Please wait - finding best movies...
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narro …w margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | american politicsgay marriagesurveillanceterrorismfuneraldrunkennesstorturedrinkingpoliticsmoney |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallarchive footagesatire |
Locations: | americasinging in a carusarestauranthospital |
Characters: | lesbian daughterfishermanamericansecretaryhomosexualityalcoholicsister sister relationshiplawyergirldoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1978year 1976year 2003year 1973year 1963year 2000year 19682010s1980s |
Story: | terrorist attackpower politicsrise to power2000 presidential electionamerican governmentpresidential electionelection campaigndefense secretaryfly fishingwork accidentthe white housepolitician as protagonistheart attackwhite housedrinking while driving …horse ridingcar accidenttelephone callreference to princeton universityreference to shakespeare's richard iiireference to yale universityreference to anwar sadatreference to world war threewife husband relationshipbethesda marylandpolitical oppositionshattered boneblurred facegeorge w bushreference to fox newspuppet masterislamic statereference to the lone rangerreference to al gorehigh school sweetheartthink tankdick cheneyfocus groupu.s. congressmansolar panelguantanamo bayfox newskilled by a carchief of staffheart failurebroken bonehit by a vanpolitical speechafghanistan wartext on screenheart surgeryforeign policycentral intelligence agencyreference to saddam husseinduct tape gagu.s. vice presidentreference to osama bin ladenwar on terroressay filmu.s. constitutionsupreme courtnew lifetwin towersu.s. governmentvhs tapeu.s. congressheart transplantal qaedapresidential campaignpolitical leaderfather son conflictvice presidentrepublican partyoverhead camera shotoval officebased on real personmale protagonistpolitical campaigndrunk drivingtelevision newsunited nationscartoon on tvworld trade center manhattan new york cityfast motion scenereckless drivingglobal warmingbrushing teethmentoriraq warbar fightwhipintriguestrangervietnam warcrying womancowboy hattv newswaiterwashington d.c.reference to william shakespearepowerelectionsplit screentragic eventscene during end creditsu.s. presidentattackcoming outprologuetalking to the cameravoice overhit by a carfishingaccidenthousepoliticianmontageterroristf wordtelephonealcoholinterrogationrunningrifleshootingdrinkwritten by directorwatching tvslow motion scenehorsevoice over narrationbased on true storyexplosioncigarette smokingone word titlefight (See All) |
Oliver Stone's biographical take on the life of George W. Bush, one of the most controversial presidents in USA history, chronicling from his wild and carefree days in college, to his military service, to his governorship of Texas and role in the oil business, his 2000 candidacy for president, his f …irst turbulent four years, and his 2004 re-election campaign. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingpolitics |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | usa |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | election campaignu.s. vice presidentu.s. congressvice presidentrepublican partyoval officedrunk drivingiraq warwashington d.c.powerelectionu.s. presidentpoliticianmontagerunning …drinkhorseone word title (See All) |
SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.
Themes: | surveillanceterrorismfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmoney |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | usahospital |
Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 2010s |
Story: | presidential electionthe white housetelephone callreference to world war threereference to osama bin ladenu.s. constitutionu.s. governmentu.s. congressbased on real persondrunk drivingtelevision newscrying womantv newswashington d.c.u.s. president …politicianmontagef wordtelephonerifleshootingdrinkwatching tvslow motion scenebased on true storyexplosionone word title (See All) |
Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Themes: | terrorismdrinkingpolitics |
Mood: | archive footage |
Characters: | doctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 2003 |
Story: | telephone callfox newsreference to saddam husseinu.s. vice presidentu.s. congressunited nationsworld trade center manhattan new york cityreckless drivingiraq warintriguetv newswashington d.c.poweru.s. presidentprologue …montageterroristdrinkwatching tvbased on true storyexplosion (See All) |
After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs … for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorismdrunkennesstorturedrinkingpolitics |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | americansecretarysister sister relationshiplawyerdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone calltv newswashington d.c.prologueaccidentterroristinterrogationrifleshootingdrinkwatching tvexplosioncigarette smoking |
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, wit …h the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceterrorismtorturepolitics |
Characters: | girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | terrorist attackwhite housecar accidentu.s. vice presidentvice presidentoval officewashington d.c.u.s. presidenthit by a carhousepoliticianterroristinterrogationrunningslow motion scene …explosionfight (See All) |
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol …business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | funeraldrunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmoney |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyergirldoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | heart attackcar accidenttelephone callheart failureu.s. governmentu.s. congresstv newswashington d.c.split screenpoliticianf wordalcoholrifledrinkwatching tv …slow motion scenevoice over narrationcigarette smoking (See All) |
Jackie is a portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then 'Jacqueline Kennedy (I)' (qv). Jackie places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary d …ignity and poise, here we see a portrait of the First Lady as she fights to establish her husband's legacy and the world of "Camelot" that she created and loved so well. (Read More)
