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"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 …d self-loathing. It is a psychological examination into the forces of intolerance, both on the individual and society as a whole. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | holocaustsadismparanoiaracismmemorytorturefearsuicidelovedeathmurder |
| Locations: | israelgermanycourtroommotorcycletrainrestaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | self hatebar mitzvahself loathinggerman soldierjewsniperchristianityreference to godlawyerteacherteenage boybrother sister relationshiptattooafrican americanmother son relationship …father son relationshipfamily relationships (See All) |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | holocaust survivorethnic hatredconcentration camp survivororthodox jewtarget shootingel trainsuicide threatgun rangereference to denis learyreference to noam chomskysensitivity trainingstepping on someone's footjacobs ladderchosen peoplelanguage teaching …word of godrosh hashanahmein kampfdeificationmidrashyom kippurmezuzahreference to barbra streisandscornkaddishanti semitic sluryeshivacondescensionirrational behaviorjewish communitystorm troopertalmudgentilekoshernew york timesfree willdesecrationalphabetfund raisingmilitarismwar gamewandererargentiniantorahstar of davidyarmulkelistreference to karl marxcalligraphyseminaryiddishreference to sigmund freudqueens new york citybailidentity crisiscontaminationforkliftnomadsynagoguestairwellhebrewfather son estrangementreference to albert einsteinstatue of liberty new york citynazismspitauschwitzisraelibayonetcredit cardneo nazifascistrabbitelevision newsmasochismweightliftingintelligenceskinheadeconomynotebookswastikajudaismearphonest shirtwar crimecapitalismconcentration campracistfascismbookstorehatredtarget practicehypocrisyargentinaanti semitismsufferingsubmissionvictimassaulttemplevandalismrace relationsreference to adolf hitlersurvivorlawwaitereyeglassestwenty somethingterminal illnesspremarital sexhateobscene finger gesturecrossbusinessfantasy sequencefbiracial slurassassinationjudgesubwaymountainsurvivalreporterfightingjailbombriflevomitingshootingsecretcomputerpunched in the faceslow motion sceneurinationhorseunderwearbeatingbased on true storyexplosionfemale nuditymale nuditygunviolencebloodfightflashbacksex (See All) |
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for brutally killing two black men who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that co …mmitted acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiaracismfeardeathmurder |
| Characters: | teenage boybrother sister relationshiptattooafrican americanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mein kampfanti semitic slurspitneo naziskinheadswastikaracisthatredhypocrisyanti semitismrace relationsreference to adolf hitlerhateobscene finger gestureracial slur …jailshootingcomputerpunched in the faceunderwearbeatingfemale nuditymale nuditybloodgunviolenceflashback (See All) |
Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gasse …d at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustracismmurderdeath |
| Characters: | german soldierjew |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | holocaust survivorconcentration camp survivortalmudlistreference to karl marxauschwitzrabbiswastikaconcentration campanti semitismreference to adolf hitlerhateurinationbased on true storyviolence …blood (See All) |
Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have …to say and they don't like it. (Read More)
| Themes: | sadismfear |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | jewlawyerteacherteenage boybrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | fascistracistfascismanti semitismassaulteyeglassesreporterfightingvomitingpunched in the faceurinationhorsebeatingbased on true storymale nudity …sexviolencebloodfight (See All) |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love …s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
| Themes: | fearsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | israelgermanycourtroomtrainrestaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | jewlawyerteacherteenage boybrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | seminarauschwitzwar crimeconcentration campsurvivorlawjudgejailvomitingsecretunderwearfemale nuditymale nudityflashbackgun |
Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job, his pot-head son, who gets stoned at his own bar-mitzvah, only wants him round to fix the TV aerial and his useless brother Arthur is …an unwelcome house guest. But both Arthur and Larry get turfed out into a motel when Larry's wife Judy, who wants a divorce, moves her lover, Sy, into the house and even after Sy's death in a car crash they are still there. With lawyers' bills mounting for his divorce, Arthur's criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour Larry is tempted to take the bribe offered by a student to give him an illegal exam pass mark. And the rabbis he visits for advice only dole out platitudes. Still God moves in mysterious - and not always pleasant - ways, as Larry and his family will find out. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiafeardeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | bar mitzvahjewreference to godlawyerteacherteenage boybrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | orthodox jewjacobs laddermidrashgentiletorahyarmulkeyiddishsynagoguehebrewrabbinotebookearphoneseyeglassesobscene finger gestureshooting …horseunderwearfemale nuditysexblood (See All) |
Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, Hungarian prisoner working as a member of the Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums who, to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son, tries to carry out his impossible deed: salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. While the Sonderkomma …ndo is to be liquidated at any moment, Saul turns away of the living and their plans of rebellion to save the remains of a son he never took care of when he was still alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustmemorydeathmurder |
| Characters: | german soldierjewreference to godfather son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | kaddishstar of davidyiddishauschwitzrabbiconcentration campanti semitismsurvivalrifleshootingbeatingfemale nuditymale nuditygunblood …violencefight (See All) |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiamemorysuicidedeathmurderlove |
| Locations: | israelmotorcycletrainrestaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | jewreference to godmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | free willreference to karl marxcapitalismreference to adolf hitlerlaweyeglasseshateassassinationbombrifleshootingsecretslow motion sceneunderwearbeating …based on true storyexplosionfemale nudityfightflashbackbloodviolencegunsex (See All) |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustsadismtorturemurderdeathlove |
