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The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz. Nyiszli was one of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos - Special Squads of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to exterminate fellow Jews in ex …change for a few more months of life. Together, the Sonderkommandos struggled to organize the only armed revolt that would ever take place at Auschwitz. As the rebellion is about to commence, a group from the unit discovers a 14-year-old girl who has miraculously survived a gassing. A catalyst for their desperate attempt at personal redemption, the men become obsessed with saving this one child, even if doing so endangers the uprising which could save thousands. To what terrible lengths are we willing to go to save our own lives, and what in turn would we sacrifice to save the lives of others? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | dyingholocaustexecutionescapedrunkennesstorturedrinkingprisonsuicidedeathmurderfriendship |
| Locations: | nazi germanytruckmotorcycletrain |
| Characters: | jewjewishgirltattoodoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19441940sworld war two |
| Story: | prisoner revoltsuicide by electrocutionguard dogmedical experimentmunitions factorydump truckmotorcycle with a sidecartattooed number on armsmelting worksforced labournazi occupied polandwater sprinklerfinal solutionkapobirkenau …smokestackelectric fencenarration from the gravesmotheringgas chamberwashroombudapest hungarygunpowdershoahyiddishcrematoriumthird reichnazi uniformasphyxiationovenhungarianpitheadachepolishuprisingssrevoltclothingauschwitzunconsciousnessjewelrydormitorygunfireconcentration campdead childdynamiteshot in the facesmugglingbombinggas maskguardorchestrawristwatchmass murderhypodermic needleburned alivegoldexperimenttwinbeaten to deathfactoryliarelectrocutionprisonereatingwinesubjective camerasurvivalshot in the backcolor in titlerevolverinterrogationdead bodytearslieshootingundressingdrinkshot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingcryingvoice over narrationfirebased on playbased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditygunblooddogflashback (See All) |
Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, Hungarian prisoner working as a member of the Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums who, to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son, tries to carry out his impossible deed: salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. While the Sonderkomma …ndo is to be liquidated at any moment, Saul turns away of the living and their plans of rebellion to save the remains of a son he never took care of when he was still alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustexecutionmurderdeath |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | jewjewishdoctor |
| Period: | year 19441940sworld war two |
| Story: | forced labourfinal solutionkapobirkenaugas chambershoahyiddishcrematoriumasphyxiationovenhungarianpitpolishclothingauschwitz …concentration campguardmass murdergoldprisonereatingsurvivaldead bodyshootingundressingmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingcryingfirecigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybloodgun (See All) |
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: | holocaustexecutionprisonfriendship |
| Locations: | nazi germanytrain |
| Characters: | jewjewishgirldoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | guard doggas chambercrematoriumovenssconcentration campguardliarprisonereatingwinesubjective cameratearslieundressing …foodbeatingcryingcigarette smokingdog (See All) |
The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old ma …n for two days. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingholocaustexecutiondeathmurder |
| Locations: | truckmotorcycle |
| Characters: | girlhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi uniformssgunfireconcentration campbombingmass murderburned alivetwineatingsubjective camerasurvivaldead bodytearsshootingmachine gun …foodcorpsecryingfireexplosiondoggun (See All) |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingholocaustexecutionescapedrunkennessdrinkingsuicidedeathfriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | nazi germanytruckmotorcycle |
| Characters: | jewjewishgirldoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | motorcycle with a sidecarthird reichnazi uniformssjewelrygunfirebombingguardmass murderwinesurvivaldead bodytearsshootingdrink …shot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingcryingfirebased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokingfemale nuditydogflashbackgunblood (See All) |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustexecutionescapetortureprisonmurderfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | trucktrain |
| Characters: | jewjewishdoctorfriendfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19441940sworld war two |
| Story: | ssjewelrysmugglingbombingmass murderhypodermic needleprisonereatingcolor in titleinterrogationdead bodytearsshootingundressingshot in the head …machine gunfoodcorpsebeatingcryingbased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityflashbackblood (See All) |
The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate jo …urney to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingexecutionescapedrunkennesstorturedrinkingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | motorcycletrain |