Themes: | american politicsfuneralpolitics |
Locations: | americausahospital |
Characters: | americanhusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1963 |
Story: | american governmentthe white housewhite houseu.s. vice presidentu.s. governmentvice presidentoval officewashington d.c.u.s. presidentcigarette smokingone word title |
An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detai …l and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. (Read More)
Themes: | american politicssurveillanceterrorismtorturedrinkingpoliticsmoney |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callwar on terrorpolitical leaderiraq warintriguetv newswashington d.c.hit by a caraccidentpoliticianinterrogationrunningrifleshootingdrink …watching tvvoice over narrationcigarette smoking (See All) |
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | terrorism |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | father daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | terrorist attacktwin towerscartoon on tvworld trade center manhattan new york citytv newsattackterroristwatching tvslow motion scenevoice over narrationbased on true storyexplosionfight |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
Themes: | funeraldrinkingmoney |
Locations: | singing in a carrestauranthospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipgirldoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | heart attacktelephone calloverhead camera shotcoming outprologuevoice overhousef wordtelephonerunningrifledrinkslow motion scenevoice over narration |
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz …es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingpolitics |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | homosexualitylawyer |
Period: | year 1978year 1976year 1973 |
Story: | telephone callrepublican partypolitical campaignfast motion scenetv newspowerelectionsplit screencoming outpoliticianrunningshootingdrinkwatching tvvoice over narration …one word titlefight (See All) |
Officer Collins has been spearheading one of the US Army's most secretive experiments to date: the Human Hibernation Project. If successful, the project would store its subjects indefinitely until they are needed most. Their first test subject - Joe Bauers - was not chosen for his superiority. Inste …ad, he's chosen because he's the most average guy in the armed services. But scandal erupts after the experiment takes place, the base is closed, and the president disavows any knowledge of the project. Unfortunately Joe doesn't wake up in a year, he wakes up in 500 years! But during that time human evolution has taken a dramatic down turn. After waking up, Joe takes a prison-assigned IQ test and finds that he's the smartest guy alive! Awaiting a full presidential pardon if he can solve one of the country's biggest problems - the dwindling plant population, Joe races against time to solve this problem. But in doing so he alienates half the country in the process! Can he make things right and escape a rather bizarre execution? (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancedrunkennesspoliticsmoney |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | secretarylawyerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | presidential electionheart attackwhite housecar accidentu.s. congressvice presidenttelevision newswashington d.c.u.s. presidentprologuemontagef wordvoice over narrationexplosioncigarette smoking …one word title (See All) |
Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office …, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. (Read More)
Themes: | american politicsdrunkennessdrinkingpolitics |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callchief of staffu.s. constitutionrepublican partyvietnam wartv newswashington d.c.u.s. presidenttalking to the camerapoliticianmontagef wordtelephonedrinkwatching tv …voice over narration (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: | terrorismdrunkennesstorturedrinkingmoney |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | fishermanamericansister sister relationshipdoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 2003 |
Story: | car accidenttelephone callunited nationstv newsprologuefishingmontageterroristrunningrifleshootingdrinkwatching tvexplosioncigarette smoking …fight (See All) |
Director Oliver Stone's exploration of former president Richard Nixon's strict Quaker upbringing, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of his wife, Pat. The contradictions in his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign against Helen G …ahagan Douglas and the oddly masochistic Checkers speech. His defeat at the hands of the hated and envied John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, followed by the loss of the 1962 California gubernatorial race, seem to signal the end of his career. Yet, although wholly lacking in charisma, Nixon remains a brilliant political operator, seizing the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement to take the presidency in 1968. It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the Watergate scandal. (Read More)
Themes: | politics |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | presidential electionelection campaignrepublican partyoval officepolitical campaignvietnam warwashington d.c.powerelectionu.s. presidentpoliticianrunningone word title |
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter 'Bob Woodward (I)' (qv) covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund o …rganizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and 'Carl Bernstein (I)' (qv) to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself. (Read More)
Themes: | american politicspolitics |
Story: | presidential electionwhite housetelephone callpresidential campaignrepublican partypolitical campaignwashington d.c.u.s. presidentpoliticianf wordtelephonebased on true storycigarette smoking |
When two people "connect" the bond between them can be so pure and simple as to stir hearts in heaven. When they connect in all the right places at all the wrong times, heaven weeps for broken hearts. To heal these broken hearts, heaven breaks time.
