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A man finds out that what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do is this story of how far you can bend a brotherly bond before it snaps. Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny (Vaughn) and happily married Nick (James) have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto …design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. Ronny's girlfriend, Beth (Connelly), and Nick's wife, Geneva (Ryder), are by their sides. But Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out with another man and makes it his mission to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves into mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. Now, with the clock ticking and pressure mounting on the biggest presentation of their careers, Ronny must decide what will happen if he reveals the truth to his best friend. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessinvestigationadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Mood: | affection |
Locations: | airplane tripchicago illinoisofficecar |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | apple ipadanniversary partyhockey gamecaught eavesdroppingdigital camerasmashed carmuscle cardriving a carmarital infidelityhigh definition televisionmarital anxietypoisonous plantgambling problemchicago blackhawksfree ticket …chicago bearsreference to nikola teslaeavesdropperwad of cashfancy restaurantrestauranteurfacial bruisepimplehigh definitionblackberrydodgehdtvgambling addictiondead fishipaddilemmainterventiondeadlineapple computersnoopingchevroletexecutiveproposalclumsinessimmaturitycoca colafish tankdetroit michigandoubtadulterous wifeinsecurityanniversarymarital problemhockeyflightengagementaquariumunfaithful wifepeeping tomembarrassmentblack humorpsychologistchefrevelationeavesdroppingconvertibleman with glassessecretdrinkcameradancingtwo word titlefight (See All) |
Dante Hicks is not having a good day. He works as a clerk in a small convenience store and is told to come into work on his day off. Dante thinks life is a series of down endings and this day is proving to no different. He reads in the newspaper that his ex-girlfriend Caitlin is getting married. His … present girlfriend reveals to have somewhat more experience with sex that he ever imagined. His principal concerns are the hockey game he has that afternoon and the wake for a friend who died. His buddy Randal Graves works as a clerk in the video store next and he hates his job just about as much as Dante hates his. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | hockey gamedriving a carclumsinessimmaturitydoubtinsecurityhockeyembarrassmentrevelationman with glassessecretdrinkfight |
In San Francisco, we follow Johnny, a man who has a girlfriend, Lisa, and also his best friend, Mark. Lisa has been cheating on Johnny with Mark and Johnny doesn't know! Will Johnny ever find out? Will Mark still be Johnny's best friend?
Themes: | unfaithfulnessinfidelityfriendship |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | executiveclumsinessimmaturityinsecurityembarrassmentpsychologistrevelationman with glassessecretdrinkfight |
Forty-year-old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twen …ties onwards. Christine receives treatment from Dr. Nasch, a neurologist at a local hospital who provides her a camera to record her thoughts and progress each day, and calls her every morning to remind her to watch the video in the camera. Soon, she starts to discover the truth around her. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessinvestigationadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | best friendfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | digital camerafacial bruisedoubtanniversarypsychologistrevelationsecretcamerafight |
A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling up to London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date …. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget. There is drinking, truths, an old stalker class mate with a long standing crush, lost divorce papers, lost hopes, competitive indoor sports and yeah Jack finding out the truth that Nancy isn't his blind date. 'Man Up' a romantic comedy about taking chances, finding about being yourself, making decisions and rolling with the consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | anniversary partyclumsinessimmaturityinsecurityembarrassmentrevelationsecretdrinkdancing |
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: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | snoopingadulterous wifeaquariumunfaithful wifesecretdrinkcamera |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessinvestigationadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | anniversarymarital problemrevelationman with glassessecretdrinkcameratwo word titlefight |
John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have offered his family a very upscale life, including a summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new Mexican housekeeper, named Flor. She and her daughter Cristina have recently emigrated to L.A. from Mexico and are trying to find a better life. W …hen they move in with the Claskys for the summer, Flor has to fight for her daughter's soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous! (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | insecuritychefconvertibledrinkfight |
Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter, who is 26, replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters with another on the way, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Dan and Carter's working relationship is tested when Carter … begins a relationship with Alex, who is Dan's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | fancy restaurantexecutiveaquariumsecret |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessinvestigationadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | driving a carapple computeranniversaryrevelationman with glassessecretdrinkcamerafight |
Whip Whitaker is a commuter airline pilot. While on a flight from Orlando to Atlanta something goes wrong and the plane starts to fly erratically. With little choice Whip crashes the plane and saves almost all on board. When he wakes up in the hospital, his friend from the airline union introduces h …im to a lawyer who tells him there's a chance he could face criminal charges because his blood test reveals that he was intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine. He denies being impaired, so while an investigation is underway, he is told to keep his act together. However, letting go of his addiction is not as easy as it seems... (Read More)
Themes: | investigation |
Mood: | affection |
