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The Messenger (2009)
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The Messenger (2009)

While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those injuries, including one to his eye and leg. He has resumed a sexual r …elationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the army assigns him to the Casualty Notification Team in his area. Not having a background in counseling, psychology or grief management, he is unsure if he is well suited to this job. He is partnered with a career soldier, Captain Tony Stone, who teaches Will the precise protocol involved in the job. Tony tells Will, who quickly learns by on the job experience, that this job has its own dangers. As Will learns to adapt to the range of emotions of the next of kin, he is unprepared for the reaction of Olivia Pitterson, whose husband was killed in Iraq. His initial encounter with Olivia leads to him wanting to get to know her better, which may not be in either her or his best interest. Despite being a recovering alcoholic, the more experienced Tony tries to guide Will as best he can under their collective circumstances. (Read More)

Subgenre:
dark comedyblack comedy
Themes:
u.s. militarydeath of daughtergriefguiltdeath of fatherlonelinessmemoryherofuneralweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancybetrayalreligion …friendshipdeath (See All)
Locations:
singing in a carhumveeusarooftopkitchentaxirestaurantbar
Characters:
american soldieru.s. soldierasking for forgivenesshispanic americanex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipinterracial relationshipwaitressbabypolicemansoldierboysingertattooboyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american …father daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice (See All)
Period:
21st century
Story:
texan accentgiving someone a ride homehome on the rangestaff sergeantiraq warflag draped coffinhanging from a rooftopu.s. armydear john letterconflicted herorearview mirrortragic heromilitary funeralwedding receptionunwed pregnancy …male cryingman cryingcrying womanengagement partydeath notificationdeath noticebudding friendshipsound of sexwar widowcasualty of warangel of deathpunching one's fist into a wallpunching a hole in a wallreflection in a car windowmilitary recruitmentoperation desert stormnewspaper obituarywatching a video on tvsleeping on the groundimprovised explosive devicewatching through a windowhanging out washingself storagehonor guardplant nursery21 gun salutegetting dressedrunning a red lightchanging a tiregun salutecombat casualtyeye teststorage facilitymilitary dress uniformknocking on doorethical dilemmabuglertapsalcoholic relapsemetal musicyoung widowhooded sweatshirtfire fightlast wordsleg blown offhole in the walleye dropsface woundshrapnelbuglesecret marriagerulespit in faceoptometristcamouflage uniformcontemplating suicidesuicidal tendencynew beginningcatharsisdouble datebeepercrusadesribboneye injurywoundedrecovering alcoholicsit upscar repairgrave side ceremonydining halldartsjihadfilm starts with sexloss of loverbosniaprivateice cream truckdriver's licensepagermessengermoving outdeath of boyfriendjet skiworking outsuicidal thoughtsalcoholics anonymousleg injuryverbal abuseberethummerhoodiefacial scarcar radiosoccer ballsleeping in a carfisticuffsmilitary uniformbereavementrespectgiving a toastkindnesssunriselistening to a radiounconsciousnessbus stopdrunk drivingloss of daughterweightliftingtexancrutchesplaying pooldeath of loved onehandshakeearphonestranslatorparking lotmoral dilemmareckless drivingloss of husbandpost traumatic stress disordershopping mallrowboatpool tableloss of sonboxer shortsspanishbuddyplaygroundgrocery storevietnam wargas maskiraqhitchhikingblack humorhomeloss of loved onemale bondingsergeantanswering machinesupermarketcaptainsurgeryblack americanpizzadeath of husbandobscene finger gesturedeath of sonactingamerican flaglong takepianistflowersstorytellingcoffeefishingcoffinapologyarmyeatingf wordsex standing uppianocafebombsunglassestearsbeerriflelievomitingletterbare buttdrinkcatwatching tvcomputerpunched in the faceface slapurinationmirrorcar accidentfoodunderwearwoman on topsongcryingtelephone callpartysingingexplosionphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nuditymale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nudityfightkissnuditysex (See All)

Adore (2013)
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Adore (2013)

Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)

Themes:
guiltdeath of fatherlonelinessmemoryweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendshipdeath
Locations:
kitchenbar
Characters:
babyboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
rearview mirrorwedding receptionleg injurygiving a toastcrutchesdeath of husbandflowersapologyeatingf wordsex standing upsunglassestearsbeerlie …vomitingbare buttdrinkcomputerface slapmirrorfoodwoman on topsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographcigarette smokingfemale rear nuditymale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nuditysexnudityfightkiss (See All)

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Jarhead (2005)
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Jarhead (2005)

Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 day …s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)

