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Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
Subgenre: | courtroom dramaconspiracyblack comedy |
Themes: | religious conversionsamuraidrug addictionwealthaidsfreedomdeath of wifedisabilityhollywoodphotographyfaithillnessguiltdrug usetheft …memoryincestprisonmoneyreligiondrugsmarriagedeathmurderlove (See All) |
Locations: | strip clubcourtroomwheelchairbathtublos angeles californiaairplanehelicopterchurchbarhospital |
Characters: | religious rightgo go dancerbikini girlsecurity guardreference to godchristianthieflawyerphotographerboybrother brother relationshipdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship …family relationships (See All) |
Period: | 1950s1970s1980s |
Story: | drowning in a bathtubjudicial systemprivate jetcincinnati ohiohustler magazinelaser surgerycontempt of courtporn magazineu.s. supreme courtfreedom of the presssupreme courthollywood boulevardpain killerassassination attemptgirl in panties …white pantiesgriffith park observatory los angelescameo appearance by real life subjectparalyzed from the waist downu.s. national anthemreference to jackie kennedyhome brewinggeorgia usafree pressbill of rightswatching videomouth taped shutplea bargaincbslibeltrippydrug pusherpet foodu.s. constitutionfirst amendmentnude photo shootcivil libertiesobscenityjudiciaryjudicialouthousemanic depressionu.s. marshalpublishingsecurity systementrapmentbeverly hills californiagunmanends with biographical notesverdictdiapermoonshinesurgical operationkentuckycourthouseku klux klanfourth of julynaked dead womanrags to richesjeteaglecripplepornographersexual promiscuitylawsuitporn industrybitternesspublisherbaptismohioparalysispervertatheistpatriotismduct tapehot tubperversionchoirbananamillionaireattorneycivil rightsdrug overdoseaccidental deathcensorshipmobsanta clausmagazinecrucifixice creamhypodermic needlenude modelhelmetlawwhat happened to epiloguekissing while having sexsurgeryciaflowercrossstalkingamerican flagcourtfbiorganized crimedrug addictstalkerpaindrowningcontroversyassassinationtrialjudgecocainemontageambulanceassassinorphanreference to jesus christorgyrifleshootingarresttelephone callbased on true storypantiesphotographfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scenemale nuditycharacter name in titlebare breastsviolencegunnuditysexthreesome (See All) |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
Subgenre: | courtroom dramaconspiracyblack comedy |
Themes: | theftmoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroomchurchbar |
Characters: | security guardthieflawyerphotographerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | judicial systemcincinnati ohiojudiciaryjudicialentrapmentcourthouselawsuitohiopatriotismattorneydrug overdosecrucifixlawcourttrial …judgemontageambulancerifleshootingarresttelephone callphotographgunsex (See All) |
Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woma …n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)
Subgenre: | courtroom dramablack comedy |
Themes: | moneylovemurder |
Locations: | strip clubcourtroomwheelchairbarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | judicial systemjudicialjudiciarylawsuitattorneylawamerican flagcourtjudgemontageambulancearrestphotograph |
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, …and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictionwealthillnessdrug usetheftprisonmoneydrugsmarriagelovemurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomlos angeles californiaairplanebar |
Characters: | thiefboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1950s1970s1980s |
Story: | drug pushercourthousedrug overdosecourtfbiorganized crimejudgecocainemontageshootingarrestbased on true storyphotographfemale nuditygun |
Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men re …sponsible should be brought to justice. (Read More)
Subgenre: | courtroom drama |
Themes: | guiltdrugs |
Locations: | courtroombarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerdoctor |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | judicial systemgirl in pantieswhite pantiesplea bargainjudicialjudiciaryverdictcourthouseattorneylawcourttrialjudgearresttelephone call …based on true storypantiesphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditysexviolence (See All) |
Kevin Lomax, a ruthless young Florida attorney that never lost a case, is recruited by the most powerful law firm in the world. In spite of his mother's disagreement, which compares New York City to Babylon, he accepts the offer and the money that comes along. But soon, his wife starts feeling homes …ick as she witnesses devilish apparitions. However, Kevin is sinking in his new cases and pays less and less attention to his wife. His boss and mentor, John Milton, seems to always know how to overcome every problem and that just freaks Kevin right off. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltincestmoneyreligionmarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomwheelchairchurchbarhospital |
Characters: | reference to godchristianlawyerphotographerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | judicial systemwhite pantiesjudicialjudiciarycourthouselawsuitpervertattorneylawtrialjudgearrestpantiesphotographfemale frontal nudity …female nuditysex scenemale nuditybare breastsgun (See All) |
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influenc …e of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usetheftprisonmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | wheelchairlos angeles californiachurchhospital |