| Characters: | tattoohusband wife relationship |
| Story: | guard doguprisingbombingmass murderexperimentprisonereatingwinesurvivaldead bodytearsshootingdrinkshot in the headmachine gun …foodcorpsebeatingcryingexplosioncigarette smokingfemale nuditygunblooddog (See All) |
The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrest …ed by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingholocaustdrinkingsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | nazi germanytrain |
| Characters: | jewjewishdoctorhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | ssauschwitzdormitoryconcentration campbeaten to deathliarsurvivalsubjective cameratearslieshootingundressingdrinkshot in the headfood …beatingcryingbased on true storycigarette smokingfemale nuditygunflashbackblooddog (See All) |
In Nazi Germany during World War II, as the tide turned in favor of The Allies, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convince …d he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiondrinkingsuicidedeathfriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | nazi germanymotorcycle |
| Characters: | jewhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | year 19441940sworld war two |
| Story: | motorcycle with a sidecarthird reichnazi uniformssbombingeatingshot in the backtearsshootingdrinkshot in the headfoodcryingvoice over narrationbased on true story …explosioncigarette smokingblooddoggun (See All) |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingescapedrunkennessdrinkingprisonsuicidemurderdeath |
| Locations: | truckmotorcycletrain |
| Characters: | jewjewishgirldoctorhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | gunfireshot in the facebombingmass murderprisonereatingwineshot in the backdead bodytearsshootingdrinkshot in the headmachine gunfood …corpsebeatingcryingbased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditybloodflashbackgundog (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin …ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingescapedrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | girl |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | motorcycle with a sidecarunconsciousnessdormitorywinesubjective camerasurvivaldead bodytearslieshootingundressingdrinkshot in the headmachine gunfood …corpsecryingvoice over narrationbased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokingbloodflashback (See All) |
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha …nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingexecutiondrunkennesstorturedrinkingdeathmurder |
| Characters: | tattoodoctorhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | jewelrysmugglingbombingguardgoldbeaten to deatheatingwinesubjective camerasurvivalshot in the backdead bodytearsshootingdrink …shot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpsecryingfireexplosioncigarette smokingdogbloodgun (See All) |
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager fo …od rations and committing horrific acts. There is, however, one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingexecutionsuicidedeathmurder |
| Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | dormitorygas maskguardburned alivebeaten to deatheatingwinesubjective camerasurvivaldead bodytearsshootingundressingshot in the headmachine gun …foodcorpsebeatingcryingvoice over narrationfirefemale frontal nudityfemale nuditydoggunblood (See All) |
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)
| Themes: | dyingescapeprisonsuicidedeathmurderfriendship |
| Locations: | truckmotorcycle |
| Characters: | doctorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | motorcycle with a sidecardormitorydead childbombingwristwatchprisonersurvivaldead bodytearsshootingfoodbeatingcryingbased on true storyexplosion …gunblood (See All) |
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: | holocaustexecutionescapedrunkennessdrinkingmurderdeathfriendship |
| Characters: | jewishhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | shoahssbeaten to deathsurvivalshot in the backshot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingbased on true storyexplosionblooddog |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's …use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
| Themes: | executionescapetorturedrinkingprisonsuicidedeathmurderfriendship |
| Locations: | truckmotorcycle |
| Characters: | doctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | gunfirebombingguardmass murderprisonershot in the backrevolverinterrogationdead bodytearsshootingdrinkmachine gunbeatingcrying …firebased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokinggundogbloodflashback (See All) |
October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to sta …y behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio, part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely in tact and that he is running away from his past, in part or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which was interrupted by the war. He may not be running from his work as a spy for the Germans as Caravaggio believes, but rather the memory of an affair he had with married Katherine Clifton, the love of his life, and the memory of a promise not totally fulfilled. Hana may also test her theory of her fates with love and death as she embarks on a relationship of her own with Kip Singh, a Sikh from India, whose unit has camped on the now overgrown lawn of the church. Their work entails sweeping for and di… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | dyingescapetorturedrinkingsuicidemurderdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | truckmotorcycletrain |
