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In Nazi-occupied Holland in World War II, shopkeeper Kraler hides two Jewish families in his attic. Young 'Anne Frank (I)' (qv) keeps a diary of everyday life for the Franks and the Van Daans, chronicling the Nazi threat as well as family dynamics. A romance with Peter Van Daan causes jealousy betwe …en Anne and her sister, Margot. 'Otto Frank' (qv) returns to the attic many years after the eventual capture of both families and finds his late daughter's diary. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | religious persecutionstarvationholocausthopetheftfearmarriage |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishthiefsister sister relationshipteenage boyteenage girlfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipteenager |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi occupied netherlandsrighteous among the nationsbased on journalconcentration camp survivorhiding jewsnazi concentration campstealing foodaerialjewesshanukkahpulitzer prize sourceloss of familymovie fangestapohiding place …air raidfur coatpersecutionamsterdam netherlandshideoutadolescenceextortionconcentration campatticfirst kisshungerchild's point of viewburglaryanti semitismdentistcaketeen angstdiaryforeign language adaptationradiosurvivalcatdreamvoice over narrationbased on playdancingcharacter name in titleflashback (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)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | starvationholocausthopemarriage |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewish |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | righteous among the nationsconcentration camp survivorhiding jewsnazi concentration camphiding placeconcentration campanti semitismcharacter name in title |
In this adaptation of the autobiography "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945," 'Wladyslaw Szpilman' (qv), a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw change gradually as World War II begins. Szpilman is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, but is lat …er separated from his family during Operation Reinhard. From this time until the concentration camp prisoners are released, Szpilman hides in various locations among the ruins of Warsaw. (Read More)
| Themes: | starvationholocaust |
| Characters: | jewish |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | hiding jewsgestapohiding placeconcentration campattichungeranti semitismradiosurvival |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj …amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
| Themes: | starvationholocaust |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi concentration campconcentration campchild's point of viewanti semitismdancing |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
| Themes: | starvationtheftfear |
| Characters: | thiefteenage boyfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipteenager |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | air raidhungersurvivalcatvoice over narrationflashback |
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: | holocausthopefear |
| Characters: | german soldierteenage boyteenage girlfamily relationshipsmother son relationshipteenager |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | concentration camphungeranti semitismsurvivaldancing |
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: | starvationholocausttheft |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishthieffamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi occupied netherlandshiding jewsloss of familygestapohiding placedancingflashback |
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: | starvationholocaustfear |
| Characters: | jewjewishfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi concentration campgestapoconcentration camphungeranti semitismsurvivaldancingflashback |
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help hi …s son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaust |
| Characters: | jewjewishfamily relationshipsfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi concentration campconcentration campchild's point of viewcake |
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: | theft |
| Characters: | german soldierjewthiefsister sister relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | gestapoair raidanti semitismdreamcharacter name in title |
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)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | hopetheftmarriage |
| Characters: | thieffamily relationshipsfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | gestaporadiocatbased on playdancing |
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: | starvationtheftfear |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishthieffather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | gestapoair raidpersecutionatticanti semitism |
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: | holocausthopefearmarriage |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishsister sister relationshipteenage boyteenage girlfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | air raidhideoutanti semitismsurvivaldreamdancingflashback |
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: | holocaust |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi concentration campconcentration campanti semitismsurvivaldancingcharacter name in title |
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: | starvationholocaustfear |
| Characters: | german soldierjewishfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | air raidhungeranti semitismsurvival |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese … airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | starvationtheft |
| Characters: | thiefteenage boymother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | air raidhungerchild's point of viewradiosurvivaldream |
"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)
| Themes: | holocaustfear |
| Characters: | german soldierjewteenage boyfamily relationshipsmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | concentration camp survivorconcentration campanti semitismsurvivalflashback |
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: | holocausttheft |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishsister sister relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | persecutionanti semitismdancingflashback |
Seven Australian teenage friends from a small town go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they didn't know was their country was being invaded by another country. Returning home, they discover that they are at war. With no training, t …hey band together to fight the enemy. (Read More)
| Characters: | family relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipteenager |
| Story: | loss of familyconcentration campchild's point of viewdentistradiosurvivalvoice over narration |
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endanger …ed by her ghosts and his obsessions. (Read More)
| Themes: | starvationholocaust |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | concentration camp survivorconcentration camphungerradiovoice over narrationcharacter name in titleflashback |
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: | holocaustfear |
| Characters: | jewishsister sister relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | hiding jewshiding placeanti semitismvoice over narrationflashback |
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: | holocaustfear |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishsister sister relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | hungeranti semitismdreamvoice over narrationdancingflashback |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte …ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | theft |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | air raiddentistdancingflashback |
The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during the early stages of WWII. Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that …will help them escape to America. But when Ilsa, a former lover of Rick's, and her husband, show up to his cafe one day, Rick faces a tough challenge which will bring up unforeseen complications, heartbreak and ultimately an excruciating decision to make. (Read More)
| Characters: | german soldier |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | concentration camp survivorgestapoextortionvoice over narrationbased on playdancingflashback |
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: | theft |
| Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipteenage boyteenage girlmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940s |
| Story: | adolescenceteen angstdreamdancingflashback |
Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he'd be rid off.
