Engagement
"engagement" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Fair Play
Synopsis:
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.
Starring:
Eddie Marsan,
Alden Ehrenreich,
Rich Sommer
Plot:
finance,
jealousy,
secret,
hedge fund,
psychological,
alcohol,
erotic,
couple,
unravel,
love
...
#2
You Can't Take It with You
Synopsis:
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Starring:
James Stewart,
Mischa Auer,
Lionel Barrymore
#3
White Christmas
Synopsis:
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Starring:
Mary Wickes,
Dean Jagger,
Bing Crosby
Plot:
christmas,
train,
war veteran,
hotel,
ski lodge,
vermont,
sister sister relationship,
color in title,
snow,
christmas movie
...
#4
While You Were Sleeping
Synopsis:
A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.
Starring:
Sandra Bullock,
Bill Pullman,
Michael Rispoli
#5
What a Girl Wants
Synopsis:
An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Jonathan Pryce,
Amanda Bynes
#6
The Wedding Singer
Synopsis:
Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more complicated than anybody thought.
Starring:
Adam Sandler,
Drew Barrymore,
Alexis Arquette
Plot:
1980s,
year 1985,
confession of love,
transvestite,
stockbroker,
selfishness,
cameo appearance,
womanizer,
depression,
heartbreak
...
#7
The Wedding Planner
Synopsis:
San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, paediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making the wedding arrangements, she and Steve are put into a string of uncomfortable situations that force them to face their mutual attraction.
Starring:
Judy Greer,
Jennifer Lopez,
Kathy Najimy
#8
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Synopsis:
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.
Starring:
Barry Bostwick,
Tim Curry,
Susan Sarandon
#9
The Lost Weekend
Synopsis:
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
Starring:
Jane Wyman,
Ray Milland,
Frank Faylen
Plot:
suicidal thoughts,
alcoholism,
alcoholic,
delirium,
addiction,
paranoia,
dt's,
desperation,
low self esteem,
wanting a drink
...
#10
The Leopard
Synopsis:
As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comf…
Starring:
Pierre Clémenti,
Claudia Cardinale,
Burt Lancaster
Plot:
prince,
1860s,
sicily,
aristocracy,
19th century,
battle,
nobility,
revolution,
palermo italy,
social change
...
#11
The Count of Monte Cristo
Synopsis:
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.
Starring:
Henry Cavill,
Guy Pearce,
Luis Guzmán
Plot:
violence,
revenge,
escape,
treasure,
prison,
priest,
whipping,
sword fight,
color remake of black and white film,
fireworks
...
#12
The Beguiled
Synopsis:
Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Melody Thomas Scott,
Pamelyn Ferdin
#13
Sweet Smell of Success
Synopsis:
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the metho…
Starring:
Burt Lancaster,
Jeff Donnell,
Tony Curtis
Plot:
musician,
attempted suicide,
press agent,
newspaper columnist,
unscrupulous,
manipulation,
power,
jazz club,
incest,
blackmail
...
#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
Sunset Boulevard
Synopsis:
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Starring:
Franklyn Farnum,
Fred Clark,
William Holden
#16
Splendor in the Grass
Synopsis:
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Starring:
Pat Hingle,
Gary Lockwood,
Warren Beatty
#17
Six Days Seven Nights
Synopsis:
When Quinn, a grouchy pilot living the good life in the South Pacific, agrees to transfer a savvy fashion editor, Robin, to Tahiti, he ends up stranded on a deserted island with her after their plane crashes. The pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.
Starring:
Danny Trejo,
Temuera Morrison,
Cliff Curtis
Plot:
pilot,
thunderstorm,
floatplane,
snow adventure,
island,
storm,
airplane,
jungle,
storm at sea,
cell phone
...
#18
My Girl
Synopsis:
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
Starring:
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Dan Aykroyd,
Macaulay Culkin
Plot:
best friend,
first crush,
funeral,
receptionist,
widower,
mortuary,
mortician,
makeup,
wasp,
casket
...
#19
My Cousin Vinny
Synopsis:
Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
Starring:
Bruce McGill,
Austin Pendleton,
Joe Pesci
#20
Mulholland Drive
Synopsis:
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Starring:
Naomi Watts,
Robert Forster,
Justin Theroux