Locations: | airplane tripcar |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | coca colaflightrevelationman with glassesdrink |
Peter Klaven's world revolves around his real estate work and Zooey, his soon-to-be fiancee. After he pops the question, she calls her best friends and they go into wedding planning mode. Peter has no male friends and that poses problems: will he turn out to be a clingy guy, and who will be his best … man? Zooey, her friends, and Peter's brother Robbie offer help that results in awkward moments. Then, at an open house Peter's hosting, he meets Sydney, an amiable, low-key guy. They trade business cards, and Peter calls him to meet for drinks. A friendship develops that's great at first but then threatens Peter's engagement and career. Can guys be friends and couples be in love? (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiplove |
Locations: | chicago illinois |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | immaturityinsecurityengagementembarrassmenteavesdroppingdrinkfight |
Annie (Kristen Wiig), is a maid of honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of colorful bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Annie's life is a mess. But when she … finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she'll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you'll go for someone you love. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiplove |
Locations: | chicago illinoiscar |
Characters: | best friendfriend |
Story: | driving a carclumsinessflightembarrassmentrevelationman with glassesdrinkfight |
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | facial bruiseblackberryadulterous wifedrink |
High school student Ferris Bueller wants a day off from school and he's developed an incredibly sophisticated plan to pull it off. He talks his friend Cameron into taking his father's prized Ferrari and with his girlfriend Sloane head into Chicago for the day. While they are taking in what the city …has to offer school principal Ed Rooney is convinced that Ferris is, not for the first time, playing hooky for the day and is hell bent to catch him out. Ferris has anticipated that, much to Rooney's chagrin. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Mood: | affection |
Locations: | chicago illinoisofficecar |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | black humorconvertibledancing |
After years of looking for Mr. Right, Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini finally finds the man of her dreams, Kevin Fields, only to discover that his mother, Viola, is the woman of her nightmares. A recently fired news anchor who is afraid she will lose her son the way she has just lost her career, Viola … determines to scare off her son's new fiance by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law. While Viola's long-time assistant Ruby does her best to help Viola execute her crazy schemes, Charlie decides to fight back and the gloves come off as the two women battle it out to see just who is the alpha-female. (Read More)
Themes: | lovefriendship |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | caught eavesdroppingsnoopingengagementembarrassmentfight |
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. The sun is shining and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as …she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life... The anticipated disaster failed to occur, and yet the family's world has been shaken to its core, a question mark hanging over their father in particular. Tomas and Ebba's marriage now hangs in the balance as Tomas struggles desperately to reclaim his role as family patriarch. (Read More)
Themes: | adulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | marital anxietyadulterous wifemarital problemunfaithful wifeembarrassmentpsychologisteavesdroppingtwo word title |
Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi …m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | driving a carfish tankconvertibledrinktwo word title |
Rachel is a nice girl who is going to marry with Hector ('Heck'), her longtime boyfriend. While she is working in the wedding preparations she meets Luce, wedding's florist, unexpectedly falling in love to her and discovering what is having love feeling to another woman. Unable to stop her Rachel me …ets Luce a few times hiding it to her family, specially her mother Tessa because she contracted Luce. At the same time that Heck tries to win the affection of his parents-in-law, above all the eccentric father-in-law Ned, Rachel tries following with the daily life and marriage with her husband, but the love and passion she feels for Luce causes a secret affair between both women, and a doubt in Rachel about the life she wants for herself. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelitylovefriendship |
Mood: | affection |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | doubtsecretdrinkdancing |
Ineffectual, 'has-been' film-maker (Dennis Quaid) swindles his way into an interview with a film executive (Greg Kinnear) in order to pitch an outrageous and controversial comedy manuscript. After pitching the first of his thirteen offbeat fables, the dejected artist forces the rest of his disjointe …d allegory on the executive at gunpoint. He tells stories of a woman on a blind date with a man who has testicles growing from his neck, in another a smitten woman offers her neck to her boyfriend to 'poop' on -as a sign of commitment and love. In yet another two parents take home-schooling to a whole new level of indecency, striving to give their isolated teenage son all the 'regular' torment and humiliation of puberty by bullying, peer-pressuring and even seducing him themselves. An off-beat, elephant-in-the-room type film. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | executiveclumsinessimmaturityinsecurityembarrassmentman with glassesfight |
Rose Cooper is an uptight and by-the-book cop whose name has become a verb synonymous with screw-ups, and she's found a chance to redeem herself. She has been assigned to protect a federal witness, Daniella Riva, the vivacious and outgoing widow of a drug boss. As the two polar opposites race throug …h Texas, they find themselves pursues by everyone from crooked cops to murderous gunmen. However, their greatest obstacle to making this out alive may be themselves as they learn that Cooper has now been considered a fugitive fleeing with Danielle. (Read More)
Themes: | friendshiplove |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | driving a carclumsinessembarrassmentblack humorconvertibledancingfight |
