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This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China, follows the leader's tumultuous reign. After being captured by the Red Army as a war criminal in 1950, Pu-Yi recalls his childhood from prison. He remembers his lavish youth in the Forbidden City, where he was afforded every luxu …ry but unfortunately sheltered from the outside world and complex political situation surrounding him. As revolution sweeps through China, the world Pu-Yi knew is dramatically upended. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | based on autobiographyepic |
| Themes: | revolutiondrug addictioncommunismdivorceweddingprisonadulterydrugsmarriagesuicidemurder |
| Mood: | wedding night |
| Locations: | museumchinarooftopjapanbicycleairplane |
| Characters: | japanesebrother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1900s1910s1920s1930s1950s1940s1960sworld war two |
| Story: | japanese occupation of chinachinese emperoreating flowercultural revolutiontianjin chinared chinabeijing chinasino japanese warjapanese armyimperial japanwanting a divorcearranged marriageasian historybased on history20th century history …chinese historypicture on time magazinereference to chiang kai shekillegitimate pregnancyreference to harold lloydmoral reformationpuppet statereference to hiroshimachild rulerforbidden cityparty membereye testpowerlessnesswet nursetime magazinemanchuriaabdicationreference to mao tse tungfemale bare foottradition versus modernityrepublicspectaclesseclusionempressconcubinefemale stockinged footeunuchreceptioninkcoronationcricketscotinfanticidethronedeath of title characteropiumpolitical prisonerfamous scorepolygamytitle in titledecadenceactual animal killedtutoranimal abusefoot closeupembassyvaletemperorgardenertreasonbreast feedingspit in the facegatepalacetourextortionbuddhismrainstormnewsreel footagecamera shot of feethaircutrailway stationparadetennismovie theatermouseroyaltyeyeglassesarsonloss of motherflowersuicide attemptprotestconfessionnonlinear timelinebisexualmenage a troisinterrogationshot in the headfirethree word titlesingingdancingfemale nuditythreesome (See All) |
"Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth ce …ntury into a three-hour time-frame. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | drug addictioncommunismdrugsmarriagesuicide |
| Locations: | chinajapan |
| Characters: | japanese |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1940s1960sworld war two |
| Story: | cultural revolutionbeijing chinajapanese armychinese historyconcubineopiumconfessioninterrogationfiresingingfemale nudity |
Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | drugsmurder |
| Locations: | rooftop |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1960s |
| Story: | opiumfamous scoredecadenceextortionrainstormrailway stationmovie theaterarsonnonlinear timelineshot in the headfiredancingfemale nudity |
The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | revolutionsuicidemurder |
| Locations: | rooftop |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1900s1910s1920s1950s1940s1960s |
| Story: | famous scoreextortionrailway stationloss of mothernonlinear timelineinterrogationdancingfemale nudity |
Follows the life of 'Karen Blixen' (qv), who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband.
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | divorceweddingadulterymarriage |
| Mood: | wedding night |
| Period: | 1910s1920s1930s |
| Story: | receptionfamous scorerailway stationparadefiresingingdancing |
During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago, is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar, who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky, an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, howeve …r, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya. But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | communismadulterymarriagesuicidemurder |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1910s1920s1930s1940s |
| Story: | party memberpolitical prisonerfamous scoreeyeglassesloss of motherflower |
Japanese warlord Hidetori Ichimonji decides the time has come to retire and divide his fiefdom among his three sons. His eldest and middle sons - Taro and Jiro - agree with his decision and promise to support him for his remaining days. The youngest son Saburo disagrees with all of them arguing that … there is little likelihood the three brothers will remain united. Insulted by his son's brashness, the warlord banishes Saburo. As the warlord begins his retirement, he quickly realizes that his two eldest sons selfish and have no intention of keeping their promises. It leads to war and only banished Saburo can possibly save him. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | divorceadulterymarriagesuicidemurder |
| Locations: | japan |
| Characters: | japanesebrother brother relationship |
| Story: | arranged marriageconcubinethronetreasongatebuddhismrainstormroyaltyflowerfiresinging |
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.
