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openSaw it on tv late at night Film
A group of thieves break into a mansion with an ai butler who insists it's human. They get killed off in a bunch of traps set up through the mansion, one is a number puzzle on the floor where they can only step on prime numbers. The ai bitler is a black man in a futuristic nehru jacket. Hope this is enough info that someone can peg this one down for me, thanks
openSome film that I saw a gif from on Archillect Film
I remember seeing a gif on the Archillect twitter account a couple years ago that has stuck with me to this day. It was black and white and depicted this man trying to stop a clock hand with an axe on it from reaching another clock hand with a head on it. It's probably going to be some obscure movie that probably nobody will know, but it's worth a shot.
openNot sure what it's called Film
There's this Chinese movie that was released I think before 2014 where a woman (probably the main villain), had a giant glowing spot like a blackhole on her chest, likely summoning it from a spell.
openFilm in 19th century Film
I'm looking for the title of a movie set in the 18th century. It could be a TV-made film. I only remember the beginning:
A young woman immigrate to America by boat. It could be Canada or the US. She's hired as a maid in a rich house. The matriarch is very strict and tells her to watch her looks. The woman falls in love with the son of the matriarch, a young aspiring doctor. Not long after, the truth comes out and the matriarch is angry and outraged. The woman and the doctor leave to be together.
The film moves forward a few years later. They both live in a rural town and have a young daughter. The man is the town's doctor. The woman is expecting another child and goes into labor. Unfortunately, she dies along with the child, leaving the doctor and the daughter distraught.
The film moves again few years later. The daughter is now a teen and you can see that the father is still grieving over the loss of his wife. He has a mustache now. A plague hit the town and several people get fever(?) The daughter is sick and remains in bed. She wakes up days later with a lady watching over her. The lady tells her that she's cured, but that her father died from the fever during her long sleep.
Big "NO!" ensues and the scene shift to the daughter running outside to her parents graves.
This was maybe the first half-hour of the film. I didn't watched the rest and regret not having done so. Heck, I didn't even bother reading the title on the TV guide. If anyone can find the title of the film, it will be very much appreciated.
Thank you.
Edited by Nevermore2002openAsian woman and Gang invade house party then kidnap little girl who looks like the woman Film
I remember there was a movie my late father would watch, I think I've seen it twice or just once. The opening of the movie starts with a group of family just having a neat potluck or a house warming party (Just enjoying their time together), then outside comes a gang, only the front person there was an Asian woman (Either Japanese or Chinese Idk), She commands her posse to invade the house (which gruesomely involves everyone getting shot down, including a small child that desperately tries to wheel his grandmother away), then at one point the woman shoots the grandma (iconic yet horrifyingly, She shoots her through the head which blasts through her bun). Then They enter the room where a girl that looks like as if She's her daughter is then kidnapped, only one survivor, an Asian(?) man (I don't recall any of the characters names because the audio was low). He crawls away from the house because it got caught in an explosion, then there's this scene where the woman brain washes the little girl for reasons I don't know. Then there's a time skip(????) where ANOTHER woman that looks like the gang leader (I don't know if it's the little girl all grown up or the gang leader herself), She ends up having intercourse with a black guy then kills him in a pool. Then later a Japanese/Chinese boxer was boxing alone, then a chick (same woman from before btw) approaches him, the boxer thinks that's his wife (excusable, maybe He couldn't see her well in the dark), but he sees like dead bodies?? And realizes that's not her, so he fights her then ends up getting killed. There's a funeral for him held by his wife and two children, then a clan of people come in and proceed to disrespect it then slapped the widow for- well because They hate him, then there's this guy from nowhere that proceeded to kill the clan and then leave. There's a last scene from what I could remember, so the guy escaping (Memory's foggy) was like walking in an office space or something... That's all I could bring to the table, there's a reason why I had to explain the whole/half of the plot because I don't know if this is obscure media, I tried finding it before and I'm wondering if anybody in TV tropes might help...
openMovie Where Guys house gets flooded and he ends up in the Jungle Film
I saw this one movie on Facebook about a guy whose house gets caught in a flood and he ends up in the Jungle where he's chased up a tree by a tiger and then eaten by a snake. Does anyone know the name of the movie?
openNo title Film
There was a movie where a man and woman had a conversation that went something like this:
Him: Who's the greatest boxer of all time? Her: Tyson. Him: Mike Tyson. You think Mike Tyson could beat Muhammad Ali? Her: Yeah! Him: Mike Tyson couldn't even *spell* Muhammad Ali! Her: *Muhammad Ali* couldn't spell Muhammad Ali!
openMovie where the guy becomes a teenage (?) dad Film
I remember there's a movie where the guy who is probably a teenager had a one stand stand (I guess) with his friend for the first time who is female and wears glasses and they fight about something the next day after the one night stand. And then the glasses girl got pregnant (despite it was her first time) which cause problems for the guy and the love interest (who has long hair I guess). But I think it ends with a happy ending where the guy becomes a teenage dad soft of. The guy didn't end up with the glasses girl but I think they're in a good terms and he end ups with his love interest.
Btw, it's not Juno. And sorry it was a bit verge.
Edited by BubblepigopenPolar Bear Movie Film
I have a very hazy memory of an animated film about a baby polar bear (who may have been separated from his mother) and a little girl (who may have been Inuit). The villains, i believe, were trawl-fishermen. There was also a fade-to-black scene with some kind of Inuit ritual around a fire
openDrama film about a railroad Film
Years back, I watched this drama film about a group of workers at a railroad. What I remember along the plot is that one day, a woman parks her car on a railroad crossing along the line, while it has activated, and is killed in the resulting collision, with her son surviving by getting out just in time. The engineer on the train that hit the car (IIRC) ends up having to raise her son as a result.
