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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 …ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | modern fairy talebased on fairy taledark fantasyfairy talecult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | death of wifeabusemental illnessinsanitydysfunctional familydrug usedeath of mothersupernatural powerdeath of fatherlonelinessfeardrinkingpregnancydeathsurrealism |
| Mood: | avant gardenightmare |
| Locations: | school bussubmarinefarmrural settingkitchenbustrainbar |
| Characters: | french kissgrandmother granddaughter relationshipreference to godmusiciangirlbrother sister relationshipboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | reference to alice in wonderlandalice in wonderlandapple pielightning bugclose up of eyeapplying makeupcrushed skullhead scarheroin addictreference to barbie the dollrabbit holebroken dolltalking dolldead treedrug abuse …electric guitarfalling off a bedrock musicianrock bandmirror balltween girlexploding traintrain derailmenttrain wreckpassenger traintrain trackstrain ridedelivery boycandy bardeath by overdosementally handicapped personurinating on the groundpillow feathersswim finsdoll's headplaying dress upshotgun shelltransistor radioribcagespasticfeather boaburritoalonenessscrubbingjutlandwonderlandchild neglectdesecrationembalmingwatchingphallusgeesespider webpeanut butterpretendingshooting upgrave diggerdissectionlobotomypinatafireflyprairietreasure chestmousetraplemonadedecomposing bodytaxidermycar wreckchildhood sweetheartdutch anglerocking chairpillow fightwagonwingsman childepilepsyaltarfart jokecleaningseizurepielistening to a radioantimaginary friendwhisperingmental retardationabandoned housesquirrelfarmhousebugdead fatherbeeold dark housestuffed animaleyedinner partyface maskpedophilianecrophiliamummyminingsouthern accentshaved headbrainfamily dinnerpumpkinfieldlanternalternate realitywedding dressshadowlipstickatticdynamitemakeupjunkiewhiprock concertshoesinnocenceimaginationdrug overdosefalse identitypeeping tomskullsharkflatulenceeccentricdenmarkguitaristtalking animalhypodermic needlefaintingpickup truckheart attackflirtingheroincult directorloss of mothersleepingloss of fatherrock 'n' rollisolationcrosswigdomestic violencescarfantasy sequencerabbitreadingdollsuitcasestorytellingpuppetscreamingdrug addicttreevoice overunderwater sceneritualchild in perileatingstabbingbandflashlightorphanswimmingguitarprayerhallucinationpianodead bodybedrunningsunglassesriflevomitingbookpaintingfalling from heightsecretdrinkurinationmirrorfoodcorpsedreambeatingsongfireknifesingingexplosionphotographcigarette smokingbased on novelbloodflashbackkisssex (See All) |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
| Themes: | death of motherdeath of fatherlonelinessfearsurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboysingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | ribcagefireflywagonantbugpumpkinshoesinnocencesleepingreadingdolltreeeatingbandorphan …swimmingdead bodyrunningurinationfoodcorpsebeatingsongfiresingingexplosionphotographbased on novelbloodflashback (See All) |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
| Themes: | drug usedeath of fatherdrinking |
| Locations: | busbar |
| Characters: | musicianbrother sister relationshipboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | rock musicianrock bandrock concertdrug overdoseeccentricguitaristloss of fatherrock 'n' rollreadingeatingbandswimmingguitarrunningvomiting …booksecretdrinkurinationfoodsongsingingphotographcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | drug usedrinkingdeathsurrealism |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | trainbar |
| Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | electric guitartrain tracksdrug overdosehypodermic needleheroinrock 'n' rollscarreadingstorytellingeatingstabbingflashlightswimmingdead bodysunglasses …riflebookfalling from heightdrinkurinationfooddreamsongknifesingingphotographcigarette smokingkissflashbackbloodsex (See All) |
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: | drinkingdeathsurrealism |
| Locations: | school busfarm |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipgirlbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | pedophiliafieldalternate realityshoesfantasy sequencereadingsuitcasetreeunderwater sceneeatingflashlightdead bodyrunningbookpainting …falling from heightdrinkfoodcorpsedreambeatingfireknifephotographcigarette smokingbased on novelkissflashbackblood (See All) |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only …companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | death of wifeinsanitydeath of motherlonelinessfeardrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Characters: | brother sister relationshipsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | delivery boyantinnocencehypodermic needlefaintingflirtingfantasy sequencesuitcaseeatingstabbingflashlightprayerhallucinationrunningsunglasses …vomitingbookfalling from heightsecretdrinkurinationfoodcorpsebeatingsongknifesingingphotographcigarette smokingkissflashbackblood (See All) |
