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Storytelling is comprised of two separate stories set against the sadly comical terrain of college and high school, past and present. Following the paths of its young hopeful/ troubled characters, it explores issues of sex, race, celebrity and exploitation
Subgenre: | documentary filmmakingblack comedy |
Themes: | prejudiceholocaustcrueltyexploitationexecutioncelebritydepressionracismfearjealousyrapemarriagemurder |
Mood: | social satirehigh schoolsatire |
Locations: | taxi driverisraeltaxibusbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | homosexual teenagergrandmother grandson relationshipcousin cousin relationshipcatholicjewprofessormaidteacher student relationshipinterracial relationshipreference to godwriteractorteenage boyprostitutebrother brother relationship β¦husband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual (See All) |
Story: | holocaust survivorracial stereotypeschool psychologistcollege entrancecollege studentwriting classprinceton universitys.a.t.movie screeningshoe salesmantwinkieturmoilcat scanfilm editingdry humor β¦high school promsardonicguidance counselorfund raisingneurologistpink hairlaw schoolel salvadorcerebral palsypoison gashigh school footballshoe storeyearbookpitydocumentary filmmakerdisabled persontalk show hostsuicidal thoughtsweepingoptimismmovie camerapleasuremiddle agegun held to headbabysittingkindnesshypnotismcolombiadeath rowmen's bathroomstereotypeparalysislatinafilm producervegetariancard playinghypnosisdespairnew jerseyrear entry sexbreakupwatching televisiontv showpsychologistamerican footballrace relationsreference to adolf hitlercomasurvivorfameinjuryhateclass differencesfilm within a filmhigh school studentcheerleaderreadinglocker roomsuburbtalking to the cameradinnersubwayhallucinationsex standing upcollegemarijuanatearswritten by directorslow motion sceneurinationfoodunderweartelephone callphotographinterracial sexfemale frontal nudityone word titlefemale nuditysex scenegun (See All) |
"The Believer" explores a Jewish student's private journey to understand the meaning of Judaism in his life. Set in New York City, the Plot follows a morally confused young adult struggling with the conflict between his beliefs and his heritage. "The Believer" examines themes of religion, family, an β¦d self-loathing. It is a psychological examination into the forces of intolerance, both on the individual and society as a whole. (Read More)
Themes: | holocaustracismfearmurder |
Locations: | israelnew york city |
Characters: | jewreference to godteenage boymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | holocaust survivorfund raisingrace relationsreference to adolf hitlersurvivorhatesubwayslow motion sceneurinationunderwearfemale nuditygun |
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor s β¦ends the wrong application. So, Shaun goes to great lengths with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley and his drugged-out loser brother Lance to get into Stanford any way they see fit. (Read More)
Themes: | fear |
Mood: | high school |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipwriterteenage boybrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | college entrancecollege studentguidance counselorwatching televisioncheerleadersuburbcollegemarijuanatearsunderwear |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr β¦overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | depressionfearjealousy |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | catholicteacher student relationshipreference to godwriterteenage boybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | college students.a.t.high school promamerican footballhigh school studentcheerleaderreadingdinnerhallucinationcollegemarijuanatearswritten by directorslow motion scenefood β¦telephone callphotograph (See All) |
At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a man who uses an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and his priest, he contacts Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a professional sex surrogate and a typical soccer mom with a house, a mortgage and a husband. Inspired by a true st β¦ory, The Sessions, follows the fascinating relationship which evolves between Cheryl and Mark as she takes him on his journey to manhood. (Read More)
Themes: | fearjealousy |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | catholicjewreference to godwriterteenage boyprostitutehusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | college studentweepingparalysisdespairreadingcollegemarijuanatearswritten by directorurinationfoodtelephone callfemale nuditysex scene |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte β¦r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | depression |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | barnew york city |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipteenage boyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | men's bathroomcard playingnew jerseypsychologistreadingsubwaysex standing upcollegemarijuanatearsslow motion sceneurinationtelephone callphotographfemale nudity β¦gun (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: | depressionfearmarriagemurder |
Locations: | taxinew york city |
Characters: | jewmaidwriterbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | men's bathroomclass differencesdinnersubwaycollegemarijuanatearsurinationfoodunderweartelephone callphotographfemale nuditysex scenegun |
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 β¦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: | depression |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipjewreference to godwriteractorprostitutehusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | neurologistmen's bathroomparalysisnew jerseyamerican footballreadingsuburbmarijuanaslow motion sceneunderweartelephone callfemale nuditysex scenegun |