Subgenre:
black comedy
Themes:
u.s. militarylonelinessfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyreligionfriendshipdeath
Locations:
humveebar
Characters:
american soldieru.s. soldierbabysingertattooboyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican americanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
staff sergeantiraq wardear john letteroperation desert stormbuglecamouflage uniformeye injuryjihadmilitary uniformsunrisegrocery storegas maskiraqmale bondingsergeant …supermarketobscene finger gesturecoffinsex standing uptearsbeerriflevomitingletterbare buttdrinkwatching tvurinationunderwearsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographfemale nuditymale nudityfight (See All)

Birth (2004)
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Birth (2004)

Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the  …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)

Themes:
griefmemoryfuneralweddingdrinkingpregnancybetrayaldeath
Locations:
taxirestaurantbar
Characters:
babypolicemanboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
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The Hurt Locker (2008) is one of the best movies like The Messenger (2009)
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The Hurt Locker (2008)

An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by reckless …ly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat, behaving as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever. (Read More)

Themes:
drunkennessdrinkingdeath
Locations:
humveekitchentaxi
Characters:
u.s. soldierinterracial relationshipbabyboyafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
staff sergeantiraq waru.s. armyrearview mirrorimprovised explosive deviceshrapnelhummerhoodiecar radiosoccer ballcrutchestranslatormoral dilemmapost traumatic stress disordergrocery store …iraqmale bondingsergeantsupermarketblack americanarmyf wordbombriflepunched in the faceurinationmirrorcryingtelephone callexplosionphotographfight (See All)

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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)

Subgenre:
black comedy
Themes:
memoryfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingdeath
Locations:
singing in a cartaxibar
Characters:
ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshipwaitresspolicemansoldiersingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
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Crazy Heart (2009)
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Crazy Heart (2009)

Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician …. (Read More)

Themes:
guiltlonelinessmemorydrunkennessdrinking
Locations:
taxibar
Characters:
singermother son relationship
Story:
male cryingnew beginningrecovering alcoholicalcoholics anonymoustexancrutchesreckless drivingshopping mallplaygroundpianistfishingapologyeatingpianotears …vomitingdrinkwatching tvmirrorcar accidentfoodunderwearsongcryingtelephone callsingingcigarette smokingfemale nuditysexnudity (See All)

The Deer Hunter (1978)
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The Deer Hunter (1978)

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:
funeralweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeathfriendship
Locations:
rooftoptaxibar
Characters:
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Story:
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Harsh Times (2005) is one of the best movies like The Messenger (2009)
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Harsh Times (2005)

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)

Themes:
memorydrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendshipdeath
Locations:
bar
Characters:
policemantattooboyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican americanhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
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Hustle & Flow (2005)
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Hustle & Flow (2005)

Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.

Themes:
drunkennessdrinkingpregnancyreligionfriendshipdeath
Locations:
restaurantbar
Characters:
interracial relationshipbabypolicemansingerafrican americanfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
car radiolistening to a radioplaying poolearphonespool tableblack americanpianistpianocafetearsdrinkpunched in the faceface slapunderwearsong …cryingtelephone callsingingcigarette smokingfemale nudityfightsexkiss (See All)

Hesher (2010)
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Hesher (2010)

T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)

Themes:
death of daughtergriefmemoryfuneraldrinkingfriendshipdeath
Locations:
singing in a car
Characters:
policemansingertattoofather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
face woundhoodieparking lotreckless drivingboxer shortsgrocery storeanswering machinepizzaobscene finger gestureflowersstorytellingcoffinapologyeatingf word …tearsbeerlievomitingdrinkwatching tvpunched in the faceurinationcar accidentfoodunderwearsongcryingtelephone callsingingexplosionphotographcigarette smokingfight (See All)

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Hair (1979)
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Hair (1979)

This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is  …short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)

Themes:
weddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeathfriendship
Locations:
taxibar
Characters:
u.s. soldierinterracial relationshippolicemansingerafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice
Story:
u.s. armymilitary uniformboxer shortsvietnam wargas masksergeantblack americanamerican flagflowerseatingsunglassestearsriflevomitingbare butt …drinkurinationfoodunderwearsongcryingpartysingingexplosioncigarette smokingmale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nuditynudity (See All)

In The Valley Of Elah (2007) is one of the best movies like The Messenger (2009)
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In The Valley Of Elah (2007)

In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfi …eld pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him? (Read More)

Themes:
griefguiltdrinkingdeath
Locations:
humveerestaurantbar
Characters:
u.s. soldierpolicemanboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
iraq waru.s. armybosniasoccer balllistening to a radiopost traumatic stress disorderiraqsergeantanswering machinedeath of sonamerican flagstorytellingcoffinapologycafe …tearsbeerliebare buttdrinkcomputerpunched in the faceunderwearcryingtelephone callphotographfemale rear nuditymale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nudityfight (See All)

The Master (2012)
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The Master (2012)

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.

