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Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | murder of brothervengeancememoryfearmurderrevenge |
Locations: | water wellcanyoncampfirewaterdeserttrain |
Characters: | boy with a gunreference to godboybrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | killing a goatcauterizing a woundlooking at oneself in a mirrorhorse ridingboy murders a mantrain tracksreference to jerusalemcrawling on the groundreference to egyptname as titlenorth starburning fleshlimping manmeccaraider β¦straight edge razorstarting a fireburying a dead bodyarabiabegins with narrationfly the insectyear 1916dragging a dead bodyyelling for helpsheikharmy officerbedouinechojordanturkpilgrimbeing watchedcigarette holdergold coinarabicottoman empirepilgrimageguidegame playingbrotherhoodbritish soldierblood stainbritish armypocket watchrailwayforeignerbreaddonkeyhandshakerevolutionarycameldaggerlieutenantlanternenglishtarget practicenicknamefollowing someonegoathidingwoundwolfshavingsleepingworld war onetentprologuejourneyeatingmountainambushorphansurvivalprayerdead bodyrunningrifleshootingshot in the chestmirrorhorsefoodpistolknifesingingtitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingcharacter name in titleone word titlebloodgun (See All) |
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant 'T.E. Lawrence' (qv) is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his s β¦uperior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port. (Read More)
Themes: | fearmurder |
Locations: | campfirewaterdeserttrain |
Characters: | reference to godboysingerfather son relationship |
Story: | train tracksstraight edge razorarabiabedouinechojordanturkottoman empirebritish soldierrailwaydonkeyhandshakecameldaggerlieutenant β¦shavingsleepingworld war onetentjourneyeatingmountaindead bodyrunningrifleshootinghorsefoodpistolknifesingingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlegunblood (See All) |
In the 1860s, five men have been tracking a sixth across Nevada for more than two weeks. They shoot and wound him, but he gets away. They pursue, led by the dour Carver, who will pay them each $1 a day once he's captured. The hunted is Gideon, resourceful, skilled with a knife. Gideon's flight and C β¦arver's hunt require horses, water, and bullets. The course takes them past lone settlers, a wagon train, a rail crew, settlements, and an Indian philosopher. What is the reason for the hunt; what connects Gideon and Carver? What happened at Seraphim Falls? (Read More)
Themes: | vengeancerevengemurder |
Locations: | campfirewaterdeserttrain |
Characters: | reference to godboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | cauterizing a woundhorse ridingstarting a firegold coinwoundtentprologueeatingmountainambushsurvivalprayerdead bodyrunningrifle β¦shootingshot in the chesthorsefoodpistolknifeblood (See All) |
'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | campfire |
Characters: | reference to godboysingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorhorse ridingbegins with narrationsleepingprologuejourneyeatingmountainorphandead bodyrunningrifleshootingshot in the chestmirror β¦horsefoodpistolknifesingingcigarette smokingbloodgun (See All) |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | campfirewatertrain |
Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorarabicottoman empirebritish soldierbritish armyhandshakelieutenantenglishfollowing someoneworld war onetentprayerdead bodyrunningrifle β¦shootingshot in the chestmirrorhorsefoodsingingcigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the resolute Turkish army.