| Characters: | friend |
| Period: | year 19441940sworld war two |
| Story: | budapest hungaryhungarianunconsciousnessgunfirehypodermic needleprisonersubjective camerainterrogationtearslieundressingdrinkmachine gunbeatingcrying …fireexplosioncigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityflashbackbloodgun (See All) |
After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs … for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapedrunkennesstorturedrinkingprisondeathfriendshipmurder |
| Characters: | doctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | bombingmass murderelectrocutionsubjective camerashot in the backinterrogationdead bodyshootingdrinkcorpsebeatingexplosioncigarette smokingbloodflashback …gun (See All) |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t …o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingfriendshipdeathmurder |
| Characters: | tattoofriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | smugglingliareatingshot in the backdead bodylieshootingdrinkshot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingexplosioncigarette smoking …gunblood (See All) |
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: | dyingdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | trucktrain |
| Characters: | girldoctorfriendfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | dead childbombingeatingsurvivaldead bodytearsundressingfoodcorpsebeatingcryingvoice over narrationfirebased on true storyexplosion …flashbackblood (See All) |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | dyingexecutionescapedrunkennessprisonmurderdeathfriendship |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | beaten to deathprisonersurvivalshot in the backrevolverinterrogationshootingshot in the headmachine gunbeatingvoice over narrationcigarette smokinggunflashbackdog …blood (See All) |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
| Themes: | holocaustescapedrinkingdeathmurder |
| Characters: | jewjewishgirldoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | shoahthird reichsmugglingwristwatchgoldliartearslieshootingdrinkcryingbased on true storycigarette smokingflashback |
In 1945, the Marines attack twelve thousand Japaneses protecting the twenty square kilometers of the sacred Iwo Jima island in a very violent battle. When they reach the Mount Suribachi and six Marines raise their flag on the top, the picture becomes a symbol in a post Great Depression America. The …government brings the three survivors to America to raise funds for war, bringing hope to desolate people, and making the three men heroes of the war. However, the traumatized trio has difficulty dealing with the image built by their superiors, sharing the heroism with their mates. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingdrunkennesstorturedrinkingsuicidedeathfriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | subjective camerashot in the backdead bodytearsshootingundressingdrinkshot in the headmachine guncorpsecryingvoice over narrationexplosioncigarette smokingblood …flashback (See All) |
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant 'T.E. Lawrence' (qv) is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his s …uperior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingexecutiontorturedrinkingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | truckmotorcycletrain |
| Story: | uprisinggoldeatingsubjective camerainterrogationdead bodytearsshootingdrinkshot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingcrying …firebased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokinggunbloodflashback (See All) |
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)
| Themes: | executiondrinkingprisonfriendshipdeathmurder |
| Locations: | truckmotorcycletrain |
| Characters: | girlfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | gunpowderpolishbombinghypodermic needleprisonereatingwinesubjective cameradead bodytearslieshootingdrinkmachine gunfood …corpsecryingvoice over narrationexplosioncigarette smokingfemale nuditydoggunflashback (See All) |
Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of 'Michael Collins (XIV)' (qv), the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
| Themes: | escapedrunkennesstorturedrinkingprisonmurderdeath |
| Locations: | motorcycletrain |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | motorcycle with a sidecaruprisingsmugglingdead bodydrinkshot in the headmachine gunbeatingfireexplosioncigarette smokinggun |
In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The … political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper Konig to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiontorturesuicidedeathfriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | jewjewishgirlfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi uniformbombingfactoryshot in the backdead bodyshootingshot in the headmachine guncorpsefirebased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokingbloodgun …flashback (See All) |
Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the three Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the ga …ng's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | executiondrunkennesstorturedrinkingmurderdeath |
| Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | headacheguardbeaten to deathprisonereatingshot in the backrevolverinterrogationdead bodytearsdrinkshot in the headfoodcorpsebeating …cryingfirecigarette smokingdogblood (See All) |
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: | holocaustexecutionmurder |
| Characters: | jewish |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi occupied polandshoahnazi uniformssconcentration campmass murdersurvivalshot in the headcorpsefirebased on true storyblood |
Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gasse …d at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustfriendshipmurderdeath |
| Characters: | jewjewishdoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | polishauschwitzconcentration campfactoryprisonersubjective camerashot in the headmachine guncryingbased on true storyblood |
In 1944 falangist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess …, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiontorturedeathmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | girldoctorhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | year 19441940sworld war two |
| Story: | dead childshot in the faceburned aliveliareatingshot in the backrevolverinterrogationlieshootingshot in the headfoodvoice over narrationexplosioncigarette smoking …female nuditybloodgun (See All) |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
| Themes: | dyingdrunkennesstorturedrinkingfriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | girldoctorfriendfamily relationships |
| Story: | gunpowderprisonereatingshot in the backrevolverdead bodyshootingdrinkfoodcorpseexplosionfemale frontal nudityfemale nudityflashbackgun …blood (See All) |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets … Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingescapedrunkennesstorturedrinkingprisonsuicidefriendshipdeathmurder |
| Locations: | motorcycletrain |
| Characters: | doctorfriend |
| Story: | shot in the facebeaten to deatheatingshot in the backinterrogationtearsshootingundressingdrinkshot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingcrying …based on true storycigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
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: | dyingescapedrunkennesstorturedrinkingdeathmurderfriendship |
| Characters: | friendhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | gunfirebombingguardtearsundressingdrinkmachine gunbeatingcryingfireexplosioncigarette smokinggunblood |
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: | dyingdrunkennessdrinkingsuicidemurderdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | jewjewishgirlfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | eatingwineinterrogationdead bodytearsshootingundressingdrinkfoodcorpsecryingbased on true storycigarette smokingfemale nudityblood …flashbackdoggun (See All) |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea …st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingprisondeathmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | tattoofamily relationships |
| Story: | hypodermic needlebeaten to deathprisonereatingshot in the backrevolverdead bodytearslieshootingdrinkshot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpse …beatingcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbloodflashbackgun (See All) |
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hand …s of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. (Read More)
| Themes: | escapedrunkennesstorturedrinkingprisonsuicidemurderdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | motorcycle |
| Characters: | doctorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | bombinghypodermic needlefactorywinerevolverdead bodytearsdrinkshot in the headmachine gunbeatingcryingfireexplosiongun …blood (See All) |
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: | escapedrinkingfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | motorcycletrain |
| Characters: | jewjewishdoctorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | washroomauschwitzdormitorybombingliarprisonerwinetearslieundressingdrinkfoodcryingcigarette smokingblood |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased …gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiondrunkennesssuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | nazi germany |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | ssmass murderburned alivewinesurvivalshot in the backrevolvershot in the headmachine guncorpsebeatingfireexplosioncigarette smokingblood |
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: | dyingprisonsuicidefriendshipdeathmurder |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | jewfriendfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | crematoriumovenssauschwitzconcentration campeatingwinetearslieundressingfoodcryingvoice over narrationfirecigarette smoking …female frontal nudityfemale nudityflashbackgun (See All) |
