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A girl's mother returns after 15 years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother's) old boyfriends. They try to mend their broken mother/daughter relationship and deal with their common lover.
Subgenre: | melodramablack comedy |
Themes: | murder of husbandtheatrehumiliationunfaithfulnesscelebrityguiltdrug usedivorceextramarital affairseductionmemoryinvestigationfuneralpregnancyadultery …jealousyinfidelitymarriagedeathmurderrevenge (See All) |
Locations: | caribbeanmexicoairportcemeteryschoolhospital |
Characters: | police detectivemother in law son in law relationshipstepfather stepdaughter relationshipsecretaryactresslove triangleartistpriestwriterdancerpolicemandetectivenurseprostitutesinger …mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice (See All) |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | sleeping pillsmurder confessiontheatre productiontheatre audiencemarriage proposaldeath of stepfatherpolice vanfictional news showasleep at the wheelfemale impersonatoranchorwomanmother daughter reunionmargaritacontact lensdog feces …imitationtv stationcoconutbirthmarkfingerprintfemale prisonerex loverlip synchingmadrid spaintv studioearringmotherhoodsecret identitywomen's prisonjunkiehousewifeattempted suicidereconciliationpillsinnocencerehearsalfaintingdrag queentv newseavesdroppingapplausetransvestitehatedeath of husbandcross dressingthreatmistaken identityliargravelimousineflash forwardconfessionchildbasketballguitarhandcuffsinterrogationtearslieundressingarrestcar accidenthigh heelssongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodfightflashbackguninterview (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)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | theatreunfaithfulnessguiltdivorceextramarital affairadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagerevenge |
Locations: | airporthospital |
Characters: | love trianglewriterdancerpolicemanprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencemistaken identityflash forwardtearsliecar accidentcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodflashback |
Pizza delivery man Victor is having an argument with Elena, whom he met a few days ago, but she was high then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David and older Sancho, arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off.. Four years later David is a wheelchair … basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug useextramarital affairseductionfuneralpregnancyadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagedeathmurderrevenge |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | policemannurseprostitutesingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | madrid spainjunkieflash forwardbasketballliesongsingingphotographdancingfemale nuditygunfightblood |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Themes: | theatreunfaithfulnesscelebritydrug usedivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | actresslove triangledancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | theatre audiencetv studiorehearsaltv newsapplauselimousineguitartearssongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokinggun |
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: | theatreunfaithfulnessguiltdivorceextramarital affairmemorypregnancyadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagerevengedeath |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | actressdancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | theatre productiondeath of husbandgraveflash forwardchildtearsliesongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityfight …flashback (See All) |
Themes: | humiliationdivorcemarriagedeath |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | actresswriterdancerpolicemanprostitutesingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | theatre audiencemarriage proposalpillsapplauselimousineflash forwardundressingsongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityfight …flashbackgunbloodinterview (See All) |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairmemoryfuneralpregnancyadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | love trianglepolicemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | death of husbandgraveflash forwardtearslieundressingsongcryingsingingcigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbackfight |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | guiltdivorceinvestigationfuneraljealousymarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | attempted suicideinnocenceliarlimousineflash forwardbasketballhandcuffstearslieundressingarrestcryingphotographdancingcigarette smoking …fightgunflashbackblood (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltdrug useextramarital affairmemoryinvestigationadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
Locations: | airporthospital |
Characters: | mother in law son in law relationshippolicemandetectivenursemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | innocencetv newsapplausethreatflash forwardconfessiontearslieundressingarrestcar accidentcryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudity …flashbackgunbloodfight (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: | unfaithfulnessguiltdivorceextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Locations: | mexicocemeteryhospital |
Characters: | writerpolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | theatre audienceinnocencetv newshatelimousinehandcuffstearscryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityinterviewflashback |
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: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairfuneraladulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | priestdancerpolicemanprostitutemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | sleeping pillslip synchingpillsliartearslieundressingarrestcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfight |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | guiltmemoryinvestigationfuneralpregnancyrevengemurderdeath |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | dancerpolicemandetectivemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | attempted suicideinnocenceflash forwardconfessionhandcuffsinterrogationtearsundressingarrestcar accidentcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …fightflashbackblood (See All) |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | memorypregnancyjealousymarriage |
Locations: | schoolhospital |
