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resolved black-and-white action? film Film
a black and white film about a British military base in Africa where the native soldiers rebel/go on strike, and the main characters (an officer and a soldier recently transferred) have to stop it. the revolt is eventually stopped bloodlessly when the main characters blow up a jeep.
openSci-fi? movie that has mysterious guy who is EvilAllAlong. Film
So there's a movie that is probably a sci-fi thriller or horror and maybe some action where it set in post apocalyptic future (I guess) the main characters found a seemingly amnesiac man in an abandoned place. And the one of the main characters who is a woman fall in love with him and there was a sex scene between the mysterious man and the female character. And it turns out that the mysterious guy is a Big Bad and was using them or something like that and he got killed by the heroes in the end I think.
The movie is in around the early 2010s (2010-2015) or late 2000's (2005-2009) from what I remember and it's R rated. And it's American.
Edited by BubblepigopenA little boy, meets a junkie, dies in a peer fight, candlelight vigil Film
An English-language movie I watched somewhere in 2013 or 2014.
It's about a 10, 11 or 12 year old boy (probably with long blond hair)
All I remember is that he meets a poor man addicted to drugs. There's a scene where the boy knocks on his door and the man doesn't answer - maybe he's so high or he died of an overdose.
The boy is attacked (perhaps outside the school) by his peers and dies.
At the boy's house (where his distraught parents are) gather people with candles in the evening, perhaps singing something.
resolved Girls controlling the weather Film
I think it is a Disney Channel movie, but I'm not sure.
I remember a Christmas movie about two girls that find Santa Claus' weather machine (don't ask), and decided to make it snow in their city, so I assume it was set in California for it to be special.
resolved Fight in a salt mine at the end. Film
The final fight takes place in a salt mine, and circumstances contrive for the villain to die when he gets hanged on a rope.
Edited by CaswinopenSex Comedy About Guy Who Can't Feel Pain Film
I remember seeing a trailer (or maybe a part of the movie) about a young man who gets cursed somehow, so that he can't feel pain. I'm not sure if he loses other feelings like lust, or the ability to get drunk, as well.
The movie's a college sex comedy trying to capitalize on American Pie and similar films. The main character's a bit of a skinny dork a la Jason Biggs, but he has scruffier, blond hair. Getting the curse both helps him become more popular in college (the one scene I remember has him being hazed pledging for a fraternity, getting paddled and no feeling anything), but ends up getting him into trouble.
I don't remember much more about it, and I'm sure the movie isn't even any good, but I still wanted to try and find it to scratch that itch in my brain.
resolved 2000s adult movie Film
There's this movie I'm trying to find. The main character is a sex addict and he has a little sister who works as a sex worker. It was an American movie and I think it came out in the 2000s. I remember there's a scene where the sister calls the man while crying and it was one of the most emotional scenes of the movie, though I could be wrong.
openTrying to find a children’s period drama Film
It was a children’s TV drama on Channel 4, possibly a one off although it may have been a serial based on the “Prince and the Pauper”. The two central characters were teenage girls, one was wealthy and the other was poor. It was set in the past, probably 19th century as evident by the period costumes. The poor girl was reduced to stealing in order to live and the rich girl befriended her. I remember a scene where the rich girl, whilst out riding her horse, is taken captive by some criminal con men out in the woods. They tie her up only for the poor girl to come to her rescue. The poor girl is taken captive too but in the end they escape... and that’s about all I can remember!
Edited by Wez4openGhost drama film Film
I remember watching a film that featured a woman moving into a house where the ghost of a man observes and falls in love with her, while another malevolent ghost is somehow influencing her to become depressed/paranoid about her boyfriend becoming abusive. I remember the woman had trauma from her father being sexually abusive when she was a kid, and the bad ghost used that against her. The only specific scene I can recall is the woman being upset that something like 500 people came to her father's funeral to celebrate him, not knowing that he was really an abusive pedophile.
It was an English language film, probably American but could be Canadian or even British, I don't remember their accents. That's all I remember!
openabout revenge for the death of a guy, a game of cat and mouse Film
I didn't watch this movie, but my mom did, so the description is from her words.
I think it's thriller from about 1990 to 2010 (mom said she watched this movie on the TV when i was little child, i was born in 2000, so the film could have been made earlier).
