Troubled Water (2008), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), Haunted (1995), Ratcatcher (1999), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On (2012), Radio Inside (1994), Journey to the Shore (2015) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Drowning movies.
Storyline: After serving time in prison for the murder of a child, Jan Thomas (Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen) finds work as a church organist, where he wins the affections of Anna (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), a single mother and pastor. Having acquired the job under his middle name, Thomas, Jan conceals his past from Anna as their relationship progresses. However, he cannot maintain his secret when the mother of the murdered child (Trine Dyrholm) recognizes him at the church.
Plot Keywords: organist, pastor, mother, son, daughter, tense, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Orphaned as a child, Francis Chisholm (Gregory Peck) grows up to join the priesthood. He decides to become a missionary in China, and arrives to find the previous church burned down. Undaunted, he presses on, but doesn't initially fare well with the local populace. It's not until the child of a Mandarin falls ill that Chisholm proves his worth. Over time, he collaborates with a trio of nuns, endures several wars and, at the end of his life, returns to Scotland.
Plot Keywords: priest, aunt, mentor, bishop, child, somber, profound ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Visions of his dead sister and other phenomena torment a man (Aidan Quinn) visiting a haunted English mansion inhabited by eccentrics.
Plot Keywords: professor, sister, spiritualist, nanny, young girl, chilling, eerie ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Glasgow, summer, 1973. Dustmen are striking; bags of garbage add to the blight of council flats and a fetid canal. Ryan, who's about 12, drowns during a play fight with his neighbor, the jug-eared James. James runs home, a flat where he lives with his often-drunk da, his ma, and sisters, who live in hope of moving to newly-built council flats. The slice-of-life, coming-of-age story follows James as he tags along with the older lads; has a friendship with his quirky wee rodent-loving neighbor, Kenny; spends time with Margaret Anne, myopic, slightly older, the local sexual punching bag; and, has a moment or two of joy. The strike may end, but is there any way out for James?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: young boy, young girl, friend, mother, brooding, dark, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: It's 1950 on San Pedro Island in the American Pacific Northwest. Commercial fisher Carl Heine Jr.'s dead body is pulled out of the water in a fishing net by his crew, he who died of head trauma. Kazuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. Carl and Kazuo were once friends, had known each other since childhood, but WWII has placed a strain on any sort of relationship between the ethic Japanese and Caucasian populations of the area, the Japanese population which was and is still substantial on the island. Carl had motive regarding a land dispute between the two families, land which Carl's mother eventually sold from under the Miyamotos and which Carl had just repurchased. Evidence also points to Kazuo being on the water with Carl probably sometime during his last voyage, evidence which Kazuo knew would put him in a bad light, adding on top of being Japanese, and thus decided not to disclose to the investigating sheriff at the time he was questioned. Kazuo and his wife Hatsue's fear come ...
Plot Keywords: japanese-american, fisherman, newspaper reporter, wife, love interest, judge, somber ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After being raised in an Oklahoma orphanage, 15-year-old Donald makes his way to California during the depression. He meets Emogene, the daughter of poor migrant farm laborers, and together they set out to break the cycle of poverty and ignorance. This is the inspiring true story of Donald P. Bailey, a charming, and eccentric father of nine, whose charisma and optimism set him apart from the average dad. But his golden voice made him a legend to his posterity for generations. His unique life is remembered through the eyes of his daughter, Elizabeth.—Elizabeth Waite
Plot Keywords: surgeon, young girl, death, doctor, parent, mother, intense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A year after their pious dad's death, just graduated bright, erudite but distracted Matt Anderson, an angelic dreamer who talks with dad's ghost and phones with his confident God, moves in with his only relative, prosaic but well-meaning elder brother Michael 'Mike' Anderson, who has a materialist career in advertising in Miami Beach and tries to push kid brother into professional life too. Matt however, who adores thinking in the bath and watching fish in an aquarium despite a recurring near-drowning nightmare, takes a lifeguard job in the municipal pool well below his brilliant degree and only does some copy-writing for Mike's agency as a reluctant favor to big brother, no praise or fat check can make him like the greedy advertising business. Going along with Mike and his sexy girlfriend Natalie, a bookshop clerk who enjoys private tutoring, and standing in when Mike stands her up, Matt discovers she's rather his type, caring and romantic; soon they are irresistibly drawn to each-other, but even after a ball -a success although Matt can't dance- and a kiss she stole he can't risk losing Mike, who denies it when she dumps him. When it seems Tyler 'T.J.', an obnoxious black rascal Natalie and Matt both tried to take under their wing and teach to swim, has drowned when he was late, gentle Matt's tender heart breaks beyond panic...—KGF Vissers
Plot Keywords: lifeguard, girlfriend, brother, father, obsessed person, emotional, dreamy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Mizuki's husband returns home three years after he drowned.
Plot Keywords: husband, wife, young woman, bleak, calm, creative, dreamy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.
Plot Keywords: priest, villager, dead person, wife, young man, teacher, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Near a small Utah town, visiting lawyer David Hewson finds the slashed body of party girl Marcia Morgan, his fellow tenant at Parry Lodge. Sheriff Jess Holmes considers everyone at the motel a suspect, even owner Edmund Parry, a woman hater who is quadriplegic...or is he? While Holmes investigates and the suspects try to hide mutual fears, the killer strikes again...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: sheriff, lawyer, bombshell, paraplegic, victim, secretary, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: It's supposed to be a fresh start: One year after the loss of her husband, Nicole settles with her young adult children Justine and Jason in Purity Falls. First, the family is greeted by a warm welcome. Especially their rich neighbor Courtney seems awfully nice, quickly setting up Jason with odd jobs to support the family income. Yet Nicole soon notices that something is amiss, with her son leaving and coming back at suspiciously late hours. When a young neighbor drowns in a pool, things start to get dangerous. Something is not right with the oh-so-friendly Courtney, who seems to have a grip on her son. Soon, Nicole uncovers the criminal underbelly of Purity Falls' wholesome suburban facade that will threaten all of their lives.—Beta Film
Plot Keywords: widow, son, daughter, neighbor, murder victim, creepy, dark ...
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