Does anybody know which film I'm talking about?
openBikers in 50s Middle America Film
I saw this on British TV in the 1990s. Film about a group of bikers who visit/pass through a small town in 1950s/1960s USA. It was probably made not long before I saw it. Two scenes stick in my memory: 1) A biker and a local man are in the toilet of a bar, and the local man looks down. Next thing, he is dragging the biker into the bar, and the biker's trousers are down, showing that he has red underpants. 2) The bikers (some of whom are female) are doing some pistol practice outdoors. Their targets are matches stuck into a fence, and their shots graze the match heads and set them on fire. The pistols make huge, echoing BOO Ms when fired.
That's it.
openCar that drives onto train tracks, a lever is pulled, and train wheels lower down Film
Part of me says "Darkman" part of me thinks it was a Bond film, but there was a scene where someone drove over some train tracks, came to a stop, and then pulled a lever to put train wheels down so they could resume driving.
Solved: Lethal Weapon 3
Edited by vtmarikopenHorror premise mash-up film Film
I remember a movie where the protagonist had to deal with a whole bunch of events that would all be instigating factors for a variety of different horror movie premises. At the end, it turned out that there was one ghost responsible for everything, and the ghost just really liked horror movies and wanted to celebrate them. The twist is kinda similar to Cabin in the Woods, but it was a very different type of movie, since none of the intermediate horror premises ended up playing out. I can’t remember the name of the movie at all. It might have been an episode of a TV show instead?
openFrench rom com/comedy at a party Film
Not La Boum or Nothing to Hide. The front cover was red or pink and had a big heart with all the characters lying in it, possibly surrounded by roses. The movie took place at a party or dinner party at an apartment and had a lot of characters and romances. All I can remember is a scene with a model and a photographer in one of the rooms and she poses and he says "spit like a pussycat". I will be very ashamed if this turns out not have been a French film - it was definitely not in English. Watched it in about 2013.
openDepressed penguin walks off into the distance Film
I remember watching a film where a penguin colony was on the rocky beaches of the Islamic Republic of the Koudeiland Islands for Summer breeding and a Gentoo Penguin started walking to a chain of mountains that was many miles away and farther inland and a narrator said the penguin would certainly die and that sometimes they just walk far from the sea and go too far to make it back.
openThriller film dealing with home invasion Film
Basically, the movie is a thriller. A woman goes to visit, I believe, her sister and brother-in-law, who have a dog.
While there, their home is invaded by two men. One is quite cruel, while the other is somewhat more nice.
I remember how the crueler one kills their do and puts it in a bag.
In another scene, the woman is in the bathroom and uses tweezers or some shiy to pull her finger.
In another scene I remember, said woman stabs the nicer man with something in the head.
In the end, it's revealed that the woman is apparently hallucinating.
openAn old show I NEED to know the name of (FOUND) Film
Okay so when I was a really little kid I used to watch this one show and I don’t remember the name but I remember that it was about this little girl with black hair I think and a red dress, with a stuffed animal ( I remember the stuffed animal being sorta kind of evil but I’m probably wrong idk) and I don’t remember what the stuffed animal was, and these two boys would always try to steal the stuffed animal from her or try to be mean to her or just do mischievous things or something and the stuffed animal would become sentient I think and stop the two boys from doing whatever they were going to do, the show was also 2D, not 3D, and I think it kind of had a Charlie Brown style but I really can’t remember, I also sort of remember the intro of the show and I think the name started with a P but I don’t really know and I think it might’ve been an older show, maybe from the 2000s or a bit later but again I don’t know. Istg tho, this is literally driving me insane and I can’t stop thinking about it, I need to know what’s it’s called. I know that this isn’t a lot of information but I hope someone knows!
Edited by Some11111111111openOuter limits perhaps? TV show not film Film
An older guy lives by himself a litte boy brings him something. I think he takes it from another man's house. it turns out to be a little race of tiny alien beings. They start off stone age and he introduces them to fire and tools. They advance rapidly in days to industrial age. Then wars break out. Eventually the guy who originally had it was an alien the species of Tiny people were to be humanities replacement but the other guy corrupted them to much so they have to be killed. That's the gist of it. I seen it years ago at first I thought bob davison actor was the guy playing god with the little men. I cant for life of me place it. I thought outer limits or twilight zone but o dont think it's either. Twilight zone done something similar called little people but that's from the 60s this was 90s or even the 2000s. Any help if rings a bell appreciated. Thanks guys
Edited by DominioniseropenWWII Documentary Film
I saw a WWII Documentary on Amazon Prime about 5 years ago. I think it was made in the immediate aftermath of WWII, so likely '45 or '47. I think at least part of it was about the Nuremberg trials (based on the below scene), but it could as easily have been right after the liberation of the Concentration Camps. I have a dim thought that the narrator had a typical Voice of Old News style, but the part that stands out in my mind was that there was footage of..
..the corpses of big name Nazis. These were either those hanged (or who committed suicide) as a result of the trials, or who were killed in combat in the waning days of the war.
I have been unable to find it since, and wonder if the extremely graphic nature of this footage - and possibly more - have caused it to be removed/suppressed.

Greetings to all! I recently reviewed "ndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and kept waiting for the scene where Indiana and Short Round would come to the Willy's door. She opens it. Indiana asks: "Will you leave the orphan for the night?" (alluding to Short Round). She agrees. He sends Short Round and comes in himself. Such a comical scene. And I didn't see it. Then I watched the movie again, found the script and realized that I remember this scene exactly, but apparently it's from another movie altogether. And who played there: Harrison Ford or Bruce Willis or someone else - I don't remember. There must be a self-confident, arrogant but charming hero. The scene takes place in a hotel? I do not remember. Help, moviegoers!