Subgenre:
black comedy
Themes:
memoryweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyreligion
Locations:
taxi
Characters:
u.s. soldierpolicemansingerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
giving a toastearphonespost traumatic stress disorderstorytellingapologyeatingf wordpianotearsriflelieletterdrinkface slapurination …mirrorfoodwoman on topsongcryingtelephone callpartysingingphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nudityfemale nudityfightkissnuditysex (See All)

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Killer Joe (2011)
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Killer Joe (2011)

Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)

Subgenre:
black comedy
Themes:
funeraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeath
Locations:
restaurantbar
Characters:
waitressbabypolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
handshakepool tableplaygroundpizzastorytellingfishingcoffinapologyeatingf wordcafesunglassestearsbeerlie …vomitingbare buttdrinkwatching tvpunched in the faceface slapurinationmirrorfoodcryingtelephone callpartyphotographcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nuditymale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nuditysexnudity (See All)

American Sniper (2014)
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American Sniper (2014)

Chris Kyle was nothing more than a Texan man who dreamed of becoming a cowboy, but in his thirties he found out that maybe his life needed something different, something where he could express his real talent, something that could help America in its fight against terrorism. So he joined the SEALs i …n order to become a sniper. After marrying, Kyle and the other members of the team are called for their first tour of Iraq. Kyle's struggle isn't with his missions, but about his relationship with the reality of the war and, once returned at home, how he manages to handle it with his urban life, his wife and kids. (Read More)

Themes:
u.s. militaryfuneralweddingdrunkennesspregnancydeath
Locations:
humveetaxirestaurantbar
Characters:
american soldierbabysoldierfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
iraq warflag draped coffinmilitary funeralman cryingimprovised explosive device21 gun salutegrave side ceremonymilitary uniformweightliftingtranslatormoral dilemmapost traumatic stress disorderiraqhomeamerican flag …f wordsunglassesvomitingcar accidentpartyexplosionphotographfight (See All)

Reign Over Me (2007) is one of the best movies like The Messenger (2009)
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Reign Over Me (2007)

Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other … hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to deal with, Alan is determined to help Charlie come out of his emotional abyss. (Read More)

Themes:
death of daughtergriefdeath of fathermemorydrinkingdeathfriendship
Locations:
kitchentaxirestaurantbar
Characters:
interracial relationshippolicemansingerafrican americanfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
loss of daughterearphonespost traumatic stress disorderblack humorblack americanpizzacoffeeapologyeatingcafetearsbeerletterdrinkwatching tv …computerfoodsongcryingtelephone callsingingphotographsex (See All)

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Out Of The Furnace (2013)
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Out Of The Furnace (2013)

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:
death of fatherdrinkingpregnancybetrayaldeath
Locations:
bar
Characters:
ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationshippolicemansoldiertattooboyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican americanfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
hoodiesleeping in a carlistening to a radiodrunk drivingpost traumatic stress disorderpool tableplaygroundblack americanobscene finger gestureamerican flagapologyeatingf wordsunglassestears …riflelievomitingletterdrinkwatching tvpunched in the faceface slapmirrorcar accidentfoodunderwearcryingtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingfight (See All)

Tigerland (2000)
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Tigerland (2000)

In September 1971, a platoon of recruits arrives in Ft. Polk, LA, for infantry training before leaving for war. The final week takes place in Tigerland, a swamp similar to Vietnam. Jim Paxton has enlisted; he wants to experience everything and write books later. He befriends Roland Bozz, a cool Texa …n with a gift for getting into trouble and for helping misfits get discharges. At least one sociopath in the platoon hates Bozz, even as the sergeants grudgingly recognize his leadership abilities. As the platoon heads into its week in Tigerland, Paxton's body gives out, Bozz makes plans to go AWOL, and the sociopath gets hold of live ammo. Is the Louisiana swamp more dangerous than the DMZ? (Read More)

Themes:
drunkennessdrinking
Locations:
bar
Characters:
u.s. soldiersingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
u.s. armyeye injurydining hallverbal abuseplaying poolvietnam warsergeantcaptainobscene finger gestureamerican flagstorytellingarmyeatingtearsbeer …rifledrinkpunched in the facefoodunderwearcryingsingingcigarette smokingfemale frontal nudityfemale rear nuditymale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nudityfightsex (See All)

