Tragic Event
"tragic event" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Lionheart
Synopsis:
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Brian Thompson,
Ashley Johnson
#2
Z
Synopsis:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions. Though it's too late to save Z's life, a postmortem examination suggests that the ruling party was behind his death. As the fact…
Starring:
Jacques Perrin,
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Magali Noël
Plot:
murder investigation,
rally,
right wing,
police,
government,
military,
politician,
1960s,
violence,
political cover up
...
#3
Vertigo
Synopsis:
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Starring:
James Stewart,
Henry Jones,
Lee Patrick
#4
Tremors
Synopsis:
Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.
Starring:
Fred Ward,
Michael Gross,
Kevin Bacon
Plot:
desert,
monster,
giant worm,
stranded on rooftop,
first part,
survivalist,
black comedy,
horse,
creature feature,
small town
...
#5
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Synopsis:
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Geoffrey Lewis,
Jeff Bridges
#6
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Synopsis:
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
Starring:
Bonnie Bedelia,
Bruce Dern,
Jane Fonda
#7
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
...
#8
The Towering Inferno
Synopsis:
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—office building, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Starring:
Paul Newman,
Faye Dunaway,
Steve McQueen
#9
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Synopsis:
When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must…
Starring:
Marilyn Burns,
Allen Danziger,
Paul A. Partain
Plot:
leatherface,
cannibal,
chainsaw,
rural setting,
american horror,
hitchhiker,
texas,
cannibalism,
independent film,
summer
...
#10
The Sugarland Express
Synopsis:
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond w…
Starring:
William Atherton,
Goldie Hawn,
Ben Johnson
Plot:
texas,
hostage,
pursuit,
kidnapping,
fugitive,
based on true story,
manhunt,
car chase,
chase,
year 1969
...
#11
The Specialist
Synopsis:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone,
Eric Roberts,
James Woods
#12
The Room
Synopsis:
Johnny is a successful banker with great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa. The happy-go-lucky guy sees his world being torn apart when his friends begin to betray him one-by-one.
Starring:
Tommy Wiseau,
Juliette Danielle,
Greg Sestero
#13
The Red Shoes
Synopsis:
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that …
Starring:
Marius Goring,
Esmond Knight,
Robert Helpmann
Plot:
ballet,
ballerina,
dance,
composer,
dancer,
protege,
fairy tale,
impresario,
dancing,
conductor
...
#14
The Perfect Storm
Synopsis:
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
John C. Reilly,
William Fichtner
Plot:
fish,
fishing,
sea,
death,
fisherman,
storm at sea,
fishing boat,
ice machine,
fishing vessel,
female captain
...
#15
The Outsiders
Synopsis:
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Starring:
Diane Lane,
Patrick Swayze,
Tom Cruise
#16
The Legend of 1900
Synopsis:
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.
Starring:
Pruitt Taylor Vince,
Tim Roth,
Bill Nunn
Plot:
ship,
piano,
pianist,
jazz,
year 1900,
foundling,
timeframe 1910s,
timeframe 1920s,
timeframe 1930s,
timeframe 19th century
...
#17
The Last of the Mohicans
Synopsis:
In war-torn Colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, Cora Munro, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers, including Hawkeye, a rugged frontiersman and the adopted son of the Mohicans comes to their rescue. A passionate roma…
Starring:
Wes Studi,
Russell Means,
Steven Waddington
#18
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
#19
The Fisher King
Synopsis:
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Starring:
David Hyde Pierce,
Robin Williams,
Kathy Najimy
#20
The English Patient
Synopsis:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Starring:
Colin Firth,
Willem Dafoe,
Ralph Fiennes