A Quiet Place Part II (2021), Easy (2016), Koshish (1972), The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010), KonoSuba - God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!: Legend of Crimson (2019), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Every Little Step (2008), Bed and Board (1970) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Character Development movies.
Storyline: The story of a big-city crusading newspaper editor, Tod Swain (Charles Ruggles),who placed principle and honest journalism ahead of life itself, only to have his own daughter, Vina Swain (Frances Farmer), undo his work. Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan, a corrupt politician, sets out to wreak vengeance on Swain's reformist newspaper, by establishing his own scandal-sheet, yellow journalism tabloid which he uses for muck-raking and blackmail purposes. He tries to lure Swain and his best reporter, Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray) by offering them highly-tempting salaries, but they both remain loyal to the large circulation paper they had help build. When Vina, sweetheart of Houston, hears of this she is furious. Unable to understand the principles of her father and sweetheart, she accepts the position of investigative reporter on Gillette's paper. She soon becomes the newspaper sensation of the town. Gillette uses her ability to dig up, of the past, a story of one of the town's most-respected merchants. causing him to commit suicide. Swain's publisher forces him to write the story of the suicide. Sticking to his principle of clean and accurate journalism, he begins the story with the dramatic sentence: Tonight, my daughter killed a man. When Vina's usefulness becomes outlived by Gillette, he decides to have her "put out of the way", fearful that she will reveal the extent of his corruption.—-Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, comedy, classic, black and white, 1930s, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, and potentially meet the loves of their lives...
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, romantic comedy, bromance, wedding, prank, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned with everyone in the family and lends wisdom and calmness to all.—SM <smortens@ix.netcom.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, romance, drama, classic, black and white, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Living in the shadow of his famous psychiatrist father, with multiple issues to deal with while getting ready to remarry, the New York City psychologist, Dr Ben Sobel, has one more problem to take care of, after a fender bender with the powerful mob boss, Paul Vitti. Secretly suffering from intense anxiety attacks that render him incapable of doing what he is best at, the notorious gangster decides to pay the good doctor a visit, hell-bent on resolving his deep-seated issues before the annual meeting of Big Apple's Mafia Dons. Now, Ben has a pressing two-week deadline to come up with an effective solution, as his conflicted but dangerous patient takes no for an answer. Can Ben analyse this?
Plot Keywords: comedy, crime, mafia, psychological, usa, 1990s, new york ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an incurable disease, and has one desire: be left alone. When Dorottya becomes his carer they both hope their wish will be fulfilled.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, british film, independent film, family, actor's life, meaning of life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Conceited singer Gary Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, then must try to sell her to the show's sponsor. As the two work more closely while he tries to make her a star, he falls in love with her. Then Martha meets Gary--and becomes attracted to him.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, hollywood, song and dance, love, entertainers ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A comedy based on the 1987 professional football players' strike. Gene Hackman plays the coach of the team, Jack Warden is the owner, Brett Cullen is the All-Pro quarterback that goes on strike and Keanu Reeves is the "scab" who replaces the star QB.
Plot Keywords: comedy, sports, american football, inspirational, teamwork, underdog, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cleveland 1951. Pre-med student Artie Shoemaker dreams not so much of a medical career but a life in the theater, against the wishes of his working class parents. Despite having no experience in the theater whatsoever, he is hired as the props man at the Kempton Hills Park Theater, an open air venue that is part of the summer stock circuit. The resident leading man at Kempton Hills is Harry Crystal who, along with some of the other more experienced company members, is working toward more lucrative and higher profile acting jobs. For most, including Harry, the goal is back to Broadway. For some, that Broadway dream is more a delusion than a true possibility. Despite being a bit of a divo, which grates on many of the other crew members, Harry takes inexperienced Artie under his wing both in terms of guiding him through his current position in props, as well as a general life in the theater. Part of that general life includes romantic couplings, the person who Artie ultimately chooses, and she too chooses in return, is the lead dancer named Ramona. Artie's experiences with both Harry and Ramona over the course of the summer stock season shows him if he really wants a life in the theater and if Ramona truly is someone who will be part of his future as he initially envisioned.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, drama, musical, love, art, performance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gordon Bombay, a hotshot lawyer, is haunted by memories of his childhood, when, as the star player in his champion hockey team, he lost the winning goal in a shootout, thereby losing the game, and the approval of his coach. After being charged for drunk driving, the court orders him to coach a peewee hockey team, the worst in the league, Gordon is at first very reluctant. However, he eventually gains the respect of the kids and teaches them how to win, gaining a sponsor on the way and giving the team the name of The Ducks. In the finals, they face Gordon's old team, coached by Gordon's old coach, giving Gordon a chance to face old ghosts.
Plot Keywords: sports, youth, inspirational, comedy, coming of age, teamwork, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Liza Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. Why not her new obstetrician Dr. McBain? She offers him help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The mismatched pair begin a marriage of convenience...—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, golden age hollywood, romantic comedy, marriage, misunderstanding ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. He and Linda are happily married until a patroness of the arts convinces Esterbrook to forget about comedy and concentrate on writing a tragedy. The end result nearly destroys his career and his marriage.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, marriage, theater, hollywood, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, magic, performance, entertainment industry, father-son relationship, dreams ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, hollywood, film industry, satire, black and white, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Zach Hutton is a womanizing, drunken writer whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams. He's still in love with his ex-wife (whose family can't stand him), writer's block is keeping him from completing his latest novel, and he repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.—Humberto Amador
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, love, marriage, infidelity, relationships, humor, sex ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ryan is a womanizing stockbroker whose unethical business practices cost him his job and his trader's license. Unable to find another job, he is forced to move in with his equally self-involved (and completely oblivious) girlfriend, Cindy, an insensitive advice columnist on the cusp of losing her own job due to her poor advice and slow work habits. Finding that the truth behind his moving in has nothing to do with romance, Cindy runs off with another man. Ryan decides to stay in the apartment and earn a living by doing Cindy's job. Ryan establishes himself with Cindy's editor, Page, as Cindy's go-fer, collecting Cindy's paychecks and mail and delivering "her" columns. Initially as hopelessly inept as Cindy in giving advice, he nearly gets the column canceled. However, he rapidly grows into the job and the combination of forced introspection, research and the growing knowledge that he is touching other people's lives transforms him. The column becomes an amazing success. Ryan finds his initially superficial attraction to Page growing into love, but he cannot reveal his feelings while he is a deceptive fraud. Meanwhile, Cindy becomes aware of "her" growing fame, and returns to cash in, at the same time that the owner of a rival newspaper chain attempts to force Page to sell "Cindy's" column to him.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, american film, workplace, media industry, interpersonal relationships, humor ...
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