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | weddingprisonmurder |
| Locations: | rooftopbicycle |
| Period: | 1910s1920s |
| Story: | crickettreasonarsonmenage a troisshot in the headfiresingingdancing |
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. … In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | china |
| Characters: | japanese |
| Period: | 1930s1950s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | japanese occupation of chinasino japanese warchinese historymanchuriaopiumgaterailway stationsinging |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
| Themes: | revolutionweddingmurder |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1950s1940s |
| Story: | tournewsreel footagerailway stationparadefiresingingdancing |
The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their undergr …ound "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | revolutioncommunismweddingmarriagemurder |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1940s1960sworld war two |
| Story: | newsreel footageeyeglassesflowerfiredancingfemale nudity |
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: | revolutioncommunismprisonsuicidemurder |
| Locations: | rooftopbicycle |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | reference to mao tse tungpolitical prisonerembassyextortionnewsreel footagehaircuteyeglassesarsonprotestconfessioninterrogationshot in the headfiredancingfemale nudity |
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: | divorcemarriage |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1930sworld war two |
| Story: | abdicationcoronationthronetitle in titletreasonnewsreel footageroyaltyeyeglassesthree word titlesingingdancing |
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when … let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | based on autobiographyepic |
| Themes: | prisondrugsmurder |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1950s1940s1960s |
| Story: | death of title charactereyeglasses |
In 1893, Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and t …he unwanted attention of the world, the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians, though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment. Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. Too weak from World War II to continue enforcing its will in India, Britain finally grants India's independence. Indians celebrate this victory, but their troubles are far from over. Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nation-wide violence. Gandhi declares a hunger strike, saying he will not eat until the fighting stops. The fighting does stop eventually, but the country is divided. It is decided that the northwest area of India, and eastern part of India (current day Bangladesh), both places wh… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | prisonmarriagemurder |
| Period: | 1910s1920s1930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | political prisonernewsreel footagerailway stationarsonprotestnonlinear timeline |
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: | divorcemarriagesuicidemurder |
| Locations: | japanairplane |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | japanese armyimperial japanhaircutparadeshot in the headsingingdancing |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a … covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | based on autobiography |
| Themes: | weddingadulterymarriagesuicidemurder |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Period: | 1930s1950s1940s1960s |
| Story: | reference to mao tse tungnonlinear timelineinterrogationshot in the headsingingdancing |
Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25, Alexander the Great led his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia (today part of Greece), Alexander led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally m …ade his way east to India. This film will concentrate on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaestion. Alexander died young, of illness, at 33. Alexander's conquests paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of Christianity centuries later), and removed many of the obstacles that might have prevented the expansion of the Roman Empire. In other words, the world we know today might never have been if not for Alexander's bloody, yet unifying, conquest. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | weddingmarriagemurder |
| Mood: | wedding night |
| Story: | eunuchdeath of title characteremperortreasonpalacerainstormparaderoyaltynonlinear timelinebisexualshot in the headfiredancingfemale nudity |
Frustrated in his attempts to assassinate Yee, who is an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai, Old Wu, who has lost his wife and two sons as well as two women who had attempted to seduce Yee, now recruits Kuang, Mai Tai Tai, and their troupe of drama students from Hong Kong University in ye …t another attempt to do away with Yee. Mai Tai Tai is chosen to befriend Yee, which she does by posing as the wife of Mak, befriending Yee's wife and her female friends, and then eventually befriending Yee himself. Even though both get together, they do end up going separate ways, only to meet again four years later. This time Mai is all set to entrap Yee at Chandni Chowk Jewellers which is owned by an East Indian man named Khalid Saiduddin. The question does remain: Will she and her troupe succeed? (Read More)
| Themes: | revolutionadulterymarriagesuicidemurder |
| Locations: | chinajapan |
| Characters: | japanese |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | sino japanese warnonlinear timelineinterrogationshot in the headfemale nudity |
In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Jus …t when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers. (Read More)
| Themes: | prisonmurder |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | republicextortionnewsreel footagehaircutrailway stationparadeconfessioninterrogationshot in the headfiresingingdancing |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
| Themes: | divorce |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Period: | 1930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | 20th century historyreference to mao tse tungnonlinear timelinefiresingingdancingfemale nudity |