| Locations: | israeltrain |
| Characters: | german soldierjewlawyerteacherbrother sister relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | anti semitic slurnazismfascistswastikareference to adolf hitlersurvivorcrossjailbombriflevomitingshootingsecreturinationbeating …based on true storyexplosionfemale nuditymale nudityfightflashbackbloodviolence (See All) |
The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old ma …n for two days. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustracismfeardeathmurder |
| Locations: | motorcycle |
| Characters: | german soldierteenage boybrother sister relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | fascistwar crimeconcentration campfascismanti semitismreference to adolf hitlersurvivorsurvivalbombrifleshootinghorseexplosiongunviolence |
On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German-occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet parti …sans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German-occupied Eastern Europe. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustfeardeathmurder |
| Characters: | german soldierreference to godfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | anti semitic slurstar of davidswastikajudaismanti semitismsurvivalbombriflepunched in the faceslow motion sceneurinationhorsebeatingbased on true storyexplosion …violenceblood (See All) |
The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrest …ed by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustfearsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | germanytrain |
| Characters: | jewfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | auschwitzeconomywar crimeconcentration campfascismanti semitismsurvivorwaiterracial slursurvivalshootingsecretpunched in the faceurinationunderwear …beatingbased on true storyfemale nuditymale nudityfightbloodsexflashbackgunviolence (See All) |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustparanoiaracismfearsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | germanymotorcycle |
| Characters: | german soldierjewreference to godteenage boybrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | swastikawar crimeracistfascismhatredanti semitismsufferingeyeglassestwenty somethingsurvivalrifleshootingbeatingbased on true storyexplosion …female nuditygunfightviolencebloodflashback (See All) |
Max is a genius mathematician who's built a supercomputer at home that provides something that can be understood as a key for understanding all existence. Representatives both from a Hasidic cabalistic sect and high-powered Wall Street firm hear of that secret and attempt to seduce him.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | paranoiadeath |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | jewreference to god |
| Story: | orthodox jewyom kippurtalmudtorahhebrewrabbijudaismsubwayvomitingsecretcomputerpunched in the facebloodgun |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | sadismlovemurderdeath |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | teachertattoomother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | masochismswastikasufferingvandalismeyeglassesjudgejailpunched in the faceslow motion sceneunderwearbeatingbased on true storyfemale nuditymale nudityfight …violencebloodflashback (See All) |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiatorturefearsuicidemurderdeath |
| Locations: | courtroommotorcycletrain |
| Characters: | sniperlawyer |
| Story: | israeliearphonescapitalismfascismtarget practiceeyeglassesassassinationjudgefightingjailbombshootingpunched in the faceslow motion sceneunderwear …beatingbased on true storyexplosionfemale nuditymale nuditygunviolencebloodflashbackfight (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: | memorytorturefearlovedeathmurder |
| Locations: | motorcyclerestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godteacherteenage boymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | reference to karl marxcredit cardearphoneshypocrisysufferingsurvivorlawtwenty somethingpremarital sexobscene finger gesturecrossmountainsurvivaljailrifle …vomitingshootingexplosionflashbackbloodfight (See All) |
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle suspects murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial …journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history; but, the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | sadismracismtorturefearsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | courtroommotorcycletrain |
| Characters: | jewsniperlawyerbrother sister relationshiptattoofather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | television newsanti semitismassaulttwenty somethingsubwayreporterjailrifleshootingsecretcomputerpunched in the facebeatingfemale nuditymale nudity …flashbackgunbloodviolence (See All) |
The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's lif …e: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. (Read More)
| Themes: | torturelove |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | german soldierjewlawyerbrother sister relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | nazismswastikahatredanti semitismreference to adolf hitlerlawtwenty somethingcrossjudgejailbased on true storygunblood |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser …ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | sadismparanoiatorturefearmurderdeath |
| Locations: | courtroommotorcyclerestaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | lawyertattooafrican american |
| Story: | statue of liberty new york cityhatredbusinessracial slurjudgebombrifleshootingpunched in the faceslow motion sceneunderwearbeatingexplosionfemale nudityfight …flashbacksexgunviolenceblood (See All) |
This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhe …ad pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see Shaun, ask Him. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismfearmurderdeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | teacherfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | ethnic hatredspitneo naziskinheadracisthypocrisyvandalismrace relationsracial slurrifleunderwearbeatingmale nuditygunviolence …blood (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: | holocaustmemorydeathmurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | german soldierjewlawyerfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | star of davidrabbiswastikabookstoreanti semitismeyeglassesjudgereporterrifleshootingcomputerbased on true storyflashbackfight |