Themes: | fearmurder |
Locations: | deserttrain |
Characters: | reference to godsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | turkbritish soldierbritish armyrailwaydonkeycamelenglishworld war onedead bodyrunningriflehorsefoodpistolsinging β¦title spoken by charactercigarette smokingone word titlegun (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin β¦ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryfearmurder |
Locations: | campfire |
Characters: | singerfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorbeing watchedcigarette holderbreadlieutenantlanternhidingwoundshavingambushorphansurvivalprayerdead bodyrunning β¦rifleshootingmirrorhorsefoodpistolsingingcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a d β¦angerous and quixotic journey into Mexico. (Read More)
Themes: | murderrevenge |
Locations: | campfirewaterdeserttrain |
Characters: | reference to godhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse ridingdonkeyfollowing someonegoatjourneymountainprayerdead bodyrunningrifleshootingshot in the chesthorsepistolknife β¦cigarette smokingcharacter name in titleblood (See All) |
Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire--a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert--was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, owned by the greatest royal families. In 1890, a wealthy sheik invited an American, Frank T. Hopkins, a β¦nd his horse to enter the race for the first time. During the course of his career, Hopkins was a cowboy and dispatch rider for the U.S. cavalry--and had once been billed as the greatest rider the West had ever known. The Sheik puts his claim to the test, pitting the American cowboy and his mustang, Hidalgo, against the world's greatest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders--some of whom are determined to prevent a foreigner from finishing the race. For Frank, the Ocean of Fire becomes not only a matter of pride and honor, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse attempt the impossible. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | campfirewaterdeserttrain |
Characters: | reference to godboyfather son relationship |
Story: | bedouinarabicbritish soldierforeignerhandshakecamellanterngoattentjourneyambushsurvivalprayerriflemirror β¦horsepistolknifetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titlegunblood (See All) |
A story following Archer, a man tortured by his roots. With a strong survival instinct, he has made himself a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. Political unrest is rampant in Sierra Leone as people fight tooth for tooth. Upon meeting Solomon, and the beautiful Maddy, Archer's life cha β¦nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Characters: | boysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | train tracksdragging a dead bodyrevolutionarylanterntarget practicegoathidingwoundtentprologueeatingambushsurvivaldead bodyrunning β¦rifleshootingshot in the chestmirrorfoodknifesingingcigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
This Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left behind. This is a tale of hope, longing, redemption, second chances, and faith.
Themes: | revengemurder |
Locations: | campfiretrain |
Characters: | father son relationship |
Story: | pocket watchtarget practicegoatwoundshavingeatingmountainprayerdead bodyrifleshootingshot in the chestmirrorhorsefood β¦pistolknifesingingtitle spoken by characterbloodgun (See All) |
In 1944 falangist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess β¦, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | memoryfearmurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | singerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | straight edge razorechopocket watchbreaddaggerlanternhidingwoundshavingeatingambushrifleshootingshot in the chestmirror β¦horsefoodknifesingingcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlegunblood (See All) |
Shane rides into a conflict between cattleman Ryker and a bunch of settlers, like Joe Starrett and his family, whose land Ryker wants. When Shane beats up Ryker's man Chris, Ryker tries to buy him. Then Shane and Joe take on the whole Ryker crew. Ryker sends to Cheyenne for truly evil gunslinger Wil β¦son. Shane must clear out all the guns from the valley. (Read More)
Themes: | fearmurderrevenge |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | echobeing watchedhandshakelanterntarget practicewoundmountainprayerdead bodyrunningrifleshootingshot in the chesthorsefood β¦pistolsingingtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titleone word titlebloodgun (See All) |
A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.
Themes: | murder of brotherfearmurder |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | limping mangame playingblood staindonkeycameltarget practicehidingwolfprologueeatingdead bodyrunningrifleshootingfood β¦knifesingingcigarette smokingbloodgun (See All) |
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d β¦rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stopβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | vengeancefearrevengemurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | reference to godboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorguidebritish soldierpocket watchhandshakerevolutionarylanternhidingwoundshavingsleepingprologueeatingprayerdead body β¦runningrifleshootingshot in the chestmirrorhorsefoodsingingcigarette smokingbloodgun (See All) |
Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fiancee give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice β¦, but little do they know he's actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor. (Read More)
Themes: | fearmurderrevenge |
Locations: | campfiredesert |
Characters: | reference to godfather son relationship |
Story: | horse ridingbritish soldierbritish armycameltentjourneyambushprayerdead bodyrifleshootinghorsegunblood |
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the ele β¦ments, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | campfirewaterdeserttrain |
Characters: | husband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse ridingstraight edge razorpocket watchhandshakedaggerlanternwoundsleepingtentrifleshootinghorsefoodpistolblood β¦gun (See All) |
On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German-occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet parti β¦sans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German-occupied Eastern Europe. (Read More)
Themes: | vengeancefearmurderrevenge |
Locations: | campfire |
Characters: | reference to godbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | breadhidingprologueambushsurvivalrifleshot in the chesthorsefoodpistolknifeone word titleblood |