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
| Themes: | weddingadulterymarriage |
| Mood: | wedding night |
| Story: | arranged marriagetreasonpalaceroyaltysingingdancing |
'Tom Wolfe (I)' (qv)'s book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by 'Chuck Yeager' (qv) to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to s …elect people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | adulterymarriage |
| Period: | 1950s1940s1960s |
| Story: | famous scorenewsreel footageparadefire |
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
| Subgenre: | based on autobiographyepic |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1950s1960s |
| Story: | spit in the facerainstormrailway stationparadefemale nudity |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug addictionweddingadulterydrugsmarriage |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1930s1950s1940s1960s |
| Story: | cricketnewsreel footageloss of mothersingingdancing |
William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. O …nce he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | weddingprisonadulterymurder |
| Mood: | wedding night |
| Story: | arranged marriagescotfamous scorerainstormfirefemale nudity |
The biography of Charlie Chaplin, filmmaker extraordinaire. From his formative years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie's life, work, and loves are followed. While his screen characters were extremely hilarious, the man behind "The Little Tramp" was constantly haunted by a sense … of loss. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | based on autobiography |
| Themes: | communismdivorce |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1910s1920s1930s1940s1960s |
| Story: | female nudity |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug addictiondivorcedrugsmarriage |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Period: | 1950s1960s |
| Story: | newsreel footageeyeglassesprotestnonlinear timelinefirethree word titlesingingdancingfemale nudity |
Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force …performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug addictionweddingdrugs |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Period: | 1940s1960s |
| Story: | breast feedingtournewsreel footagemovie theaternonlinear timelinefiresingingdancingfemale nudity |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte …ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | bicycleairplane |
| Characters: | japanese |
| Period: | 1920s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | eye testfamous scorenewsreel footagerailway stationfiredancing |
Osbourne Cox, a Balkan expert, resigned from the CIA because of a drinking problem, so he begins a memoir. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry, a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. A CD-ROM falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees …there try to turn it into cash: Linda, who wants money for cosmetic surgery, and Chad, an amiable goof. Information on the disc leads them to Osbourne who rejects their sales pitch; then they visit the Russian embassy. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets. Meanwhile, Linda's boss likes her, and Harry's wife leaves for a book tour. All roads lead to Osbourne's house. (Read More)
| Themes: | divorceadulterymurder |
| Story: | embassytreasontourextortioncamera shot of feetshot in the headthree word titlesinging |
After the death of 11 climbers, Austrian Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) decides to add glory to his country and to the Austrian pride by climbing Nanga Parbat in British India, and leaves his expectant wife behind. An egoist and a loner, he does not get along with others on his team - but must bend to …their wishes after bad weather threatens them. Then WWII breaks out, they are arrested and lodged in Dehra Dun's P.O.W. Camp. He attempts to break out several times in vain, but finally does succeed along with Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), and they end up in the holy city of Lhasa - a place banned to foreigners. They are provided food and shelter, and Peter ends up marrying a tailor, Pema Lhaki, while Heinrich befriends the Dalai Lama. They meet regularly; while he satiates the child's curiosity about the world, including Jack the Ripper and 'yellow hair'; he is exposed to the teachings of Lord Buddha, He even constructs a movie theater, while getting news of the end of the war, his divorce, and his son's refusal to communicate. But nothing will prepare him for the devastation about to descend when Communist China decides to attack, leading to the deaths of over 1 million Tibetans, the destruction of over 6000 monasteries, and betrayal from their very own people. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | based on autobiography |
| Themes: | communismdivorce |
| Locations: | china |
| Period: | 1930sworld war two |
| Story: | reference to mao tse tungtreasonbuddhismmovie theater |
Laconic and self-contained, Edward Wilson heads CIA covert operations during the Bay of Pigs. The agency suspects that Castro was tipped, so Wilson looks for the leak. As he investigates, he recalls, in a series of flashbacks, his father's death, student days at Yale (poetry; Skull and Bones), recru …itment into the fledgling OSS, truncated affairs, a shotgun marriage, cutting his teeth on spy craft in London, distance from his son, the emergence of the Cold War, and relationships with agency, British, and Soviet counterparts. We watch his idealism give way to something else: disclosing the nature of that something else is at the heart of the film's narration as he closes in on the leak. (Read More)
| Themes: | revolutionweddingadulterymarriagemurder |
| Locations: | bicycle |
| Period: | 1950s1940s1960sworld war two |
| Story: | treasonnewsreel footageinterrogationshot in the headthree word titledancingfemale nudity |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | weddingmarriage |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | famous scoreanimal abuserailway stationparadetenniseyeglassessinging |
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.
