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In November of 1924, a mysterious Hollywood death occurred aboard media mogul William Randolph Hearst's yacht. Among the famous guests that weekend were: film star Charlie Chaplin; starlet Marion Davies (who was also Hearst's mistress at the time); silent-film producer Thomas H. Ince (known for crea …ting the first Hollywood-studio facility and for creating an "assembly line" system for filmmaking); and feared gossip columnist, Louella Parsons. (Read More)
Subgenre: | silent filmmaking |
Themes: | mysterious deathwealthunrequited loveunfaithfulnessdrug useblackmailextramarital affairfuneraldrinkingadulteryjealousybetrayalmoneyinfidelitymurder …death (See All) |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles californiayachtwheelchair |
Characters: | love lettermaidactresslove triangleactordancerteenage girlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | gossip columnistsaxophone playersan pedro californiabirthday partyblowing out candlesan diego californiahollywood californiabirthday presentwriting a letterbirthday cakecostume partydinner partyreference to adolphe menjouunsolved murdercharleston dance …hawaiian musictrashing roomcharleston the danceroaring 20syear 1924engine roombroochulcermalicebowler hatcolumnistflappercharadescannonballgolddiggeregotistopening narrationanchortable tenniscandelabramoonshinependantcrime of passionbanjoradio broadcaststairwellpeep holeping pongprohibitioncasketsome scenes in black and whitemusic boxcripplesaxophoneseagullflaskharmonicabillionairepublisherharborpractical jokefilm industrydrumscrowchauffeurmay december romancegunfiretuxedomustachefilm producerdrummernovelistfancynicismcannonmoralitymovie stargossipcowboy hatvandalismhypodermic needleeavesdroppingtrustsemiautomatic pistolamerican flagpianistcover upmistaken identityumbrellachampagneattempted murderbinocularscurselimousinecigar smokingcoffinambulancecaliforniabandcandletelephoneguitarorgymarijuanabirthdaysunglassesshootinglettersecretdrinkshot in the headmirrorsongcryingvoice over narrationbased on playpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokinggunsexkiss (See All) |
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: | wealthunfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairfuneraldrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday cakecrippledrumsdrummerhypodermic needlepianistbandguitarmarijuanabirthdaysunglassesdrinksongcrying …singingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | wealthdrug useblackmaildrinkingmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | maiddancersingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday cakeunsolved murderpeep holetuxedonovelisttrustumbrellamarijuanasunglassesshootingsecretdrinkmirrorsong …cryingpartysingingdancingcigarette smokinggunkiss (See All) |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp …ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | silent filmmaking |
Themes: | drinkingjealousy |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actressactordancerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | hollywood californiacharleston the danceflapperfilm industrychauffeurtuxedomustachefilm producerfanmovie starlimousinecigar smokingtelephonedrinkmirror …cryingdancingcigarette smokingkissgun (See All) |
When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They sh …ow up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthfuneraldrinkingbetrayalmurderdeath |
Locations: | yachtwheelchair |
Characters: | love triangledancersinger |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | saxophone playerbirthday cakeulcerflapperprohibitionsaxophoneflaskamerican flagcover upchampagnecigar smokingcoffinbandcandlebirthday …drinksongpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancingsexgunkiss (See All) |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryjealousymoneyinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actresslove triangledancerteenage girlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | saxophoneflaskpianistlimousinecoffinbandguitardrinkmirrorsongcryingpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancing …cigarette smokingsexkissgun (See All) |
Class struggle becomes all too real as a young doctor moves into a modern apartment block in suburban 1975 London. Drugs, drink & debauchery dissolve into murder, mayhem and misogyny in this pseudo-post-apocalyptic breakdown of societal norms.
