Billiards
"billiards" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Trouble with the Curve
Synopsis:
Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Amy Adams,
John Goodman
Plot:
baseball,
pitcher,
home run,
aging,
talent scout,
baseball game,
kiss on the lips,
romantic kiss,
jumping into water,
motel room
...
#2
Wake in Fright
Synopsis:
Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, but as one night stretches into several he plunges headlong into his own destruction.
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Jack Thompson,
John Meillon
#3
Vivre Sa Vie
Synopsis:
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Starring:
Anna Karina,
Sady Rebbot,
André S. Labarthe
#4
Three Colors: Red
Synopsis:
Valentine, a student model in Geneva, struggles with a possessive boyfriend and a troubled family. When she runs over a dog, she discovers that its owner, a retired judge, is illegally wiretapping and eavesdropping on his neighbors' phone calls. Although Valentine is outraged, she develops a strange bond with the judge – and as the two become closer, she finds herself caught in the middle of even…
Starring:
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Samuel Le Bihan,
Irène Jacob
Plot:
friendship,
ex judge,
eavesdropping,
judge,
model,
dog,
law student,
indifference,
fashion model,
telephone line
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#5
The Public Enemy
Synopsis:
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for…
Starring:
James Cagney,
Robert Emmett O'Connor,
Joan Blondell
Plot:
criminal,
gangster,
punched in the face,
violence,
anti hero,
robbery,
organized crime,
shot in the back,
beer,
tough guy
...
#6
The Party
Synopsis:
Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.
Starring:
Peter Sellers,
Claudine Longet,
Natalia Borisova
Plot:
miniskirt,
upskirt,
short skirt,
running toilet,
overflowing toilet,
clumsy man,
bumbling,
shoe,
elephant,
1960s
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#7
The Killers
Synopsis:
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank ro…
Starring:
Burt Lancaster,
Edmond O'Brien,
Ava Gardner
#8
The Hustler
Synopsis:
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
Starring:
Paul Newman,
Murray Hamilton,
George C. Scott
#9
The Color of Money
Synopsis:
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses path…
Starring:
John Turturro,
Paul Newman,
Tom Cruise
Plot:
scam,
pool player,
hustler,
con artist,
female nudity,
female frontal nudity,
possessiveness,
whiskey,
tournament,
hustling
...
#10
The Cincinnati Kid
Synopsis:
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Starring:
Rip Torn,
Edward G. Robinson,
Karl Malden
Plot:
southern u.s.,
high stakes,
poker player,
based on novel,
bet,
bluff,
card game,
chicken,
curtain,
kiss
...
#11
The Butterfly Effect
Synopsis:
A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.
Starring:
Eric Stoltz,
Amy Smart,
Logan Lerman
#12
The Boondock Saints
Synopsis:
Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on …
Starring:
Willem Dafoe,
Billy Connolly,
Sean Patrick Flanery
Plot:
homosexual,
fbi agent,
police,
revenge,
cauterizing a wound,
drinking,
groping,
cult film,
independent film,
surprise ending
...
#13
The Basketball Diaries
Synopsis:
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
Michael Imperioli,
Ernie Hudson
#14
Sweet Home Alabama
Synopsis:
New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
Starring:
Fred Ward,
Josh Lucas,
Candice Bergen
#15
Stand by Me
Synopsis:
Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern are four friends who decide to hike to find the corpse of Ray Brower, a local teenager, who was hit by a train while plucking blueberries in the wild.
Starring:
Jerry O'Connell,
Corey Feldman,
Kiefer Sutherland
Plot:
friendship,
coming of age,
childhood friend,
walking on train tracks,
summertime,
treehouse,
boy,
dead body,
woods,
summer
...
#16
Silent Running
Synopsis:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and …
Starring:
Ron Rifkin,
Bruce Dern,
Steven Brown
Plot:
space sci fi,
greenhouse,
robot,
spacecraft,
ecosystem,
botanist,
spaceship,
space travel,
male protagonist,
dying words
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#17
My Name Is Nobody
Synopsis:
Jack Beauregard, an ageing gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as "Nobody", who idolizes Beauregard, wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.
Starring:
R. G. Armstrong,
Geoffrey Lewis,
Henry Fonda
#18
Lawrence of Arabia
Synopsis:
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Starring:
Jack Hawkins,
José Ferrer,
Peter O'Toole
Plot:
desert,
arabia,
ottoman empire,
arab,
bedouin,
world war one,
prince feisal,
sexual sadism,
british military,
masochist
...
#19
I Vitelloni
Synopsis:
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful …
Starring:
Leopoldo Trieste,
Franco Fabrizi,
Jean Brochard
Plot:
train station,
card game,
crossdressing,
goodbye,
flower,
match,
billiards,
police officer,
billiard hall,
theater
...
#20
Indecent Proposal
Synopsis:
John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Oliver Platt,
Billy Bob Thornton