| Locations: | japanbicycleairplane |
| Characters: | japanese |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | japanese armyimperial japanemperorflowerfirethree word titlesinging |
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Bree …dlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingadulterymarriage |
| Mood: | wedding night |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1950s1940s1960s |
| Story: | famous scoreloss of mother |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | weddingadulterysuicidemurder |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | movie theatermouseeyeglassesarsonloss of motherflowerfiresingingdancing |
Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hire …d and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. (Read More)
| Themes: | communism |
| Locations: | bicycleairplane |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1950s1940s1960s |
| Story: | death of title characterextortionnewsreel footageparademovie theaternonlinear timelinedancing |
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)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | weddingprisonmarriagesuicidemurder |
| Locations: | rooftopbicycle |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | embassyspit in the faceshot in the headfirethree word titlesingingdancing |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese … airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | prisonsuicidemurder |
| Locations: | chinajapanbicycleairplane |
| Characters: | japanese |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | japanese armytennissinging |
Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she stumbles in on her husband Frank, kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the …friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives. (Read More)
| Themes: | divorceadulterymarriage |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | gardenerrailway stationmovie theaterconfessionbisexualdancing |
24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator's daughter is a … cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl's young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky. (Read More)
| Themes: | divorceadulterymarriagesuicidemurder |
| Locations: | rooftop |
| Period: | 1910s1950s1960s |
| Story: | rainstormsuicide attemptshot in the headsinging |
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
| Themes: | divorcemarriagemurder |
| Story: | coronationthronetreasonroyaltyconfessiondancingfemale nudity |
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
| Themes: | suicide |
| Period: | 1920s1930s1950s1940sworld war two |
| Story: | newsreel footagerailway stationnonlinear timelinefirethree word title |
Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airpla …ne designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan's plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingmarriage |
| Locations: | japanairplane |
| Characters: | japanese |
| Period: | 1920s1930sworld war two |
| Story: | fire |
New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tra …cks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | based on autobiography |
| Themes: | divorceprisonadultery |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | rainstormmovie theatermouseeyeglassesconfessionnonlinear timelinesingingdancing |
While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennesse …e and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter. Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the relationship between June and John grow more,and his marriage to his first wife ends. June finds out about the drugs, and help him overcome it. True love and care helped John eventually stop the drug usage, and finally proposes to her in front of an audience at a show. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | based on autobiography |
| Themes: | drug addictiondivorceprisondrugsmarriage |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1950s1940s1960s |
| Story: | tourthree word title |
The true story of 'Desmond T. Doss' (qv), the conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery and regard for his fellow soldiers. We see his upbringing and how this shaped his views, especially his religious view and anti-killing stance. We see … Doss's trials and tribulations after enlisting in the US Army and trying to become a medic. Finally, we see the hell on Earth that was Hacksaw Ridge. (Read More)
| Themes: | marriage |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1940sworld war two |
| Story: | japanese armynewsreel footagemovie theatershot in the headthree word title |
Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up th …rough the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | epic |
| Themes: | weddingprisonadulterydrugsmurder |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1950s1960s |
| Story: | extortionarsonnonlinear timelineshot in the head |
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: | murder |
| Mood: | wedding night |
| Locations: | museumbicycleairplane |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | paradeeyeglassesprotestnonlinear timelinesingingdancing |
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