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Individualistic and idealistic architect Howard Roark is expelled from college because his designs fail to fit with existing architectural thinking. He seems unemployable but finally lands a job with like-minded Henry Cameron, however within a few years Cameron drinks himself to death, warning Roark … that the same fate awaits unless he compromises his ideals. Roark is determined to retain his artistic integrity at all costs. (Read More)
| Themes: | self sacrificephilosophycourageguiltobsessionjealousymoneyrapesuicide |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | yachtgas stationcourtroomelevatornew york cityhospital |
| Characters: | self expressionself worthself esteemsecretaryreference to godlove trianglelawyer |
| Story: | home sweet homebuilding explosionanti socialistsocial acceptancebuilding constructionoffice buildingcountry homenewspaper staffnewspaper columnistreading a newspapernewspaper headlinewalking in the raintelephone callarchitectural drawinghell's kitchen manhattan new york city …american literatureindividual versus societysecond handnot guilty verdictout on bailperfect manself fulfillmentbreaking a glass windowsexual politicsself interestinnocent bystanderself sufficiencychiaroscuroconsensusneckingmediocrityconstruction craneboard of directorseditorialgraniteeviction noticereprimandirrational behaviorpicketingobjectivismconvictionautonomyrantcompromiseegoistboardroomaltruismcollectivismdictationnew york city skylinephallic symboljackhammerindividualismegotismrealizationcocktail partylibertarianmarblejudgmentscreenplay adapted by authorhousinganti communistcigarette holderegoismhand kissingvisionaryconnecticutquarryintegritycityscapeconformityleftistsocialistcold war eraorchestral music scoretitle same as bookriding cropfilling stationhospital bedwrist slittingheiresscreativityacceptanceindependencejuryidealismskyscraperselfishnesspublisherpassionate kissethicshorseback ridingcontracttuxedobuildingpridedynamitemillionaireconstruction sitewhipinnocencehomearchitectdemonstrationvandalismfamesabotageapplausecold warspeechfired from the jobprotestconfessiontrialjudgenewspapermanhattan new york citytelephonearresthorsefireexplosiontwo word titlebased on novelkiss (See All) |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
| Themes: | guilt |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomhospital |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewalking in the rainhospital bedjuryselfishnesscontractprideinnocencehomeconfessiontrialjudgenewspaperarrestkiss |
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homes …ick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltobsessionmoneyrapesuicide |
| Locations: | courtroomelevatornew york cityhospital |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinejurypassionate kissethicspridetrialjudgenewspapermanhattan new york cityarrestbased on novel |
Berlin student Jule is hoplessly indebted due to an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat she moves in with her boyfrend Peter and soon learns that Peter and his flatmate, Jan, are breaking into luxurious mansions at night. Instead of stealing … or vandalizing, though, they carefully and ornately rearrange furniture and valulables and leave obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a visit to the villa of her creditor. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousymoney |
| Locations: | yachtgas station |
| Characters: | love triangle |
| Story: | telephone calleviction noticecompromisefilling stationidealismethicshomedemonstrationvandalismsabotagefired from the jobprotestarrestkiss |
In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. She meets gregarious ladies' man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park while she was struggling to make an impact with her drawings of children wit …h big eyes. The two quickly become a pair with outgoing Walter selling their paintings and quiet Margaret holed up at home painting even more children with big eyes. But Walter's actually selling her paintings as his own. A clash of financial success and critical failure soon sends Margaret reeling in her life of lies. With Walter still living the high life, Margaret's going to have to try making it on her own again and re-claiming her name and her paintings. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | courtroomnew york city |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyer |
| Story: | newspaper columnistreading a newspapernewspaper headlinetelephone calljuryethicsprideinnocencehomefameconfessiontrialjudgenewspapertelephone …firekiss (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: | obsessionmoneysuicide |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomelevatornew york city |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | office buildingreading a newspapertelephone callnew york city skylinejurytuxedotrialjudgenewspapermanhattan new york citykiss |
In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co …mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomnew york city |
| Characters: | secretarylawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewalking in the raintelephone calljudgmentcold wartrialjudgenewspapertelephonearrestexplosion |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
| Themes: | guiltobsessionjealousymoneyrape |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | telephone callconvictionwrist slittingjuryprideinnocencetrialjudgearrest |
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: | guiltmoneysuicide |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomnew york city |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | walking in the raintelephone callintegritypridehomedemonstrationprotestconfessiontrialjudgefirebased on noveltwo word titlekiss |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc …alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
| Themes: | courageguiltmoneysuicide |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyer |
| Story: | telephone calltitle same as bookpublisherhorseback ridingcontracthomedemonstrationprotestnewspapertelephonearresthorseexplosiontwo word titlebased on novel …kiss (See All) |
After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e …xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)
| Themes: | guilt |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | yachtgas station |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callfilling stationidealisminnocencedemonstrationprotestnewspapermanhattan new york citytelephonearrestbased on novel |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltjealousyrapesuicide |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | secretarylawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callprideinnocencevandalismapplausefired from the jobconfessiontrialnewspaperbased on novelkiss |
When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.
