Edge of the City (1957), Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Roughly Speaking (1945), Brief Moment (1933), D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), Sunset Park (1996), Surfer, Dude (2008), Camp (2013) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Self-respect movies.
Storyline: Drifter Axel North has just arrived in New York City, having traveled from city to city throughout the country. Given the name Charlie Malick as a contact by an acquaintance named Ed Faber, Axel is able to get a job working as a stevedore in Charlie's gang on the dockyards. Little did Axel know that Charlie is corrupt, requiring payola for that job, and is a racist. It is solely because of the color of his skin that Charlie hates his fellow gang boss, Tommy Tyler, a black man. It is also because he can see that Axel is a little wet behind the ears that Tommy tries to befriend him to get him out from under Charlie's thumb. Due solely to the reason that he is a drifter, Axel is slow to warm and open up to Tommy, eventually providing some basic information: that he is originally from Gary, Indiana, that his real surname is Nordmann, and that the only person he has ever really loved in his life was his older brother Andy, whose death exacerbated the already strained relationship he has with his police officer father. Axel is even slower to warm to the idea of a girlfriend, Tommy and his wife Lucy's friend Ellen Wilson who they are trying to match up with Axel. Although Axel says he is trying to find something in his life, in reality he is currently running away from a specific issue from his past. It is when Axel's past may catch up with him that he starts to return to his shell and contemplates running away as was his routine, despite having friends for the first time in a long time. An incident with Charlie and Tommy may bring all their issues to a head.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: dockworker, boss, friend, wife, manager, gritty, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Bobby Taylor wants to be a respected actor. From Sam Spade to Shakespeare to superheros, he can do it all. He just has to convince Hollywood that gangstas, slaves and "Eddie Murphy-types" aren't the sum of his talents.—Renee Ann Byrd <byrdie@wyrdbyrd.org>
Plot Keywords: actor, brother, mother, grandmother, writer, director, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1902, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. She enrolls at business college but her plans for a career change when she falls in love with handsome Rodney Crane. Although the two have little in common and Rodney disagrees with Louise's views on the woman's role in society, they marry and have four children. Their personality differences eventually lead to a divorce. Louise eventually finds happiness with her second husband, eccentric Harold Pierson.
Plot Keywords: businesswoman, banker, son, husband, father, mother, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on the 1931 Broadway play, which was inspired by the real-life marriage of singer Libby Holman and tobacco tycoon Smith Reynolds, this is the story of nightclub singer Abby Fane (Carole Lombard), who, unable to tolerate Rodney Deane (Gene Reynolds) her millionaire husband's dissipated existence, walks out on the wastrel. Soap opera reformation, redemption and forgiveness may be in the offing.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: playboy, singer, wealthy man, father, friend, wife, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gordon Bombay is forced to withdraw from the minor hockey league with a knee injury. Much to his surprise, he is given the job of coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games in California. With most of the Ducks and a few new players in tow, he sets forth for LA. All appears to be going well for a while, but the hype of Hollywood starts to get to Gordon, and he is distracted when Iceland, the favourites to win the title, appear on the scene.
Plot Keywords: hockey coach, hockey player, teenager, promoter, girlfriend, opponent, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Plot Keywords: basketball coach, gym teacher, high-school student, basketball player, friend, amusing, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Steve Addington is the world's preeminent surfer - cool, laid back, stoned, shirtless and barefoot, living off endorsements for surfboards and trunks, paid in cash. In Malibu his endorsement contract has been bought by Eddie Zarno, a surfer turned businessman who wants Steve to record his moves for an electronic virtual reality game. Steve just wants to surf. While Zarno tries to change Steve's mind, the Pacific goes calm - there are no waves for days on end. Steve's attracted to Danni, recently fired by Zarno, but the lack of surfing drains him. Plus, he's low on dough. Will he sign with Zarno, get paid, and lose his self-respect?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: surfer, love interest, businessman, beach bum, mentor, manager, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Children and parents cut loose at Little Otter Family Camp.
Plot Keywords: teenager, camper, mother, singer, actor, musician, spirited ...
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