Themes: | drinking |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyergirldoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | heart attackcar accidentcartoon on tvglobal warmingbrushing teethsplit screenhousedrinkwatching tvslow motion scene |
Roger Ferris is a CIA operative in the Middle East; Ed Hoffman is his control at Langley. Cynicism is everywhere. In Amman, Roger works with Hani Salaam, Jordan's head of security, whose only dictum is "Don't lie to me." The Americans are in pursuit of a cleric who leads a group placing bombs all ov …er Europe. When Hani rebukes Ed's demand that Jordan allow the Americans to use one of Jordan's double agents, Roger and Ed hatch a plan to bring the cleric to them. The plan is complicated by its being a secret from Hani and by Roger's attraction to a local nurse. Satellites and cell phones, bodies and lies: modern warfare. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorismtorturedrinkingmoney |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshiplawyergirldoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | terrorist attacktelephone callal qaedafast motion sceneintriguetv newsprologueterroristf wordtelephonerunningrifledrinkwatching tvvoice over narration …explosioncigarette smoking (See All) |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni …e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
Themes: | funeraldrunkennesstorturedrinkingmoney |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 2000 |
Story: | rise to powerheart attackwife husband relationshipbased on real personmale protagonistbar fightintriguepowerelectioncoming outprologuehit by a carf wordrunningrifle …drinkwatching tvvoice over narrationbased on true storycigarette smokingone word title (See All) |
Andrew Shepherd is approaching the end of his first term as President of the United States. He's a widower with a young daughter and has proved to be popular with the public. His election seems assured. That is until he meets Sydney Ellen Wade, a paid political activist working for an environmental …lobby group. He's immediately smitten with her and after several amusing attempts, they finally manage to go on a date (which happens to be a State dinner for the visiting President of France). His relationship with Wade opens the door for his prime political opponent, Senator Bob Rumson, to launch an attack on the President's character, something he could not do in the previous election as Shepherd's wife had only recently died. (Read More)
Themes: | politics |
Characters: | americansister sister relationship |
Story: | presidential electionelection campaignwhite housechief of staffoval officepolitical campaignwashington d.c.electionu.s. presidentattackpolitician |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia …tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | terrorismtorturedrinkingpolitics |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | americanlawyermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone callal qaedaworld trade center manhattan new york citytv newselectionmontageterroristrifledrinkwatching tvvoice over narrationcigarette smoking |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece …s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennesstorturedrinkingmoney |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | girldoctorfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | car accidentfast motion scenereckless drivingmentorhit by a carmontagerunningrifleshootingdrinkwatching tvslow motion scenehorsevoice over narrationcigarette smoking …fight (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: | drunkennessdrinkingpoliticsmoney |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | girldoctorfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | heart attacktelevision newsfast motion sceneelectionattackprologuemontagedrinkwatching tvvoice over narration |
A visionary sheik believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary …feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorismdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | fishermansecretaryfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | fly fishingtelephone calltv newssplit screenfishingmontageterroristf wordtelephonerunningrifledrinkslow motion scenecigarette smoking |
Two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in ov …er their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military - a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events. (Read More)
Themes: | funeraldrunkennesstorturemoney |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | rise to powertelephone callafghanistan warreference to saddam husseinwar on terrorbased on real personiraq warvoice overmontagef wordinterrogationslow motion scenevoice over narrationbased on true storycigarette smoking …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: | terrorismtorturepoliticsmoney |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | singing in a car |
Characters: | lawyerdoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1976 |
Story: | terrorist attacktelephone callbased on real personvietnam wartv newspoliticianmontageterroristinterrogationrunningshootingwatching tvslow motion scenevoice over narrationbased on true story …explosioncigarette smokingfight (See All) |
Three amateurs stickup a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the hitman hired to track them down and restore order.
