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The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their undergr …ound "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. (Read More)
Subgenre: | political satireepicblack comedy |
Themes: | death in childbirthrevolutionfreedomcommunismdeath of wifehopeexploitationtheatredeath of mothertheftmemoryfilmmakingweddingdrunkennesstorture …drinkingpregnancypoliticsmarriagefriendshipmurdersurrealismloverevengedeath (See All) |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallrainsatire |
Locations: | sewershipwheelchairbicyclebathtubhelicopter |
Characters: | girlfriendgrandfather grandson relationshipuncle nephew relationshipgermanfilm directoractressthiefbabyphotographerdancersoldierprostitutebrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfriend …husband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships (See All) |
Period: | year 19411940s1960s1990sworld war two |
Story: | communist partyanti fascistanti fascismwanted posterresistance fighterdead animaltheatre audiencemarching bandfloating islandhorse and carriagereference to marshal titoljubljana sloveniaelectrical generatorthrown down a wellbelgrade serbia …zagreb croatiabridal gownfreight elevatortied togetherelectro shockflying machinehappy new yearturntablearms dealreference to noahmelonbalkanelectricianhooliganponygestaporewardshelterpartisanchimpanzeeyugoslaviapost world war twofascistjoyposterparrotcellartigerdeerfascismnewsreel footagezooresistancebombingclockcommuniststealingcrucifixelephantcivil warhead buttgoldtraitoreyeglassesberlin germanycouplehatemonkeyeuropemagical realismrefugeeflowerbasementchildbirthhangingtankliartalking to the cameraunderwater scenecoffinanimalradiobirdfishweaponstrangulationbandswimmingislandbirthdayriflelievomitingshootingdrinkcaturinationmirrorhorseunderwearfirebased on playpartyexplosiondancingfemale rear nudityone word titlefemale nuditybased on novelfightmasturbationkissgunsex (See All) |
The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old ma …n for two days. (Read More)
Themes: | communismhopedeath of mothersurrealismmurderrevengedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | germanphotographerdancersoldierbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | resistance fighterpartisanfascistfascismnewsreel footageresistancebombingcommunistrefugeetankbirdrifleshootinghorsefire …explosiondancingkissgun (See All) |
A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and t …he guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutiontheftdrunkennessdrinkingsurrealismdeath |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallsatire |
Locations: | shipwheelchairbathtubhelicopter |
Characters: | thiefbabydancersoldierprostitutehusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | dead animalchimpanzeetigerfascismcrucifixelephantgoldflowercoffinbirdweaponislandriflevomitingshooting …drinkurinationmirrorhorsefirepartyexplosiondancingfemale nudityfightgunmasturbationsexkiss (See All) |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifedeath of motherthefttorturerevengefriendshiplovemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | germanthiefdancerprostitutebrother sister relationshipfriendfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940s1960sworld war two |
Story: | resistance fightergestapofascistresistancebombingcommunistcrucifixtraitorrefugeeunderwater scenecoffinfishstrangulationbirthdayrifle …vomitingshootingurinationmirrorpartyexplosiondancingfemale rear nudityone word titlefemale nudityfightkiss (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)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | death in childbirthdeath of wifedeath of mothertheftmemorydrunkennessdrinkingpregnancypoliticslovemurderdeath |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | wheelchairbicycle |
Characters: | thiefbrother sister relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | hooligancrucifixstealinghead buttbirdweaponbirthdayriflelieshootingdrinkcaturinationunderwearfire …gun (See All) |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutionfreedomtheftmemoryweddingtorturedrinkingpoliticsmarriagefriendshipmurdersurrealismdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | wheelchairbicyclebathtub |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipthiefdancersoldierprostitutefriendfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | bombingcommunisttraitorrefugeeflowerbasementhangingtankliarbirdfishriflelievomitingshooting …drinkcatpartyexplosiondancingone word titlekissfight (See All) |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutionfilmmakingweddingdrinkingpoliticslovedeathmurder |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallrain |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | film directoractressphotographerdancerprostitutehusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940s |
Story: | theatre audiencehorse and carriagenewsreel footagecrucifixtankcoffinradiodrinkhorsefireexplosiondancingone word titlesex |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte …ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymurderdeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | shipwheelchairbicycle |
Characters: | germanthiefdancersoldierfriendfather son relationship |
Period: | year 19411940sworld war two |
Story: | theatre audiencenewsreel footagebombingunderwater scenecoffinbandshootingdrinkunderwearfireexplosiondancingkissfightgun …sex (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 mothertheftmemorysurrealismdeathfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | shipbicyclebathtub |
Characters: | thiefphotographerbrother sister relationshipfriendfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | horse and carriagemelonshelterpost world war twobombingstealingflowerbirdbandswimmingcaturinationhorsefireexplosion …based on novelfight (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.