Characters: | thieflawyerboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s1980s |
Story: | pain killerbeverly hills californiacrippledrug overdosecrucifixhypodermic needlelawcrossorganized crimedrug addictcocainerifleshootingbased on true storyphotograph …female nuditymale nudityviolencegunsex (See All) |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
Subgenre: | conspiracyblack comedy |
Themes: | drug addictionwealthguiltdrug usetheftincestprisonmoneydrugsmarriagelove |
Locations: | strip clubcourtroombathtubairplanehelicopterbar |
Characters: | reference to godthieflawyerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | white pantiesmanic depressioncourthouserags to richesmillionaireattorneyamerican flagcourtfbidrug addictjudgecocainemontagereference to jesus christorgy …arresttelephone callbased on true storypantiesphotographfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scenebare breastsgunnuditythreesome (See All) |
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: | religious conversiondrug addictionfaithillnessdrug usetheftdrugsmarriagelove |
Locations: | wheelchairbathtubairplanebarhospital |
Characters: | christianthiefphotographerboyhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1950s1970s |
Story: | rags to richesmillionairecivil rightsdrug overdosemagazinecrucifixamerican flagdrug addictmontagereference to jesus christrifletelephone callbased on true storypantiesphotograph …male frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nuditynuditysex (See All) |
'Erin Brockovich-Ellis' (qv) is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation … for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her law firm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation. (Read More)
Subgenre: | courtroom drama |
Themes: | illnessmoneymarriage |
Locations: | courtroomlos angeles californiabar |
Characters: | lawyerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | judicial systempain killercameo appearance by real life subjectjudiciaryjudiciallawsuitattorneylawkissing while having sexcourttrialjudgemontagetelephone callbased on true story …photographcharacter name in titlesex (See All) |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t …he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | drug addictionwealthphotographydrug usetheftmoneyreligiondeathmurderlove |
Locations: | churchbar |
Characters: | thiefphotographerboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s1980s |
Story: | drug pusherbananaorganized crimedrug addictpaincontroversyassassinationcocainerifleshootingarresttelephone callbased on true storyphotographmale frontal nudity …female nuditymale nuditygunviolence (See All) |
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)
Themes: | drug addictionfaithillnessguiltdrug useprisonreligiondrugsmarriagelovedeathmurder |
Locations: | churchbarhospital |
Characters: | reference to godlawyerboydoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | hypodermic needlelawsurgerycrossdrug addictpaincocaineambulancereference to jesus christshootingtelephone callpantiesphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity …male nuditygun (See All) |
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 addictionwealthguiltdrug usememorydrugsmarriagedeathlove |
Locations: | los angeles californiachurchhospital |
Characters: | reference to godboybrother brother relationshipdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1950s1970s |
Story: | georgia usarags to richescrippleattorneycivil rightsdrug overdosehypodermic needledrug addictdrowningcocainemontagearrestcharacter name in titlesex |
Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, h …e goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out? (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usetheftmoneydrugsmarriagedeath |
Locations: | courtroombar |
Characters: | security guardreference to godthieflawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | freedom of the presscbsfirst amendmentlawsuitcensorshiplawamerican flagcourtfbicontroversyshootingarresttelephone callgunviolence |
As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The … one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)
Themes: | drug usetheftprisonmarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomwheelchairbathtubchurchbarhospital |
Characters: | thieflawyerboybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | judicial systemjudiciaryjudicialverdictcourthouseattorneycrucifixwhat happened to epiloguecrossamerican flagcourttrialjudgecocaineassassin …shootingarresttelephone callphotographfemale nuditygunviolence (See All) |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictiontheftprisonmurderdeath |
Locations: | airplanehelicopterbar |
Characters: | thieflawyerphotographerboybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s1980s |
Story: | porn magazinefourth of julyattorneywhat happened to epilogueciacrossstalkingfbipainjudgemontagerifleshootingarresttelephone call …based on true storyphotographviolencegun (See All) |
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: | freedomfaithguilttheftprisonlove |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | thieflawyerphotographermother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | verdictatheistcrucifixlawcrosscourttrialjudgereference to jesus christarresttelephone callbased on true storycharacter name in titlegun |
When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.