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death a …nd Sid is arrested for her murder. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | drug usedrinkingdeath |
| Locations: | busbar |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipmusiciansingermother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | heroin addictrock bandshooting upjunkiehypodermic needleheroinrock 'n' rolldomestic violencefantasy sequencedrug addictstabbingguitarvomitingmirrorbeating …songfiresingingcigarette smokingsexbloodkiss (See All) |
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. …When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark fantasycult film |
| Themes: | death of motherlonelinessfearsurrealism |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | girlboysingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | lemonadebugold dark housestuffed animaleyealternate realityshadoweccentrictalking animalsleepingdollsuitcaseeatingflashlightorphan …prayerpianomirrorfooddreamsongsingingphotographbased on novelblood (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 …ing genuine courage. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | dark fantasyfairy talecult film |
| Themes: | supernatural powerdeath of fatherfeardrinkingdeathsurrealism |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | girlboyfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | pretendingdecomposing bodylanternshadowcrosswigrabbitstorytellingtreeritualchild in perileatingstabbinghallucinationbed …runningriflebookfalling from heightdrinkmirrorfoodcorpsefireknifeexplosionkissflashbackblood (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 …, 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: | dark fantasyfairy talecult film |
| Themes: | death of wifedeath of motherdeath of fatherfearpregnancydeathsurrealism |
| Locations: | kitchentrain |
| Characters: | girlsingermother daughter relationship |
| Story: | alice in wonderlanddead treetween girltrain wreckwhisperinglanternimaginationloss of motherrabbitreadingstorytellingtreeeatingstabbingrifle …vomitingbookmirrorfoodsongknifesingingexplosioncigarette smokingblood (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
| Themes: | feardrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | busbar |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipgirlboymother daughter relationship |
| Story: | mirror ballmentally handicapped personmental retardationabandoned houseface maskfieldatticlipstickinnocencesleepingeatingflashlightdead bodyrunningvomiting …bookdrinkurinationmirrorfoodcorpsebeatingfirephotographcigarette smokingsexflashbackblood (See All) |
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)
| Themes: | death of wifedeath of motherdrinkingdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bus |
| Characters: | reference to godmusiciangirlboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | rock bandlistening to a radioguitaristsleepingrock 'n' rollreadingeatingbandguitarpianorunningbooksecretdrinkurination …mirrorfooddreamsongsingingphotographcigarette smokingbloodsexflashbackkiss (See All) |
Following the death of his father in Mexico, Stephane Miroux, a shy insecure young man, agrees to come to Paris to draw closer to his widowed mother Christine. He lands a boring job at a calendar-making firm and falls in love with his charming neighbor Stephanie. But conquering her is no bed of rose …s for the young man and the only solution he finds to put up with the difficulties he is going through is escape into a dream world... (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | death of fatherdrinkingdeathsurrealism |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | musicianboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | mirror ballfart jokebrainfieldalternate realityshoesimaginationflatulenceeccentricsleepingbandswimmingguitarhallucinationpiano …bedrunningbookpaintingdrinkmirrordreamsongfiresingingphotographcigarette smokingsexbloodkissflashback (See All) |
Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot h …im, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | drug usedeath of motherdeath of fatherfearpregnancysurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipbrother sister relationshipboysingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | junkiepeeping tomsleepingscreamingdrug addictritualeatingflashlightorphanswimminghallucinationdead bodyrunningbookpainting …mirrorfoodcorpsedreambeatingsongfireknifesingingphotographcigarette smokingflashbackkissbloodsex (See All) |