From Here To Eternity (1953)
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From Here To Eternity (1953)

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)

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u.s. militarylonelinessdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendshipdeath
Locations:
rooftopbar
Characters:
u.s. soldierwaitresssoldiersingerhusband wife relationship
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Tell No One (2006)

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)

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My Own Private Idaho (1991)
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My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)

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A Man Called Ove (2015)
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A Man Called Ove (2015)

59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)

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singing in a carkitchenrestaurant
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Rachel Getting Married (2008)
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Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Kym Buchman has been in drug rehab for nine months, during which time she has been clean. She is released temporarily from the facility to attend her sister Rachel Buchman's wedding. During her release, Kym is staying at the family home, where the wedding is taking place. As such, it is like Grand C …entral Station for the duration of Kym's stay, which may not be the most conducive situation for her in constantly being exposed to the watching eyes of those who know and don't yet know her, but know of her situation. The reunion with her family members starts off well enough, but issues around Kym's release from rehab quickly surface. Kym and Rachel's father, Paul Buchman, wants to make sure that Kym is all right at all times, which to Kym feels instead like he doesn't trust her. Rachel slowly begins to resent Kym's situation taking over what is supposed to be the happiest day of her life, some of which is directed by Kym, some of which isn't. One person present but largely not included in the last minute wedding planning work is Kym and Rachel's mother, Abby, from who Paul is divorced. The two have since married other people. Outwardly, Abby has been nurturing of Kym throughout her life. However, what is one of the key moments in Kym's drug induced life, and in their collective family's lives, may profoundly affect the wedding. Beyond how Kym's presence affects the wedding, the goings-on of the family during Kym's short stay may either bring them closer together or tear them apa… (Read More)

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Head-on (2004) is one of the best movies like The Messenger (2009)
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Head-On (2004)

In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr …eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)

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21 Grams (2003)
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21 Grams (2003)

This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)

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restaurantbar
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Ladder 49 (2004)
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Ladder 49 (2004)

Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. Jack has reached a crossroads, however, as the sacrifices he's made have put him in harm's way innumerable times and significantly impacted h …is relationship with his wife and kids. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. And as he reflects on his life, now Deputy Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save him. (Read More)

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Conviction (2010)
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Conviction (2010)

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.

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The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)

The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin …ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)

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Short Cuts (1993)
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Short Cuts (1993)

While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, … even on a fishing trip. (Read More)

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Giant (1956)
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Giant (1956)

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)

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Another Year (2010)
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Another Year (2010)

A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.

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Boy A (2007)

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)

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Another Earth (2011)
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Another Earth (2011)

SPOILER: Seventeen year-old Rhoda Williams receives an acceptance letter from MIT and she celebrates with her friends. On the same night, a planet similar and close to Earth is discovered and called Earth 2. Rhoda drives her car looking at Earth 2 and crashes with composer John Burroughs, killing hi …s pregnant wife and his baby son. Rhoda goes to prison and four years later she is released and moves to her parents' house. She finds a job as high-school janitor, but tries to commit suicide. She survives, however, and submits an essay to a contest where the prize is a ticket to travel to Earth 2. Meanwhile the scientists discover that Earth 2 is a mirror of Earth and the synchronicity between the dwellers was interrupted when the planets were seen by each other. One day, Rhoda decides to visit John Burroughs, whose life was destroyed after the death of his family, to admit to him that she had killed his family. However she does not have the nerve to tell him the truth. So she lies and tells him he has won a free cleaning service of his home. Rhoda wins the writing contest, but meanwhile John and she have fallen in love with each other. Rhoda has to take a decision whether she goes or stays, but she wants to tell John the truth first. (Read More)

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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed, loving but by no means perfect same-sex relationship. Nic, a physician, needs to wield what she believes is control, whereas Jules, under that control, is less self-assured. During their relationship, Jules has floundered in her "nine to five" life, somet …imes trying to start a business - always unsuccessfully - or being the stay-at-home mom. She is currently trying to start a landscape design business. They have two teen-aged children, Joni (conceived by Nic) and Laser (by Jules). Although not exact replicas, each offspring does more closely resemble his/her biological mother in temperament. Joni and Laser are also half-siblings, having the same unknown sperm donor father. Shortly after Joni's eighteenth birthday and shortly before she plans to leave the house and head off to college, Laser, only fifteen and underage to do so, pleads with her to try and contact their sperm donor father. Somewhat reluctantly, she does. He is late thirty-something Paul, a co-op farmer and restaurateur. Despite his seemingly successful businesses, Paul has always shirked responsibility, most specifically in his personal life. After Joni and Laser meet with Paul, Nic and Jules learn what their children have done and, although they don't want Paul infiltrating their lives, want to meet him - especially as Joni and Laser seem to want to maintain some sort of relationship with him. As Paul's relationship with the entire family grows (which includes his hi… (Read More)

