the visit movie script

The Visit (2015) Script

At the end of high school, I fell in love with a substitute English teacher.

It was quite a scandal.

Corin didn't start out a bad guy, though.

We were together about 10 years and we had two kids.

And then he fell in love with someone in a Starbucks, and moved to Palo Alto, California.

Kind of severed relations with the three of us.

My parents, if I were defending them, which I'm not, had said, back in the day, that he had an "impatient eye."

They didnw uke mm.

Week I left, things escalated.

My parents cursed at me, which was, like, crazy unusual.

And it ended, one afternoon, very badly.

I left at 19, haven't spoken to my parents in 15 years.

Whatever. That's just the history.

Recently, my parents looked me up on the Internet.

Asked to meet their grandchildren.

Spend a week with them.

I looked my parents up, they have a counseling website.

People love them.

Ironically, they counsel people, which is a hoot.

Whatever. I told the kids. They said they wanted to go.

I told them I didn't want them to go.

They said they were gonna go anyway.

They're brats. What can I tell you?

And my 15-year-old wants to make a documentary about this.

Wait, wait, wait. Go back.

Um, describe the events on the day you left your parents' farm at 19.

I did something I don't choose to tell you.

If they choose to tell you, that's their right. Okay?

I want to do this for you.

Listen, they're good people.

Can I be done with my part? I still got to get you guys packed.

I'm on the text with two separate girls.

It's important you put the word "separate" in there, in case we thought they were conjoined twins.

Explain "on the text"?

In communication, nothing more.

No, they're on deck.

You are 13! There's no deck to be on.

I've seen him in the shower. That's eerily accurate.

You don't even have boobs!

Hey, stop, both of you!

I need to text. it's one week.

Your phones won't work all the way out there.

You'll be home Saturday.

Are you holding my camera properly?

Swerve, girl. Okay?

Our mother, Loretta Jamison, is dating an eligible and rather rakish-looking man named Miguel Diego Torres.

He's in love with her.

We've decided to promote this union by giving them time.

They're going on a trip. Mmm-hmm.

A Royal Caribbean cruise.

Your basic beach cruise.

We're visiting our grandparents, whom we have never seen.

We don't know their temperament or their proclivities.

And, we don't even know what they like.

They, they could be scrapbookers They could think boy bands are cute.

CON DUCTOR2 Ticket?

Two for Masonville, PA.

Our grandparents are meeting us.

You a film prodigy?

You know, I used to be a pretty good actor.

Oh, my camera light's blinking.

"l am disgraced, impeached and baffled here."

Battery pack is low.

"Pierced to the soul with slander's venomed spear."

Oh, oh, unfortunately, I'm just going to have to shut the camera off.

Since our father left, my brother's had a preoccupation with germs.

The psychologist we saw for a month said it was his way of controlling things.

Girl, I'm chilling again I'm feeling again I'm like Iron Man and Batman l"m a hero again Oh, you think I'm little but last month I grew an inch and a quarter again You think you're too good for me But that's really a joke

'Cause, see, that doesn't bother me

'Cause I'm not a sensitive bloke Oh, now, in the end, you'// be in my bed We won't be just friends You' write inappropriate texts And hit ”Send” We share a Starbucks Frappuccino blend And see, this isn't just philosophy it's based on science, you see Mr. Singh, my pediatrician Just confirmed for me You tal/ skanks I'm going through puberty Ho!

Maybe I can rap at the end of your documentary.

Right, because that's how all Oscar-winning documentaries end.

With songs of misogyny.

This is where our mom grew up.

When she left, she thought she was with the man of her dreams.

NANA2 Hi. Hi.

Becca, right? Yeah? Oh!

Becca Jamison.

This is Marja Bella Jamison.

Uh, my nana.

She's a good cook.

And we have the same eyes.

And this is Fredrick Spencer Jamison.

My Pop Pop.

He's a farmer now, but they also volunteer as counselors.

How do you feel about your new grandparents, Tyler?

It's all good.