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | hopetheftdrunkennesstorturedrinkingpregnancyfriendshipmurderdeathrevengelove |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | thiefbabysoldierfriendfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marching bandhorse and carriagecivil warhangingbirdriflevomitingshootingdrinkmirrorhorseunderwearexplosionfemale rear nuditybased on novel …female nuditygunkiss (See All) |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
Themes: | death in childbirthrevolutionhopedeath of mothertheftmemoryweddingdrinkingpoliticsmarriagedeathfriendshiplovemurder |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipthiefbabydancerbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | theatre audiencejoycommunistrefugeechildbirthtankliarcoffinbandbirthdayrifleliemirrorfireparty …dancingbased on novelgunkisssex (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 …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: | epic |
Themes: | exploitationdeath of mothertheftdrunkennessdrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | shipbathtub |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipthiefdancerfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | newsreel footagebombingstealingunderwater scenebirdfishswimmingislandrifledrinkhorsefireexplosiondancingone word title …fightkisssex (See All) |
Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of 'Michael Collins (XIV)' (qv), the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | weddingdrunkennesstorturedrinkingpoliticsmurderdeathloverevenge |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | dancerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | civil wartraitorhangingtankweaponstrangulationbandrifledrinkhorsefireexplosiondancingfightgun |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's …use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutionfreedomweddingtorturedrinkingpoliticsfriendshiprevengemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | thiefbabydancersoldierprostitutefriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | marching bandposterfascismnewsreel footageresistancebombingcommunisttraitorrefugeetankweaponrifleshootingdrinkunderwear …firepartyexplosiondancingfightgun (See All) |
"Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth ce …ntury into a three-hour time-frame. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | communismtheatredrunkennesstorturedrinkingpoliticsmarriagefriendshipdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | babyphotographersoldierprostitutefriendhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1940s1960sworld war two |
Story: | theatre audiencecommunisttraitorhangingbirdfishdrinkfirebased on novelfemale nuditykisssex |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa …chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutionfreedomtheatredrunkennesspregnancypoliticsmarriagedeathmurdersurrealismfriendshiplove |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallrain |
Locations: | shipwheelchairhelicopter |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipdancersoldierprostitutebrother sister relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | theatre audienceflying machineposternewsreel footageunderwater scenebandswimmingrifleshootingurinationfirepartyexplosiondancingfemale rear nudity …female nudityfightkissgun (See All) |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar …ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutiontheatredeath of motherweddingdrunkennessdrinkingmarriagedeath |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipbabydancerprostitutebrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | theatre audiencehorse and carriageparrotelephanteuropechildbirthcoffinbirthdaydrinkmirrorhorsepartydancingfemale rear nuditybased on novel …female nuditykisssex (See All) |
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hand …s of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | weddingdrunkennesstorturedrinkingpregnancymarriagemurderdeathfriendship |
Locations: | wheelchairbicyclehelicopter |
Characters: | dancerprostitutefriendhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | bridal gowndeerbombingrefugeecoffinweaponbandrifledrinkurinationunderwearfirepartyexplosiondancing …gunfightkiss (See All) |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Themes: | theatretheftfilmmakingdrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmarriageloverevengesurrealism |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | wheelchairbathtub |
Characters: | thiefbabyphotographerdancerhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | theatre audiencefascistnewsreel footagecrucifixeyeglassestalking to the cameraunderwater scenecoffinbandrifledrinkhorseunderwearfireparty …dancingfemale nudityfightsex (See All) |
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)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancypoliticsmarriagelovefriendshipdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipactressbabysoldierbrother sister relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | ponyclockcrucifixeyeglassescoffinbandswimmingbirthdayrifledrinkcatmirrorhorsepartyone word title …based on novelkissfight (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)
Themes: | death in childbirthcommunismdeath of wifedeath of mothermemorytorturepregnancylovedeathmurdersurrealism |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | wheelchairbathtub |
Characters: | babysoldierhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | fascistfascismresistancemagical realismflowerliarcoffinweaponriflelievomitingshootingmirrorhorseexplosion …female nuditygun (See All) |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell …ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
