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7.9/10
Documentary
Canada
2008
85 Minutes
Steve "Lips" Kudlow Robb Reiner Slash Lars Ulrich Lemmy
guitarist drummer hilarious inspiring sad canada europe toronto heavy metal friendship failure resilience robb reiner steve "lips" kudlow quest underdog 1980s
Since 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1968
94 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Janet Landgard Janice Rule Tony Bickley Marge Champion Bill Fiore Kim Hunter Joan Rivers
advertising executive old flame babysitter friend housewife bleak dreamy disturbing suburbia connecticut swimming pool failure family dysfunction suburban life midlife crisis lost loves quest discovery fall 1960s
A man spends a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town.
7.6/10
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA|UK|Canada
1986
95 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis John Getz Joy Boushel Leslie Carlson George Chuvalo Michael Copeman David Cronenberg Carol Lazare Shawn Hewitt
scientist girlfriend reporter editor mutant creepy tense thrilling laboratory apartment clinic teleportation experiments mutation abortion relationships failure quest love fall
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
7.5/10
Documentary
USA
2010
102 Minutes
Charles Adam Jonathan Alter Robert Balfanz Harriet Ball Steve Barr Ms. Celeste Bell
schoolboy schoolgirl teacher administrator billionaire solemn passionate new york city school school education inner-city life childhood teaching failure underdog fall 2000s
An examination of the current state of education in America today.
7.4/10
Drama
France
2007
151 Minutes
Habib Boufares Hafsia Herzi Farida Benkhetache Abdelhamid Aktouche Bouraouïa Marzouk Alice Houri Leila D'Issernio Abelkader Djeloulli Bruno Lochet Olivier Loustau Sami Zitouni
immigrant old man ex-wife daughter businessman uplifting witty charming france shipyard boat failure restaurant family food money quest rescue 2000s
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
7.4/10
Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK|Germany|USA
2016
105 Minutes
Taron Egerton Hugh Jackman Jo Hartley Tom Costello Jack Costello Mark Benton Edvin Endre Rune Temte Iris Berben Jim Broadbent Christopher Walken
british man ski coach skier snowplow driver trainer olympic athlete charming uplifting emotional london germany ski slopes training area gym calgary, canada skiing training failure hope determination
The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1973
239 Minutes
Lee Marvin Fredric March Robert Ryan Jeff Bridges Bradford Dillman Sorrell Booke
salesman barfly bartender bleak spirited new york city greenwich village bar alcoholism failure secret murder delusion drinking fall 1910s
A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.
7.2/10
Drama
USA|Canada
2016
133 Minutes
Denzel Washington Viola Davis Stephen McKinley Henderson Jovan Adepo Russell Hornsby Mykelti Williamson Saniyya Sidney Christopher Mele Leslie Boone Jason Silvis
sanitation worker son recruiter football player mother emotional engaging heartwarming touching american south house backyard bar failure family dysfunction success dreams deferred illiteracy escape growing up
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
7.1/10
Drama
USA|Canada
1987
134 Minutes
mother son daughter gentleman disheartening emotional intense apartment st. louis abandonment family dysfunction marriage failure obsession illness fall underdog wretched excess 1930s
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1957
87 Minutes
Rock Hudson Robert Stack Dorothy Malone Jack Carson Robert Middleton Alan Reed Alexander Lockwood Chris Olsen Robert Wilke Troy Donahue William Schallert
journalist stunt pilot wife mechanic son showman melodramatic thrilling passionate striking new orleans carnival air show party family home airplane obsession aviation love triangle unhappy marriage
Story of a friendship between an eccentric journalist and a daredevil barnstorming pilot.
7.1/10
Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|New Zealand
1984
132 Minutes
Mel Gibson Anthony Hopkins Laurence Olivier Edward Fox Daniel Day-Lewis Bernard Hill Liam Neeson Simon Adams
capt. william bligh fletcher christian sailor governor commander native spirited thrilling hms bounty tahiti ocean ship mutiny infatuation daunting task sailing redemption failure revenge sacrifice
Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1973
100 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Jack Gilford Laurie Heineman Normann Burton Patricia Smith Thayer David William Hansen Harvey Jason Liv Von Linden Lara Parker Eloise Hardt
business owner business partner designer wife hippie arsonist bleak disheartening los angeles office family home movie theater car business failure arson disillusionment marriage post-traumatic stress disorder transformation
A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.
6.7/10
Comedy, Music
USA|China
2016
86 Minutes
Andy Samberg Jorma Taccone Akiva Schaffer Sarah Silverman Tim Meadows Maya Rudolph Joan Cusack Imogen Poots Chris Redd Edgar Blackmon
rapper manager friend fan love interest singer hilarious cheeky creative mansion concert stage limousine office dressing room park egoism music success failure reunion
When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status.