The Human Stain is the story of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a classics professor with a terrible secret that is about to shatter his life in a small New England town. When his affair with a young troubled janitor (Kidman) is uncovered, the secret Silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife, his β¦ children and colleague, writer Nathan Zuckerman, fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences. It is Zuckerman who stumbles upon Silk's secret and sets out to reconstruct the unknown biography of this eminent, upright man, esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life, and to understand how this ingeniously contrived life came unraveled. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudiceracismmurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | jewprofessorinterracial relationshipwriterbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | college studentcard playingnew jerseyrace relationsclass differencescollegetearsunderwearfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa β¦chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | depressionjealousymarriagemurder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibusbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | professorinterracial relationshipprostitutehusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | college studentprinceton universitybreakupamerican footballcheerleadersubwaymarijuanaslow motion sceneurinationtelephone callphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditygun |
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 β¦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)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | prejudicefearmarriage |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | taxibarhospital |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | film editingdocumentary filmmakercard playingamerican footballreadingsuburbsex standing uptearsslow motion scenefoodunderwearphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scene |
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion. The head coach is deified, as long as the team is winning and 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. In his 35th year as head coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight) is trying to lead his Wes β¦t Canaan Coyotes to their 23rd division title. When star quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon (James Van Der Beek), a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game. "Varsity Blues" explores our obsession with sports and how teenage athletes respond to the extraordinary pressures places on them. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudicejealousy |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | busbarhospital |
Characters: | teenage boyfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | high school footballamerican footballfameinjuryhigh school studentcheerleaderlocker roomtearsunderwearfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity |
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: | marriage |
Mood: | high schoolsatire |
Characters: | catholicteacher student relationshipreference to godteenage boyprostitutehusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | guidance counselorhigh school studentcheerleaderlocker roomtalking to the cameradinnermarijuanatearsslow motion scenetelephone callphotographfemale nuditysex scene |
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker (Mackellan) is Nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the concentration camps in WWII. Denker agrees β¦ and Bowden starts visiting him regularly. The more stories Bowden hears, the more it affects his personality. (Read More)
Themes: | holocaustcrueltymurder |
Locations: | bushospital |
Characters: | jewteenage boyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | guidance counselorreference to adolf hitlerlocker roomsuburbdinnermarijuanatearsphotograph |
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 β¦r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | depressionjealousymarriage |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibusbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | writerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroombreakuptearsslow motion scenephotographfemale frontal nudityone word titlefemale nuditysex scene |
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 β¦nnah Green boarding with Grady has a bit of a crush on him. (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | professorteacher student relationshipinterracial relationshipwriterhusband wife relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | college studentwriting classcollegemarijuanagun |
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influenc β¦e of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudiceracismrapemurder |
Locations: | bushospital |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipcatholicbrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | el salvadorcolombialatinacard playinghateclass differencesmarijuanafoodunderwearphotographfemale nuditygun |
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a β¦ good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | documentary filmmakingblack comedy |
Themes: | crueltyfearrapemarriagemurder |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibarhospital |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipactorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | gun held to headfilm within a filmtalking to the cameraurinationfoodunderwearfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditygun |
After being rejected from every college he applied, Bartleby Gaines decided to create a fictitious university, South Harmon Institute of Technology, with his friends, to fool their parents. But when their deception works too well and every other college rejects starts to apply to his school, B. must β¦ find a way to give the education and future his students and friends deserves, including his own, while trying to win the heart of the girl next door. (Read More)