ANTHROPOID is based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich. The Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler, Heydrich was the main architect behind the Final Solution and the leader of occupying Nazi forces …in Czechoslovakia whose reign of terror prompted self-exiled Czech and Slovak soldiers (played by Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan) to hatch a top-secret mission that would change the face of Europe forever.i (Read More)
| Themes: | torturesuicidelovedeathmurder |
| Locations: | germanytrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | german soldierreference to godteacherteenage boyfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | fascistswastikafascismreference to adolf hitlerfantasy sequenceassassinationbombshootingsecretpunched in the faceurinationbeatingbased on true storyexplosionflashback …gunbloodviolencefight (See All) |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only …companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
| Themes: | memorytorturefearsuicidelovedeathmurder |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshiptattoo |
| Story: | notebookearphoneshatredhatefantasy sequencesubwayfightingvomitingshootingsecretcomputerslow motion sceneurinationbeatingfemale nudity …flashbackbloodviolencefight (See All) |
In German-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movi …e premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustsadismracismtorturefearlovedeathmurder |
| Locations: | germanyrestaurant |
| Characters: | sniperafrican american |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | bayonetanti semitismreference to adolf hitlerwaitercrossracial slurbombslow motion sceneexplosionflashbackbloodviolencegun |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased …gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
| Themes: | suicidemurderdeath |
| Characters: | sniper |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | swastikawar crimehatredreference to adolf hitlerpremarital sexsurvivalfightingbombriflevomitingurinationhorsebeatingexplosionviolence …fightblood (See All) |
In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The … political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper Konig to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper. (Read More)
| Themes: | torturesuicidemurderdeathlove |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | jewsnipermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | nazismswastikaassaultreference to adolf hitlereyeglassesfightingriflevomitingshootinghorsebased on true storyexplosiongunflashbackviolence …blood (See All) |
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)
| Themes: | paranoiasuicidemurderlovedeath |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyerteacherteenage boybrother sister relationshiptattoofather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | hatredhypocrisypremarital sexcrossjudgejailshootingsecretcomputerunderweargunsexfightbloodviolence …flashback (See All) |
In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co …mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiatorturefear |
| Locations: | courtroommotorcycletrainrestaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | german soldiersniperlawyerbrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | el trainintelligencelawfbijudgesubwaybased on true storyexplosion |
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
| Themes: | death |
| Locations: | trainnew york city |
| Characters: | reference to godteenage boybrother sister relationshiptattooafrican americanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | statue of liberty new york citycrosssubwaysurvivalvomitingslow motion sceneunderwearbased on true storyexplosionfightgunbloodflashback |
John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Rick …y is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | racismdeathmurder |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | teacherteenage boytattooafrican americanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | weightliftingracisthatredsurvivorpremarital sexhateracial slurrifleshootingpunched in the faceslow motion scenebeatingfemale nudityviolencegun …fightbloodsex (See All) |
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when … let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismdeathmurder |
| Locations: | trainnew york city |
| Characters: | teenage boyafrican americanmother son relationship |
| Story: | racisthatredrace relationseyeglasseshatefbiracial slurassassinationjailbeatingbloodviolenceflashback |
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: | fearsuicidelovemurderdeath |
| Locations: | courtroomtrainrestaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | jewlawyerbrother sister relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | credit cardtarget practiceeyeglassesjudgesubwayshootingsecreturinationunderwearbased on true storyfemale nuditygunviolencebloodflashback |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's …use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
| Themes: | torturefearsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | motorcyclerestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godteachermother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | fascismsufferingvandalismassassinationmountainreporterfightingjailbombrifleshootingpunched in the faceunderwearbeatingbased on true story …explosionviolencegunbloodflashbackfight (See All) |
The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their undergr …ound "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. (Read More)
| Themes: | memorytorturelovemurderdeath |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | fascistfascismeyeglasseshateriflevomitingshootingurinationhorseunderwearexplosionfemale nudityfightgunsex |
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: | paranoiafearsuicidemurderdeathlove |
| Locations: | courtroomtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerteachermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | father son estrangementvandalismhatereporterjailsecretpunched in the faceunderwearbeatingbased on true storyfemale nuditymale nudityflashbackviolenceblood …fight (See All) |
On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American 'Billy Hayes (I)' (qv) is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in ident …ifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he beco… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | sadismracismtorturefearlovedeathmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerbrother sister relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | baillaweyeglasseshateracial slurjudgejailrifleurinationunderwearbeatingbased on true storyfemale nuditymale nudityblood …violencegunfight (See All) |