Themes: | wealthunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitymurder |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | maidactressdancerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday cakecostume partyseagullchampagnecandleorgyshootingdrinkmirrorvoice over narrationpartytitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smoking …gunkisssex (See All) |
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 affairdrinkingadulteryjealousyinfidelity |
Characters: | actresslove triangleactordancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | film producermovie starpianistchampagnebandcandlebirthdaysunglassesshootingdrinkmirrorsongcryingvoice over narrationsinging …dancingcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | funeraldrinkingmoneydeath |
Characters: | dancerteenage girlsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday cakebanjoflaskharmonicadrumsdrummerambulancebandtelephoneguitarbirthdaylettersecretdrink …mirrorsongcryingpartysingingdancingcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug usedrinkingadulterybetrayalmoneyinfidelity |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | love triangleteenage girlsinger |
Story: | san diego californiabirthday cakedrumsdrummercaliforniabandtelephoneguitarmarijuanabirthdaysecretdrinksongcryingparty …singingdancingcigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Characters: | maiddancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday cakefangossipchampagnecoffincandlebirthdayletterdrinkmirrorsongcryingvoice over narrationparty …singingdancingsexkiss (See All) |
A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish produc …tion, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitydeathmurder |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | maidactresslove triangleactordancerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hollywood californiafilm producercursetelephoneshootingdrinkcryingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingsexgun |
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 affairfuneraldrinkingadulteryjealousybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Characters: | love letterlove trianglesingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday caketrustpianistcoffinbirthdaydrinksongcryingpartysingingcigarette smokingkisssex |
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: | wealthextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryjealousymoneyinfidelitydeathmurder |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | maidlove triangledancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | table tennisping pongmusic boxgunfirecynicismtrustpianistmistaken identityumbrellashootingsecretdrinkmirrorsongparty …singingdancingcigarette smokingkissgun (See All) |
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: | unrequited loveblackmailextramarital affairdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitydeath |
Characters: | maidlove triangledancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | writing a letterdrumsgossippianistumbrellacoffinbandletterdrinkmirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smoking …gunkiss (See All) |
During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom …as Pynchon. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairadulterybetrayalmoneyinfidelitymurderdeath |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actorsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | saxophone playersan pedro californiahollywood californiasaxophonebillionairegunfiremovie starcowboy hatcover upbinocularscaliforniabandtelephonemarijuanasunglasses …shootingvoice over narrationpartysingingtitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingkissgun (See All) |
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under th …e blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. (Read More)
Themes: | funeraldrinking |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | gossip columnisthollywood californiabirthday cakecolumnistfilm industrymustachefilm producermovie stargossipbirthdayletterdrinkpartytitle spoken by charactercigarette smoking |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Themes: | wealthdrinkingjealousydeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiawheelchair |
Characters: | actresslove triangledoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday cakemay december romancechampagnelimousinecigar smokingambulancecandlebirthdaydrinkcryingvoice over narrationpartycigarette smokingkisssex |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from … the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthfuneraldrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | actressactordancersingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partygossiptrustumbrellachampagnecoffincandleguitarbirthdaysunglassesdrinksongcryingvoice over narrationparty …singingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryjealousyinfidelitydeath |
Characters: | actressactordancerteenage girlsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday presentchampagnetelephonebirthdaysunglassessecretdrinkmirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss …sex (See All) |
1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the m …ovie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until _The Jazz Singer (1927)_ (qv) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ideas man and musical director. And by this time, Don has secretly started dating Kathy Selden, a chorus girl who is trying to make it big in pictures herself. Don and Kathy's relationship is despite their less than friendly initial meeting. Cosmo and Kathy help Don, who had worked his way up through the movie ranks to stardom, try make the leap to talking picture stardom, with Kathy following along the way. However, they have to overcome the technological issues. But the bigger problem is… (Read More)
Subgenre: | silent filmmaking |
Themes: | blackmailjealousybetrayal |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actresslove triangleactordancersinger |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | hollywood californiaflappercandelabraharmonicatuxedofilm producerfanmovie stargossippianistumbrellacaliforniacandlesecretsong …cryingpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancing (See All) |
Eve (Anne Baxter) is waiting backstage to meet her idol, aging Broadway star Margo Channing (Bette Davis). It seems innocent enough as Eve explains that she has seen Margo in EVERY performance of her current play. Only playwright/critic DeWitt (George Sanders) sees through Eve's evil plan, which is …to take her parts and her fiance, Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill). When the fiance shows no interest, she tries for playwright Lloyd Richards (Hugh Marlowe), but DeWitt stops her. After she accepts her award, she decides to skip the after-party and goes to her room, where a young woman named Phoebe has sneaked into her room and fallen asleep. This is where the "Circle of Life" now comes to fruition as Eve will get played like she played Margo. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessblackmaildrinkingjealousybetrayalmoneyinfidelity |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | maidactressactorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | gossip columnistbirthday partyfancynicismchampagnetelephonebirthdaydrinkmirrorcryingvoice over narrationpartytitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingkiss |
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)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairfuneraldrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelitydeathmurder |
Characters: | teenage girlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partycowboy hattrustcoffintelephonemarijuanabirthdaysunglassesshootingsecretdrinkshot in the headmirrorcryingbased on play …partytitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingsexgun (See All) |
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 affairdrinkingadulteryjealousyinfidelitymurder |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | singerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday cakechauffeurvandalismlimousinecaliforniabandmarijuanabirthdaysecretdrinkcryingpartycigarette smokingsex |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
Themes: | unrequited lovedrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | teenage girlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday cakecrippleflaskchampagneambulancecandlebirthdaydrinkmirrorsongsingingcigarette smokingsex |
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 affairfuneraldrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymurder |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | dancersingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | gossipumbrellacursecoffintelephonemarijuanasunglasseslettersecretdrinkmirrorsongvoice over narrationsingingdancing …cigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ship's bar. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. While living in Paris for sev …eral years trying to be a writer, he becomes obsessed with a woman he met by chance on a bus. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryjealousyinfidelitydeathmurder |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | dancerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | costume partycrippletuxedocynicismumbrellachampagnebinocularsbandcandleshootingdrinkshot in the headcryingpartydancing …cigarette smokinggunkisssex (See All) |
Max and Page are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it's on to the next victim.