When Ruby Baker's parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett, must travel to Malibu, to live with Terrence and Erin Glass, their former neighbors. At first, all seems well. Ruby is making new friends at school and Rhett is getting more video games and flashy toys than he's ever … had in his life. When Ruby speaks to her family's estate lawyer, he tells her that her parents have left Rhett and her $4 million. Suddenly, Ruby begins to notice odd behavior from Terry and Erin. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usedeath of motherdeath of fatherdrinkingdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | shooting upcar wreckjunkiedrug overdosehypodermic needlefaintingloss of motherloss of fatherscreamingdrug addictstabbingflashlightorphanswimmingdead body …drinkcorpsedreamknifeexplosioncigarette smokingblood (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 usedeath of motherfeardrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bus |
| Characters: | reference to godmusicianboysinger |
| Story: | heroin addictshooting upjunkiedrug overdoseguitaristhypodermic needleheroinloss of mothersuitcasedrug addictbandguitarhallucinationpianorunning …sunglassesdrinkdreamsongsingingcigarette smokingkisssexflashback (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | abusedysfunctional familydrug usedeath of motherdeath of fatherdrinkingdeathsurrealism |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | farmrural settingbar |
| Characters: | reference to godgirlboysingerfamily relationships |
| Story: | scrubbingcleaningnecrophiliajunkieshoesfaintingsleepingrock 'n' rollrabbitstorytellingbandhallucinationbedsunglassespainting …drinkurinationdreamsongknifesingingphotographcigarette smokingflashbackkisssex (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: | death of fatherlonelinessdrinkingdeath |
| Characters: | reference to godgirlboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | whisperingfieldsleepingrabbitstorytellingeatingorphandead bodybedrunningrifledrinkurinationmirrorfood …corpsedreamsongfireknifesingingcigarette smokingkissflashbackblood (See All) |
A man is hypnotized at a party by his sister-in law. He soon has visions and dreams of a ghost of a girl. Trying to avoid this, nearly pushes him to brink of insanity as the ghost wants something from him - to find out how she died. The only way he can get his life back is finding out the truth behi …nd her death. The more he digs, the more he lets her in, the shocking truth behind her death puts his whole family in danger. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | insanitydysfunctional familydrug usesupernatural powerfeardrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | girlboymother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | passenger trainmental retardationold dark housebrainguitaristsleepingbandflashlightguitarhallucinationdead bodyvomitingsecretdrinkcorpse …songknifebased on novelsexblood (See All) |
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)
| Subgenre: | fairy taleindependent film |
| Themes: | death of wifedrug usedeath of motherdrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | school busrural settingbustrainbar |
| Characters: | girlsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | guitaristpickup truckrabbitreadingdrug addictbandguitardead bodydrinkfoodbeatingsongknifesingingphotograph …based on novelsexbloodflashback (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 … '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: | independent film |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familyfearpregnancydeath |
| Mood: | avant garde |
| Characters: | reference to godmusicianboyfamily relationships |
| Story: | train trackswhisperingabandoned houseshadowatticinnocencesharkguitaristfaintingsleepingreadingstorytellingtreeunderwater sceneeating …flashlightswimmingguitarprayerpianodead bodyrunningbookpaintingmirrorfoodfireexplosionflashbackkiss (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 … family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | insanitydeath of mothersupernatural powerdeath of fatherfeardeath |
| Locations: | farmrural setting |
| Characters: | reference to godbrother sister relationshipboysingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | whisperingfieldlanternsleepingisolationrabbitscreamingeatingstabbingprayerhallucinationriflesecretfoodsong …knifesingingkissblood (See All) |
