Animal Abuse
"animal abuse" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Poor Things
Synopsis:
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a debauched lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Willem Dafoe,
Emma Stone
#2
The Stranger
Synopsis:
A man working for the War Crimes Commission suspects that an important Nazi official has folded himself into a quaint Connecticut town.
Starring:
Martha Wentworth,
Edward G. Robinson,
Orson Welles
#3
The Last Emperor
Synopsis:
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Starring:
Joan Chen,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa,
Peter O'Toole
Plot:
china,
based on true story,
emperor,
1950s,
chinese history,
1930s,
1910s,
flash forward,
symbolism,
childhood
...
#4
Rebel Without a Cause
Synopsis:
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag ra…
Starring:
Dennis Hopper,
William Hopper,
James Dean
#5
Pink Flamingos
Synopsis:
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
Starring:
Divine,
David Lochary,
Mary Vivian Pearce
#6
On the Waterfront
Synopsis:
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that wil…
Starring:
Lee J. Cobb,
Marlon Brando,
Karl Malden
Plot:
murder,
longshoreman,
waterfront,
ex boxer,
dockworker,
whistleblower,
organized crime,
pigeon,
conscience,
priest
...
#7
Napoleon Dynamite
Synopsis:
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Starring:
Diedrich Bader,
Efren Ramirez,
Jon Gries
Plot:
salesman,
family relationships,
small town,
teenager,
disney,
belching,
32 year old,
friend,
high school,
idaho
...
#8
Me, Myself & Irene
Synopsis:
Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
Starring:
Jim Carrey,
Renée Zellweger,
Chris Cooper
#9
L'Âge d'Or
Synopsis:
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
Starring:
Gaston Modot,
Jean Aurenche,
Lya Lys
Plot:
surrealism,
absurd humor,
cult film,
dark comedy,
controversy,
cow,
avant garde,
satire,
absurdism,
bloody body of a child
...
#10
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Synopsis:
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
Starring:
Jason Lee,
Seann William Scott,
Shannon Elizabeth
#11
In the Line of Fire
Synopsis:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
John Malkovich,
Gary Cole
#12
Hollow Man
Synopsis:
Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.
Starring:
Josh Brolin,
Elisabeth Shue,
Kevin Bacon
Plot:
breasts,
rape,
invisible man,
good versus evil,
nudity,
experiment,
voyeurism,
psychopath,
stalker,
voyeur
...
#13
Giant
Synopsis:
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedic…
Starring:
Rod Taylor,
Dennis Hopper,
Elizabeth Taylor
Plot:
rancher,
epic,
texas,
oil,
rivalry,
racism,
nouveaux riches,
mexican american,
cattle ranch,
national film registry
...
#14
Gangs of New York
Synopsis:
It's 1863. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.
Starring:
Brendan Gleeson,
John C. Reilly,
Liam Neeson
#15
Eraser
Synopsis:
U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to terrorist groups. When Kruger discovers that there's a corrupt agent within the program, he must guard his own life while trying to protect Lee's.
Starring:
James Cromwell,
Vanessa Williams,
James Caan
#16
Dances with Wolves
Synopsis:
Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Starring:
Graham Greene,
Mary McDonnell,
Kevin Costner
#17
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Synopsis:
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
Starring:
Ricardo Montalban,
Roddy McDowall,
Natalie Trundy
#18
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Synopsis:
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
Starring:
Mark Dacascos,
Monica Bellucci,
Jacques Perrin
Plot:
18th century,
france,
conspiracy,
lion attack,
lion,
sex scene,
female spy,
nonlinear timeline,
love,
fistfight
...
#19
Blazing Saddles
Synopsis:
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Starring:
Mel Brooks,
Jack Starrett,
Gene Wilder
Plot:
cowboys and outlaws,
n word,
racial slur,
farting,
spoof,
ethnic slur,
gay slur,
absurd comedy,
sheriff,
railroad
...
#20
Beethoven
Synopsis:
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.
Starring:
Oliver Platt,
Stanley Tucci,
Bonnie Hunt
Plot:
dog,
animal,
husband wife relationship,
mother,
father,
pet dog,
family relationships,
dysfunctional family,
animal actor,
rescue
...