The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2004), Barbary Coast (1975), This So-Called Disaster (2003), Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (1999), Vertigo (1958), The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Transcendent Man (2009) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best San Francisco movies.
Storyline: A homeless musician's life is transformed after he discovers a flock of wild South American parrots living in San Francisco. How they got there is a mystery, but Mark Bittner forms a bond with the exotic birds through his music and his patient, attentive care. Over time he comes to appreciate their individual identities and makes a case for humans to reevaluate their relationship to animals. When he is forced to leave them, he despairs over the birds' fate.
Plot Keywords: musician, homeless person, parrot, neighbor, charming, uplifting, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A special agent tracks criminals in 1870s San Francisco.
Plot Keywords: saloon owner, gambler, henchman, journalist, vigilante, brash, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In this documentary, filmmaker Michael Almereyda chronicles the San Francisco production of "The Late Henry Moss," a play written and directed by noted scribe Sam Shepard. The film explores Shepard's artistic inspirations as well as his working relationships with the play's cast, which includes stars such as Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, Cheech Marin and Nick Nolte. Much of the film is devoted to a detailed examination of the work that goes into readying a play for opening night.
Plot Keywords: playwright, sean penn, woody harrelson, calm, moving, fascinating, san francisco ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Filmmaker Chuck Workman charts the achievements of Beat notables Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Neal Cassady.
Plot Keywords: writer, college student, free spirit, creative, inspiring, fascinating, cool ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia, and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, as he believes she has been possessed by a dead ancestor who committed suicide. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees to the assignment after he sees the beautiful Madeleine.
Plot Keywords: detective, wife, friend, dead person, police officer, suspenseful, gripping ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 2 Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk & San Francisco Mayor, 'George Moscone (I)' were assassinated by recently resigned Supervisor Dan White on Monday, November 27th, 1978, approximately 8:45 AM to 9:15 AM. Milk's life leading up to his election, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations are documented with extensive news film and personal recollections.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: activist, mayor, city official, homophobe, inspiring, emotional, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) solve racetrack-related murders with their 4-year-old son and dog, Asta.
Plot Keywords: retiree, wife, police detective, reporter, jockey, commissioner, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This documentary tracks the life, work and predictions of controversial technologist Ray Kurzweil. He believes that human and artificial intelligence will synthesize at some point in the future, blurring the line between man and machine, a transformation he terms "The Singularity." Kurzweil's opinions are complemented by interviews with noted personalities such as Colin Powell and Stevie Wonder, although needless to say his views also have many detractors.
Plot Keywords: philosopher, musician, confident, engaging, profound, fascinating, washington, d.c. ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Thanksgiving, 1976, San Francisco's Winterland: the Band performs its last concert after 16 years on the road. Some numbers they do alone, some songs include guest artists from Ronnie Hawkins (their first boss, when they were the Hawks) to Bob Dylan (their last, when as his backup and as a solo group, they came into their own). Scorsese's camera explores the interactions onstage in the making of music. Offstage, he interviews the Band's five members, focusing on the nature of life on the road. The friendships, the harmonies, the hijinks, and the wear and tear add up to a last waltz.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: musician, singer, songwriter, music lover, eric clapton, uplifting, powerful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
Plot Keywords: young girl, mother, father, imaginary friend, teacher, friend, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: "Live Nude Girls Unite!" is a fierce and funny first person documentary about a group of strippers who win the only union of exotic dancers in the United States. Stripper/Comedian Julia Query takes the audience on a turbulent journey beginning with her decision to leave graduate school and start stripping through the victory with the union, stopping along the way to tell her Jewish mother.
Plot Keywords: exotic dancer, comedian, mother, jew, documentarian, spirited, positive ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism that complicates socialization. The adult Rizwan marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who mistake his disability for suspicious behavior. Following his arrest, he meets Radha, a therapist who helps him deal with his situation and his affliction. Rizwan then begins a journey to meet US President Bush to clear his name.
Plot Keywords: autistic person, single mother, autistic, indian, heartwarming, engaging, san francisco ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a "bone density scanner". He feels like he has it made selling these devices. However, they do not sell well as they are marginally better than x-ray at a much higher price. As Gardner works to make ends meet, his wife leaves him and he loses his apartment. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner continues to sell bone density scanners while concurrently taking on an unpaid internship as a stockbroker, with slim chances for advancement to a paid position. Before he can receive pay, he needs to outshine the competition through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices to stay afloat.
Plot Keywords: salesman, son, boss, stockbroker, wife, emotional, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind. As stream-of-consciousness images incessantly flow forth from the tip of his pen, biting social satire is revealed, often along with a disturbing and haunting vision of Crumb's own betes noires and inadequacies. As his acid-trip induced images flicker across our own retinas, we gain a little insight into this complex and highly creative individual.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
Plot Keywords: cartoonist, brother, wife, friend, creative, quirky, family home ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he's ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. Flashback: Once, Jeff was a private eye hired by Sterling to find his mistress Kathie who shot Whit and absconded with $40,000. He traces her to Acapulco...where the delectable Kathie makes Jeff forget all about Sterling... Back in the present, Whit's new job for Jeff is clearly a trap, but Jeff's precautions only leave him more tightly enmeshed...
Plot Keywords: investigator, gambler, femme fatale, henchman, cool, dark, intricate ...
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