Nim Rusoe is a girl who joins her father, a scientist, when he does research on marine life on an island. It's just the two of them but she spends her time making friends with all the animals she encounters, chatting on the computer and reading the adventure books of Alex Rover. When her father goes … to do some research but when a storm strikes the island he doesn't come back, she gets worried and frightened. She then e-mails Alex Rover hoping that he will come but what she doesn't know is that Alex Rover is a woman who is agoraphobic and germaphobic. But her creation comes to life and eggs her to go. Unfortunately she has never gone anywhere before and is denied her necessities like her sanitary gel by the customs officer at the airport. In the meantime, Nim tries to be strong while waiting for Alex to arrive. (Read More)
| Themes: | fearsurrealism |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | girlboyfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | tween girlalonenesspinataimaginary friendlanternsharkflatulenceloss of motherisolationfantasy sequencereadingsuitcasestorytellingtreeunderwater scene …child in perileatingflashlightswimminghallucinationbedvomitingbookfalling from heightfoodfirephotographbased on novelflashback (See All) |
The college friends Paul, Karen, Bert, Marcy and Jeff rent an isolated cabin in the woods to spend a week together. When they arrive, a man contaminated with a weird disease asks for help to them, but they get in panic and burn the man, who falls in the water reservoir and dies. The whole group, exc …ept Karen, makes a pact of drinking only beer along the week without knowing where the dead body is. When Karen drinks tap water and gets the disease, the group begins their journey to hell. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult filmindependent film |
| Themes: | insanityfeardrinkingdeath |
| Locations: | farm |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | lemonadedecomposing bodymental retardationabandoned housesquirrelsouthern accentpeeping tomeccentricpickup truckcult directorisolationstorytellingscreamingswimmingguitar …hallucinationdead bodyriflevomitingurinationcorpsebeatingfireknifephotographcigarette smokingbloodflashback (See All) |
This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Star …ting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. (Read More)
| Themes: | mental illnessdrug usedrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | kitchen |
| Characters: | girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | heroin addictshooting upjunkiedrug overdosehypodermic needlepickup truckheroinreadingdrug addictunderwater sceneswimmingsunglassesvomitingbookpainting …drinkmirrorfoodphotographcigarette smokingbased on novelsexkissblood (See All) |
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: | dysfunctional familydrug usedeath of fatherfeardrinkingdeath |
| Locations: | bus |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipreference to godsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | apple piepedophiliapickup truckcrosswigstorytellingdrug addictprayerpianodead bodysunglassesvomitingbooksecretdrink …mirrorfoodcorpsesongsingingphotographcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
In London, solicitor Arthur Kipps still grieves the death of his beloved wife Stella on the delivery of their son Joseph four years ago. His employer gives him a last chance to keep his job, and he is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford to examine the documentation of the Eel … Marsh House that belonged to the recently deceased Mrs. Drablow. Arthur befriends Daily on the train and the man offers a ride to him to the Gifford Arms inn. Arthur has a cold reception and the owner of the inn tells that he did not receive the request of reservation and there is no available room. The next morning, Arthur meets solicitor Jerome who advises him to return to London. However, Arthur goes to the isolated manor and soon he finds that Eel Marsh House is haunted by the vengeful ghost of a woman dressed in black. He also learns that the woman lost her son drowned in the marsh and she seeks revenge, taking the children of the scared locals. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of wifesupernatural powerfeardrinkingdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | rural settingtrain |
| Characters: | reference to godgirlboymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | broken dollpassenger trainrocking chairold dark houselanternatticeccentricloss of mothersleepingcrossdollscreamingeatingdead bodyrunning …paintingsecretdrinkmirrorfoodcorpsefirephotographbased on novelflashbackblood (See All) |