It's the late 1980s, when Wall Street is riding high, and it seems as if the entire country is cashing in on the bumper profits. Disgusted with the materialism that surrounds him, Matt Franklin, a brilliant young MIT graduate, has walked out on his well-paid position at a local lab and taken a low-l …evel job as a video clerk, much to his father Bill's consternation. And the crises keep piling up in Matt's life. His best buddy Barry has just gotten fired from his job, his brainy sister Wendy is getting hitched to her vapid boyfriend Kyle, and the gorgeous Tori Frederking, long-time object of Matt's unattainable adoration, is suddenly back in the picture. Now, on one wild, woolly and irresponsible evening, everything is coming to a head, with explosive results. (Read More)
Characters: | best friendfriend |
Story: | clumsinessengagementembarrassmentblack humorconvertibledrinkdancing |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel …p... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | apple computermarital problemdrinkcameradancingfight |
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: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | revelationsecretdrinkdancingfight |
After his death sometime in his forty-third year, suburbanite Lester Burnham tells of the last few weeks of his life, during which he had no idea of his imminent passing. He is a husband to real estate agent Carolyn Burnham and father to high school student Janie Burnham. Although Lester and Carolyn … once loved each other, they now merely tolerate each other. Typical wallflower Janie too hates both her parents, the three who suffer individually in silence in their home life. Janie tries to steer clear of both her parents. Carolyn, relatively new to the real estate business, wants to create the persona of success to further her career, she aspiring to the professional life of Buddy Kane, the king of the real estate business in their neighborhood. Lester merely walks mindlessly through life, including at his job in advertising. His company is downsizing, and he, like all the other employees, has to justify his position to the newly hired efficiency expert to keep his job. Things change for Lester when he falls in love at first sight with Janie's more experienced classmate, Angela Hays. Both Janie and Angela can see Lester's sexual infatuation with Angela, who courts such attention from any man as a sign that she is model material, she having once appeared in Seventeen and it a career to which she aspires. Lester's infatuation with Angela gives him a reenergized view on life, where he openly doesn't care anymore what anyone thinks about what he does, anyone except Angela. This in… (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | muscle caradulterous wifeinsecuritymarital problemunfaithful wifeeavesdroppingcameratwo word title |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy … neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | detroit michiganman with glassessecret |
Brandy Klark ('Aubrey Plaza (I)' (qv)) has just graduated from high school where she excelled in every subject, except real-life sexual education. When her older sister tells her how important it is to be experienced, Brandy writes out a sex to do list for herself for the summer. Her friend Cameron …might be the perfect guinea pig while she sets her sights on the popular and sexy Rusty Waters as the ultimate end goal. But once feelings get in the way, it becomes much harder for Brandy to check off the remaining items on her sex to do list. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Characters: | best friendfriend |
Story: | clumsinessimmaturityembarrassmentblack humordrink |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye …ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationinfidelitylove |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | dodgechevroletrevelationeavesdroppingsecretcameratwo word titlefight |
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, football, and girls. Jacey is Duane's ste …ady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry). (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelitylovefriendship |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | marital infidelityfish tankanniversaryconvertiblesecretdancingfight |
It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subo …rdinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | marital infidelitycoca colaconvertibledrinkdancingfight |
In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how lon …g she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover? (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelitylove |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | best friend |
Story: | adulterous wifeunfaithful wifedancing |
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: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | embarrassmentsecretdrinkcameradancing |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelity |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | adulterous wifeaquariumunfaithful wifecameradancing |
The bitter, cynical and lonely Barbara Covett is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia and missing her special friend Je …nnifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart joins the high-school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart, who is about twenty years older than she; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly; and her son Ben that has Down's Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with the fifteen year-old student Steven Connolly, Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | marital problemsecretdrinkdancingfight |
Mitch, Frank and Beanie are disillusioned with their personal lives begining when Mitch's nymphomanic girlfriend, Heidi, cheats on him, then former party animal Frank gets married, but unwilling to let go of his wild life, and Beanie is a family man seeking to reclaim his wild and crazy youth. Beani …e suggests that they form their own fraternity in Mitch's new house on a college campus to re-live their glory days by bringing together a variety of misfit college students, losers, middle-aged and elderly retirees as their new friends and later try to avoid being evicted by the new Dean of Students, Pritchard, whom still holds a personal grudge against all three of them. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessinfidelitylovefriendship |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | clumsinessimmaturityblack humorman with glasses |
Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and her executive husband also move in to the crowded building. With their spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their time together … as friends. They have everything in common from noodle shops to martial arts. Soon, they are shocked to discover that their spouses are having an affair. Hurt and angry, they find comfort in their growing friendship even as they resolve not to be like their unfaithful mates. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | executivemarital problemsecretdrink |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens …uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationadulteryfriendship |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | snoopingaquariumeavesdroppingconvertiblesecretcamerafight |