Themes: | drunkennesstorturepoliticsmoney |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | alcoholic |
Story: | presidential electionelection campaignwaiterhit by a carmontagef wordalcoholinterrogationwritten by directorwatching tvslow motion scenecigarette smoking |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingpolitics |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | sister sister relationshiplawyergirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 19781980s |
Story: | telephone callbrushing teethtv newswaiterelectionprologuemontageinterrogationrunningrifleshootingdrinkwatching tvbased on true storycigarette smoking …one word title (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: | funeraldrunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | lawyergirldoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidentdrunk drivingreckless drivingreference to william shakespearehit by a caraccidenthousedrinkwatching tvexplosioncigarette smoking |
A documentary on the life of 'Amy Winehouse' (qv), the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | alcoholicgirldoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | horse ridingtelephone calltext on screenprologuemontagef wordtelephonealcoholdrinkslow motion scenehorsevoice over narrationcigarette smokingone word title |
After the Kingsman headquarters are blown up by a psychotic criminal named Poppy Adams. The surviving agents find their way to an allied secret organisation based in Kentucky, named Statesman. The two agencies must now work together in order to save the world and take down the so called 'Golden Circ …le'. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceterrorismdrunkennesstorture |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | lawyermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | 2010s |
Story: | white housecar accidentvice presidentbar fightwhipcowboy hatwashington d.c.tragic eventu.s. presidentmontagef wordalcoholinterrogationriflewatching tv …slow motion scenehorseexplosioncigarette smokingfight (See All) |
John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. John rushes Michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that Michael's only hope is a transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance won't cover his son's transplant. Out of options, John Q. … takes the emergency room staff and patients hostage until hospital doctors agree to do the transplant. (Read More)
Themes: | politicsmoney |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | doctorfather daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidenttelephone callheart failureheart transplantdrunk drivingreckless drivingtv newsmontagerifleshootingwatching tvcigarette smokingfight |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo …ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceterrorismdrinkingpolitics |
Mood: | satire |
Characters: | girlfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | car accidenttelephone callrepublican partybar fighttv newselectionsplit screentragic eventprologuehit by a carpoliticianmontageterroristf wordrifle …shootingdrinkwritten by directorwatching tvslow motion scenevoice over narrationexplosioncigarette smokingfight (See All) |
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi …th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillanceterrorismfuneral |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
Period: | 2010s |
Story: | terrorist attackcar accidenttv newstragic eventattackmontageterroristf wordinterrogationwritten by directorwatching tvslow motion scenebased on true storyexplosioncigarette smoking …fight (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancetorturedrinkingpolitics |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | americanlawyergirldoctorfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | horse ridingcar accidenttelephone calltv newsprologuetelephonerunningrifleshootingdrinkwatching tvslow motion scenehorsecigarette smokingfight |
In October, 1962, U-2 surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing nuclear weapons in Cuba. These weapons have the capability of wiping out most of the Eastern and Southern United States in minutes if they become operational. President John F. Kennedy and his advisor …s must come up with a plan of action against the Soviets. Kennedy is determined to show that he is strong enough to stand up to the threat, and the Pentagon advises U.S. military strikes against Cuba--which could lead the way to another U.S. invasion of the island. However, Kennedy is reluctant to follow through, because a U.S. invasion could cause the Soviets to retaliate in Europe. A nuclear showdown appears to be almost inevitable. Can it be prevented? (Read More)
Themes: | american politicssurveillancepolitics |
Story: | power politicsthe white housewhite housereference to world war threeu.s. vice presidentvice presidentoval officeunited nationswashington d.c.u.s. presidentbased on true story |
Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the co …de to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold. (Read More)
Themes: | funeraldrunkennesstorturedrinkingmoney |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | americanfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | horse ridingcar accidenttelephone callreckless drivingbar fightintriguehit by a carterroristf wordtelephoneinterrogationrunningrifleshootingdrink …watching tvhorsevoice over narrationexplosionone word titlefight (See All) |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens …uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
Themes: | surveillancedrunkennesstorturepoliticsmoney |
Locations: | usarestaurant |
Characters: | fishermansecretarysister sister relationshiplawyergirlfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | car accidenttelephone calltragic eventfishingtelephoneinterrogationriflehorsecigarette smokingone word titlefight |