| Themes: | guiltrapesuicide |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | juryethicsinnocenceapplausetrialjudgearrest |
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: | moneysuicide |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | secretarylawyer |
| Story: | telephone calljurysabotagetrialjudgetelephonearrestfirebased on novel |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
| Themes: | guiltmoneyrapesuicide |
| Locations: | yachtcourtroomelevatornew york city |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyer |
| Story: | reading a newspapernewspaper headlinetelephone callidealismselfishnessmillionaireapplausefired from the jobjudgenewspapermanhattan new york citytelephonearresthorsekiss |
On the Wall Street of the 1980s, Bud Fox is a stockbroker full of ambition, doing whatever he can to make his way to the top. Admiring the power of the unsparing corporate raider Gordon Gekko, Fox entices Gekko into mentoring him by providing insider trading. As Fox becomes embroiled in greed and un …derhanded schemes, his decisions eventually threaten the livelihood of his scrupulous father. Faced with this dilemma, Fox questions his loyalties. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousymoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | yachtelevatornew york cityhospital |
| Characters: | secretarylove trianglelawyer |
| Story: | ethicsmillionairefired from the jobmanhattan new york cityarresttwo word title |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
| Themes: | moneysuicide |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | gas stationelevatornew york city |
| Characters: | secretaryreference to god |
| Story: | telephone callfilling stationcontractapplausemanhattan new york citytelephonearrest |
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: | guiltobsessionjealousymoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevatornew york cityhospital |
| Characters: | love triangle |
| Story: | compromisescreenplay adapted by authorselfishnesspublishermanhattan new york citykiss |
Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hots …hot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts. (Read More)
| Themes: | obsessionjealousysuicide |
| Locations: | courtroomelevatorhospital |
| Characters: | secretarylawyer |
| Story: | telephone calltuxedoconfessiontrialjudgearrest |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | love trianglelawyer |
| Story: | telephone calltuxedohomedemonstrationprotestnewspapermanhattan new york cityarresthorsefirekiss |
In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge M …cCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history. (Read More)
| Themes: | suicide |
| Locations: | elevatornew york city |
| Characters: | secretarylawyer |
| Story: | telephone calleditorialcompromiseintegritysocialistcold war eraapplausecold warfired from the jobtrialnewspaperkiss |
An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detai …l and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevatornew york city |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewalking in the raintelephone calldictationpublishercontractdemonstrationnewspaperarrestbased on novelkiss |
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: | guiltmoney |
| Locations: | courtroomelevator |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | telephone callpridedemonstrationapplausespeechprotesttrialjudgenewspapertelephonearrest |
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
| Themes: | guiltmoney |
| Locations: | courtroomhospital |
| Characters: | reference to godlawyer |
| Story: | telephone callpublishermillionairespeechtrialjudgearrest |
Valentine is a young model living in Geneva. Because of a dog she ran over, she meets a retired judge who spies his neighbours' phone calls, not for money but to feed his cynicism. The film is the story of relationships between some human beings, Valentine and the judge, but also other people who ma …y not be aware of the relationship they have with Valentine or/and the old judge. Redemption, forgiveness and compassion... (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltjealousymoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | yachtcourtroom |
| Story: | telephone callinnocenceconfessiontrialjudgenewspapertelephone |
When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for p …ennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries. (Read More)
| Themes: | moneysuicide |
| Locations: | elevatornew york city |
| Characters: | secretary |
| Story: | reading a newspaperboard of directorsboardroomskyscraperpassionate kissinnocencefired from the jobnewspapermanhattan new york cityfirekiss |
Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinejuryapplausespeechconfessiontrialjudgetwo word titlebased on novel |
When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on its way in by the local ruffian, Liberty Valance, and Stoddar …d has nothing to his name left save a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericson's restaurant and there meets his future wife, Hallie. The territory is vying for Statehood and Stoddard is selected as a representative over Valance, who continues terrorizing the town. When he destroys the local newspaper office and attacks the editor, Stoddard calls him out, though the conclusion is not quite as straightforward as legend would have it. (Read More)
| Characters: | love trianglelawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewhiphomespeechconfessionnewspaperhorsefire |
Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. A …ctually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | yachtgas stationnew york city |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callfilling stationheiresstuxedonewspaperkiss |
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)
| Themes: | jealousy |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Story: | newspaper headlinehand kissingtuxedopridefameapplausefired from the jobnewspapertelephonefiretwo word titlekiss |
1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole an …d Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousymoneyrape |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | love trianglelawyer |
| Story: | contracttrialjudgenewspaperarresthorsebased on novelkiss |
Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
| Themes: | philosophyjealousy |
| Locations: | yachtcourtroomelevatornew york cityhospital |
| Characters: | reference to god |
| Story: | telephone callselfishnessapplausespeechtelephonearresttwo word titlekiss |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and …disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
| Themes: | obsessionmoney |
| Locations: | elevatorhospital |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callirrational behaviortuxedomillionairevandalismfameapplausefired from the jobprotestconfessionnewspapertelephonearrestfire |
England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as 'King George VI' (qv), but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extr …aordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | reference to god |
