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Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens, a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father T-Ray, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the se …cret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | betrayal of fatherfather daughter abuseadoptionguiltdeath of motherracismangerfuneralescapebetrayalreligionsuiciderevengemurder |
| Locations: | trying to escape |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipsuicide by drowningrevenge seekerreligious iconinterracial relationshipteenage girlafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | adopted girlangry fatherangry manangry mobrunaway childloss of sisterbad liaranger anonymousanger issuesbirthday cakerunning to escapeattempted escapeescape attemptungrateful fatherdisappointed father …bad temperedpink housecruel fatherrock wallbad fatherselfishhatefulcivil rights eralosing temperignoredspoiledbetrayerhot temperadoptedruderuthlessstrict fatherbeesrunning away from homeabandoned by fatherbeekeepingbad temperracial violencedisobediencebeekeeperdisobeying ordersracial segregationinsect in titleracial issuesangrysouth carolinahoneyamerican southreference to the virgin maryignorancesurrogate motherafrican american womanracial prejudicefamily businessinterracial kisstween girlselfishnessbeerunning awaytriple f ratednarrated by characterinsecuritysouthern accentnannynervous breakdownabusive fathernoteracistheartchild's point of viewhatredhaunted by the pastcivil rightsinterracial friendshipaccidental deathloss of loved onerace relationsblack americansisterrunawayhateloss of motherdomestic violencestatueliargravemarriage proposaldrowningchild abusemapanimal in titlebirthdaylietitle directed by femalebeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographbased on novelf ratedgunflashback (See All) |
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth. Sara's belief that "e …very girl's a princess" is tested to the limit, however, when word comes that her father was killed in action and his estate has been seized by the British government. (Read More)
| Themes: | racism |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipafrican americanfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | birthday cakebad temperedlosing temperhot temperbad temperchild's point of viewhatredinterracial friendshiprace relationshatestatuechild abusebirthdaycryingbased on novel |
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when … let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismangerreligionmurder |
| Characters: | interracial relationshipafrican american |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | racial violenceracial segregationracial prejudiceracisthatredcivil rightsrace relationsblack americanhatebeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographflashback |
The Human Stain is the story of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a classics professor with a terrible secret that is about to shatter his life in a small New England town. When his affair with a young troubled janitor (Kidman) is uncovered, the secret Silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife, his … children and colleague, writer Nathan Zuckerman, fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences. It is Zuckerman who stumbles upon Silk's secret and sets out to reconstruct the unknown biography of this eminent, upright man, esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life, and to understand how this ingeniously contrived life came unraveled. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismangerfuneralsuicidemurderrevenge |
| Characters: | interracial relationshipafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | racial prejudicenervous breakdownracisthaunted by the pastrace relationsrunawaydomestic violenceliarchild abusebirthdayliecryingtitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
After the abduction and presumed death of Mackenzie Allen Phillips' youngest daughter, Missy, Mack receives a letter and suspects it is from God, asking him to return to The Shack where Missy may have been murdered. After contemplating it, he leaves his home to go to The Shack for the first time sin …ce Missy's abduction and an encounter that will change his life forever. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltreligionmurder |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of sisterrudeabusive fatherloss of loved oneblack americanhatetitle spoken by characterphotographbased on novelgunflashback |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
| Themes: | adoptionracismfuneralescape |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipafrican americanfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | racial prejudicerace relationsblack americanloss of motherdomestic violencechild abusebeatingtitle spoken by characterphotographbased on novel |
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for brutally killing two black men who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that co …mmitted acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltracismangermurderrevenge |
| Characters: | african americanmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | angry manracial violenceracial issuesracial prejudiceracisthatredinterracial friendshiprace relationshatebeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographgunflashback |
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: | guiltdeath of motherracismfuneralbetrayal |
| Characters: | african american |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | birthday cakeracial issuesracistcivil rightsrace relationsloss of motherliardrowningbirthdayliecryingtitle spoken by characterflashback |
Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homem …aking replaces school and marriages start being arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | escapesuicide |
| Locations: | trying to escape |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girl |
| Story: | runaway childrunning away from homerunning awaynotedomestic violencemarriage proposalanimal in titlecryingphotographf ratedgun |
The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rig …hts Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismmurder |
| Characters: | teenage girlafrican american |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | racial segregationracial prejudiceracistcivil rightsrace relationsblack americantitle directed by femalebeatingtitle spoken by characterf rated |
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his former Sheriff partner.