Roger Ferris is a CIA operative in the Middle East; Ed Hoffman is his control at Langley. Cynicism is everywhere. In Amman, Roger works with Hani Salaam, Jordan's head of security, whose only dictum is "Don't lie to me." The Americans are in pursuit of a cleric who leads a group placing bombs all ov …er Europe. When Hani rebukes Ed's demand that Jordan allow the Americans to use one of Jordan's double agents, Roger and Ed hatch a plan to bring the cleric to them. The plan is complicated by its being a secret from Hani and by Roger's attraction to a local nurse. Satellites and cell phones, bodies and lies: modern warfare. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiontorturedrinkingsuicidefriendshipmurderdeath |
| Characters: | girldoctorfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | guard dogeatingwineshot in the backdead bodyliedrinkshot in the headmachine gunfoodcorpsebeatingcryingvoice over narrationfire …explosioncigarette smokingflashbackgundogblood (See All) |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life …, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiondrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathmurder |
| Characters: | girltattoofriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | liareatingwinerevolverdead bodytearslieshootingdrinkfoodcorpsebeatingcryingvoice over narrationbased on true story …cigarette smokingfemale nuditygunblood (See All) |
David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVit …o). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | escapefriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | tattoohusband wife relationship |
| Story: | jewelrygunfireshot in the facegoldshot in the backrevolverinterrogationshootingshot in the headexplosioncigarette smokinggunblood |
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: | executiontortureprisonfriendship |
| Locations: | nazi germany |
| Characters: | jewfriendfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | nazi uniformliarprisonerwineinterrogationtearslieundressingcryingbased on true storycigarette smokinggunblood |
Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost …limit. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingexecutiontortureprisonsuicidemurderdeath |
| Characters: | doctorfamily relationships |
| Story: | clothingsmugglinghypodermic needleprisonereatingtearsshootingundressingshot in the headfoodbeatingcryingcigarette smokingflashbackgun …blood (See All) |
In 1965, while bombing Laos in a classified mission, the propeller plane of the German-American US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler is hit and crashes in the jungle. Dieter is arrested by the peasants, tortured by the Vietcong and sent to a prisoner camp, where he meets five other mentally deranged prisone …rs and guards. He becomes close to Duane and organizes an escape plan; however, the unstable Gene opposes to Dieter's plan. When they discover that there is no more food due to the constant American bombings in the area and their guards intend to kill them, Dieter sets his plan in motion. However, an unexpected betrayal splits the group and Dieter and Duane find that the jungle is their actual prison. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingescapetortureprisonmurderfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | truck |
| Characters: | friend |
| Story: | bombingguardprisonereatingsurvivalmachine gunfoodcryingfirebased on true storygundog |
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: | dyingexecutiondrunkennesstorturedrinkingprisonsuicidefriendshipdeathmurder |
| Locations: | motorcycletrain |
| Characters: | girldoctorfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | gunfirebombingmass murderprisonereatingsubjective camerashot in the backinterrogationdead bodytearsshootingdrinkfoodcorpsebeating …cryingvoice over narrationfireexplosioncigarette smokingflashbackbloodgun (See All) |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingexecutionescapetortureprisonsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | truckmotorcycletrain |
| Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | gunfireshot in the faceprisonersubjective camerainterrogationtearsshootingundressingshot in the headmachine gunbeatingcryingvoice over narrationfirebased on true story …explosioncigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditydogbloodflashbackgun (See All) |
In the 1860s, five men have been tracking a sixth across Nevada for more than two weeks. They shoot and wound him, but he gets away. They pursue, led by the dour Carver, who will pay them each $1 a day once he's captured. The hunted is Gideon, resourceful, skilled with a knife. Gideon's flight and C …arver's hunt require horses, water, and bullets. The course takes them past lone settlers, a wagon train, a rail crew, settlements, and an Indian philosopher. What is the reason for the hunt; what connects Gideon and Carver? What happened at Seraphim Falls? (Read More)
| Themes: | escapedrinkingmurderdeath |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | girlhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | gunpowdergoldeatingsurvivalsubjective camerarevolverdead bodytearsshootingundressingdrinkfoodcorpsecryingfire …bloodflashback (See All) |
'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.
| Themes: | dyingescapedrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder |
| Characters: | girlhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | eatingshot in the backdead bodytearsshootingdrinkshot in the headfoodcorpsecryingvoice over narrationfirecigarette smokingflashbackdog …bloodgun (See All) |
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