After his wife, Alice, tells him about her sexual fantasies, William Harford sets out for a night of sexual adventure. After several less than successful encounters, he meets an old friend, Nick Nightingale - now a musician - who tells him of strange sex parties when he is required to play the piano … blindfolded. All the men at the party are costumed and wear masks while the women are all young and beautiful. Harford manages to find an appropriate costume and heads out to the party. Once there, however, he is warned by someone who recognizes him, despite the mask, that he is in great danger. He manages to extricate himself but the threats prove to be quite real and sinister. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | drug usedeath of fatherfeardrinkingdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | musiciangirlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | drug abuseshooting upjunkiedrug overdoseflirtingheroincult directorreadingstorytellingdrug addictritualbandhallucinationpianodead body …beddrinkurinationmirrordreamcigarette smokingbased on novelkisssex (See All) |
In rural Tennessee, Lazarus, a former blues musician who survives by truck farming, finds a young girl nearly beaten to death near his home. She's the white-trash town tramp, molded by a life of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and verbal abuse from her mother, who seems to delight in remindi …ng Rae of her mistake in not aborting her. Lazarus, who is also facing personal crisis at the dissolution of his marriage, nurses Rae back to health, providing her with gentle, fatherly advice as well as an education in blues music. Rae's boyfriend, Ronnie, goaded by the man who nearly beat Rae to death, misunderstands the relationship between Lazarus and Rae, and vows to kill him. Lazarus, exhibiting a street-smart understanding of violence and its motives, calls Ronnie's bluff, senses that he is as troubled as Rae, and becomes a guiding force in the young couple's resurrection. (Read More)
| Themes: | abuseinsanitydrug usedrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | rural settingkitchenbusbar |
| Characters: | musiciangirlboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | farmhousesouthern accentwedding dressguitaristpickup truckeatingbandguitarprayerhallucinationriflevomitingdrinkfoodbeating …songsingingcigarette smokingbloodflashbackkiss (See All) |
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: | drug usedeath of motherdrinking |
| Locations: | rural settingbustrain |
| Characters: | girlboysingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | lanternwedding dressloss of mothersleepingcrosswigscreamingstabbingflashlightrunningsunglassesriflebooksecretdrink …mirrorsongfireknifesingingphotographcigarette smokingbased on novelkissflashbackblood (See All) |
Class struggle becomes all too real as a young doctor moves into a modern apartment block in suburban 1975 London. Drugs, drink & debauchery dissolve into murder, mayhem and misogyny in this pseudo-post-apocalyptic breakdown of societal norms.
| Themes: | insanitydrinkingpregnancysurrealism |
| Characters: | reference to godgirlbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | applying makeupdissectionlobotomyskullsleepingscreamingunderwater sceneeatingstabbingflashlightswimmingdead bodypaintingfalling from heightdrink …mirrorfoodcorpsebeatingphotographcigarette smokingbased on novelsexkissbloodflashback (See All) |
Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart …his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life. (Read More)
| Themes: | mental illnessdeath of fatherfeardrinking |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipreference to godfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | fireflyseizurewhisperingfieldlanterndrug overdosepickup trucksleepingreadingeatingflashlighthallucinationvomitingbookdrink …urinationmirrorfooddreamknifephotograph (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fatherlonelinessfeardrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | kitchenbusbar |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipreference to godboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | crossunderwater sceneeatingswimmingrunningsunglassesvomitingbooksecretdrinkmirrorfooddreamsongsinging …photographcigarette smokingkisssexflashback (See All) |
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: | drug usedeath of motherdeath of fatherlonelinessdrinkingdeath |
| Locations: | rural settingbusbar |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | cleaningpeeping tomflatulenceguitaristdollsuitcasetreeeatingstabbingguitardead bodysecretdrinkurinationmirror …foodcorpsesongfireknifesingingphotographcigarette smokingsexkissblood (See All) |
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)
| Themes: | death of wifedeath of motherfeardrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | rural settingbus |
| Characters: | reference to godbrother sister relationshipsinger |
| Story: | apple piespasticpiedenmarkfaintingcrosstreeflashlightriflebookdrinkurinationbeatingsongfire …singingcigarette smokingblood (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: | death of fatherlonelinessdrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | farmrural settingtrain |