Themes: | wealthunfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | yacht |
Characters: | maidteenage girlsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | billionairecynicismchampagnebinocularslimousinecigar smokingsongsingingcigarette smokingsex |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthunrequited lovefuneraldrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Characters: | actresslove triangleteenage girlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | birthday partycowboy hatamerican flagcigar smokingcoffinbandcandlebirthdayletterdrinkmirrorsongcryingpartysinging …cigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working …but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulterybetrayalmoneyinfidelity |
Characters: | dancerteenage girlsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | blowing out candlebirthday presentbirthday cakegossipumbrellachampagnecandlebirthdaysunglasseslettersecretdrinkmirrorsongcrying …singingdancingcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | unrequited lovedrug usedrinkingjealousy |
Characters: | dancerteenage girlsingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | blowing out candlebirthday presentwriting a letterbirthday cakeharmonicatrustcandletelephonemarijuanabirthdayshootinglettersecretdrinkmirror …cryingvoice over narrationpartysingingdancingkiss (See All) |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthfuneraldrinkingmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | actressdancerteenage girlsingerhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | radio broadcastumbrellalimousinecoffincandleguitardrinksongcryingvoice over narrationsingingdancingsex |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the … Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | yacht |
Characters: | dancersinger |
Story: | music boxharborpianistbinocularslimousinebandguitarletterdrinkmirrorsongcryingpartysingingdancing …kiss (See All) |
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estrang …ed mother. (Read More)
Themes: | blackmaildrinkingjealousymoney |
Characters: | love trianglesingerdoctor |
Story: | birthday partybirthday presentbirthday caketrustamerican flagcigar smokingcaliforniabandbirthdayshootingdrinkmirrorcryingsingingtitle spoken by character …cigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
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: | wealthunfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelity |
Characters: | dancerteenage girlsinger |
Story: | chauffeurvandalismlimousinebandtelephoneguitarmarijuanasunglassesdrinkmirrorsongcryingpartysingingtitle spoken by character …dancingcigarette smokingsexgunkiss (See All) |
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: | wealthdrinkingbetrayalmoneymurderdeath |
Characters: | actressactordancerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | cannontrustchampagnecigar smokingcandleshootingletterdrinkmirrorcryingvoice over narrationpartydancingkisssex …gun (See All) |
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, …and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthdrug usedrinkingadulterybetrayalmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actordancerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hollywood californiabirthday cakecaliforniatelephonemarijuanabirthdayshootingdrinkvoice over narrationpartytitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokinggun |
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old … carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else? (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrinkingjealousydeath |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | singerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hollywood californiabirthday presentwriting a letterchampagnecaliforniabandcandleguitarmarijuanabirthdayletterdrinksongpartysinging …title spoken by charactercigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri …ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfuneraldrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partyegotistmusic boxchauffeurlimousinecoffinmarijuanadrinkcryingvoice over narrationbased on playpartysingingdancingcigarette smoking …kiss (See All) |
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h …is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usefuneraldrinkingmoney |
Locations: | los angeles californiayachtwheelchair |
Characters: | actordancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | peep holecaskettrustcoffintelephoneguitarmarijuanadrinksongcryingpartysingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss …sexgun (See All) |
Themes: | drinkingmoneydeath |
Characters: | actressdancersingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | publishermustachetrustchampagnelimousinebandtelephonemarijuanasunglassesdrinksongcryingpartysingingtitle spoken by character …dancingcigarette smokingkisssexgun (See All) |
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's se …cret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. (Read More)
Themes: | unrequited loveextramarital affairfuneraldrinkingjealousybetrayalmurderdeath |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actressdancersinger |
Story: | chauffeurtuxedoattempted murderlimousineambulancesunglasseslettersecretsongpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancingkissgun |
