Begging
"begging" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Umberto D.
Synopsis:
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and aban…
Starring:
Lamberto Maggiorani,
Memmo Carotenuto,
Maria Pia Casilio
#2
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Synopsis:
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.
Starring:
Walter Huston,
Humphrey Bogart,
Bruce Bennett
Plot:
mexico,
gold,
sierra madre mountains,
greed,
mining,
paranoia,
desert,
national film registry,
afi,
year 1925
...
#3
The Night of the Hunter
Synopsis:
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Starring:
Shelley Winters,
Peter Graves,
James Gleason
Plot:
widow,
preacher,
southern gothic,
spanking,
psychopath,
cult film,
money,
doll,
death,
promise
...
#4
The Invisible Man
Synopsis:
Working in Dr. Cranley’s laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley’s daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion’s Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, m…
Starring:
Gloria Stuart,
Claude Rains,
Henry Travers
#5
Lady Snowblood
Synopsis:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Starring:
Akemi Negishi,
Meiko Kaji,
Toshio Kurosawa
Plot:
revenge,
childbirth,
female warrior,
vengeance,
snow,
female assassin,
prison,
female protagonist,
umbrella,
sword
...
#6
High and Low
Synopsis:
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Starring:
Nobuo Nakamura,
Takashi Shimura,
Tatsuya Nakadai
#7
Erin Brockovich
Synopsis:
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
Starring:
Marg Helgenberger,
Peter Coyote,
Tracey Walter
#8
El Topo
Synopsis:
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.
Starring:
Alejandro Jodorowsky,
Brontis Jodorowsky,
José Legarreta
#9
East of Eden
Synopsis:
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
Starring:
Lois Smith,
Julie Harris,
Raymond Massey
#10
Bicycle Thieves
Synopsis:
A working man's livelihood is threatened when someone steals his bicycle.
Starring:
Lamberto Maggiorani,
Enzo Staiola,
Lianella Carell
Plot:
post world war two italy,
bicycle theft,
lack of money,
bicycle,
thief,
post war,
theft,
despair,
church,
riding a bicycle
...
#11
Accattone
Synopsis:
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
Starring:
Franco Citti,
Franca Pasut,
Silvana Corsini