Themes: | fear |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | teenage boymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | college entrancecollege studentprinceton universityshoe salesmanhigh school promamerican footballcollegefoodtelephone callone word title |
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: | executionrapemurder |
Locations: | barnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | professorwriterhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | death rowmen's bathroomrear entry sexreference to adolf hitlerhatecollegetearstelephone callphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scene |
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend, he thinks it's because he's fat. A man is unable to tell her next door neighbor he finds her sexually attractive. An old couple wants to split up, but they don't want to get a divorce. A therapist masturbates to teen magazines. An 11 year old kid is insecure abo β¦ut the fact that he hasn't cum yet. Office workers try to recall the face of a coworker who recently died. A woman is sure she has everything she could ever want. The lives of these individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | rapemarriage |
Mood: | social satiresatire |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxihospital |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | sardonicnew jerseysuburbdinnerunderweartelephone callone word titlegun |
Themes: | exploitationfearrapemarriage |
Locations: | taxinew york city |
Characters: | catholicreference to godwriterprostitutehusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | rear entry sexinjurymarijuanafoodunderweartelephone callphotographfemale frontal nudityone word titlefemale nuditygun |
Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | bushospital |
Characters: | reference to godteenage boyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | pitydespaircomahigh school studenttalking to the camerahallucinationcollegemarijuanaslow motion scenefoodtelephone callphotograph |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | depression |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxinew york city |
Characters: | actormother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | college studentnew jerseysurvivorreadingsubwaytearsfoodunderweartelephone callone word titlegun |
It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to β¦ tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class. (Read More)
Themes: | depressionfear |
Locations: | busbar |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipjewprofessormaidteacher student relationshipactorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | readingdinnercollegetearsurinationfoodunderweartelephone callphotographgun |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did β¦, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | depression |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibarhospital |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | new jerseybreakupreadingtearsslow motion sceneurinationfoodunderweartelephone callphotographgun |
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought home by Vince (Garcia), the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful ac β¦tor in private. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | busnew york city |
Characters: | catholicactorteenage boyprostitutehusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | college studenthigh school studentreadinglocker roomcollegemarijuanatearsfoodtelephone call |
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager fo β¦od rations and committing horrific acts. There is, however, one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. (Read More)
Themes: | crueltyexecutionrapemarriagemurder |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibarhospital |
Characters: | interracial relationshipprostitutehusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | race relationssurvivorsex standing uptearsurinationfoodtelephone callfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scenegun |
Ohio high school student Scott Thomas is a good student and nice guy - albeit a little predictable - who is about to graduate and go into pre-med. He is unceremoniously dumped by his whorish girlfriend Fiona on graduation day. Among the people he turns to in his hour of despair is his German pen pal β¦, Mike. Scott and Mike seem to have a special connection. After Mike makes advances to Scott now that he and Fiona are not seeing each other, Scott abruptly sends Mike a message saying he never wants to hear from him again. However, Scott learns shorty thereafter that Mike is actually a beautiful girl named Mieke. By this time, Mieke has blocked his messages. Thinking that Mieke is actually who he was meant to be with, Scott, impulsively for a change, decides to go to Berlin to be with her. Along for the ride is Scott's best friend, the girl crazy Cooper Harris. They manage only to get a flight into London, and thus have to make their way from London to Berlin. Along the way in Paris, they run into their high school friends, twins Jenny and Jamie, who are backpacking through Europe. Scott and Cooper consider them the most mismatched twins ever, Jamie who is a walking encyclopedia, and Jenny a girl who they treat as just one of the guys. As the four try to make their way to Berlin, they run into a few obstacles and few adventures. Scott hopes that all these problems are worth it when he has his much hyped in his mind meeting with Mieke. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudicejealousy |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | busbar |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipcousin cousin relationshipcatholicmaidteenage boyprostitutebrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | college studentdespairreference to adolf hitlerhigh school studenthallucinationsex standing upmarijuanaurinationunderwearfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scene |
