Ethics
"ethics" Movies and TV Shows
#1
The Practice
Synopsis:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
Starring:
Steve Harris,
James Spader,
Jessica Capshaw
#2
Wall Street
Synopsis:
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Starring:
Sean Young,
Michael Douglas,
James Spader
#3
The Mission
Synopsis:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
Starring:
Liam Neeson,
Robert De Niro,
Jeremy Irons
Plot:
spanish,
jesuit,
mission,
slave,
jungle,
slave trader,
crucifix,
portuguese,
mercenary,
brazil
...
#4
The Insider
Synopsis:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand.
Starring:
Christopher Plummer,
Colm Feore,
Stephen Tobolowsky
#5
The Curse of Frankenstein
Synopsis:
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing,
Valerie Gaunt
#6
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
...
#7
Sleepers
Synopsis:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Starring:
Billy Crudup,
Robert De Niro,
Minnie Driver
Plot:
child molestation,
sexual abuse,
sexual predator,
sadistic rape,
pedo,
gore,
revenge,
rape,
confession booth,
physical assault
...
#8
Serpico
Synopsis:
Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank…
Starring:
Al Pacino,
Cornelia Sharpe,
Tony Roberts
#9
Sansho the Bailiff
Synopsis:
In medieval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Starring:
Masao Shimizu,
Kyōko Kagawa,
Kinuyo Tanaka
#10
Rope
Synopsis:
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
Starring:
James Stewart,
Cedric Hardwicke,
Alfred Hitchcock
Plot:
long take,
gay subtext,
rope,
leopold loeb case,
murder,
perfect murder,
party,
gay,
one word title,
pair of killers
...
#11
Rear Window
Synopsis:
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Starring:
James Stewart,
Raymond Burr,
Thelma Ritter
Plot:
wheelchair,
voyeur,
apartment,
amateur detective,
based on short story,
window,
photograph,
director cameo,
suspense,
neighbor
...
#12
Onibaba
Synopsis:
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughte…
Starring:
Taiji Tonoyama,
Kei Satō,
Nobuko Otowa
#13
John Q
Synopsis:
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Kimberly Elise,
Shawn Hatosy
#14
Glengarry Glen Ross
Synopsis:
When an office full of Chicago real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up. Shelley Levene, who has a sick daughter, does everything in his power to get better leads from his boss, John Williamson, but to no avail. When his coworker Dave Moss comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated f…
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Jonathan Pryce,
Alec Baldwin
#15
Fahrenheit 9/11
Synopsis:
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Starring:
Michael Moore,
George H. W. Bush,
George W. Bush
#16
Event Horizon
Synopsis:
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship 'Event Horizon' which disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage. With its return, the crew of the 'Lewis and Clark' discovers the real truth behind the disappearance of the 'Event Horizon' – and something even more terrifying.
Starring:
Joely Richardson,
Jason Isaacs,
Laurence Fishburne
#17
Dead Man Walking
Synopsis:
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who, in his last days, forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality, as she accompanies him to his execution.
Starring:
Celia Weston,
Susan Sarandon,
R. Lee Ermey
#18
Bring It On
Synopsis:
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.
Starring:
Kirsten Dunst,
Gabrielle Union,
Holmes Osborne
#19
A Man for All Seasons
Synopsis:
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
Starring:
John Hurt,
Robert Shaw,
Paul Scofield
Plot:
period piece,
courtroom drama,
chancellor,
trial,
historical event,
law,
courtroom,
renaissance,
interrogation,
idealism
...
#20
Alive
Synopsis:
The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
Starring:
Vincent Spano,
Ethan Hawke,
Josh Hamilton
Plot:
based on true story,
survival,
andes mountains,
crash,
stranded,
chile,
starvation,
death,
1970s,
cannibalism
...