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: | friendship |
Locations: | officecar |
Characters: | best friendfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | driving a carimmaturitydoubtinsecurityman with glasses |
When Jay (Jason Segel) and Annie (Cameron Diaz) first got together, their romantic connection was intense - but ten years and two kids later, the flame of their love needs a spark. To kick things up a notch, they decide - why not? - to make a video of themselves trying out every position in The Joy …of Sex in one marathon three-hour session. It seems like a great idea - until they discover that their most private video is no longer private. With their reputations on the line, they know they're just one click away from being laid bare to the world... but as their race to reclaim their video leads to a night they'll never forget, they'll find that their video will expose even more than they bargained for. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Locations: | officecar |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | ipadclumsinessembarrassmentman with glassescamera |
A once handsome playboy, Cesar finds himself in a mental facility and he can't remember why. All he can remember is meeting the love of his life for one day, and then getting into a car accident which left his face horribly disfigured. But the pain of becoming physically undesirable may help him to …find the truth. (Read More)
Themes: | lovefriendship |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | best friendboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | coca colapsychologistdrinkdancing |
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her husband's lies. Their son, Paul, home for the holidays, … escapes to the city to pursue an alluring rich girl from his prep school. And young, budding nymphomaniac, Wendy Hood roams the neighborhood, innocently exploring liquor cabinets and lingerie drawers of her friends' parents, looking for something new. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century. Things get bad... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Locations: | officecar |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | marital problemembarrassmentdrink |
After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not … to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Mood: | affection |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | revelationsecretdrinkfight |
In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortes, the twenty-som …ething wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of this beach's location. On the road trip, which ends up not being totally harmonious, the three go on a trip of discovery. For Luisa, she has to figure out what to do with her immediate future based on the news from Jano and a secret she is keeping. And Tenoch and Julio have to figure out what their friendship really means as they grow up. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | immaturitypeeping tomembarrassmentpsychologistsecretdrinkdancing |
Chicago Sun Times copy editor Josie Gellar (25), who was desperate to graduate from perfectionist copy editor to reporter, gets her chance when the goody owner orders the editor to cover the high-school scene by undercover. Josie, who was a frustrated, ridiculed nerd, gets a popular make-over from h …er drop-out, naturally funny brother Rob Geller. Both siblings find love and joys of youth again. But in Josie's case, it's sensitive bachelor teacher Sam Coulson, who enjoys sophisticated conversation. As the publication deadline approaches, the price of blowing their cover seems ever more daunting, yet inevitable unless she sacrifices her career. (Read More)
Themes: | lovefriendship |
Mood: | affection |
Locations: | chicago illinoiscar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | deadlineembarrassment |
Adonis Johnson is the son of the famous boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died in a boxing match in _Rocky IV (1985)_ (qv). Adonis wasn't born until after his father's death and wants to follow his fathers footsteps in boxing. He seeks a mentor who is the former heavyweight boxing champion and forme …r friend of Apollo Creed, the retired Rocky Balboa. Rocky eventually agrees to mentor Adonis. With Rocky's help they hope to get a title job to face even deadlier opponents than his father. But whether he is a true fighter remains to be seen.... (Read More)
Locations: | officecar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | dodgeipadfish tanksecretfight |
Mild-mannered timid businessman Dave Buznik works for a pet clothing company out of New York City. He's got an abrasive boss named Mr. Frank Head who frequently takes credit for his work and steps on him in return. He's got a loving girlfriend, Linda, whose best friend is her condescending college e …x, Andrew. But when a misunderstanding aboard an airplane goes haywire, Dave is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell, who is an unpredictable, psychopathic character. As the relationship between Dave and Buddy becomes more tense, when the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc Dave's life, and Buddy might be the only one who can save him from a problem he recognizes right away in his patient, that could only get worse. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | officecar |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriend |
Story: | insecurityembarrassmentblack humorpsychologistfight |
Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted t …o kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an "Assassin's Union." (Read More)
Themes: | infidelityfriendship |
Locations: | office |
Characters: | best friend |
Story: | proposaldetroit michiganpsychologistconvertibleman with glassesdancingfight |
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: | unfaithfulnessadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | car |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | driving a carconvertibledrinkcameradancing |
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: | adulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | flightembarrassmentsecretdrinkdancingfight |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | chicago illinoisoffice |
Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | snoopinginsecurityengagementsecretdrinkdancing |