an extraordinary stranger, which slowly became a cure for his negative view on life that possibly will change his mundane life. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdepressionextramarital affairdrunkennessdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxihotel |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | character says i love youauthorbookdrinkshowercigarette smokingsex |
Echoes of "Madame Bovary" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two yea …rs for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxitrainrestauranthospital |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | emergency roommarital separationnoteadvertisinglibrarycafeliebookdrinkwatching tvfoodcryingshowertwo word titlekiss |
With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorce finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John has all but given up on roman …ce. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie, John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiance Tim at a party. To his and everyone else's surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly. Their chemistry is immediate. The relationship takes off quickly but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John's house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly's life: her son, Cyrus. A 21-year-old new age musician, Cyrus is his mom's best friend and shares an unconventional relationship with her. Cyrus will go to any lengths to protect Molly and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone, especially John. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over. (Read More)
Themes: | depressiondivorcedeceptiondrunkennessdrinking |
Characters: | friendmother son relationship |
Story: | notedeceitbreakupfollowing someonecaught having sexwineliebookdrinkfoodtelephone callshowerpartykisssex …fight (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: | break upunfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | people moveranxietypay phonelibrarydrinkwatching tvcryingtelephone callpartytwo word titlekiss |
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: | theftdrunkennessdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxiboathotelrestaurant |
Characters: | thiefboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | scene during opening creditspubpay phonecafedrinkfoodcryingtelephone callshowerfightkiss |