A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter named D'Leh's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. When a band of mysterious horse-riding warlords raid the Yaghal camp and kidnaps his heart's desire - the beautiful Evolet along with many others, D'Leh is forc β¦ed to lead a small group of hunters south to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. Driven by destiny, the unlikely band of warriors must battle saber-toothed cats and terror birds in the Levant. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | campfiredesert |
Characters: | reference to godboyfather son relationship |
Story: | cauterizing a woundhorse ridingtarget practicewoundtentprologuejourneyeatingmountainorphandead bodyhorsefoodknifeblood |
It's a post-apocalyptic world, several years after whatever the cataclysmic event, which has in turn caused frequent quakes as further potential hazards. The world is gray and getting quickly grayer as more and more things die off. A man and his pre-teen son, who was born after the apocalypse, are c β¦urrently on the road, their plan to walk to the coast and head south where the man hopes there will be a more hospitable environment in which to live. The man has taught his son that they are the "good people" who have fire in their hearts, which in combination largely means that they will not resort to cannibalism to survive. The man owns a pistol with two bullets remaining, which he will use for murder/suicide of him and his son if he feels that that is a better fate for them than life in the alternative. Food and fuel are for what everyone is looking. The man has taught his son to be suspect of everyone that they may meet, these strangers who, out of desperation, may not only try to steal what they have managed to scavenge for their own survival, but may kill them as food. Although life with his father in this world is all the boy has known, he may come to his own thoughts as to what it means holistically to be one of the good or one of the bad. Meanwhile, the man occasionally has thoughts to happier times with his wife/the boy's mother before the apocalypse, as well as not as happy times with her after the apocalypse and the reason she is no longer with them. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryfearmurder |
Locations: | campfirewater |
Characters: | reference to godboyhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorwoundsleepingtentjourneyeatingsurvivaldead bodyrifleshot in the chestmirrorhorsefoodpistolknife β¦title spoken by charactercigarette smokingbloodgun (See All) |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
Themes: | memoryfear |
Locations: | canyonwater |
Characters: | boybrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | cigarette holderforeignershavingsleepingmountainprayerdead bodyrunningrifleknifesingingcigarette smokinggunblood |
The painter Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse ridingbritish soldierbritish armydonkeywoundshavingeatingorphanprayerdead bodyriflehorsefoodcharacter name in title |
A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary β¦feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. (Read More)
Locations: | canyoncampfirewaterdesert |
Characters: | reference to godboyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | sheikhbeing watchedarabichandshakegoattentjourneyeatingprayerrunningriflefoodtitle spoken by charactercigarette smokinggun |
Epic adventure Exodus: Gods and Kings is the story of one man's daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 β¦ slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. (Read More)
Themes: | fearrevengemurder |
Locations: | campfiredesert |
Characters: | reference to godboybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | bedouincameldaggergoathidingtentjourneyeatingmountainsurvivalrunningshot in the chesthorsefoodknife β¦blood (See All) |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc β¦alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
Themes: | memorymurderrevenge |
Locations: | campfire |
Characters: | reference to godboybrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | yelling for helprevolutionarygoatprologueeatingsurvivalprayerdead bodyrunningrifleshootinghorsefoodpistolsinging β¦title spoken by charactercigarette smokinggunblood (See All) |
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir β¦ing genuine courage. (Read More)
Themes: | fearmurderrevenge |
Characters: | boybrother brother relationship |
Story: | guidedaggerlanterngoatwoundwolfprologueeatingrunningrifleshot in the chestmirrorhorsefoodpistol β¦knifetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titlebloodgun (See All) |
The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific β¦establishment who regard indigenous populations as "savages," the determined Fawcett - supported by his devoted wife, son and aide de camp returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryfearmurder |
Locations: | campfiretrain |
Characters: | reference to godboybrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse ridingyear 1916british armyhandshakenicknameworld war onejourneymountaindead bodyriflehorsefoodpistolsingingcigarette smoking β¦gun (See All) |
New England, 1630: William and Katherine try to lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. 'The Witch' is a chilling portrait of a β¦ family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil. (Read More)
Themes: | fearmurder |
Locations: | campfire |
Characters: | reference to godboybrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | game playinglanterngoatwolfsleepingeatingprayerriflehorsefoodknifesingingblood |
Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, Hungarian prisoner working as a member of the Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums who, to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son, tries to carry out his impossible deed: salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. While the Sonderkomma β¦ndo is to be liquidated at any moment, Saul turns away of the living and their plans of rebellion to save the remains of a son he never took care of when he was still alive. (Read More)
Themes: | memorymurder |
Characters: | reference to godboyfather son relationship |
Story: | dragging a dead bodyprologueeatingsurvivalprayerdead bodyrunningrifleshootingshot in the chestfoodcigarette smokingcharacter name in titlegunblood |
A group of air crash survivors are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by desert smugglers, they realize their only hope is doing the impossible... building a new plane from the wreckage of the old one.