Themes: | theatretheftweddingdrunkennessdrinkingmarriagedeathlovemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | shipbathtub |
Characters: | actressthiefdancerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | theatre audiencehorse and carriagetalking to the camerabirdlieshootingdrinkmirrorhorseunderwearpartydancingfemale nuditybased on novelgun …kisssexfight (See All) |
In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian officer, Captain Corelli, adopts an attitude of mutual co-existence with the Greeks and engages in such …activities as music festivals and courting the daughter of a local doctor. In 1943, however, after Italy surrenders to the Allies and changes sides in the war, Captain Corelli must defend the Greek island against a German invasion. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingpoliticsmurderdeathlove |
Locations: | ship |
Characters: | germandancerprostitute |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | resistance fighterpartisannewsreel footagebombinghangingbandislandrifleshootingdrinkexplosiondancingfemale nuditygunkiss |
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: | hopeexploitationdeath of mothermemoryweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymarriagelovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | babydancerbrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940s1960s |
Story: | horse and carriagenewsreel footageberlin germanyliartalking to the cameraradiobandbirthdayliedrinkhorsedancingone word titlekisssex …fight (See All) |
In 1945, the Marines attack twelve thousand Japaneses protecting the twenty square kilometers of the sacred Iwo Jima island in a very violent battle. When they reach the Mount Suribachi and six Marines raise their flag on the top, the picture becomes a symbol in a post Great Depression America. The …government brings the three survivors to America to raise funds for war, bringing hope to desolate people, and making the three men heroes of the war. However, the traumatized trio has difficulty dealing with the image built by their superiors, sharing the heroism with their mates. (Read More)
Themes: | hopedrunkennesstorturedrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship |
Characters: | photographerdancerbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | tankcoffinradiobandswimmingislandriflevomitingshootingdrinkunderwearpartyexplosiondancingfight …masturbation (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 mothertheftdrunkennessdrinkingdeathlovefriendship |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipthiefbabydancerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940s1960s |
Story: | theatre audiencejoyhead buttbandbirthdayliedrinkurinationmirrorunderwearpartydancingkissmasturbationsex |
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)
Themes: | death of mothertheftmemorydrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsdeathfriendshipsurrealismmurder |
Locations: | wheelchairbathtub |
Characters: | germanthiefdancerprostitutebrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | shelterstealingeuropeliarcoffinfishbandlieshootingdrinkurinationhorseunderwearbased on playdancing …female rear nudityfemale nudityfightsexkissgunmasturbation (See All) |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u …p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
Themes: | communismdeath of motherfilmmakingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancypoliticsmarriagelove |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | bathtubhelicopter |
Characters: | germanfilm directorbabydancerbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | newsreel footagecommunistberlin germanyliarbandlievomitingdrinkpartydancingfemale nudity |
A Walk in the Clouds depicted a story about a young-married US military soldier, named Paul, who returned home after the World War II. In the middle of the way back home, he accidentally met a girl named Victoria who finished her master's degree. She has not married yet but got pregnant by accident. … During the journey they talked a lot. Due to her pregnancy, Victoria was afraid of her father who respected old Mexican tradition. Thus, Paul proposed to pose as her husband to help her face her dad. Paul was not intended to cheat on his wife by pretending to be Victoria's husband. However, when Paul decided to come back to his home and left Victoria, he found his wife cheating on him. Paul then headed back to Victoria's house "Las Nubes" and confessed his true love to Victoria. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymarriagemurderdeathlove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipdancersoldierbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | marching bandpost world war twonewsreel footagebandvomitingdrinkhorseunderwearfireexplosiondancingfightsexkiss |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Themes: | theatretheftmemorydrinkingpregnancydeathmurder |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipgermanbabydancerbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | world war two |
Story: | theatre audiencegoldtraitoreyeglassesrefugeeliarriflelieshootingdrinkmirrordancingfight |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f …inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | hopedeath of mothertheftmemorydrinkingpregnancymarriagefriendshipdeathmurderrevenge |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | wheelchairbicyclebathtub |