They don't even know who One Direction is, so...

Nana, did you make these pretzels?

Yes, I did.

Thank you so much.

Here we are.

Tyler, look! It's Mom's tree swing.

Okay, on camera, tell us what Mom told you.

She used to wait out here on this when her friends would come over.

This is the perfect cinematic image to open the documentary.

Go near it.

Wait! Wait, don't touch it.

Just let it organically swing.

We're entering the home that Mom grew up in.

Look, there's the clock that she told us about.

Do you play sports?

I don't like sports.

He used to.

What do you do?

Why are your pants so low?

It's a form of modern poetry.

If you give him a topic, he'll extemporaneously rhyme on the subject.

His stage nom de plume is "T-Diamond Stylus."

Go ahead, Nana, give him anything.

Is food okay? I like food.

Yeah. Of course.

How about...

Pineapple upside-down cake?

Yeah. Sure, why not? Okay.

Got it. Okay.

The girls, they like me They think I'm sweet like candy One girl looked at me Like I was a Hershey bar Her name was Angie And a few tall girls They just looked at me blankly So here's the thing You got to understand about me I got more rhymes Than a beehive has bees So it didn't surprise, confuse Or make me say ”For heaven's sake"

When a Hawaiian girl With a balance disorder said

"You remind me of a pineapple upside-down cake"

Mom's room.

It's not fancy.

I call the main bed.

No pre-calls!

No, no, I got here first!

No, no, no!

Rock-paper-scissors?

TYLER; okay.

Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!

Do it again.

Have a nice rest all the way over there.

You guys are good kids.

This is gonna be a great week.

By the way, there's mold in the basement.

We don't want you guys to get sick.

I got, like, no bars!

Just keep unpacking.

No, don't look at the camera.

There we go.

This is so beautiful.

Stop looking at the cam...

Just unpack like you normally would. But I'm not here, okay?

Just be... Be natural.

Is this natural enough?

You're such an idiot.

These are the people in Nana and Pop Pop's life.

I have to burn them a little.

Not too much. Just a skosh.

So, where are they now?

Outside, by the chicken coops.

How are they?

Don't answer that, I don't care.

Are they being nice? Have they said anything nasty about me?

Don't answer that.

Ah! This is like a divorce settlement.

They get you for one week every 15 years, and we try to be civil.

Mom, we talked about this.

We made a decision.

You go. We're having a great time.

Yeah. You should go,okay?

You won't be so grumpy when you get back.

Jacques Cousteau over here wants to go buy swimsuits.

We're headed for the dock in a few hours! There you go!

Hey, Miguel. Morning.

I can't believe I'm doing this!

A Walmart sales associate's gonna be on the world's largest cruise ship!

/hate you spoiled brats.

We hate you, too. We hate you, too.

We're looking for visual tension.

Things that pull the frame, things that force us to imagine what is beyond the frame.

Record only what is happening to you as a participant, and we'll discuss what "mise-en-scéne" is tomorrow.

So, I'm, like, co-director now?

"B Camera Operator" will be your official title.

This is the first camera that Mom found in the damaged goods bin.

Just try to be formal, as in classicism_ Moments that are...

Hi, Pop Pop!

Hi, Pop Pop.

What's in the shed, Becca?

I've decided to use female pop singers' names instead of cursing, from now on.

I think it would sound better.

Like, if I stubbed my toe, I'd say "Ah, Shakira!"

Ah, you're strange.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. We're great, Pop Pop.

I have not seen your nana this happy in years.

Becca, T-Diamond Stylus, we're old people.

Bedtime here is 9:30. Yeah.

See you in the morning.

9230? 9230.

Oh, God. 9:30.

This is gonna be fun.

No Wi-Fi at 9:30.

I want more cookies. She was right about the burnt walnuts.

So, go get some.

Well, it's past 9:30. I don't want to wake them.

Oh, just be quiet. They're old, they won't hear anything.

I've wanted to spend time with you for so long, Nana.

Seriously, that makes me want to cry.

