A successful silent-film actor attempts to maintain his status as a Hollywood star when the movie industry transitions from silent film to...
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Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
When a young Englishman encounters love-at-first-sight for the first time, he attempts to pursue its ultimate satisfaction—union with the woman he...
Metropolis (1927)
A young man from the elite class of a futuristic city attempts to create a fair and respectful understanding between his own social class and that...
Lost in America (1985)
An advertising executive who loses his job in a fit of self-focused righteous anger embarks on a motor-home-based vagabond journey to "find...
Rocky (1976)
A small-time boxer with a mixed-results fighting record attempts to put forward his best effort in a fight with the heavyweight champion and to...
Whale Rider (2002)
A young Maori girl strives to attain her proper place in the life of her tribe, even though the place she seems destined for is one that tribal...
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
An insurance investigator attempts to maintain a posture of emotional ruthlessness as she works to expose the truth of an art theft masterminded by...
Casablanca (1942)
A former freedom fighter struggles to maintain his carefully constructed emotional fortress against powers that threaten to tear down its walls and...
A Christmas Carol (1843)
A miserly 19th-century London businessman attempts to maintain his emotionally guarded world view in the light of a psychological onslaught from...
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
A young Kansas farm girl is transported by a tornado to a magical land from which she attempts to return home. Medium: Film Writer(s): Noel Langley,...