A master chef, Kate, lives her life like she runs the kitchen at upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. With breathtaking precision, she powers through each hectic shift, coordinating hundreds of meals, prep …aring delicate sauces, seasoning and simmering each dish to absolute perfection. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipgirldoctormother daughter relationship |
Story: | car accidenttelephone callcartoon on tvwaiteraccidentmontagedrinkwatching tvslow motion scenevoice over narrationcigarette smoking |
God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter in present-day Brussels, Belgium. She concludes that her dad is doing a terrible job and decides to rewrite the world, descending to earth in search of her own 6 messengers to write a brand new testament and change the s …tatus quo. (Read More)
Themes: | money |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | doctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | car accidenttelephone calltext on screentelevision newsglobal warmingbrushing teethcowboy hattv newsprologuetalking to the cameramontagef wordrunningriflewatching tv …voice over narrationcigarette smokingfight (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)
Subgenre: | documentary footage |
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingpolitics |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1973year 1963year 1968 |
Story: | telephone callfast motion scenevietnam wartalking to the cameramontagerifledrinkwatching tvslow motion scenehorsevoice over narrationbased on true storycigarette smokingfight |
Following up on 'Bowling for Columbine', film-maker Michael Moore provides deep and though-provoking insights on the American security system, the level of paranoia, fear, uncertainty, false values and patriotism, which all combined together to set a stage for George W. Bush to launch a war on Iraq …instead of focusing on getting the real culprit(s) behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This documentary also focuses on how some Saudis were safely and secretly flown out of America while planes were ostensibly grounded after the attacks. Archived film footage, candid interviews with politicians, and an overall waste of public funds for a war that was initiated on false pretension to wit: a weapon of mass distraction - to take the focus away from the real enemy and get Americans glued to their TV sets to watch innocent Iraqis and Afghans getting killed. And a war that would eventually alienate the U.S.A. and it's citizens from almost every country on Earth. (Read More)
Themes: | american politicsterrorismpolitics |
Locations: | usa |
Story: | 2000 presidential electionpresidential electionu.s. congresspresidential campaignpolitical leadertelevision newsworld trade center manhattan new york cityiraq warelectionu.s. presidentterroristshootingexplosion |
Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master …cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | alcoholicgirlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | car accidenttelephone callreckless drivingprologuehit by a carmontagef wordtelephonealcoholdrinkslow motion scenevoice over narrationcigarette smoking |
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career …. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingpoliticsmoney |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | lawyergirlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Period: | year 1976 |
Story: | heart attackcar accidenttelephone callreckless drivingtv newsf wordtelephoneshootingdrinkwritten by directorwatching tvbased on true storyexplosioncigarette smoking |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallsatire |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | lawyerhusband wife relationship |
Story: | heart attackhorse ridingcar accidenttelephone calldrunk drivingcartoon on tvreckless drivingmentortalking to the cameramontagef wordtelephoneinterrogationrunningdrink …watching tvslow motion scenehorsevoice over narrationbased on true storycigarette smokingfight (See All) |
Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a yo …ung, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennesspolitics |
Mood: | archive footage |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | girlmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | car accidenttelephone callpresidential campaignpolitical campaignelectionsplit screenu.s. presidentpoliticiandrinkwatching tvslow motion scenevoice over narrationcigarette smoking |
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.
Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingmoney |
Mood: | breaking the fourth wallarchive footage |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | telephone calloverhead camera shotfast motion scenebrushing teethsplit screenprologuefishingf wordrunningrifledrinkwatching tvslow motion scenehorsevoice over narration …based on true storycigarette smokingfight (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkennessdrinking |
Locations: | restauranthospital |
Characters: | sister sister relationshiplawyerdoctormother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | heart attackcar accidenttelephone callheart failureheart surgeryheart transplanthit by a caraccidentshootingdrinkwatching tvvoice over narrationcigarette smoking |
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
Themes: | drunkennesstorturedrinkingmoney |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | americansecretarylawyer |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | car accidenttwin towersvice presidentoverhead camera shotworld trade center manhattan new york citywaitervoice overmontagef wordtelephoneinterrogationrunningdrinkwatching tvvoice over narration …explosioncigarette smoking (See All) |