The plot is something like this: a guy catches his wife cheating (perhaps at work). he gets out of there by car and gets into an accident where he dies. his father (but this is not certain, maybe a friend) begins to take revenge on his cheating wife for the death of this guy. he sets up various traps to kill this wife, plays cat and mouse with her. he eventually succeeds and she dies in the bath/shower.
openWeird kid’s movie Film
This is a movie I saw when I was like 9 and haven’t seen since. I only remember a couple things about it. The protagonist was a kid, and the antagonist was the principal of his school. At one point, the principal uses the word ex-courage instead of discourage, and tells the main character to look it up. At the end of the movie, when the main character wins in whatever he was doing, he tells the principal to “look it up” as a comeback, but I don’t remember which word he told him to look up. That’s literally all I remember of the movie.
openLive-action movie (or series?) about an "angel of death"? Film
So, I'm not expecting much from posting this, not because I don't value this wiki, but because my only lead is a single scene, lasting less than 5 minutes that I remember was stuck in my head since childhood, I'm not even sure of the genre, but based on what i remember sounds like a type of low urban fantasy or sci-fi on cable TV either at the end of the 90's or early 00, anyway the scene I remember is this:
A dark and long-haired woman is being threatened by a man with a gun, they are standing at opposite ends of a hallway in a really tall building, the woman has nowhere to escape, he wants to spurr her to do... something, about embracing her nature, and he wants to use her power for his own means, or else he'll kill her, the next part is fuzzy in my brain but I think she remembers... something or someone that triggers something inside her and the next scene, she's suddenly no longer cowering from him, instead she stands up, walking calmly towards him, giving him a taunting speech about how he really thought he could control her power, and while she's talking, he starts shooting at her but she blocks every single bullet, apparently barehanded, punctuating each word, and scarying him shitless, I think when she reaches him, she threatens to kill him, saying something about how death doesn't forget or forgive and he'll get everything he deserves... my brain goes fuzzy again after this and skips to the finale scene, the same woman apparently back to normal, and she's either walking and talking or riding the elevator and talking to another woman who's talking about the follwoing events wrapping the movie (?) ends up mentioning a man who, presumably the antagonist of the previous scene, who committed suicide by jumping off a building and that people heard him say somethign along the lines of "god sending an Angel of Death after him." And the woman smiles knowingly and that's when the credits roll.
As I said... is not much, but here's me hoping the best.
Edited by Revival_ZeroopenWild West Dental Hygiene Educational Film Film
This would have been in the late 80s / early 90s, small town USA. In grade school they played a live action educational movie that was set in a town in the Wild West (I think the kid protagonists may have got there through time travel from a playground somehow) about dental hygiene. The kids ran into a local bandit / obvious bad guy type, who grew increasingly agitated as they explained to him how plaque disclosing tablets show where you haven't brushed. He finally lost his temper and yelled "That does it! This town is miiiine!" At that point the projector broke and we never found out what happened next. I can't find any trace of it online!
openFilm about living house on island Film
I'm trying to remember the name of a movie about some people, possibly a film crew, who go to an island with a specific, possibly haunted house on it. The end of the film ends up being a Cruel Twist Ending, as they find a hole in the basement, go into it, and find out they were going into an eldritch monster's stomach and get eaten. I know it's a horror movie but I can't remember the name and I've searched through the Cruel Twist Ending Index with no results.
openNo Title Film
A short film I saw in middle school, 5-7 years ago. A family consisting of two parents, an older sister, and a younger brother come home from overseas and learn that America has become some sort of totalitarian dictatorship. There's something about all of the Amendments, including the Bill of Rights, having been repealed. Women are considered property and election day consists of every man placing his ballot in a box labelled "YES" under armed guard. The government uses Child Soldiers to suppress rebellions, because they believe that, as most of the freedom fighters are women, they Wouldn'tHurtAChild. The family eventually learns a way to leave, can't remember how, but the daughter reveals her desire to stay and join La Résistance. Before they can escape, government goons show up and tell the family that they can go if they leave their son behind, because the president's son needs a heart transplant and he's a perfect match...
I'd like to know the name so I can use it as an example for Billy Needs an Organ.
resolved A superpowers movie (not marvel or DC) SOLVED Film
It is a live action movie (most likely USA production) at some point in the early 2000's (dunno exact year). The protagonist looks like the typical white male action buzzcut dude. He lives in one of those working class buildings, has a ton of debt, and is trying to get money by cheating on dice games with his telekenisis. He also constantly fails because at that point his telekenisis is really minor and he can't control it or use it at will, so he gets even deeper in dept. I'm pretty sure this is the opening scene in the movie.
I don't recall what exactly follows, but he gets caught up protecting a young blond haired girl who can see the future and records her visions with drawings. Some organization wants her or something. There's a huge gunfight scene where protagonist's powers turn out to be really fucking epic.
I don't recall how the plot goes, but by the end of the movie the dude's financial situation hasn't improved any. The final scene is still him trying to cheat on dice with his telekenisis, but we don't find out if he succeeded or not.
Ringing any bells for anyone?
Edited by LermisopenMovie, probably from 1980s Film
couple of guys go from dallas to scotland to see the northern lights, something about building a dam, probably 1980s.

I'm not thinking of John Travolta in Look Who's Talking Too with "All Shook Up"—though maybe I am. I'm actually thinking of another scene at a kids play place in a movie where the man plays with the kids while I think the song in the background is "Chantilly Lace". Maybe it was something I just imagined I saw all these years and was never actually real though, so there you go. Haha.