| Themes: | hope |
| Characters: | jewjewishfamily relationshipsfather son relationship |
| Story: | hanukkahanti semitismsurvivalcat |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this …gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
| Themes: | theft |
| Characters: | jewjewishthieffather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | radiocatvoice over narrationdancingflashback |
It's a post-apocalyptic world, several years after whatever the cataclysmic event, which has in turn caused frequent quakes as further potential hazards. The world is gray and getting quickly grayer as more and more things die off. A man and his pre-teen son, who was born after the apocalypse, are c …urrently on the road, their plan to walk to the coast and head south where the man hopes there will be a more hospitable environment in which to live. The man has taught his son that they are the "good people" who have fire in their hearts, which in combination largely means that they will not resort to cannibalism to survive. The man owns a pistol with two bullets remaining, which he will use for murder/suicide of him and his son if he feels that that is a better fate for them than life in the alternative. Food and fuel are for what everyone is looking. The man has taught his son to be suspect of everyone that they may meet, these strangers who, out of desperation, may not only try to steal what they have managed to scavenge for their own survival, but may kill them as food. Although life with his father in this world is all the boy has known, he may come to his own thoughts as to what it means holistically to be one of the good or one of the bad. Meanwhile, the man occasionally has thoughts to happier times with his wife/the boy's mother before the apocalypse, as well as not as happy times with her after the apocalypse and the reason she is no longer with them. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | starvationhopetheftfear |
| Characters: | thieffamily relationshipsfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | pulitzer prize sourcehungersurvivaldreamvoice over narrationflashback |
Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | hopetheft |
| Characters: | thieffamily relationshipsfather son relationship |
| Story: | persecutionhungercatdreamvoice over narrationcharacter name in titleflashback |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia …tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)
| Themes: | hopefearmarriage |
| Characters: | jewjewishfamily relationshipsmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | anti semitismvoice over narrationdancingflashback |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f …inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | starvationhopetheftfearmarriage |
| Characters: | german soldierthiefteenage boyteenage girl |
| Story: | cakecatdreamvoice over narrationflashback |
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: | marriage |
| Characters: | teenage boyfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | adolescencedentistvoice over narrationdancingcharacter name in title |
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)
| Characters: | german soldierjewfamily relationshipsmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | gestapoair raiddiaryvoice over narrationdancing |
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
| Themes: | theftmarriage |
| Characters: | thiefteenage girlfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipteenager |
| Story: | teen angstdiarydreamvoice over narrationdancingflashback |
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: | theftfearmarriage |
| Characters: | thiefteenage boyteenage girlfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | air raidsurvivalcatdreamvoice over narrationdancingflashback |
At the edge of adolescence, Tracy is a smart straight-A student--if not a little naive (it seems...she smokes and she cuts to alleviate the emotional pain she suffers from having a broken home and hating her mom's boyfriend, Brady.) When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in sch …ool, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends. (Read More)
| Themes: | theft |
| Characters: | thiefteenage boyteenage girlfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | adolescenceteen angstdancingflashback |
In 1938, the young girl Liesel Meminger is traveling by train with her mother and her younger brother when he dies. Her mother buries the boy in a cemetery by the tracks and Liesel picks up a book, "The Gravediggers Handbook", which was left on the grave of her brother and brings it with her. Liesel … is delivered to a foster family in a small town and later she learns that her mother left her because she is a communist. Her stepmother, Rosa Hubermann, is a rude but caring woman and her stepfather, Hans Hubermann, is a simple kind-hearted man. Liesel befriends her next door neighbor, the boy Rudy Steiner, and they go together to the school. When Hans discovers that Liesel cannot read, he teaches her using her book and Liesel becomes an obsessed reader. During a Nazi speech where the locals are forced to burn books in a bonfire, Liesel recovers one book for her and the Mayor's wife Ilsa Hermann witnesses her action. Meanwhile Hans hides the Jewish Max Vandenburg, who is the son of a deceased friend that saved his life in the war, in the basement of his house and Liesel becomes his friend. One day, Rosa asks Liesel to deliver laundry to the Mayor and Ilsa invites Liesel to go to her library and tells that she can visit her to read whenever she wants. But in times of war there are many threats and the lives of Liesel, her family and friends will never be the same. (Read More)
