Sedative
"sedative" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Young Frankenstein
Synopsis:
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Starring:
Richard Haydn,
Teri Garr,
Cloris Leachman
Plot:
spoof,
hunchback,
reanimation,
laboratory,
sexual joke,
experiment,
castle,
electricity,
corpse,
rain
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#2
Twelve Monkeys
Synopsis:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient…
Starring:
Christopher Plummer,
Brad Pitt,
Bruce Willis
Plot:
time travel,
virus,
plague,
underground,
epidemic,
psychiatrist,
future,
ecoterrorism,
psychiatric hospital,
bald man
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#3
The Woman in the Window
Synopsis:
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Starring:
Edward G. Robinson,
Raymond Massey,
Edmund Breon
Plot:
instructor,
academic,
lecture,
lecturer,
teacher,
tutor,
crisis,
company,
booze,
invitation
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#4
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Synopsis:
A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
Starring:
James Stewart,
Bernard Miles,
Alan Mowbray
#5
Spellbound
Synopsis:
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins hi…
Starring:
Gregory Peck,
Ingrid Bergman,
Norman Lloyd
#6
Rosemary's Baby
Synopsis:
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Starring:
Ralph Bellamy,
Ruth Gordon,
John Cassavetes
Plot:
paranoia,
coven,
satanism,
problem pregnancy,
rape,
incubus,
witchcraft,
chocolate mousse,
chanting,
betrayal
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#7
Roman Holiday
Synopsis:
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusi…
Starring:
Audrey Hepburn,
Gregory Peck,
Eddie Albert
Plot:
doctor,
taxi,
italy,
american in italy,
newspaper editor,
newspaper reporter,
following someone,
sightseeing,
kiss,
airport
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#8
Niagara
Synopsis:
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and …
Starring:
Will Wright,
Marilyn Monroe,
Russell Collins
#9
New Nightmare
Synopsis:
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
Starring:
Heather Langenkamp,
Robert Englund,
John Saxon
#10
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Synopsis:
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Starring:
Kevin McCarthy,
Dana Wynter,
Larry Gates
#11
Gothika
Synopsis:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further …
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.,
Dorian Harewood,
Halle Berry
#12
Frankenstein
Synopsis:
Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but, confused and traumatized, it escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc. Frankenstein searches for the elusive being and eventually must confront his tormented creation.
Starring:
Boris Karloff,
Colin Clive,
Mae Clarke
#13
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Synopsis:
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.
Starring:
Heather Langenkamp,
Robert Englund,
Laurence Fishburne
#14
An American Werewolf in London
Synopsis:
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Starring:
Jenny Agutter,
David Schofield,
Griffin Dunne
#15
The Wolf of Wall Street
Synopsis:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Margot Robbie,
Jon Bernthal
#16
The Invisible Man
Synopsis:
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Starring:
Aldis Hodge,
Storm Reid,
Elisabeth Moss
Plot:
domestic abuse,
invisibility,
mad scientist,
murder,
throat slitting,
escape,
teenager,
restaurant,
evil man,
sadist
...
#17
Star Trek
Synopsis:
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no on…
Starring:
John Cho,
Simon Pegg,
Zoe Saldana
#18
Shutter Island
Synopsis:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Jackie Earle Haley,
Ben Kingsley
Plot:
surprise ending,
neo noir,
mental asylum,
cave,
memory,
filicide,
plot twist,
psycho thriller,
delusion,
containment
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#19
Passengers
Synopsis:
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Starring:
Michael Sheen,
Laurence Fishburne,
Andy García
Plot:
spacecraft,
trapped in space,
malfunction,
asteroid,
outer space,
android,
space,
spaceship,
isolation,
robot
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#20
Love Wedding Repeat
Synopsis:
While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.
Starring:
Olivia Munn,
Sam Claflin,
Joel Fry