A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and t …he guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal. (Read More)
| Themes: | feardeath |
| Characters: | jewchristianityreference to godtattoofather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | bayonetjudaismearphonesfascismcrossmountainbombriflevomitingshootingcomputerurinationhorsebeatingexplosion …female nuditymale nudityfightviolencegunsexblood (See All) |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
| Themes: | fearsuicidelove |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyerteacherfather son relationship |
| Story: | bailcredit cardweightliftingvictimeyeglassesobscene finger gesturebusinessfbijudgesubwayreporterjailvomitingpunched in the faceslow motion scene …urinationhorseunderwearbeatingbased on true storyfemale nudityflashbackgunbloodfight (See All) |
In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convince …d he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe. (Read More)
| Themes: | suicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | germanycourtroommotorcycle |
| Characters: | german soldierjewfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | war gameswastikacrossassassinationjudgebombrifleshootingbased on true storyexplosionviolencebloodgun |
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)
| Themes: | paranoiatorturesuicidemurderdeath |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | jewreference to godbrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | reference to albert einsteintarget practicepremarital sexassassinationriflevomitingshootingsecretpunched in the facegunbloodfightsexflashbackviolence |
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: | memorydeathlove |
| Locations: | courtroommotorcycletrain |
| Characters: | lawyerteacherteenage boybrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | swastikafascismjudgeurinationunderwearbeatingfemale nuditymale nuditybloodsexfight |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
| Themes: | sadismparanoiadeathmurder |
| Locations: | motorcyclerestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerteenage boymother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | alphabettarget practicewaiterobscene finger gesturecrossfbijudgereporterbombrifleshootingunderwearbased on true storyviolenceblood …gun (See All) |
Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 day …s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)
| Themes: | fearmurderdeath |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | sniperreference to godbrother sister relationshiptattooafrican americanmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | t shirttarget practiceassaultobscene finger gesturereporterriflevomitingshootingurinationhorseunderwearfemale nuditymale nudityfightflashback …bloodviolence (See All) |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
| Themes: | memorydeathlove |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyerafrican americanfamily relationships |
| Story: | laweyeglassesracial slurjudgejailvomitingsecretcomputerpunched in the faceurinationunderwearbeatingbased on true storymale nudityflashback …bloodsex (See All) |
Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, h …e goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out? (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiafeardeath |
| Locations: | courtroomnew york city |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyerteacherfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | new york timestelevision newscapitalismlaweyeglassesbusinessfbireportershootingcomputerslow motion scenebeatinggunviolence |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
| Themes: | paranoiasuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | courtroomrestaurant |
| Characters: | lawyerafrican americanfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | target practicevictimlawjudgerifleshootingsecretcomputerslow motion scenebeatinggunsexbloodfight |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to …respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
| Themes: | feardeathlove |
| Locations: | motorcycletrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | german soldierjewreference to godteacherbrother sister relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | nazismauschwitzhatredanti semitismhatebombsecreturinationunderwearbloodfight |
Jewish-American writer 'Jonathan Safran Foer' (qv) is a collector of his family's memorabilia, although most of the items, some which he takes without asking, would not be considered keepsakes by the average person. He places most of those items in individual Ziploc bags, and hangs them on his keeps …ake wall under the photograph of the person to who it is most associated. He has this compulsion in an effort to remember. He is able to tie a photograph that he receives from his grandmother, Sabine Foer, on her deathbed - it of his grandfather, Safran Foer, during the war in the Ukraine, and a young woman he will learn is named Augustine - back to a pendant he stole from his grandfather on his deathbed in 1989, the pendant of a glass encased grasshopper. Learning that Augustine somehow saved his grandfather's life leads to Jonathan going on a quest to find out the story at its source where the photograph was taken, in a now non-existent and probably largely forgotten town called Trachimbrod that was razed by the Nazis during the war, he armed only with his limited knowledge, the pendant, his grandfather's Star of David necklace, the photograph, tip "money", and an old and largely outdated map. Prior to arriving in the Ukraine, Jonathan prearranges the guide services of Odessa-based Heritage Tours, which specializes in helping Jewish expats discover their past. The company is owned and operated by three generations of the Alexander Perchov family, who generally think Jewish people… (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustmemoryfearsuicidemurderdeath |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | german soldierjewafrican americanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | torahstar of davidsynagoguerabbijudaismfascismanti semitismeyeglassesriflepunched in the faceunderwearflashbackbloodsex |
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 … 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: | racismmemorysuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | self hatejewlawyerbrother sister relationshiptattooafrican americanmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | rabbiracistrace relationswaitersecretunderwearfemale nudityfightflashbackviolence |
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