| Themes: | racismfuneralsuicidemurder |
| Characters: | african american |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | racial violenceracial segregationracial prejudicecivil rightsrace relationsdomestic violencechild abuse |
Set back in the late 1800s in a Victorian village, a man and woman by the names of Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot are betrothed because the Everglots need the money or else they'll be living on the streets and the Van Dorts want to be high in society. But when things go wrong at the wedding r …ehearsal, Victor goes into the woods to practice his vows. Just as soon as he gets them right, he finds himself married to Emily, the corpse bride. While Victoria waits on the other side, there's a rich newcomer that may take Victor's place. So two brides, one groom, who will Victor pick? (Read More)
| Themes: | angerrevenge |
| Story: | angry fatheranger issueshatefulhot temperbad temperangryabusive fatherhatredhatetitle spoken by character |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston …police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a spe… (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherracismangerfuneralescapebetrayalsuiciderevengemurder |
| Characters: | interracial relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of sisterescape attemptruthlesssouthern accentracisthatredloss of loved onerace relationsloss of mothergravebeatingphotographbased on novel |
'Louisa May Alcott' (qv)'s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of ho …w the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of sistertween girltriple f ratedmarriage proposalchild abusetitle directed by femalebased on novelf rated |
Set in the Southern United States, 'Monster's Ball' is a tale of a racist white man, Hank, who falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's interracial affair leads to confusion and new ideas … for the two unlikely lovers. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismangerfuneralsuicide |
| Characters: | interracial relationshipafrican american |
| Story: | african american womanracial prejudiceracisthategravecryinggun |
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cous …in, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherangermurder |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakeafrican american womanaccidental deathblack americanloss of motherliargravemarriage proposalbirthdayliecryingphotographbased on novelf ratedgun |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both …came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
| Themes: | racismanger |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | triple f ratedraciststatueliarchild abuselietitle directed by femalecryingtitle spoken by characterphotographf ratedflashback |
Violet Weston ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiance), eldest daughter Barbara (with her …separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltangerfuneralsuicide |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipsuicide by drowningteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sisterliardrowningchild abuseliecryingphotograph |
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: | guiltdeath of motherangerbetrayalreligionsuicidemurderrevenge |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakeheartbirthdaybeatingcryingphotographflashbackgun |
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)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | death of motherangerfuneral |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girl |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | birthday cakeabandoned by fatherbirthdaylietitle directed by femalecryingphotographf ratedflashback |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | death of motherfuneralbetrayalsuicidemurderrevenge |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | triple f ratedaccidental deathhateloss of mothermarriage proposaldrowninglietitle directed by femalephotographbased on novelf ratedflashback |
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devou …tly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherangerreligionsuicidemurder |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | abusive fathergravechild abusebeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographgunflashback |
This is the true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year's Ev …e, being a better partner to his girlfriend, who he hasn't been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to T, their beautiful 4 year old daughter. He starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easy. He crosses paths with friends, family, and strangers, each exchange showing us that there is much more to Oscar than meets the eye. But it would be his final encounter of the day, with police officers at the Fruitvale BART station that would shake the Bay Area to its very core, and cause the entire nation to be witnesses to the story of Oscar Grant. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismangermurder |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakerace relationsblack americanliarbirthdayliecryingtitle spoken by characterphotographflashbackgun |
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: | funeralbetrayal |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakebetrayergravechild abusebirthdayliecryingflashback |
At the edge of adolescence, Tracy is a smart straight-A student--if not a little naive (it seems...she smokes and she cuts to alleviate the emotional pain she suffers from having a broken home and hating her mom's boyfriend, Brady.) When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in sch …ool, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | adoptiondeath of mother |
| Characters: | interracial relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | surrogate mothertriple f rateddomestic violenceliarchild abuselietitle directed by femalef ratedflashback |