Subgenre: | courtroom drama |
Themes: | guiltprison |
Locations: | courtroomhelicopter |
Characters: | lawyer |
Story: | judicial systemcontempt of courtjudiciarycourthouseattorneylawcourttrialjudgeambulancearrestpantiesphotograph |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | drug addictionillnessdrug usetheftmemoryprisonmoneyreligiondrugsmurderdeath |
Locations: | wheelchairbathtubchurchhospital |
Characters: | thiefbrother brother relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | ends with biographical notesbitternessdrug overdosecrucifixice creamhypodermic needlewhat happened to epiloguecrosscourtdrug addictcocainerifleshootingarresttelephone call …based on true storyphotographfemale nuditymale nuditygunsex (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: | drug usememoryprisonmoneyreligionmarriagemurderdeathlove |
Locations: | airplanehelicopterbarhospital |
Characters: | reference to godboydoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | assassination attemptgirl in pantieswhite pantiespatriotismaccidental deathlawwhat happened to epilogueciacontroversyassassinationassassinrifleshootingarresttelephone call …based on true storypantiesphotographfemale frontal nuditymale frontal nudityfemale nuditynuditygunsexviolence (See All) |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | death of wifefaithguiltdeathlove |
Locations: | wheelchairairplanechurchbarhospital |
Characters: | security guardlawyerboydoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | atheistdrug overdosecrucifixcrossdrowningambulanceriflearresttelephone callphotographgunsex |
Themes: | drug addictionmoneymarriagedeath |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | go go dancerreference to godphotographerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | girl in pantieswhite pantiesends with biographical notesporn industrypublisherwhat happened to epiloguepaincocainereference to jesus christtelephone callbased on true storypantiesphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nudity …character name in titlenuditysexviolencegun (See All) |
Astrid Magnussen is a 15 year old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid, is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madl …y in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favourite flower: The White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthprisonmoneyreligiondrugslovedeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroomlos angeles california |
Characters: | reference to godchristianlawyerphotographerboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | baptismdrug overdoseflowercrosscourttrialjudgecocaineambulancereference to jesus christshootingarrestpantiesphotographgun …sexviolence (See All) |
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also i …mplicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story. (Read More)
Themes: | faithguiltprison |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | thieflawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s1980s |
Story: | judicial systemjudicialjudiciaryattorneywhat happened to epiloguetrialjudgemontagearrestbased on true storymale nudityviolence |
Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo ('Mark Wahlberg (I)' (qv)) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal ('Anthony Mackie' (qv)) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilde …r Paul Doyle ('Dwayne Johnson (I)' (qv)). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they're left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracyblack comedy |
Themes: | prisonmoneymurder |
Locations: | strip clubcourtroomwheelchairhelicopterchurchhospital |
Characters: | photographerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | courthousepornographermillionairedrug overdosehypodermic needlewhat happened to epilogueamerican flagdrug addictpaintrialjudgecocainemontagearrestbased on true story …pantiesphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scene (See All) |
An intertwined drama about the United States' war on drugs, seen through the eyes of a once conservative judge, now newly-appointed drug czar, his crack-addicted daughter, two DEA agents, a jailed drug kingpin's wife, and a Mexican cop who begins to question his boss's motives.
Themes: | drug addictiondrug usedrugsmarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomhelicopter |
Story: | cincinnati ohioattorneydrug overdoseorganized crimedrug addictassassinationjudgecocaineassassinshootingarrestviolence |
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: | guilttheftmemorymoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomlos angeles californiaairplane |
Characters: | lawyerbrother brother relationshipdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | u.s. supreme courtverdictlawsuitpatriotismattorneywhat happened to epiloguetrialjudgemontagerifleshootingarresttelephone callbased on true storyphotograph |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | freedomguiltdrug usetheftmemoryprisonreligionmarriagelovemurderdeath |
Locations: | wheelchairbathtubhospital |
Characters: | reference to godthiefboydoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s1980s |
Story: | drowning in a bathtubsurgical operationcensorshiplawsurgeryciaflowercrosspaindrowningtrialrifleshootingarresttelephone call |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | guiltprisonmoneymarriagedeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroomchurchbar |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerboybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | courthouseattorneylawamerican flagcourttrialjudgearresttelephone callphotographmale nuditycharacter name in titlegunviolencenudity |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifeillnessguiltmemoryprisonmarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomairplanechurchbarhospital |
Characters: | reference to godlawyerbrother brother relationshipdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | verdictcourthouseattorneylawamerican flagcourtpaintrialjudgeambulancearrestphotograph |