You can teach me all of your cooking secrets.

Are you consciously aware that that's my intention?

I hate sappy movies. I find them torturous.

That smells so good, Nana.

I think it looks good.

I've decided to use Mom's favorite musical soundtrack.

It's so over the top, it'll be her presence in the documentary.

Counter-point to the quiet drama.

This'll be ironic scoring.

You're gonna be alone your whole life, aren't you?

Yeah, like Miss Porter, the gym teacher.

Oh, and, um...

By the way, how is this helpful?

That's a little candy for the ladies.

I can't sleep.

I need Nana's cookies.

I'm gonna turn a personal addiction into a positive cinematic moment.

Mom, I'm retracing the steps of how you might have snuck out of your room and stolen Nana's cookies.

Tyler, wake up.

T-Diamond, Nana's sick.

And that's the camera.

So, then you put the videos on the Internet.

So I have four freestyle videos.

One of them has 347 hits.

You're both so talented.

Do you know who Tyler, The Creator is?

Well, I got that kind of sound.

Mmm. People say.

Come, Becca, darling. Eat.

You need me?

Your grandmother's fine.

She had a little bit of a stomach flu last night.

Must have been a 24-hour thing.

I knew it was something like that.

She's an old lady, Becca.

She gets sick sometimes.

Yeah, of course.

Pop Pop said he'd take us into town this afternoon to shoot some of Mom's old hangouts.

You can play hide-and-seek down here.

There's, um... There's lots of visual tension.

Mom's hide-and-seek place.

You better hide, my ethnically confused friend.

One Mississippi.

Two Mississippi.

Three Mississippi.

Four Mississippi.

Five Mississippi!

Ready or not, here I come!

I see you, you little pudge_

I'll have to use strategy.

He's faster, but I'm smarter by at least two standard deviations.

Here I come!

Right past me.

Here I come, Tyler! Here I come!

I'm gonna get you!

I'm coming to get you, Becca!

I'm making chicken pot pie.

What the hell was that?

Can I help you?

Hi, I'm Doctor Sam.

I work at the hospital where your grandparents counsel.

You must be Becca.

Are you making a movie?

I used to be an actor back in my day.

"Life's but a walking shadow, "a poor player that struts and frets his hour..."

Did you want to talk to Nana and Pop Pop?

Yes. Are they around?

No, they're taking a walk, I think. You just missed them.

Okay. Well, tell them I stopped by.

They were supposed to volunteer a few days ago.

I tried calling.

I just wanted to make sure everything was okay.

I think the volunteer stuff is getting too stressful for them, although they won't admit it.

Oh, they're fine.

Well, glad to hear it.

Tell them there's a lot of excitement down at the hospital.

I can't wait to tell them. I know they love gossip.

I'll tell them. Nice to meet you.

12:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Tyler Jamison, known to most ladies as T-Diamond Stylus, investigates what is in the shed.

This is an isolated farm. People sneaking around.

Is it dead bodies?

I'm gonna go to the shed.

Smells like ass in here.

I'm moving closer to the suspicious pile.

Ah, God damn it!

Ugh, Sarah McLachlan!

NANA; Tyler.

What the hell, Nana?

Your Pop Pop has incontinence.

He hides his accidents in the shed, and then I think he burns them out in the field.

He's such a physical man, he gets ashamed.

You must be disappointed in your grandparents.

I'm sorry we ruined things.

We're really trying.

I'll make you some bread pudding.

Are we okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm good, Nana.

My mom's a classic narrative character.

She says things like, "Things don't work out for me," and then makes it happen.

She needs the elixir, or all of her relationships will fall apart.

Pop Pop, we play this game where you have to point to a building, and you have to say who lives there and what they secretly do.

Becca, do that police station.

A police officer named Jerry works there, but he never comes in to work, he never answers the phone, because all he really wants to do is be a Latin dancer.

Ooh, okay, I'll go.

That huge brick building back there is a sneaker factory, and a woman named Sally works there.

Oh, that's Maple Shade, actually.