After the death of her ill mother in a fire, the young teenager Anna tries to commit suicide and is sent to a mental institution for treatment. Ten months later, Anna still cannot remember what had happened on the night her mother died. Her psychiatric Dr. Silberling, however, discharges her telling … that she has resolved her issues. Her father and successful writer, Steven, brings her back home in an isolated mansion nearby the coast. Anna finds that her mother's former nurse, Rachel Summers, is her stepmother now. Anna meets her beloved sister, Alex, swimming in the sea. She discovers that Steven has not delivered the letters and CDs that Alex had sent to her. As time moves on, Anna is haunted by ghosts and she believes that Rachel killed her mother. Alex and Anna decide to look for evidence to prove that Rachel is the murderer and Anna discovers the truth about the fire in the boat house. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherangerfuneralescapesuicidemurderrevenge |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of sisternannyhaunted by the pastsisterloss of motherphotographflashback |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
| Themes: | betrayalsuicidemurderrevenge |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipafrican american |
| Story: | birthday cakesouthern accentblack americanrunawaystatuebirthdaybeatingphotographbased on novelgun |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mother |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of sisterrunning awayrunawayloss of mothergravecryingphotograph |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and …disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
| Themes: | adoptiondeath of motherangerescapebetrayalrevengemurder |
| Characters: | interracial relationshipafrican american |
| Story: | escape attemptafrican american womaninterracial kisshatredloss of motherdomestic violenceliarchild abuseliebeatingtitle spoken by characterflashbackgun |
Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers.
| Themes: | racismanger |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | south carolinaracial prejudiceracisthatredinterracial friendshiprace relationsblack americanhate |
Based on the true story of 'Leigh Anne Tuohy' (qv) and 'Sean Tuohy' (qv) who take in a homeless teenage African-American, 'Michael Oher' (qv). Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne s …oon takes charge however, as is her nature, ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football, she goes all out to help him, including giving the coach a few ideas on how best to use Michael's skills. They not only provide him with a loving home, but hire a tutor to help him improve his grades to the point where he would qualify for an NCAA Division I athletic scholarship. 'Michael Oher' (qv) was the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft. (Read More)
| Themes: | adoptionracism |
| Characters: | african americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | surrogate motherrunning awaynarrated by charactersouthern accentinterracial friendshiprace relationsblack americantitle spoken by characterf ratedgunflashback |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | death of motherangerescapebetrayalmurderrevenge |
| Characters: | african americanfamily relationships |
| Story: | escape attempthatredhateloss of motherbeatingflashbackgun |
A German dentist buys the freedom of a slave and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of the slave's wife who belongs to a ruthless plantation owner.
| Themes: | racismfuneralescapemurderrevenge |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | birthday cakeruthlessracial violencerunning awaysouthern accentblack americanliarbirthdayliebeatingcryinggunflashback |
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie (Liana Liberato) meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend (Chris Henry Coffey) is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents (Clive …Owen and Catherine Keener) are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltangerbetrayalrevenge |
| Characters: | revenge seekerteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | nervous breakdownhatredliarchild abusebirthdayliebeatingcryingphotograph |
Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimund …a after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells her mother that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda hides his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula has died. The next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral, and when she returns to Madrid, she finds her mother hidden in the trunk of her car. She brings Irene to her apartment, where secrets from the past are disclosed. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherangerfuneralmurder |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | abusive fathersisterliargravechild abuseliecryingphotographf rated |
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest …son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismfuneralsuicidemurder |
| Characters: | suicide by drowninginterracial relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of sisterracisthaunted by the pastsisterchild abusebirthdaybeatingcrying |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
| Themes: | guiltdeath of mothersuicide |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | selfishinsecuritysisterstatueliarliecryingphotographbased on novelf ratedflashback |
When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveler, but she knows much more about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have already met. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavo …idable absences while time traveling - and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future - makes things ever more difficult for Clare. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherescape |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday cakeloss of loved oneloss of mothermarriage proposalbirthdaybased on novel |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
| Themes: | funeralmurder |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | noteaccidental deathhatebirthdaybeatingcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographbased on novelf ratedflashback |
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)
| Themes: | racismfuneral |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | loss of sisterracial prejudiceracistrace relationsmarriage proposalbirthdaybeatingcryingbased on novel |
Two sisters who, after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Once there, in addition to dealing with their stepmother's obsessive and unbalanced ways, an interfering ghost also affects their recovery.