6.6/10
Comedy
France|Italy
1967
95 Minutes
Louis De Funès Claude Gensac Martine Kelly Ferdinand Mayne Maurice Risch François Leccia
exchange student headmaster son emotional shower scotland failure journey pursuit
Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Musical
USA
1980
134 Minutes
Irene Cara Eddie Barth Lee Curreri Laura Dean Paul McCrane Barry Miller Gene Anthony Ray Maureen Teefy Antonia Franceschi Anne Meara Albert Hague
dancer singer actor parent teacher student uplifting inspiring emotional spirited creative new york city school street stage studio graduation abortion music failure
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1997
92 Minutes
Chenoa Maxwell Christopher Scott Cherot Hill Harper Tammi Katherine Jones Betty Vaughn Robinne Lee Reginald James Nia Long
aspiring writer friend singer-songwriter sister grandmother father airy tender amusing charming antwerp, belgium new york city washington, d.c. family home writer's block romance unrequited love music industry failure career aspirations
Lee Plenty is a flailing, wannabe writer, homeless and apartment-sitting for his friend, the wealthy Havilland Savage, while she is off visiting family. So Lee jumps at the chance to see Havilland, whom he has secretly loved for years.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
2001
87 Minutes
Brad Beyer Morena Baccarin Forbes March Jordan Gelber Michael Parducci
friend playwright actress filmmaker musician writer amusing emotional new york city apartment failure friendship betrayal acting writing music fall love underdog 2000s
Way Off Broadway is the story of five friends who, frustrated by the abrupt juxtaposition of being successful artists on the university level to poor struggling artists in New York City, ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
2014
108 Minutes
Jason Bateman Charlie Day Jason Sudeikis Jennifer Aniston Kevin Spacey Jamie Foxx Chris Pine Christoph Waltz Jonathan Banks Lindsay Sloane Keegan-Michael Key
friend business partner investor father kidnapper police officer campy charming cheeky amusing unrestrained studio warehouse office golf course truck garage business friendship investing
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
6.2/10
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Belgium|Italy|Germany
2018
105 Minutes
Rupert Everett Colin Firth Emily Watson Colin Morgan Edwin Thomas Tom Wilkinson John Standing Anna Chancellor Julian Wadham André Penvern Joshua McGuire
writer dying person gay man lover artist dark witty amusing sad paris france london forbidden love gay couple death failure irony hard times forbidden love fall
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.
6.1/10
Musical
USA
1929
95 Minutes
Erich von Stroheim Betty Compson Don Douglas Babe Kane
ventriloquist assistant dancer dummy husband wife brooding disturbing outlandish dark café stage backstage puppetry madness performance show business rejection failure fall
An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
86 Minutes
Joe Pantoliano Boyd Gaines Jennifer Tilly Peter Gerety Bronson Pinchot Matthew Arkin Polly Draper Barbara Barrie James Ryan Paulina Porizkova Patricia Hearst
writer producer friend ex-wife amusing uneasy new jersey suburbia household restaurant bar failure writing friendship jealousy homecoming midlife crisis quest underdog 2000s
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly successful L.A. producer.
6.0/10
Drama
USA|Canada
1991
113 Minutes
Vincent D'Onofrio Jennifer Jason Leigh Peter Berg Peter Coyote Noah Wyle Cindy Pickett Juliette Lewis Marg Helgenberger
father mother son brother sister girlfriend dark emotional uneasy somber family home living room yard restaurant washington state family dysfunction sibling rivalry infidelity dark secrets parental pressure
How the discovery of a father's affair affects each member of his family.
5.8/10
Comedy
UK
2007
97 Minutes
Rupert Everett Colin Firth Lena Headey Mischa Barton Jodie Whittaker Russell Brand Anna Chancellor Stephen Fry Celia Imrie Toby Jones
minister headmistress anarchist emotional boarding school england failure education legacy growing up 2000s
In order to save their bankrupt school, a group of troublesome girls stage a robbery with a group of geniuses on their backs
5.8/10
Comedy
UK
1960
88 Minutes
Sidney James Noel Purcell Hattie Jacques Leslie Phillips Kenneth Connor
seaman admiral captain construction worker daughter airy amusing creative intense suspenseful boat sea laboratory england weapons failure experiments science royal navy adventure
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to show to a visiting scientist.
5.8/10
Musical, Romance
UK|USA
2009
118 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Marion Cotillard Penélope Cruz Judi Dench Fergie Kate Hudson Nicole Kidman Sophia Loren Ricky Tognazzi Giuseppe Cederna Valerio Mastandrea
director wife mistress prostitute actress journalist creative passionate spirited venice, italy beach bar stage movie set hotel filmmaking infidelity women failure personal revelation
Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
5.7/10
Comedy
USA
2016
88 Minutes
Alex Karpovsky Wyatt Russell Meredith Hagner Melanie Lynskey Hannah Simone Michael Ian Black Heather Morris David Cross
comedian copywriter club owner childhood friend musician young woman charming creative emotional inspiring club radio station car road small town self-discovery failure adventure midlife crisis road trip
A successful singer-songwriter hatches a plan to help his friend's struggling comedy career and broken love life by hiring him as his opening act on his solo tour.
5.4/10
Comedy
USA
2015
96 Minutes
Sam Rockwell Amy Ryan Will Forte Danny McBride Jemaine Clement Leslie Bibb Stephen Park Sky Elobar PJ Boudousque Yaniv Moyal Jared Shipley
pastor archaeologist witty amusing airy holy land united states relic cover-up failure conspiracy fraud comedy adventure 21st century
A self-professed biblical archaeologist who has fallen on hard times starts to bend the truth in order to continue inspiring the faithful.
5.2/10
Drama
USA
2002
96 Minutes
Frank Whaley Carla Gugino Ethan Hawke Lynn Cohen Jillian Stacom
stock boy inventor wife stoner coach comedian amusing bleak melodramatic comedy club supermarket family home failure aspirations inventions stand-up comedy marriage illness underdog discovery
A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.
4.2/10
Comedy
USA
1981
100 Minutes
Carol Burnett Alan Arkin Jack Warden Danny Aiello Adam Arkin Danny Glover Sid Haig Vincent Schiavelli Ruth Buzzi Vito Scotti Lou Jacobi
homeless person alcoholic music teacher friend government agent pitcher madcap amusing endearing playful san francisco ferry terminal potrero hill street homelessness failure secret documents unlikely allies con game espionage
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, ... See full summary »
Drama
1996
88 Minutes
shop owner teen boy friend employee loser gritty bleak tense city junk shop con game robbery money botched crime failure betrayal revenge quest temptation 1990s
Three losers (Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson) wait for a partner and plot to rob someone who bought a valuable coin from one's junk shop.
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