| Themes: | starvationholocaust |
| Characters: | thiefteenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | air raiddiaryvoice over narration |
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. … In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San. (Read More)
| Themes: | starvationhope |
| Characters: | family relationshipsfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | hungerdreamvoice over narrationflashback |
To Greg Heffley, middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It's a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor - and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the n …ever-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he's getting it all down on paper, via a diary - "it's NOT a diary, it's a journal!" Greg insists, preferring the less-sissyfied designation - filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. "One day when I'm famous," writes Greg, "I'll have better things to do than answer people's stupid questions all day." So was born the Wimpy Kid's diary. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear |
| Characters: | teenage boyfamily relationshipsmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | atticchild's point of viewdiaryvoice over narrationdancingflashback |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | hopetheftfearmarriage |
| Characters: | thieffamily relationshipsmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | atticsurvivalcatvoice over narrationdancingflashback |
The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command o …f the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | marriage |
| Characters: | family relationshipsfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | air raidcakesurvivalvoice over narrationflashback |
Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and The US has already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight.. un …til that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | hopefearmarriage |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | survivaldreamvoice over narration |
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker (Mackellan) is Nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the concentration camps in WWII. Denker agrees … and Bowden starts visiting him regularly. The more stories Bowden hears, the more it affects his personality. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaust |
| Characters: | jewteenage boyteenage girlmother son relationshipfather son relationshipteenager |
| Story: | anti semitismcat |
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: | theft |
| Characters: | jewjewishthiefteenage boyteenage girlfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipteenager |
| Story: | fur coatfirst kissanti semitismdancing |
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: | fear |
| Characters: | jewteenage boyteenage girlfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipteenager |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | concentration campforeign language adaptationvoice over narrationflashback |
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cous …in, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | theftfearmarriage |
| Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipteenage girlfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | pulitzer prize sourceextortionhungerdancing |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both …came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
| Themes: | theft |
| Characters: | jewjewishthiefsister sister relationshipfamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | catvoice over narrationdancingflashback |
In 1965, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara resigns from his Cuban government posts to secretly make his latest attempt to spread the revolution in Bolivia. After arriving in La Paz, Bolivia late in 1966, by 1967, Che with several Cuban volunteers, have raised a small guerrilla army to take on the militarist Bol …ivian movement. However, Che must face grim realities about his few troops and supplies, his failing health, and a local population who largely does not share the idealistic aspirations of a foreign troublemaker. As the US supported Bolivian army prepares to defeat him, Che and his beleaguered force struggle against the increasingly hopeless odds. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Story: | air raidhideouthungerradio |
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In … the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | starvationtheftfear |
| Characters: | jewthieffather daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | pulitzer prize sourcehungerdancing |
After The Ruin, a colorless equalitarian society is formed without memories and everyone follows rules established by the Chief Elder and the Elders. The population uses drugs to stay happy and on the day of the graduation, the teenagers leave their childhood and are assigned to a career chosen by t …he Elders. Jonas lives with his parents and has two best friends, Fiona and Asher, and he feels different from his friends. He is assigned to be the Receiver of Memories and he is trained by his mentor, The Giver, who gives memories of the world before The Ruin. Jonas learns emotions such as love and fear and the concept of family. When he discovers that the baby Gabriel that he loves as a brother will be eliminated, he decides to change his society but the Chief Elder will do anything to stop him. (Read More)
| Themes: | fear |
| Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | aerialfirst kissdreamvoice over narrationdancingcharacter name in titleflashback |
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