| Themes: | guiltbetrayalsuicide |
| Characters: | sister sister relationship |
| Story: | loss of loved onesisterhatedrowningliecryingphotographf ratedflashback |
Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evely …n learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralsuiciderevengemurder |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | honeyamerican southbeeracistaccidental deathdomestic violencetitle spoken by characterbased on novelflashback |
When two pre-teens named Hallie and Annie meet through their summer camp, their two lives are rattled when they realize that they are identical twins. With parents, British mother aka famous dress designer Elizabeth and American father, a wine maker named Nick, living in two different sides of the u …niverse, the girls decide to make an identity swap in hopes of spending time with their other parent. The girls later choose to aware their guardians of the swap while at a hotel in NYC, which late reunites the divorced pair and sends them back into remarriage with each other. (Read More)
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | honeytween girltriple f ratednannychild's point of viewtitle directed by femalebased on novelf rated |
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the 1960s, as a young boy and girl fall in love they are moved to run away together. Various factions of the town mobilize to search for them and the town is turned upside down - which might not be such a bad thing.
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | 1960s |
| Story: | runaway childrunning awaychild's point of viewrunawaymapf ratedflashback |
Japanese warlord Hidetori Ichimonji decides the time has come to retire and divide his fiefdom among his three sons. His eldest and middle sons - Taro and Jiro - agree with his decision and promise to support him for his remaining days. The youngest son Saburo disagrees with all of them arguing that … there is little likelihood the three brothers will remain united. Insulted by his son's brashness, the warlord banishes Saburo. As the warlord begins his retirement, he quickly realizes that his two eldest sons selfish and have no intention of keeping their promises. It leads to war and only banished Saburo can possibly save him. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherangerfuneralbetrayalsuicidemurderrevenge |
| Characters: | father daughter relationship |
| Story: | selfishhatredstatueliargravemarriage proposalliecryinggun |
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: | guiltdeath of motherangerbetrayal |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | drowningliebeatingtitle spoken by characterphotographbased on novelflashback |
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)
| Themes: | death of motherangerfuneralbetrayal |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipteenage girlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | loss of loved oneloss of mothergravemarriage proposalliecryingphotographbased on novelflashback |
Baby is a young and partially hearing impaired getaway driver who can make any wild move while in motion with the right track playing. It's a critical talent he needs to survive his indentured servitude to the crime boss, Doc, who values his role in his meticulously planned robberies. However, just …when Baby thinks he is finally free and clear to have his own life with his new girlfriend, Deborah, Doc coerces him back for another job. Now saddled with a crew of thugs too violently unstable to keep to Doc's plans, Baby finds himself and everything he cares for in terrible danger. To survive and escape the coming maelstrom, it will take all of Baby's skill, wits and daring, but even on the best track, can he make it when life is forcing him to face the music? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | coming of age |
| Themes: | death of motherangerescapebetrayalmurderrevenge |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipafrican americanmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | escape attemptsouthern accenthaunted by the pastloss of loved oneblack americanloss of motherdomestic violencemapliebeatingtitle spoken by characterphotographgunflashback |
Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: … truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating. (Read More)
| Themes: | adoptionguiltfuneral |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | noteblack americanloss of mothergraveliecryingtitle spoken by characterphotograph |
A family. Rose and Norah, in Albuquerque, lost their mother when they were young. Rose is responsible - a housecleaner, raising her seven-year-old son Oscar. She's also having an affair with Mac, a married cop, her high-school sweetheart. Norah can't hold a job. Their dad, Joe, is quirky. When Oscar … is expelled for odd behavior, Rose wants to earn enough to send him to private school. Mac suggests she clean up after crime scenes, suicides, and deaths that go undiscovered for awhile. Rose enlists Norah, and Sunshine Cleaners is born. Norah bonds with the dead, Rose finds out that it's a regulated business, and complications arise. Can a family marked by tragedy sort things out? (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mothersuicidemurder |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | birthday caketriple f ratedliarbirthdaylietitle directed by femalecryingtitle spoken by characterphotographf ratedflashback |
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