Characters: | writerdancerpolicemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | coconutpillsapplauseflash forwardchildhandcuffstearsliearrestsongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smoking …female nudityflashbackfight (See All) |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Themes: | theatrehumiliationguiltmemoryfuneralpregnancydeathmurder |
Locations: | airportcemetery |
Characters: | dancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencereconciliationtv newsapplauseliarflash forwardtearsliearrestsongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smoking …flashbackfight (See All) |
Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police. The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play written by Georg Dreyman, who is considered by many to be the ultimate example of the loyal citizen. Wiesler has a gut feeling that Dreyman can't be as ideal as he seems, and … believes surveillance is called for. The Minister of Culture agrees but only later does Wiesler learn that the Minister sees Dreyman as a rival and lusts after his partner Christa-Maria. The more time he spends listening in on them, the more he comes to care about them. The once rigid Stasi officer begins to intervene in their lives, in a positive way, protecting them whenever possible. Eventually, Wiesler's activities catch up to him and while there is no proof of wrongdoing, he finds himself in menial jobs - until the unbelievable happens. (Read More)
Themes: | theatreguiltdeathmurder |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | actressartistwriterdancerpolicemanprostitutepolice |
Story: | theatre productiontheatre audienceinnocenceeavesdroppingliarlimousineflash forwardinterrogationtearslieundressingarrestcryingdancingcigarette smoking …female nudityflashbackblood (See All) |
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its ang …er and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltdrug usedivorceextramarital affairinvestigationpregnancyadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | airportschool |
Characters: | artistsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | tv newsflash forwardchildguitarliecar accidentsongsingingphotographfemale nudityflashbackinterviewblood |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a …lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
Themes: | murder of husbanddivorceseductioninvestigationpregnancymarriagerevengedeathmurder |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | police detectivesecretarydancerpolicemandetectivemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | fingerprintdeath of husbandgravetearscar accidentcryingphotographdancingfemale nudityflashbackgunblood |
One morning at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at all because their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Was it h …is powerful wife? His spinster sister-in-law? His miserly mother-in-law? Maybe the insolent chambermaid or the loyal housekeeper? Could it possibly have been one of his two young daughters? A surprise visit from the victim's chic sister sends the household into a tizzy, encouraging hysterics, exacerbating rivalries, and encompassing musical interludes. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Seduction dances with betrayal. The mystery of the female psyche is revealed. There are eight women and each is a suspect. Each has a motive. Each has a secret. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual, and dangerous...one of them is guilty. Which one is it? (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | humiliationunfaithfulnessguiltextramarital affairseductionpregnancyadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
Characters: | mother in law son in law relationshipdancerpolicemanprostitutesingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | fingerprintinnocencehateconfessionliesongsingingdancingcigarette smokingfightflashbackgun |
Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | murder of husbandunfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairfuneraladulteryinfidelitydeathrevengemurder |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | police detectivelove trianglenursehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | death of husbandliarflash forwardundressingcar accidentcigarette smokingfemale nudityflashbackgun |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell …ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
Themes: | theatreseductioninvestigationmarriagedeathmurder |
Characters: | actressartistpriestdancerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre productiontheatre audiencefaintingflash forwardconfessiontearsliecryingphotographdancingfemale nudityfightflashbackgunblood |
Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hots …hot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts. (Read More)
Themes: | theatreunfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationadulteryjealousyinfidelitydeathrevengemurder |
Locations: | airporthospital |
Characters: | secretarypolicemandetectivenursesingerhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | theatre audienceliarconfessionliearrestsinginggunfightblood |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltdrug useextramarital affairmemoryfuneralpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | madrid spainjunkieapplauseliarguitartearsliearrestsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfightflashback |
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, … even on a fishing trip. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagemurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | artistpolicemansingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | theatre audiencelimousinechildbasketballtearsliecar accidentcryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityblood |
Aviator Andre Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him. He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself i …s involved in an affair with Genevieve de Marras, but he is trying to break it off. Meanwhile, Andre seeks help from his old friend Octave, who gets Andre an invitation to the country home where Robert and Christine are hosting a large hunting party. As the guests arrive for the party, their cordial greetings hide their real feelings, along with their secrets - and even some of the servants are involved in tangled relationships. (Read More)