Yeah, Mom said you guys volunteer there.

Yeah, every Tuesday and Thursday.

They're good people, just nobody there to take care of them.

I have to find my Maple Shade badge and we'll visit.

Join us on a journey into young Loretta Jamison's past.

This was young Loretta's high school.

Young Loretta and her friends used to hang out at this sign.

We will now go around to the back, to catch a glimpse of young, mischievous Loretta's locker through a window.

Pop Pop, was Mom a good student?

We have to go. That fellow keeps staring at us.

BECCA; He's not, Pop Pop.

Damn it, he Keeps stopping.

Pop Pop? Pretending like he's not watching.

What are you doing? Pop Pop, stop! Hey.

Hey! Stop following me.

He's following me! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

I'm not following you, man! I don't know you!

Stop following me! You cross-eyed bastard!

Pop Pop! You're hurting him!

Get off me!

What's your problem?

He doesn't know you, Pop Pop.

Oh, man. Yeah, my mistake.

I'm fine, I'm...

That was crazy! He's as strong as a wrestler!

He's old. They get confused.

Don't freak out. Old people get paranoid.

And he's a country guy. All he does is chop wood.

Hey, you still don't want to talk about it?

What is that?

Okay, we think there's someone outside the door.

Ll:'S 10247.

Open the door, Becca.

Okay, keep recording this.

Come on, let's see what's out there.

No, something's wrong.

I'm opening the door, Becca.

I'm opening the door now, Becca.

I don't think you should.

Here I go. I'm gonna open the door.

Open it, then! Why do you keep talking about it?

Close the door, close the door!

Jesus, Becca, I'm blind!

I gotta tell you the truth. She has a diagnosed disorder.

Apparently, many elderly people have it.

Why was she throwing up like that?

Well, sometimes she gets it in her head that she ate something, and it's inside her.

And trying to crawl out.

It's called Sundowning_ It's a kind of dementia.

It's triggered by nightfall This is real?

It's like somebody talking in their sleep is how I was explained it.

It's probably best that we just call it a rule that you two shouldn't come out of your room after 9:30 p.m.

Is that a deal?

Yeah, yeah. it's fine.

I'm sorry about this.

You must not be happy now.

It's okay, Pop Pop. I'm okay. We're just here till Saturday.

Are you going somewhere?

Yeah, I've got to catch the train to go to the costume party.

Pop Pop, I think you're mixing up something.

Oh, man. What am What a bunch of confused old fools your grandparents turned out to be.

That's all right. It's okay.

Don't worry about it. Yeah.

Okay? Okay. Yeah.

It's okay. Right. Yeah.

Good morning, Cecil B. DeMille.

He was a great director.

I made you cheddar biscuits, dear.

Was the old coot getting ready for the costume party again?

Yeah, he was.

He's crazy.

I'm just doing some chores in the barn. I'll be in in a minute.

Something happened to your computer.

I spilled some biscuit batter on it.

I tried to clean it with cleaner.

She's weird during the day, and then gets even weirder at night?

I'm telling you it's okay.

I downloaded the definition of "Sundowning_"

You wouldn't understand half the words I'm reading. The word "YOLO" isn't in it.

It's got to do with neurological reactions to sunshine and moonlight.

It's literally a chemical reaction. a term for disorientation, agitation, "a general worsening of mental symptoms, "classically described in the elderly at dusk or nightfallf'

It's normal old-age problems.

People are scared of old people for no reason.

What about the computer?

The only thing messed up is the computer camera.

There's something else going on.

She used oven cleaner, and now the tiny camera on the screen doesn't see anything.

You don't find that odd at all?

She made a mistake.

Just come to accept they're old people and things won't be as weird.

We 're on the upper deck.

Miguel has entered a hairy chest competition.

He's getting oiled.

it's so weird I can't see you.

I think I can clean it off.

Tyler, why are you quiet?

Nana and Pop Pop are acting strange. Ow!

What kind of strange? Becca, did you hit Tyler?