| Story: | telephone callmarblehand kissinghorseback ridingapplausespeechfired from the jobtelephonehorsekiss |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome …nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
| Themes: | philosophyjealousymoney |
| Locations: | elevatorhospital |
| Characters: | self worthsecretaryreference to godlove triangle |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callintegrityfired from the jobnewspaperkiss |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d …rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stop… (Read More)
| Themes: | couragemoneysuicide |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | hospital |
| Characters: | reference to god |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callhand kissinghorseback ridingpridedemonstrationfameprotestconfessiontrialnewspapertelephonearresthorsefire …explosion (See All) |
Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a …KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousysuicide |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | secretarylove triangle |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callcold war erapassionate kisstuxedocold wararrestbased on novelkiss |
In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of … one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same "modus-operandi" and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of associate Shelly Barnes, an FBI agent, his friend Frank Parks, and his assistant Kim Cummings, Jack investigates some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltrape |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomelevator |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinewalking in the raintelephone calljuryconfessiontrialjudgefireexplosion |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousymoney |
| Locations: | gas stationcourtroomelevator |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | reading a newspapernewspaper headlinetelephone calljuryconfessiontrialjudgenewspapertelephonearrestkiss |
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: | courageguilt |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | telephone callidealismsabotagespeechconfessiontrialjudgearrest |
An alien (Klaatu) with his mighty robot (Gort) land their spacecraft on Cold War-era Earth just after the end of World War II. They bring an important message to the planet that Klaatu wishes to tell to representatives of all nations. However, communication turns out to be difficult, so, after learn …ing something about the natives, Klaatu decides on an alternative approach. (Read More)
| Locations: | elevatorhospital |
| Story: | reading a newspapernewspaper headlinetelephone callcold war eraidealismcold warnewspapertelephone |
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)
| Themes: | guiltjealousy |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomelevator |
| Characters: | reference to god |
| Story: | reading a newspapertelephone callhand kissingskyscraperinnocencevandalismfired from the jobnewspaperarrestfireexplosionkiss |
Two sisters who, after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Once there, in addition to dealing with their stepmother's obsessive and unbalanced ways, an interfering ghost also affects their recovery.
| Themes: | guiltobsessionjealousysuicide |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | love triangle |
| Story: | contracthomedemonstrationnewspaperhorse |
Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not been followed and that the building continues to develop short circuits. When the fire begins, Michael O …'Halleran is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground. (Read More)
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | secretary |
| Story: | telephone callbreaking a glass windowcocktail partyskyscraperbuildingarchitectspeechtelephonefireexplosionbased on novel |
Nader ('Payman Maadi' (qv)) and Simin ('Leila Hatami' (qv)) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), …who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. (Read More)
| Themes: | money |
| Locations: | gas stationelevatorhospital |
| Characters: | reference to god |
| Story: | telephone calljudgmentethicsfired from the jobconfessionjudgenewspapertelephonearrest |
In 1880 pioneering doctor Mortimer Granville,sacked from various hospitals for challenging his superiors' out-moded methods,gets a job with Dr Dalrymple,who relieves female patients' frustrations - or hysteria - with pelvic massages which allow orgasm. The handsome young doctor attracts a large fema …le clientele and gets engaged to Dalrymple's studious younger daughter Emily but after the constant massaging brings on a carpal injury he is sacked. Fortunately an enterprising inventor friend has come up with a power operated feather duster which will soon be transformed into a vibrator and make Mortimer a fortune. Along the way he also realises that his heart really lies with Emily's older sister Charlotte,an outspoken suffragette who runs a home for disadvantaged women in London's East End. (Read More)
| Locations: | courtroomhospital |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | telephone callsocialistmillionairehomefired from the jobtrialjudgetelephonearrestkiss |
A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary …feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. (Read More)
| Themes: | obsessionmoney |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | secretaryreference to god |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callvisionarytuxedosabotagenewspapertelephonebased on novelkiss |
Melanie Carmichael, an up and rising fashion designer in New York, has gotten almost everything she wished for since she was little. She has a great career and the JFK-like fiancee of New York City. But when he proposes to her, she doesn't forget about her family back down South. More importantly, h …er husband back there, who refuses to divorce her ever since she sent divorce papers seven years ago. To set matters straight, she decides to go to the south quick and make him sign the papers. When things don't turn out the way she planned them, she realizes that what she had before in the south was far more perfect than the life she had in New York City. (Read More)
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | love trianglelawyer |
| Story: | home sweet homenewspaper headlineacceptancepassionate kissconstruction sitehomenewspaperarresthorseexplosionkiss |
Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men re …sponsible should be brought to justice. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltrape |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | courtroomhospital |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | telephone calljuryinnocenceapplausetrialjudgearresttwo word titlekiss |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
| Themes: | moneysuicide |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | lawyer |
| Story: | newspaper headlinetelephone callbreaking a glass windowleftistcold war eraidealismprotestconfessiontrialjudgenewspaperarrestfireexplosionkiss |
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