Praying
"praying" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Viridiana
Synopsis:
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her un…
Starring:
Silvia Pinal,
José Calvo,
Margarita Lozano
Plot:
nun,
novice,
da vinci last supper,
suspected rape,
wedding veil,
drugged,
barefoot,
suicide by hanging,
jumping rope,
female feet
...
#2
The Wild Bunch
Synopsis:
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Starring:
L. Q. Jones,
Robert Ryan,
Ernest Borgnine
#3
The Vikings
Synopsis:
Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
Starring:
Frank Thring,
Kirk Douglas,
Ernest Borgnine
#4
The Spirit of the Beehive
Synopsis:
In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Ana, a sensitive seven-year-old girl in a rural Spanish hamlet is traumatized after a traveling projectionist screens a print of James Whale's 1931 "Frankenstein" for the village. The youngster is profoundly disturbed by the scenes in which the monster murders the little girl and is later killed himself by the villagers. She questions her sister about th…
Starring:
Fernando Fernán Gómez,
Teresa Gimpera,
Ana Torrent
#5
The Phantom of Liberty
Synopsis:
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film featu…
Starring:
Michel Piccoli,
Adriana Asti,
Claude Piéplu
#6
The Phantom Carriage
Synopsis:
It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, that picks up the souls of the dead.
Starring:
Astrid Holm,
Victor Sjöström,
Hilda Borgström
#7
The Last House on the Left
Synopsis:
Two teenage girls try to buy marijuana in the city - where they get kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychotic convicts.
Starring:
Jeramie Rain,
Sandra Peabody,
Lucy Grantham
#8
The Innocents
Synopsis:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Starring:
Deborah Kerr,
Michael Redgrave,
Megs Jenkins
#9
The 13th Warrior
Synopsis:
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan finds himself in the company of Vikings. While the behavior of the Norsemen initially offends ibn Fadlan, the more cultured outsider grows to respect the tough, if uncouth, warriors. During their travels together, ibn Fadlan and the Vikings get word of an evil presence closing in, and they must fight the frightening and formidable for…
Starring:
Antonio Banderas,
Vladimir Kulich,
Diane Venora
#10
Swiss Family Robinson
Synopsis:
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates. A rousing adventure suitable for the whole family, this Disney adaptation of the classic Johann Wyss novel stars Dorothy McGuire and John Mills as Mo…
Starring:
John Mills,
Tommy Kirk,
Dorothy McGuire
#11
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
#12
Shadow of a Doubt
Synopsis:
Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.
Starring:
Irving Bacon,
Joseph Cotten,
Hume Cronyn
#13
Save the Last Dance
Synopsis:
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.
Starring:
Kerry Washington,
Sean Patrick Thomas,
Julia Stiles
#14
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Synopsis:
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.
Starring:
Cary Elwes,
Dave Chappelle,
Amy Yasbeck
#15
Road to Perdition
Synopsis:
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
Starring:
Tom Hanks,
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Stanley Tucci
#16
Night of the Living Dead
Synopsis:
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse.
Starring:
Duane Jones,
Judith O'Dea,
Karl Hardman
#17
Mississippi Burning
Synopsis:
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Starring:
Willem Dafoe,
Stephen Tobolowsky,
Pruitt Taylor Vince
#18
Miss Congeniality
Synopsis:
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.
Starring:
Benjamin Bratt,
Michael Caine,
Ernie Hudson
#19
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
...
#20
Kwaidan
Synopsis:
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior'…
Starring:
Kenjirō Ishiyama,
Michiyo Aratama,
Misako Watanabe