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | waterdesert |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | horse ridingcameleatingsurvivalprayerdead bodyshootinghorsefoodcigarette smokingblood |
Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the three Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the ga β¦ng's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days. (Read More)
Themes: | revengemurder |
Locations: | campfire |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | camelfollowing someonewoundtenteatingmountainambushprayerdead bodyrifleshot in the chesthorsefoodpistolknife β¦singingcigarette smokingblood (See All) |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by β¦ 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | memoryfear |
Locations: | desert |
Characters: | reference to godboybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortrain trackslimping manhandshakefollowing someonesleepingjourneyeatingsurvivalprayerdead bodyrunningmirrorfood |
Themes: | memoryfear |
Locations: | desert |
Characters: | reference to godfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrormeccaarabichandshakecamelwolfshavingsleepingtentprologueriflemirrorcigarette smokinggunblood |
Rancher Dan Evans heads into Bisbee to clear up issues concerning the sale of his land when he witnesses the closing events of a stagecoach robbery led by famed outlaw Ben Wade. Shortly thereafter, Wade is captured by the law in Bisbee and Evans finds himself one of the escorts who will take Wade to β¦ the 3:10 to Yuma train in Contention for the reward of $200. Evans's effort to take Wade to the station is in part an effort to save his land but also part of an inner battle to determine whether he can be more than just a naive rancher in the eyes of his impetuous and gunslinging son William Evans. The transport to Contention is hazardous and filled with ambushes by Indians, pursuits by Wade's vengeful gang and Wade's own conniving and surreptitious demeanor that makes the ride all the more intense. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | campfiretrain |
Characters: | reference to godboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse ridingpocket watchrailwaytenteatingambushprayerdead bodyrifleshootingshot in the chesthorsefoodpistolknife β¦singingtitle spoken by characterbloodgun (See All) |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | fearmurder |
Locations: | deserttrain |
Characters: | reference to godbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | arabiccameltarget practicewoundtentprayerdead bodyrunningrifleshootinghorsepistolsingingtitle spoken by characterone word title β¦blood (See All) |
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sl β¦oth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | murderrevenge |
Locations: | campfiredeserttrain |
Story: | horse ridingtarget practicesleepingtentjourneymountaindead bodyrifleshot in the chesthorsepistolknifetitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingblood |
1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole an β¦d Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? (Read More)
Themes: | fearrevengemurder |
Locations: | campfiretrain |
Characters: | boybrother brother relationship |
Story: | horse ridingprologueeatingsurvivalrifleshootingshot in the chestmirrorhorsefoodpistoltitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingone word titlegun β¦blood (See All) |
Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, is presented as the real author of Shakespeare's works. Edward's life is followed through flashbacks from a young child, through to the end of his life. He is portrayed as a child prodigy who writes and performs A Midsummer Night's Dream for a young Elizabeth I. A ser β¦ies of events sees his plays being performed by a frontman, Shakespeare. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Characters: | reference to godboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorbritish soldierdaggerhidingtentprologueambushprayerdead bodyshootingmirrorhorsesingingone word title |
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: | fearmurderrevenge |
Locations: | campfire |
Characters: | reference to godbrother brother relationshipsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | cigarette holderlanterntarget practiceeatingmountainambushrifleshootingshot in the chesthorsefoodpistolknifesingingcigarette smoking β¦character name in titlegunblood (See All) |
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 β¦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: | fear |