Characters: | germanthiefphotographersoldierprostitutefriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | dead animalbombingcrucifixeyeglassestankriflelieshootingdrinkcaturinationmirrorunderwearexplosionfemale nudity …based on novelkissgunsexmasturbation (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 …nges forever as he is given a chance to make peace with the war around him. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutioncommunismdeath of motherdrunkennesstorturedrinkingdeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclehelicopter |
Characters: | babyphotographerdancersoldierprostitutebrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | chimpanzeebombingelephantcivil wargoldrefugeefishrifleshootingdrinkmirrorfireexplosiondancinggun …kissfightsex (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 …s of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go? (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | freedomdrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeathfriendshipmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | girlfrienduncle nephew relationshipbabydancerbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | dead animaltheatre audiencetankcoffinriflevomitingshootingdrinkurinationhorseunderwearfiredancingfemale nudityone word title …fightmasturbation (See All) |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to …respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
Themes: | communismtheftdrinkingfriendshiplovedeath |
Locations: | bicyclebathtub |
Characters: | germanthiefbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | gestaponewsreel footageresistancebombingcommuniststealingtraitorhateliarliedrinkurinationmirrorunderwearmasturbation …fight (See All) |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutioncommunismexploitationthefttorturepoliticsmurderrevengedeath |
Locations: | bicyclebathtubhelicopter |
Characters: | germanthiefbabyphotographerdancerhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | anti fascistanti fascismfascismnewsreel footageresistanceeyeglassesberlin germanytankcoffinweaponshootingunderwearfirepartyexplosion …dancingfemale nuditykissgunfight (See All) |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
Themes: | theftdrinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | germanthiefbabydancerprostitutehusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | postercrucifixstealinghangingliarradiobandswimmingliedrinkurinationunderweardancingbased on novel |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
Themes: | hopedeath of motherweddingdrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmarriagemurderfriendshipdeath |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipgermandancersoldierbrother sister relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940sworld war two |
Story: | fascismbombingtraitoreyeglassesberlin germanyeuroperefugeehangingtankweaponbirthdayrifleshootingdrinkmirror …firepartyexplosiondancingfemale nuditykissfightgun (See All) |
Aviator Andre Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him. He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself i …s involved in an affair with Genevieve de Marras, but he is trying to break it off. Meanwhile, Andre seeks help from his old friend Octave, who gets Andre an invitation to the country home where Robert and Christine are hosting a large hunting party. As the guests arrive for the party, their cordial greetings hide their real feelings, along with their secrets - and even some of the servants are involved in tangled relationships. (Read More)
Themes: | hopetheatretheftmemorydrunkennessdrinkingmarriagemurderfriendshiplovedeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipthiefdancerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | dead animaltheatre audiencehateliarradioriflelieshootingdrinkmirrorpartydancingfightgunkiss |
Tells the story of Evey Hammond and her unlikely but instrumental part in bringing down the fascist government that has taken control of a futuristic Great Britain. Saved from a life-and-death situation by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who calls himself V, she learns a general summary of V's past and, …after a time, decides to help him bring down those who committed the atrocities that led to Britain being in the shape that it is in. (Read More)
Themes: | revolutionfreedomhopefilmmakingtorturedrinkingpoliticsdeathmurderrevenge |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Characters: | actressdancer |
Story: | resistance fighterfascistcellarfascismbombingeyeglassesflowerhangingstrangulationlieshootingdrinkmirrorunderwearfire …explosiondancingfemale rear nudityfemale nudityfightgunkiss (See All) |
United Press International journalist Will Bloom and his French freelance photojournalist wife Josephine Bloom, who is pregnant with their first child, leave their Paris base to return to Will's hometown of Ashton, Alabama on the news that his father, Edward Bloom, stricken with cancer, will soon di …e, he being taken off chemotherapy treatment. Although connected indirectly through Will's mother/Edward's wife, Sandra Bloom, Will has been estranged from his father for three years since his and Josephine's wedding. Will's issue with his father is the fanciful tales Edward has told of his life all his life, not only to Will but the whole world. As a child when Edward was largely absent as a traveling salesman, Will believed those stories, but now realizes that he does not know his father, who, as he continues to tell these stories, he will never get to know unless Edward comes clean with the truth before he dies. On the brink of his own family life beginning, Will does not want to be the kind of father Edward has been to him. One of those stories from Edward's childhood - that he saw his own death in the glass eye of a witch - led to him embracing life since he would not have to fear death knowing when and how it would eventually come. The question is whether Will will be able to reconcile Edward's stories against his real life, either directly from Edward before he dies and/or from other sources, and thus allow Will to come to a new understanding of himself and his life, past, p… (Read More)