In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co …mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | prison |
Locations: | courtroombathtubairplanebar |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1950s |
Story: | u.s. supreme courtsupreme courtends with biographical noteslawwhat happened to epilogueciaamerican flagcourtfbitrialjudgearresttelephone callbased on true storyphotograph |
John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. John rushes Michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that Michael's only hope is a transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance won't cover his son's transplant. Out of options, John Q. … takes the emergency room staff and patients hostage until hospital doctors agree to do the transplant. (Read More)
Themes: | moneymarriagedeath |
Locations: | courtroomhelicopterchurchhospital |
Characters: | security guardchristiandoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | duct tapechoirsurgerycourttrialjudgemontageambulancerifleshootingarresttelephone callcharacter name in titlegun |
Wayne Beering and Buck Dolby are drugged out geniuses with lots of ideas but they can never seem to get their act together. But when they come up with the idea to create a porn site - and charge for it (the first ever site to do so), their idea may be too lucrative for them to handle. Straight-laced … business man, Jack Harris, is brought in to team up with them and turn their profitable idea into a legit business. Making money in the pornography industry is pretty easy, but staying true to yourself when surrounded by that much wealth, luxury, sex, crime and temptations, is much harder. (Read More)
Themes: | wealthprisonmoneymurder |
Locations: | strip clublos angeles california |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1950s1980s |
Story: | private jetpornographerporn industryperversionmillionairewhat happened to epiloguedrug addictcocaineorgybased on true storyphotographfemale nuditysex scenebare breastsnudity …sex (See All) |
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. I …n the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | faithillnessmoneymarriagedeathlove |
Locations: | courtroombathtublos angeles californiaairplanehospital |
Characters: | reference to goddoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | private jetsurgical operationmillionairehypodermic needlesurgerycourtorgytelephone callphotographgun |
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its ang …er and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifeguiltdrug usetheftincestdrugsdeath |
Locations: | wheelchairairplanebar |
Characters: | thieflawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | white pantieslawsuitlawdrug addictpaindrowningtelephone callpantiesphotographfemale nuditysex |
Mark Sway is an 11 year old boy who lives with his mother and brother in a trailer. One day he and his brother are hanging out when a car pulls over beside them. The driver then sticks a hose in his exhaust and puts the other end into the car. Mark pulls it out. But the man sees him and grabs him an …d takes inside the car. The man talks to Mark then later shoots himself. The shock sends Mark's brother into a catatonic state. The police question him and slips out some stuff that makes them think he's saying more than he knows. Roy Foltrigg, a prosecutor with political ambitions tells Mark he wants to talk to him tomorrow. Mark feeling that he needs a lawyer, sees Reggie Love. Mark tells her about the man who killed himself. Reggie tells him he's a mob lawyer. And one of his clients is a member of a mob family who is suspected of killing a Senator who was trying to take down his family. But because the Senator's body is missing, they can't prosecute him. Reggie thinks Foltrigg thinks the lawyer told Mark where the body is which is why he wants to speak to him. Mark goes to meet Roy and when he threatens him, Mark steps out then Reggie comes in with a recording of his conversation with Mark telling him that made several violations. In the meantime, the mobster is told by the head of the family to take care of Mark. So he threatens Mark. Mark doesn't know what to do and learns that Reggie has some secrets of her own and is uncertain if he can trust her. (Read More)
Themes: | prisonmurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroomwheelchairairplanehelicopterbarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerboybrother brother relationshipdoctormother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | judicial systemprivate jetassassination attemptjudicialjudiciarymoblawcourtfbiorganized crimejudgeambulanceassassinriflearrest …photographgun (See All) |
Thinking Pulitzer Prize and hoping to bring down a President, D.C. political columnist Rachel Armstrong writes that the President ignored the findings of a covert CIA operative when ordering air strikes against Venezuela. Rachel names the agent, Erica Van Doren, a woman whose young daughter is in Ra …chel's son's class at school. The government moves quickly to force Rachel to name her source. She's jailed for contempt when she refuses. She won't change her mind, and the days add up. Chaos descends on Van Doren's life as well. First Amendment versus national security, marriage and motherhood versus separation. What's the value of a principle? (Read More)
Themes: | prisonmarriagemurder |
Locations: | courtroom |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | u.s. supreme courtfreedom of the presssupreme courtassassination attemptfirst amendmentattorneyciacourtjudgearrestbased on true storysex scenesex |
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 1 …2 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution's spring. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | death of wifefaithillnesstheftmemorymoneyreligiondeathlovemurder |
Locations: | wheelchairchurchhospital |
Characters: | reference to godchristianthiefdoctorfather son relationship |
Story: | baptismparalysisaccidental deathcrucifixcrossrifleshootingcharacter name in titlegunviolence |
