#2. The Shop on Main Street (1965)

Storyline: Fascist Slovakia during WW2. Tono lives a poor life, but the authorities offer him to take over the Jewish widow Lautman's little shop for sewing material. She is old and confused and thinks that he is only looking for employment and hires him. The odd couple begin to like each other. But some time later the authorities decide that the Jews must leave the city. What should he do with the old lady?—Mattias Thuresson

Plot Keywords: nazi, storekeeper, jew, deaf person, bleak, somber, intense ...

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#3. High Noon (1952)

Storyline: On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, Marshal Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller's gang, who are waiting for him at the station.

Plot Keywords: marshal, wife, criminal, brother, storekeeper, deputy, brooding ...

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#4. Falling Down (1993)

Storyline: On the day of his daughter's (Joey Singer) birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster (Michael Douglas) is trying to get to his estranged ex-wife's (Barbara Hershey) house to see his daughter. He has a breakdown and leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. Along the way he stops at a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call but the owner, Mister Lee (Michael Paul Chan), does not give him change. This destabilizes William who then breaks apart the shop with a baseball bat and goes to an isolated place to drink a coke. Two gangsters (Agustin Rodriguez & Eddie Frias) threaten him and he reacts by hitting them with the bat. D-FENS continues walking and stops at a phone booth. The gangsters hunt him down with their gang and shoot at him but crash their car. William goes nuts and takes their gym bag with weapons proceeding in his journey of rage against injustice. Meanwhile Sergeant Martin Prendergast (Robert Duvall), who is working on his last day ...

Plot Keywords: ex-husband, ex-wife, daughter, police officer, gang member, storekeeper, disturbing ...

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#6. Riot (1997)

Storyline: The city of Los Angeles is on edge, awaiting the verdict of the Rodney King trial. Jeffrey Lee (Dante Basco) is working at his family's liquor store in South Central. A boyfriend and girlfriend spend the afternoon at the local shopping mall. Turner Coates (Mario Van Peebles) returns to his childhood home to see his mother. And police officer Boomer (Luke Perry) is enjoying lunch with friends at a restaurant. When the verdict comes in, their lives will all be changed forever.

Plot Keywords: police officer, storekeeper, mother, boyfriend, girlfriend, son, brutal ...

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#7. Certified Copy (2010)

Storyline: James Miller has just written a book on the value of a copy versus the original work of art. At a book reading, a woman gives him her address, and the next day they meet and take a country-side drive to a local Italian village. Here, they discuss various works of art found in the town, and also the nature of their relationship - which gets both more revealed and concealed as the day progresses.

Plot Keywords: author, storekeeper, waitress, husband, wife, tourist, charming ...

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#8. Blue Jay (2016)

Storyline: Beginning - At first they seem very, awkward and of course they have nothing to say to each other, it's been years. They go out to get some coffee and they bond for a while, you start to see their friendship, Amanda seems reserved whilst Jim seems more forward and more talkative. It just happens that they both left their hometown, sort of symbolizes their fear of having to confront their past for years to come. But they both come back and happen to run into each other, just coincidental.—Isabel Aghahowa

Plot Keywords: man, high-school sweetheart, friend, family member, storekeeper, sister, emotional ...

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#9. Sleeper (1973)

Storyline: Miles, a nebbishy clarinet player who also runs a health food store in NYC's Greenwich Village, is cryogenically frozen, and brought back - 200 years in the future, by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempt to overthrow the oppressive government. When he goes off on his own, he begins to explore this brave new world, which has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots.

Plot Keywords: storekeeper, socialite, revolutionary, police officer, dictator, madcap, charming ...

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#10. Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Storyline: A police Lieutenant goes about his daily tasks of investigating homicides, but is more interested in pursuing his vices. He has accumulated a massive debt betting on baseball, and he keeps doubling to try to recover. His bookies are beginning to get agitated. The Lieutenant does copious amounts of drugs, cavorts with prostitutes, and uses his status to take advantage of teenage girls. While investigating a nun's rape, he begins to reflect on his lifestyle.

Plot Keywords: police officer, nun, storekeeper, thug, mobster, bookie, shocking ...

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#11. Tremors (1990)

Storyline: A small town gradually becomes aware of a strange creature which picks off people one by one. But what is this creature, and where is it? At the same time, a seismologist is working in the area, she detects _tremors_. The creature lives underground, and can 'pop up' without warning. Trapped in their town, the town-folk have no escape.

Plot Keywords: handyman, storekeeper, store clerk, seismologist, redneck, doctor, amusing ...

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#12. Monte Walsh (1970)

Storyline: Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prairie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

Plot Keywords: cowboy, criminal, storekeeper, prostitute, rancher, brooding, emotional ...

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#13. Absence of Malice (1981)

Storyline: Mike Gallagher is a Miami liquor wholesaler whose deceased father was a local mobster. The FBI organized crime task force have no evidence that he's involved with the mob but decide to pressure him into perhaps revealing something - anything - about a murder they're sure was a mob hit. They let Megan Carter, a naive but well-meaning journalist, know he is being investigated and Gallagher's name is soon all over the newspaper. Gallagher has an iron-clad alibi for when the murder occurred but won't reveal it to protect his fragile friend Teresa. When Carter publishes her story, tragedy ensues. Needing to make amends, Carter tells Gallagher the source of the first story about him and he sets out to teach the FBI and the Federal Attorney a lesson.

Plot Keywords: reporter, murderer, storekeeper, agent, dark, intricate, miami ...

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#15. Those Calloways (1964)

Storyline: Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is thwarted at every attempt, it seems; he and his son try to get enough furs from their trapping venture to get the money, but the bottom falls out of the fur market. He uses the little money they get for a down payment on the lake, thereby losing their house when he can't make the mortgage payment. They move to the lake, where their friends help them build a cabin. A salesman stops in town, and tries to get the people to sell their land for a tourist venture; Cam is outraged at his tactics and takes desperate measures after he himself is tricked.—Marta Dawes <smdawes@home.com>

Plot Keywords: father, mother, son, salesman, hunter, storekeeper, inspiring ...

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