Materialism
"materialism" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Blank Check
Synopsis:
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family -- especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal nearly bulldozes Preston with his car and gives the boy a blank check as compensation. Preston makes the check out for $1 million and goes on a spending spree he'll never forget. Maybe now, hi…
Starring:
Tone Loc,
Miguel Ferrer,
Jayne Atkinson
#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
They Live
Synopsis:
Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking dis…
Starring:
Keith David,
Roddy Piper,
Meg Foster
#4
The Running Man
Synopsis:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certai…
Starring:
Yaphet Kotto,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
María Conchita Alonso
#5
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
#6
The Name of the Rose
Synopsis:
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.
Starring:
Sean Connery,
F. Murray Abraham,
Christian Slater
Plot:
middle ages,
abbey,
monk,
franciscan,
14th century,
death,
order,
wealth,
novice,
investigation
...
#7
The Haunted Mansion
Synopsis:
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.
Starring:
Jennifer Tilly,
Wallace Shawn,
Eddie Murphy
#8
Solaris
Synopsis:
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Starring:
John Cho,
Viola Davis,
George Clooney
Plot:
space station,
space,
planet,
trapped in space,
title at the end,
nudity,
buttocks,
space travel,
dead wife,
alien contact
...
#9
Pickpocket
Synopsis:
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is h…
Starring:
Marika Green,
Martin LaSalle,
Jean Pélégri
#10
La Dolce Vita
Synopsis:
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Starring:
Marcello Mastroianni,
Anouk Aimée,
Magali Noël
Plot:
sexy woman,
journalist,
celebrity,
party,
drunkenness,
paparazzi,
writer,
socialite,
gossip columnist,
italy
...
#11
Johnny Mnemonic
Synopsis:
In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits—and will kill him if the data is not removed in time—but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race aga…
Starring:
Udo Kier,
Dolph Lundgren,
Barbara Sukowa
Plot:
implanted memory,
cyberpunk,
virtual reality,
cyberspace,
based on story,
glasses,
hitman,
erased memory,
destroyed bridge,
hotel
...
#12
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Synopsis:
Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.
Starring:
Dal McKennon,
June Foray,
Thurl Ravenscroft
#13
Dawn of the Dead
Synopsis:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Starring:
David Emge,
Ken Foree,
Scott H. Reiniger
#14
Citizen Kane
Synopsis:
Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Starring:
Ray Collins,
Agnes Moorehead,
Orson Welles
Plot:
newspaper publisher,
rosebud,
new york,
narcissism,
materialism,
suicide attempt,
adultery,
new york city,
marriage,
journalist
...
#15
Blow
Synopsis:
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California …
Starring:
Johnny Depp,
Cliff Curtis,
Jordi Mollà
Plot:
drug abuse,
nosebleed,
police officer,
drug cartel,
cocaine,
marijuana,
wedding,
tragic event,
theft,
southern california
...
#16
American Psycho
Synopsis:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Starring:
Willem Dafoe,
Christian Bale,
Jared Leto
#17
American Beauty
Synopsis:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Mena Suvari,
Allison Janney
#18
Ace in the Hole
Synopsis:
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
Starring:
Kirk Douglas,
Jan Sterling,
Robert Arthur
#19
South Park
Synopsis:
Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Starring:
Trey Parker,
April Stewart,
Matt Stone
#20
Gossip Girl
Synopsis:
An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
Starring:
Blake Lively,
Penn Badgley,
Leighton Meester