Adult film director Jack Horner is always on the lookout for new talent and it's only by chance that he meets Eddie Adams who is working as a busboy in a restaurant. Eddie is young, good looking and plenty of libido to spare. Using the screen name Dirk Diggler, he quickly rises to the top of his ind …ustry winning awards year after year. Drugs and ego however come between Dirk and those around him and he soon finds that fame is fleeting. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useprisonmoneydrugsmarriagelovemurder |
Locations: | los angeles californiahospital |
Characters: | lawyerfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Period: | 1970s1980s |
Story: | girl in pantieswhite pantiesdrug pusherpornographerporn industryhot tubdrug overdosekissing while having sexjudgecocainemontageshootingtelephone callpantiesfemale frontal nudity …female nuditymale nuditybare breastsnudityviolencegun (See All) |
An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detai …l and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. (Read More)
Themes: | memorymoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | bathtubairplanehelicopterbar |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | private jetcivil libertiespublishermobhelmetciaamerican flagstalkingdrowningcontroversyassassinationassassinrifleshootingarrest …telephone callphotographsex scenemale nuditygunnudity (See All) |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | guiltprisonmurderdeath |
Locations: | helicopterchurchbarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | contempt of courtpet foodnaked dead womanduct tapemagazinereference to jesus christtelephone callpantiesphotographfemale frontal nudityfemale nuditysex scenecharacter name in titlenudity |
Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe has followed his father Bert into New York's Finest; he's a rising star. Bobby, who uses his mother's maiden na …me, manages a club. Bobby too is on the rise: he has a new girlfriend and a green-light to develop a Manhattan club. Joe and Bert ask him to help with intelligence gathering; he declines. Then, Joe raids Bobby's club to arrest the Russian. From there, things spiral out of control: the Russian puts out a hit on Joe, personal losses mount, and Bobby's loyalties face the test. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifedrug useprisonmoneydrugsdeathmurder |
Locations: | strip clubwheelchairchurchhospital |
Characters: | photographerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | crucifixamerican flagorganized crimeassassinationcocaineambulancerifleshootingarresttelephone callphotographfemale nuditygunviolencesex |
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: | theftprisonmoneymurderdeathlove |
Locations: | courtroomwheelchairchurchbar |
Characters: | reference to godchristianthieflawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | courthouseohioattorneycrosscourttrialjudgeshootingarrestbased on true storyfemale nuditysex scenegunviolence |
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. When he has learned to adjust his life to these new respo …nsibilities, Joanna resurfaces and wants Billy back. Ted, however, refuses to give him up, so they go to court to fight for the custody of their son. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmarriage |
Locations: | courtroomhospital |
Characters: | lawyerboydoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1970s |
Story: | judicial systemsupreme courtjudicialjudiciaryice creamcourttrialjudgefemale frontal nudityfemale nuditycharacter name in titlebare breastsnudity |
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: | freedomillnessmemoryprisonreligiondeathmurder |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipdoctorfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | crucifixhypodermic needlewhat happened to epiloguecrosspaincontroversymontagereference to jesus christshootingphotographmale frontal nuditymale nuditygunnudityviolence |
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murde …red. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan... (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | theftprisonmoneymurderdeath |
Locations: | airplanebar |
Characters: | security guardlawyerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | judicial systemprivate jetassassination attemptjudicialjudiciaryattorneylawfbiorganized crimejudgemontagephotographviolence |
When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favorabl …e successor being finally chosen. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifedrugsmarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | wheelchairbathtublos angeles californiachurchbarhospital |
Characters: | lawyerbrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1950s |
Story: | assassination attemptbaptismattorneyfbiorganized crimeassassinationassassinshootingtelephone callfemale nuditysex sceneviolence |
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trail begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants t …o believe what Father Moore says is true. (Read More)
Themes: | faithillnessreligiondeathmurder |
Locations: | courtroomchurchbarhospital |
Characters: | christianlawyerdoctormother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | verdictcrucifixcrosscourttrialjudgereference to jesus christtelephone callbased on true storyphotographcharacter name in title |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | photographyillnessguiltdrug usememorymoneyreligiondrugsmarriagedeathlovemurder |
Locations: | strip clubchurchbarhospital |
Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | crucifixice creamhypodermic needlecrosspaincocainemontageorphanarresttelephone callphotographfemale nudityviolence |
Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | prisonmurderdeath |
Locations: | courtroombathtublos angeles californiachurch |
Characters: | lawyerphotographerboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | ends with biographical notesverdictcrucifixwhat happened to epilogueamerican flagcourtpaintrialjudgereference to jesus christrifleshootingtelephone callbased on true storyphotograph …female nudityviolencegun (See All) |