Themes: | theftweddingpregnancydeathlovesurrealism |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | wheelchairbathtub |
Characters: | thiefbabyphotographerdancerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1940s1960s |
Story: | marching bandgoldmagical realismflowerchildbirthliarunderwater scenecoffinfishbandswimmingriflelieshootingcat …partydancingfemale rear nuditybased on novelfemale nuditygunkiss (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: | theftdrunkennessdrinkingmurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipgermanthiefbabysoldierhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | wanted posterdead animalrewardeyeglassesrifleshootingdrinkcaturinationmirrorhorsefirekissgun |
Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a fathe …r. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife. (Read More)
Themes: | death in childbirthdeath of wifedrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeathfriendship |
Characters: | girlfriendbabydancerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | horse and carriagechildbirthcoffinliedrinkunderwearpartydancingfemale nuditykisssex |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | theftfilmmakingdrunkennesstorturedrinkingfriendshipmurderdeath |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipactressthieffriendfather son relationship |
Story: | stealingelephanttalking to the cameraunderwater scenecoffinfishswimminglieshootingdrinkurinationunderwearpartyfemale nuditybased on novel …gunkissfight (See All) |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a … covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
Subgenre: | black comedy |
Themes: | weddingtorturedrinkingpregnancymarriagemurderdeath |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | dancerprostitutebrother sister relationshipfather son relationship |
Period: | 1940s1960s |
Story: | communist partytheatre audienceberlin germanycoffinstrangulationbirthdayriflevomitingshootingdrinkdancinggunsexkissfight …masturbation (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: | revolutiondrunkennessdrinkingpregnancymurdersurrealism |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | wheelchair |
Characters: | germanactressbabydancerbrother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | eyeglasseschildbirthunderwater scenestrangulationswimminglieshootingdrinkmirrorhorseunderwearpartydancingfemale nuditybased on novel …kisssexgun (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: | death of wifehopedrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeathmurder |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipgermanthiefdancerprostitutebrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | horse and carriageeyeglassesrefugeeliarcoffinbandriflelieshootingdrinkurinationmirrorhorseunderwearexplosion …dancingfightgun (See All) |
In 1920, rural Ireland is the vicious battlefield of republican rebels against the British security forces and Irish Unionist population who oppose them, a recipe for mutual cruelty. Medical graduate Damien O'Donovan always gave priority to his socialist ideals and simply helping people in need. Jus …t when he's leaving Ireland to work in a highly reputed London hospital, witnessing gross abuse of commoners changes his mind. he returns and joins the local IRA brigade, commanded by his brother Teddy, and adopts the merciless logic of civil war, while Teddy mellows by experiencing first-hand endless suffering. When IRA leaders negotiate an autonomous Free State under the British crown, Teddy defends the pragmatic best possible deal at this stage. Damien however joins the large seceding faction which holds nothing less than a socialist republic will do. The result is another civil war, bloodily opposing former Irish comrades in arms, even the brothers. (Read More)
Themes: | freedomtorturedrinkingpoliticsdeathmurderlove |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipdancersoldierbrother brother relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | theatre audiencehorse and carriageposternewsreel footageresistancebombingcivil wartraitorbandrifledrinkunderwearfiredancingfight …kissgun (See All) |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from … the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifetheatrememoryweddingdrinkingsurrealismdeathfriendshiplove |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | shipwheelchair |
Characters: | actressdancerprostitutefriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | communist partyeyeglassesmagical realismliarunderwater scenecoffinswimmingbirthdayliedrinkpartydancingfemale nuditysexkiss |
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 …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: | death of wifedeath of motherdrunkennessdrinkingfriendshiprevengemurderdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | babybrother brother relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
Period: | year 1941world war two |
Story: | resistance fighterpartisannewsreel footagecommunisttraitorrefugeetankrifleurinationhorseexplosionone word title |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t …o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
Themes: | theftmemorydrunkennessdrinkingpregnancydeathmurderfriendship |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | girlfriendthiefdancerprostitutefriendhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hangingliarriflelieshootingdrinkurinationpartyexplosiondancingfightgunkiss |