Pop Pop wears diapers and he keeps them in an outhouse, and Nana walks around at night without her clothes, and Pop Pop thinks strangers are following him.

I knew we were gonna have this call. They're old, Tyler.

I've discussed this with him.

Old people have trouble with their bodies sometimes.

They also aren't very self-aware. They can get paranoid, too.

Becca, how strange are they acting?

They haven't been mean one second.

Nana crawled after us under the house.

Playing hide-and-seek.

You guys played hide-and-seek under the house? I used to love that!

Carrie Underwood.

71 just bear with it for a couple of days.

My parents were strange back then. Mom was a hippie.

She used to sunbathe in the back yard without warning back then.

I'm already partially blind.

I used to get so embarrassed. They're just weird people, honey.

What level of problem is this?

I miss you guys.

The hairy chest competition is about to begin.

I can hear the Cougars clapping.

I got to go. I wish I could see your faces clearer.

Nana, could I ask you about Mom?

Maybe you'd be okay to talk for a minute in an interview?

Would you mind getting inside the oven to clean it?

I'm too big. I can't reach back there.

The kitchen's got to be clean.

The oven's off.

Yeah, sure. Yeah, sure.

Get farther in there.

All the way in.

Okay, I'll star in your movie.

If you could be any animal, what would you be?

Is there a right answer?

No, these questions are intended to get you loosened up.

A grizzly bear.

I think we're warm.

Mom told me that you and Pop Pop were very much in love.

Where did you first meet Pop Pop?

In a garden.

And what did you think of him?

Oh, he was handsome.

He has a very strong personality.

This is great.

We'll come back to that.

Right now, I want to talk about something else.

I know it happened a long time ago, but what happened on the day Mom left?

She won't tell me.

Did she do something?

Nana? Nana?

Nana, don't answer that question.

No more questions about Loretta Jamison.

Maybe I can ask about...

I don't wanna star in your movie.

Okay. It's Wednesday night. Three nights left.

T-Diamond Stylus is gonna find out what exactly is going on.

What are you doing?

I'm putting the camera out tonight. Okay?

It's like we're living with a werewolf.

You can't record her.

Look, I know you won't understand this because your brain isn't fully developed yet, but you can't do this.

It's exploitative. I have cinematic standards.

No. No one gives a crap about cinematic standards, okay?

Ll:'S not the 18003.

Have you seen reality TV?

Housekeepers of Houston has, like, a billion viewers.

If one of us isn't participating in the event, we can't record it.

It's just what's ethical.

No offense to Ryan Seacrest or whoever came up with the Housekeepers of Houston.

You think you're so great, don't you?

I hope things don't get weirder_

'Cause I'm at my limit.

Show the clock. Show the clock.

This is what Pop Pop was talking about.

The werewolf is real.

BECCAZ Wait!

She's Sundowning We're participating in this. You're not being Housekeepers of Houston.

Wait. If you're gonna open the door, just open it for a little bit.

She's supposed to do that?

It's just like someone talking in their sleep.

You used to talk in your sleep till you were seven.

Dad used to come in and quiet you down.

Hey, Becca.

BECCAZ T. T.

There's a family of foxes. You're going to miss it.

We're coming! We're coming!

Why is Nana staring into the well?

Come on, let's go. Come on, enough of that.

I don't know. Come on.

Mise-en-scéne.

You know, you're not as dumb as your performance on standardized tests would indicate.

I forgot I had something for you.

When you think of Dad now, in California, do you still like him?

I don't know. Stuff happens.

No, but Dad is hilarious. Dad's funny.

He sent the funny card of the fat lady on the boardwalk.

Do you remember that?

What do you mean "stuff happens"?

People leave.

Because they find something they like better.

So you don't feel bad?

You're not being truthful.

Well, you can believe what you want, but this is how I feel.

Make me believe you.

So, I'm on the Titans pee wee football team and it was third down.

It was at the end and we were leading.

So if we stop them, we probably win the game.

Give me context. How old are you?