Lance Clayton is a man who has learned to settle. He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as a high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle is an insufferable jackass who won't give his father the time of day. Lance is dating Claire, the school's adorable art t β¦eacher, but she doesn't want to get serious -- or even acknowledge publicly that they are dating. Then, in the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of all the fame, fortune and popularity he ever dreamed of, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | jealousy |
Mood: | high schoolsatire |
Characters: | writerteenage boyfather son relationship |
Story: | school psychologistvegetarianfamehigh school studentslow motion scene |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d β¦rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stopβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | documentary filmmaking |
Themes: | prejudiceexecutionfearmurder |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibarhospital |
Characters: | reference to godactorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | college studentdocumentary filmmakercomafameinjuryhatefilm within a filmcollegetearsslow motion sceneurinationfoodtelephone callphotographgun |
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 β¦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)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | crueltyjealousymarriagemurder |
Locations: | busbarhospital |
Characters: | writerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | paralysiscard playingtearsurinationfoodunderweartelephone callphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditygun |
Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people's lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Among the players are: the Caucasian district attorney, who uses race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently b β¦een carjacked by two black men, believes that her stereotypical views of non-whites is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race both to their advantage and as an excuse; partnered Caucasian police constables, one who is a racist and uses his authority to harass non-whites, and the other who hates his partner because of those racist views, but who may have the same underlying values in his subconscious; a black film director and his black wife, who believes her husband doesn't support their black background enough, especially in light of an incident with the racist white cop; partnered police detectives and sometimes lovers, one Hispanic female and the other black male, the latter who is dealing with a drugged out mother that feels he isn't concerned enough about taking care of family; an East Asian man who is run over but who is hiding some valuable cargo in the back of his van; a Persian store owner, who feels he isn't getting satisfaction from American society when his store is robbed time and time again; and a Hispanic locksmith, who just wants to keep his family, especially his young daughter, safe in a seemingly unsafe world. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudicedepressionracismfearmarriagemurder |
Locations: | bushospital |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | el salvadorkindnessstereotypelatinarace relationsinjuryhateclass differencestelephone callinterracial sexfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityone word titlesex scenegun |
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 β¦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: | marriage |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | new york cityhospital |
Characters: | professorteacher student relationshipwriterteenage boybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | writing classpsychologistreadingdinnersubwaytearsfoodunderweartelephone callphotograph |
Teenager Hubert haughtily regards his mother with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters and kitsch decorations. In addition to these irritating surface details, there is also his parent's cherished mechanisms of manipulation and guilt. Confused by this love/hate relationship that obsesses him m β¦ore and more each day, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of adolescence - artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, and ostracism. The turbulent relationship between mother and son unfolds with a compelling combination of savage fury and melting affection. The stunning, semi-autobiographical directing debut of 20-year-old actor Xavier Dolan. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | catholicteacher student relationshipreference to godactorteenage boyfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | hatesubwaymarijuanaslow motion scenefoodunderweartelephone call |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the β¦ other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. (Read More)
Themes: | fear |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipreference to godactorprostitutehusband wife relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | weepingwatching televisionreference to adolf hitlerlocker roomhallucinationsex standing upwritten by directorurinationfoodtelephone callphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityone word titlesex scene |
John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. W β¦hen they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous! (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | bus |
Characters: | catholicmaidreference to godhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | princeton universityclass differencescollegetearsfoodunderweartelephone call |
Hard-partying brothers Mike (Adam Devine) and Dave (Zac Efron) place an online ad to find the perfect dates (Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza) for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves outsmarted and out-partied by the uncontrollable duo.