| Characters: | musiciangirlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | southern accentfieldcrossrabbitreadingeatingprayerpianodead bodyriflevomitingbookdrinkmirrorfood …corpseknifesingingexplosionphotographbased on novelkissflashbackblood (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: | feardrinkingdeath |
| Locations: | rural settingbar |
| Characters: | boysinger |
| Story: | lemonaderocking chairlistening to a radiobugfielddynamiteguitaristsleepingcrossguitarprayerdead bodyrunningriflevomiting …drinkurinationcorpsesongfireknifesingingexplosioncigarette smokingbased on novelblood (See All) |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj …amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mother |
| Locations: | kitchentrain |
| Characters: | grandmother granddaughter relationshipgirlbrother sister relationshipboysingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | listening to a radiowhisperingfamily dinnerreadingdolltreeeatingbandflashlightprayerrunningbooksecretfoodbeating …songsingingcigarette smokingbased on novel (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: | lonelinessfearsurrealism |
| Locations: | bus |
| Characters: | reference to godsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | flatulencesleepingwigfantasy sequenceunderwater sceneeatinghallucinationdead bodysunglassesbookfalling from heighturinationfoodcorpsesong …firesingingexplosionphotographsexflashback (See All) |
Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to int …ensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | supernatural powerdeath of fatherfearsurrealismdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | girlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | heroin addictdissectionfieldjunkiehypodermic needleheroinloss of fatherscarscreamingdrug addicttreeflashlighthallucinationbedfalling from height …corpsebeatingknifephotographcigarette smokingflashbackbloodkisssex (See All) |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | abusemental illnessdrug usedrinkingdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | kitchenbus |
| Story: | drug abusejunkiedrug overdosehypodermic needleheroincrossscarfantasy sequencestorytellingdrug addicteatingswimmingprayerhallucinationrunning …riflevomitingfalling from heightdrinkurinationfooddreambeatingknifephotographcigarette smokingbased on novelkisssexblood (See All) |
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, …not the answering of them. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drinkingdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | rural setting |
| Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipsinger |
| Story: | altarantlanterninnocencesleepingscarreadingscreamingorphanprayerhallucinationpianodead bodyriflebook …drinkmirrorfooddreamsongsingingphotographcigarette smokingbased on novelsexflashbackkissblood (See All) |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of fatherfeardrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboysingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | spasticface maskflirtingisolationreadingeatingbedbookpaintingdrinkmirrorfoodsongfiresinging …photographcigarette smokingbased on novelflashbacksex (See All) |
Kym Buchman has been in drug rehab for nine months, during which time she has been clean. She is released temporarily from the facility to attend her sister Rachel Buchman's wedding. During her release, Kym is staying at the family home, where the wedding is taking place. As such, it is like Grand C …entral Station for the duration of Kym's stay, which may not be the most conducive situation for her in constantly being exposed to the watching eyes of those who know and don't yet know her, but know of her situation. The reunion with her family members starts off well enough, but issues around Kym's release from rehab quickly surface. Kym and Rachel's father, Paul Buchman, wants to make sure that Kym is all right at all times, which to Kym feels instead like he doesn't trust her. Rachel slowly begins to resent Kym's situation taking over what is supposed to be the happiest day of her life, some of which is directed by Kym, some of which isn't. One person present but largely not included in the last minute wedding planning work is Kym and Rachel's mother, Abby, from who Paul is divorced. The two have since married other people. Outwardly, Abby has been nurturing of Kym throughout her life. However, what is one of the key moments in Kym's drug induced life, and in their collective family's lives, may profoundly affect the wedding. Beyond how Kym's presence affects the wedding, the goings-on of the family during Kym's short stay may either bring them closer together or tear them apa… (Read More)
| Themes: | mental illnessdysfunctional familydrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | kitchentrain |