Characters: | reference to godsinger |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorbegins with narrationgame playinghidingsleepingeatingorphanrunningriflemirrorfoodsingingone word titlegunblood |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an β¦d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryfearmurder |
Characters: | reference to godboysingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorhandshakejourneyeatingorphanmirrorfoodsingingtitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingcharacter name in titleone word title |
Set in beautiful 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre, powerful fable of wealthy land-owning parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders after her half sister has invoked a pagan curse. By a bizarre twist of fate, the murderers ask for food and shelter fro β¦m the dead girl's parents, who, discovering the truth about their erstwhile lodgers, exact a chilling revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | vengeancemurderrevenge |
Characters: | boyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | horse ridingbreadgoatprayerdead bodyhorsefoodknifeone word titleblood |
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and β¦ the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet. (Read More)
Themes: | fearmurderrevenge |
Locations: | campfirewaterdesert |
Characters: | brother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | shavingjourneymountainambushorphansurvivalrifleshootingshot in the chesthorsefoodpistolknifeblood |
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 β¦ 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: | vengeancememorymurderrevenge |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | reference to godboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | jordanhandshakerevolutionaryfollowing someoneeatingprayerdead bodyrunningrifleshootingshot in the chestfoodknifesingingtitle spoken by character β¦cigarette smokingone word titlebloodgun (See All) |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count β¦ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | campfiredesert |
Characters: | boysingerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | fly the insectcamellanternhidingtentprologuedead bodyrunningriflehorsepistolsingingtitle spoken by charactercigarette smokingone word title β¦blood (See All) |
Hank, stranded on a deserted island and about to kill himself, notices a corpse washed up on the beach. He befriends it, naming it Manny, only to discover that his new friend can talk and has a myriad of supernatural abilities...which may help him get home.
Themes: | memoryfear |
Locations: | campfire |
Characters: | reference to godsingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | crawling on the groundnicknamesleepingprologueeatingsurvivaldead bodyfoodsinging |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
Subgenre: | coming of age |
Themes: | memory |
Characters: | singerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | lanterntarget practicesleepingorphandead bodyrunningriflemirrorfoodsingingcigarette smokingone word titleblood |
Roger Ferris is a CIA operative in the Middle East; Ed Hoffman is his control at Langley. Cynicism is everywhere. In Amman, Roger works with Hani Salaam, Jordan's head of security, whose only dictum is "Don't lie to me." The Americans are in pursuit of a cleric who leads a group placing bombs all ov β¦er Europe. When Hani rebukes Ed's demand that Jordan allow the Americans to use one of Jordan's double agents, Roger and Ed hatch a plan to bring the cleric to them. The plan is complicated by its being a secret from Hani and by Roger's attraction to a local nurse. Satellites and cell phones, bodies and lies: modern warfare. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | desert |
Characters: | reference to godboybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | sheikhjordanarabicfollowing someonewoundprologueeatingprayerdead bodyrunningrifleshot in the chestfoodpistolcigarette smoking β¦gunblood (See All) |
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estrang β¦ed mother. (Read More)
Themes: | memoryfear |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorhorse ridingbeing watchedpocket watchfollowing someoneworld war oneprayershootingmirrorhorsesingingtitle spoken by charactercigarette smoking |
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads en β¦ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
Themes: | fear |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | reference to godboysinger |
Story: | train trackslanternsleepingeatingorphanprayerdead bodyrunningriflemirrorfoodknifesingingcigarette smokingblood |