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The Place Beyond The Pines (2012)
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2012)

A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r …ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)

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Nowhere Boy (2009) is one of the best movies like The Messenger (2009)
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Nowhere Boy (2009)

The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)

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Black Snake Moan (2006)
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Black Snake Moan (2006)

In rural Tennessee, Lazarus, a former blues musician who survives by truck farming, finds a young girl nearly beaten to death near his home. She's the white-trash town tramp, molded by a life of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and verbal abuse from her mother, who seems to delight in remindi …ng Rae of her mistake in not aborting her. Lazarus, who is also facing personal crisis at the dissolution of his marriage, nurses Rae back to health, providing her with gentle, fatherly advice as well as an education in blues music. Rae's boyfriend, Ronnie, goaded by the man who nearly beat Rae to death, misunderstands the relationship between Lazarus and Rae, and vows to kill him. Lazarus, exhibiting a street-smart understanding of violence and its motives, calls Ronnie's bluff, senses that he is as troubled as Rae, and becomes a guiding force in the young couple's resurrection. (Read More)

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Paris, Je T'aime (2006)
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Paris, Je T'aime (2006)

Paris, je t'aime is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers have five minutes each; the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. The 20 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction … and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere. There's a reappearing mysterious character who is a witness to the Parisian life. A common theme of Paris and love fuses all. (Read More)

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An Unfinished Life (2005)
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An Unfinished Life (2005)

To escape an abusive boyfriend, without announcing her plans in advance, Jean Gilkyson takes her young daughter Griff to the Wyoming ranch of her father-in-law, Einar. Jean and Einar are disaffected, as he blames her for the death of his son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitc …h, who was attacked by a bear, and Einar does not know that he has a granddaughter. While Mitch heals and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving Griff. (Read More)

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Locations:
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Munich (2005)

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)

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Blue Valentine (2010)
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Blue Valentine (2010)

Dean Pereira and Cindy Heller Pereira are a young, working class married couple - Dean currently working as a painter, and Cindy working as a nurse in a medical clinic - with a young daughter named Frankie. Despite their relatively tender ages, they are both ravaged by the life they've eked out toge …ther and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage. Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure. He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. He doesn't have any professional ambition beyond his current work - which he enjoys since he feels he can knock off a beer at 8 o'clock in the morning without it affecting his work - although Cindy believes he has so much more potential in life. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life. One of her previous serious relationships was with Bobby Ontario, that relationship which has a profound affect on many aspects of her marriage to Dean. Dean and Cindy head off on an overnight getaway together without Frankie, the getaway which may provide a clearer picture if their marriage can survive its many issues. (Read More)

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weddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeath
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taxirestaurant
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The Station Agent (2003)
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The Station Agent (2003)

When his only friend and co-worker dies, a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey. Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with an artist who is struggling with a personal tragedy and an overly friendly Cuban hot-dog vendor.

Themes:
griefguiltdeath of fatherlonelinessdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendshipdeath
Locations:
rooftoprestaurantbar
Characters:
african americanmother son relationshipfather son relationship
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Alfie (2004)
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Alfie (2004)

In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri …ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)

Themes:
funeraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendshipdeath
Locations:
usakitchentaxirestaurantbar
Characters:
interracial relationshipbabytattooboyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican americanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship
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Cold Mountain (2003) is one of the best movies like The Messenger (2009)
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Cold Mountain (2003)

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:
death of fatherlonelinessdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendshipdeath
Locations:
usa
Characters:
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August Rush (2007)
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August Rush (2007)

The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York  …and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingpregnancyfriendship
Locations:
rooftoptaxirestaurant
Characters:
babyboysingerafrican americanfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
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The Judge (2014)
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The Judge (2014)

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)

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guiltdeath of fatherlonelinessmemoryfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeath
Locations:
restaurantbar
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Wedding Crashers (2005)
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Wedding Crashers (2005)

Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, … and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)

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guiltdeath of fatherfuneralweddingdrinkingdeathfriendship
Characters:
boytattoofather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Brokeback Mountain (2005) is one of the best movies like The Messenger (2009)
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper co …nnection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of "fishing trips", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes. (Read More)

Themes:
memoryweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancyfriendship
Locations:
restaurantbar
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their q …uest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage. (Read More)

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black comedy
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Locations:
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