| Characters: | french kissgrandmother granddaughter relationshipreference to godmusiciangirlbrother sister relationshipboysingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | drug abuseelectric guitarwatchingjunkiestorytellingdrug addictunderwater sceneeatingbandguitarrunningsunglassesvomitingdrinkurination …foodsongfiresingingphotographcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydeath of fatherdrinkingdeath |
| Characters: | reference to godbrother sister relationshipboysingermother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | eyeshoesheart attackloss of fatherstorytellingscreamingeatingbanddead bodyvomitingpaintingdrinkurinationfoodcorpse …dreamsongfireknifesingingphotographflashbackkiss (See All) |
Adam ('Tom Hiddleston' (qv)), an underground musician, reunites with his lover for centuries ('Tilda Swinton' (qv)) after he becomes depressed and tired with the direction human society has taken. Their love is interrupted and tested by his wild and uncontrollable little sister ('Mia Wasikowska' (qv …)). (Read More)
| Themes: | feardrinkingdeath |
| Characters: | musiciansinger |
| Story: | electric guitarrock bandguitaristsleepingrock 'n' rollreadingbandflashlightguitardead bodysunglassesbooksecretdrinkurination …corpsesongsingingphotographcigarette smokingkissblood (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
| Themes: | abusedysfunctional familydrug usefeardrinkingdeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Locations: | bustrainbar |
| Characters: | girlboyboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | train trackstrain rideshoesinnocencefalse identitysleepingscreaminghallucinationbedsecretdrinkmirrorbeatingknifephotograph …based on novelbloodflashbackkiss (See All) |
Born Christmas Day 1960, Zac Beaulieu is the fourth of five sons of Gervais and Laurianne Beaulieu. Zac feels somewhat disconnected to his brothers, all of whom are different from each other. They include the bookworm Christian who is the eldest, the dumb jock Antoine who is third, and the youngest …Yvan. But Zac has the most contempt for his second eldest brother, the shiftless druggie Raymond. To his devout Catholic mother, Zac is her miracle son, both for being born the same day as Jesus Christ (a fact which Zac has always hated), and because a Tupperware-selling mystic once told her that he has the power to heal. Laurianne has always coddled Zac, the two who have a special if unspoken bond. But Zac wants more to please his father, who wants more than anything in his sons that they grow up to be man's men and not sissies. As Zac goes through his mid-teens to early twenties, Zac isn't sure if he can live up to the ideals of either his mother or especially his father. A young man with stress-induced asthma, Zac just wants to be what he considers normal, which includes getting rid of his asthma. But more importantly, he wants to get rid of the underlying thoughts that he has and which most going through puberty have, but that for him are becoming more prevalent as he grows older. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | dysfunctional familydrug usepregnancydeath |
| Mood: | nightmare |
| Characters: | girlboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | drug abusedeath by overdoseplaying dress upmakeupdrug overdosepeeping tomflatulencehypodermic needlecrossfantasy sequencereadingstorytellingdrug addictvoice overunderwater scene …eatingprayersunglassesvomitingbookmirrorfoodbeatingsongsingingphotographcigarette smokingsexkissflashback (See All) |
A psychic who can read minds picks up the thoughts of a murderer in the audience and soon becomes a victim. An English pianist gets involved in solving the murders, but finds many of his avenues of inquiry cut off by new murders, and he begins to wonder how the murderer can track his movements so cl …osely. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | insanitydeath of fatherdrinkingdeathsurrealism |
| Locations: | kitchenbar |
| Characters: | musiciangirlboysingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | close up of eyeshadowcult directordollpuppetscreamingstabbingbandflashlighthallucinationpianodead bodyrunningvomitingbook …paintingsecretdrinkmirrorcorpsebeatingsongfireknifesingingphotographcigarette smokingkissbloodflashback (See All) |
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 wifedysfunctional familydrug usedeath of motherdeath of fatherdrinkingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | school buskitchen |
| Characters: | father daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | pillow fightfamily dinnerwedding dresscrossreadingstabbingprayerpianodrinkurinationmirrorfoodbeatingknifephotograph …cigarette smokingkissflashbackblood (See All) |
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