Themes: | theatredivorceextramarital affairmemoryadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | love triangledancerpolicemansingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | theatre audienceattempted suicidefaintingapplausehatemistaken identityliarliecar accidentsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingfightgun |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairfuneralpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | marriage proposalhategravehandcuffstearslieundressingcryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodgun |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairmemoryfuneraladulteryinfidelitymurderrevenge |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | dancersingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | marriage proposaltransvestitehatethreatflash forwardlieundressingarrestsongsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingbloodflashback |
"Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth ce …ntury into a three-hour time-frame. (Read More)
Themes: | theatredrug usemarriagedeath |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | love triangleprostitutesingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | theatre audiencefemale impersonatorflash forwardconfessioninterrogationtearsundressingarrestsongcryingsingingphotographfemale nuditybloodflashback |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. …As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairseductionmemoryadulteryjealousyinfidelity |
Characters: | actresslove trianglepriestwriterdancernurseprostitutesingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pillstearslieundressingsongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackinterview |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a … covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfuneralpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeathmurder |
Locations: | mexico |
Characters: | dancerprostitutesingermother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | theatre audiencemarriage proposaltv studioflash forwardinterrogationsongsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackgunbloodfight |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationpregnancyadulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagedeathmurderrevenge |
Locations: | airporthospital |
Characters: | police detectivemother in law son in law relationshipwriterdetectivehusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | marriage proposaltv newsconfessioninterrogationliearrestcryingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityfightinterviewbloodflashback |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | theatrehumiliationunfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairseductionadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Characters: | priestdancerprostitutesingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencemotherhoodapplausechildtearsundressingsongcryingsingingdancingfemale nudity |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltdrug useextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagerevengedeathmurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | policemannursemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | housewifepillsdeath of husbandflash forwardbasketballtearscar accidentcryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunbloodflashback |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni …e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
Themes: | celebrityguiltdrug useinvestigationfuneraljealousymarriagedeathmurder |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | police detectivemother in law son in law relationshipdancerpolicemandetectivesingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | marriage proposalinnocenceapplausethreatgravelimousineconfessionhandcuffslieundressingsongsingingphotographdancingcigarette smoking …gunblood (See All) |
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry (and forcing her to say the same).
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | guiltmemorymarriagedeathmurderrevenge |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | lip synchinggraveconfessionlieundressingsongsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunbloodflashback |
Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfr …iends, and his son Petey fears going to school owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltextramarital affairmemoryfuneralpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | policemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | applauseflash forwardchildinterrogationtearsundressingarrestcryingphotographfemale nuditybloodfight |
Set in France, Georges is a TV Literary Reviewer and lives in a small yet modern town house with his wife Ann, a publisher and his young son Pierrot. They begin to receive video tapes through the post of their house and family, along side obscure child-like drawings. They visit the police with hope …of aid to find the stalker, but as there is no direct threat, they refuse to help. As the tapes become more personal, Georges takes it upon himself to figure out who is putting through his family through such horror. A true Michael Haneke Classic. (Read More)
Themes: | celebrityguiltmemoryjealousymarriagerevenge |
Locations: | schoolhospital |
Characters: | writerpolicemandetectivehusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | tv studiotv newsdeath of husbandthreatliarchildtearsliecryinginterviewblood |
As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The … one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationunfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairfuneralpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagerevengedeathmurder |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | artistpriestwriterpolicemansingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | innocenceliarflash forwardconfessionbasketballtearslieundressingarrestsongcryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudity …fightflashbackgun (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug usejealousydeathmurder |
Locations: | cemeteryschool |
Characters: | secretarydancerpolicemanmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | innocencetv newsapplausehatethreatliarconfessiontearslieundressingcar accidentcryingphotographdancingfemale nudity …fightflashbackblood (See All) |
In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been …behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. (Read More)
Themes: | theatrecelebritydeathmurder |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | love triangleartistdancerpolicemansingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | theatre audiencepillshandcuffstearsundressingsongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodflashbackfight |
Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimund …a after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells her mother that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda hides his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula has died. The next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral, and when she returns to Madrid, she finds her mother hidden in the trunk of her car. She brings Irene to her apartment, where secrets from the past are disclosed. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairmemoryfuneraladulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | prostitutesingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | madrid spaintv studioapplauseliargraveguitartearsliesongcryingsingingphotographcigarette smokingfemale nudityblood |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
Themes: | theatrehumiliationextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | love triangledancerpolicemannursesingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | marriage proposalfaintingdeath of husbandflash forwardtearssongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokinggunflashback |
Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect. Instead of admitting his guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but this "solution" only multiplies …the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner's death. He's also still got a murder to solve, in addition to the blackmail and framing of an innocent bystander being orchestrated by the man they were chasing. There's also a local detective (Swank) who is conducting her own personal investigation... of his partner's death. Will it all come crashing down on him? (Read More)
Themes: | guiltinvestigationmurderdeath |
Locations: | schoolhospital |
Characters: | police detectivewriterpolicemandetectivemother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | murder confessiondeath of husbandinterrogationphotographcigarette smokingfemale nuditybloodflashbackgunfight |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug usememoryfuneraldeathmurder |
Locations: | airportcemetery |
Characters: | artistpriestdancerpolicemanprostitutesingerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | junkiefaintingliarlimousineconfessiontearslieundressingsongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudity …fightgunflashback (See All) |
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: | unfaithfulnessguiltdrug usedivorcememoryfuneralinfidelitymarriagedeathmurder |
Locations: | airportcemeteryschoolhospital |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanprostitutemother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | birthmarkpillsfaintingliargraveflash forwardtearsliearrestcryingdancingcigarette smokingflashbackbloodfight |
Coming back to accomplish the divorce procedure, Ahmad an Iranian man, arrives in Paris after four years to meet his ex-wife and her daughters from her previous marriage. He notices his ex is in a relationship with an Arab named Samir who also has a son and a wife in a coma. The relationship of the …older daughter and her mother is in deterioration because the daughter thinks her mother is the cause of Samir's wife comatose state. The affairs get more complicated when the older daughter discloses something heinous she has done. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessguiltdivorceextramarital affairmemorypregnancyadulteryinfidelitymarriagerevenge |
Locations: | airporthospital |
Characters: | stepfather stepdaughter relationshiplove trianglemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | attempted suicideliartearsliephotographcigarette smoking |
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: | unfaithfulnessguiltextramarital affairfuneraladulteryjealousyinfidelity |
Locations: | cemeteryschool |
Characters: | writerpolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | theatre productiontheatre audiencegraveflash forwardtearsliecryingphotographfight |
Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madl …y in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love. (Read More)
Subgenre: | melodrama |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdivorceextramarital affairpregnancyadulteryjealousyinfidelityrevengedeathmurder |
Locations: | mexicoschool |
Characters: | actressartistprostitutesingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | women's prisonjunkieflash forwardhandcuffstearsarrestcryingphotographcigarette smokingfightguninterviewbloodflashback |
Malena is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 12 year old kid named Renato. He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malena in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is pres …umed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessmemoryfuneraladulteryjealousyinfidelitymarriagedeath |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | priestdancerprostitutesingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | faintingdeath of husbandliesongcryingsingingphotographdancingcigarette smokingfemale nudityfightblood |
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
Themes: | theatredivorceextramarital affairfuneralmarriagedeath |
Locations: | cemeteryhospital |
Characters: | artistpriestnursemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | theatre audienceattempted suicidereconciliationgravecar accidentphotographcigarette smokingbloodflashbackinterview |
Although cheerful, friendly, intelligent, well-dressed, authentic and wealthy, Charlie Bartlett has problems. With his father gone and his mother loopy and clueless, he's been expelled from every private school for his victimless crimes. Now he's in a public school getting punched out daily by the s …chool thug. He ever longs to be popular - the go-to guy - and the true crux of his troubles is that he invariably finds the means to this end, whatever that might be. At Western Summit High, he makes peace with his tormentor by going into business with him - listening to kids' problems and selling them prescription drugs. Charlie's a hit, but attraction to Susan (daughter of the school's laissez-faire principal), new security cameras on campus, a student's overdose, and Charlie's open world view all converge to get him in serious trouble. Can this self-made physician possibly heal himself and just be a kid? (Read More)
Themes: | humiliationunfaithfulnessdrug usedivorceextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | school |
Characters: | writerdancerpolicemansingermother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | pillslimousinebasketballguitartearsundressingarrestsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingfemale nuditygunblood |