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)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairdrinkingadulterybetrayalinfidelitymurderdeath |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday cakedinner partyhypodermic needleumbrellaattempted murderambulancebirthdayshootingsecretdrinkcryingvoice over narrationpartysinging …cigarette smokinggunkiss (See All) |
Biopic of billionaire 'Howard Hughes (I)' (qv), starting with his early filmmaking years as owner of RKO studios but mostly focusing on his role in designing and promoting new aircraft. Hughes was a risk-taker spending several fortunes on designing experimental aircraft and eventually founding TWA a …s a rival to Pan AM airlines owned by his great rival Juan Trippe. When Trippe's politico Senator Ralph 'Owen Brewster (I)' (qv) accuses Hughes of being a war profiteer, it's Hughes who gains the upper hand. Hughes also had many women in his life including a long relationship with actress 'Katharine Hepburn' (qv). From an early age however, Hughes was also germophobic and would have severe bouts of mental illness. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthblackmaildrinkingjealousymoney |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actressdancersingerdoctor |
Period: | 1920s |
Story: | hollywood californiabillionairefilm producermovie starlimousinecaliforniabandsongpartysingingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole …rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterybetrayalmoneyinfidelity |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | dancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | writing a lettertelephonelettersecretmirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingsexkiss |
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: | blackmaildrinkingbetrayalmoneymurderdeath |
Characters: | singerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | saxophone playerbirthday cakecynicismumbrellaattempted murderambulancecandletelephonebirthdayshootingsecretdrinksongsingingcigarette smoking …gunsex (See All) |
As of November 1, 1959, mild mannered C.C. Baxter has been working at Consolidated Life, an insurance company, for close to four years, and is one of close to thirty-two thousand employees located in their Manhattan head office. To distinguish himself from all the other lowly cogs in the company in …the hopes of moving up the corporate ladder, he often works late, but only because he can't get into his apartment, located off of Central Park West, since he has provided it to a handful of company executives - Mssrs. Dobisch, Kirkeby, Vanderhoff and Eichelberger - on a rotating basis for their extramarital liaisons in return for a good word to the personnel director, Jeff D. Sheldrake. When Baxter is called into Sheldrake's office for the first time, he learns that it isn't just to be promoted as he expects, but also to add married Sheldrake to the list to who he will lend his apartment. What Baxter is unaware of is that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik, an elevator girl in the building who Baxter himself fancies. In turn, Sheldrake has no idea of Baxter's own interest in Fran. And Fran, who is in love with Sheldrake, has no idea that she is only the latest in a long line of Sheldrake's mistresses, that Sheldrake has no intention of leaving his wife for her, and that the apartment belongs to Baxter, who she likes as a friend. As some of these facts come to light on Christmas Eve, one of the three makes a unilateral decision. That decision sets off a series of events over the … (Read More)
Themes: | unrequited loveunfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulterymoneyinfidelity |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | love triangledancersingerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | writing a letterbowler hatopening narrationcynicismeavesdroppingpianistumbrellachampagnecandlesunglassesdrinkmirrorcryingsingingtitle spoken by character …dancingcigarette smokingkisssexgun (See All) |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar … is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrug useextramarital affairadulterymoneyinfidelitymurderdeath |
Characters: | maidhusband wife relationship |
Story: | birthday partybirthday presentbirthday cakeamerican flagbinocularscandlemarijuanabirthdaysunglassesshootingmirrorcryingpartytitle spoken by characterkiss …sex (See All) |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe …s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
Themes: | unrequited lovedrug usedrinkingjealousyinfidelitydeathmurder |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actressactordoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hollywood californiabirthday cakecynicismcowboy hatambulancebirthdayshootingdrinkshot in the headcryingkisssexgun |
Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licens …ed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiawheelchair |
Characters: | dancerteenage girl |
Story: | birthday partyhollywood californiacostume partymustachefilm producercynicismcover upmistaken identityattempted murderlimousinecigar smokingambulancecaliforniatelephonebirthday …sunglassesshot in the headvoice over narrationpartytitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smoking (See All) |