Themes: | racismmarriage |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibar |
Characters: | cousin cousin relationshipinterracial relationshipprostitutebrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | talk show hostbreakupwatching televisionreference to adolf hitlerinjurysex standing upslow motion scenephotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scene |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a β¦rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Themes: | crueltycelebritymarriage |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | taxibusbarnew york cityhospital |
Characters: | actorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | men's bathroomnew jerseytv showfilm within a filmtalking to the camerasubwayslow motion scenefoodunderweartelephone callphotographfemale nudity |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and β¦disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | crueltydepressionmurder |
Locations: | taxi driverbushospital |
Characters: | interracial relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | talk show hostmen's bathroomtv showfameclass differencesreadinglocker roomsubwayhallucinationwritten by directorslow motion sceneurinationunderweartelephone callone word title β¦gun (See All) |
Santiago's father, Hernan Munez, smuggled his penniless Mexican family over the US border to seek a better, albeit modest future in L.A. Eldest son Santiago dreams of more, like native Angelinos, then joining Hernan's gardening firm. His change arrives when a British ex-pro spots him as an exception β¦al soccer natural and promises he can arrange a real British talent scout to check him out. Although that falls trough and dad forbids it, Santiago accepts grandma's savings to try out with English premier league club Newcastle. Despite his asthma, he gets in and befriends the freshly transferred, desperately undisciplined bad boy star scorer, party animal Gavin Harris, who becomes his bothersome house-mate, a recipe for trouble and yet each's salvation. (Read More)
Locations: | taxibarhospital |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipcatholicteenage boybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | latinainjurycheerleaderlocker roomtearsslow motion sceneunderweartelephone callphotograph |
When his only friend and co-worker dies, a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey. Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with an artist who is struggling with a personal tragedy and an overly friendly Cuban hot-dog vendor.
Themes: | prejudicedepressionfear |
Locations: | barhospital |
Characters: | reference to godmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | kindnessnew jerseysurvivorreadingmarijuanawritten by directorunderweartelephone callphotograph |
Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him. As he is about to be honored for his writing by the college that expel β¦led him, he faces writer's block and the impending marriage of his latest flame to a writer friend. As scenes from his stories and novels pass and interact with him, Harry faces the people whose lives he has affected - wives, lovers, his son, his sister. (Read More)
Themes: | depressionjealousymarriage |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | jewwriterprostitute |
Story: | shoe salesmanmovie camerareference to adolf hitlerhatecollegetelephone callfemale nuditysex scene |
Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | celebrityjealousy |
Characters: | writerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | vegetarianbreakuprear entry sexreference to adolf hitlersuburbdinnertearsphotograph |
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 β¦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: | racismjealousy |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxinew york city |
Characters: | jewwriterprostitutehusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
Story: | card playingsubwayhallucinationtearsfoodphotographfemale nudity |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s β¦eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
Themes: | prejudiceracismjealousy |
Locations: | busbarnew york city |
Characters: | professorteacher student relationshipteenage boybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | college studentrace relationscollegeunderweartelephone callgun |
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest β¦son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | prejudicedepressionracismrapemurder |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipinterracial relationshipbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | despairdinnerhallucinationtearsfoodunderweartelephone callfemale nudityone word title |
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me β¦tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | crueltyjealousymarriage |
Mood: | high schoolsatire |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | teacher student relationshipteenage boyhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | class differenceshigh school studenturinationone word titlesex scene |
In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with sixty-two pellets o β¦f cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibusbarnew york city |
Characters: | catholicmaidmother son relationship |
Story: | colombianew jerseytearsurinationtelephone callphotograph |
It's the dinner shift at Shenanigan's. Dan, the clueless boss, assigns Mitch, 22, a trainee, to Monty, the smooth talker who chases girls for one-night stands. Dean, a waiter, also 22, feels that life is passing him by. Dan offers him the assistant manager job and gives him until midnight to decide. β¦ Other waiters, cooks, and bus boys have their issues and personalities. Bishop, the dishwasher, is their counselor. During this shift, Monty may learn something, Dean makes his decision, Dan makes a play for the not-yet-18 hostess, customers get their comeuppance, the guys all play the in-house homophobic flashing game, the gals demonstrate why they won't, and Mitch gets the last word. (Read More)
Mood: | high school |
Locations: | busbar |
Characters: | interracial relationshipteenage boymother son relationshiphomosexual |
Story: | men's bathroomcard playingfilm within a filmdinnercollegemarijuanaslow motion sceneurinationfoodunderweartelephone callphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityone word title |