So, I'm free safety.

Which means that I'm supposed to tackle the guy if he makes it past the people on the line.

So, their running back punches the hole... Okay.

Am I supposed to be following these terms?

Are these phrases supposed to mean something to me?

Just listen.

So their running back, who's big, makes it past the line, and I'm the only one left to tackle him.

All I got to do is tackle him, put my hands around him and tackle him, but...

I just stand there.

They call it "freezing" and I could hear everyone yelling.

Coach Daugherty, Dad. All my teammates, and...

He gets the first down and runs and runs, and the other team is celebrating, and I'm still standing there.

Same place.

Then the assistant coach came and got me, and Dad patted me on the shoulder and then went to the car, and he never told me he was angry or anything.

You think Dad didn't say anything and left because you didn't tackle another eight-year-old in a game five years ago?

When you say it like that, it sounds stupid.

Why are we here?

She was staring at something.

So, what did you find?

It's only water.

So, I just read these in order?

"If you could be any animal, what would it be?"

I feel like a douche, Becca. Shut up.

I would be a dolphin.

It's an intuitive and highly intelligent creature with great power and poetry in its movements.

How come you like the pizza delivery guy, even though he has all that ratchet acne?

Please answer the question.

He has kind eyes.

How come you don't look at yourself in the mirror?

Okay, fine. What's this now?

Besides when you're editing, you don't like looking at yourself.

You never look at yourself in the mirror.

You comb your hair with your back to the mirror.

And I see you brush your teeth.

You look down the whole time.

Your sweater's inside out. Did you know that?

Did you see that in the mirror this morning?

Is that correct?

It doesn't feel so good, does it?

Are you changing the focal length of the lens?

No, I don't even know what that is.

Are you zooming?

So do you admit that you don't look at yourself, or are you gonna keep lying?

When do you think I started doing that?

You know when.

That's not true, asshole.

You think you're worthless.

He gave me a card when he left.

Old footage of us as kids.

I was thinking of using it in the doc.

I refuse to use anything that has my dad in it.

That would mean I forgive him.

Becca's blind.

I know I'm right.

That there is something going on here.

Maybe there's something down in the basement.

They don't want us to go down there. They're throwing shade.

Speak English.

They could be hiding something down there.

There's mold down there. That's why they don't want us to go down.

Just stop, okay?

Just let me put the camera out.

Hi, I'm Stacey. Is Mr. and Mrs. Jamison around?

No, they just stepped out. It's just me and my brother here.

Mr. and Mrs. Jamison were counselors at Meadowbrook.

I was in the rehab program there.

They used to sit by my bed when I wasn't in good shape.

All night sometimes.

Anyway, this is a blueberry cobbler for them.

They were supposed to stop by on Saturday but they never showed.

I know Mrs. Jamison hadn't been feeling herself, so I thought I'd just stop by and checkin on them.

They hear all that scuttlebutt down at Maple Shade?

Uh, I don't think so.

Stacey, it's okay. Just be natural.

I'm just getting portraits of everybody.

Just be natural.

Uh, okay, never mind.

We're even.

I've been editing montages with music, but I need some everyday footage of our grandparents, so I've decided to spend Thursday afternoon following them around.

Hear that? She's laughing as She's watching TV.

Maybe Mom and her watch the same shows.

Nana, are you okay?

Good afternoon.

I heard you laughing.

I have the deep darkies.

Nana? Nana!

Nana, Nana, Nana, stop! Nana, stop!

Nana, what's happening?

You have to laugh to keep the deep darkies in a cave.

Pop Pop, I think Nana's...

I was just cleaning it.

You want something?

I was just cleaning it, really.

I think Nana's not feeling well.

Thank you, Becca. I'll check on her.

We're putting the camera out tonight.

What do you think?

Whoo-hoo! Ladies!

That's right. I'm bad, I'm bad.

She seems like she's better off without us.

We're doing this so Mom can have a life, dummy.

Give me some real Doug E. Fresh now, people.

From the top. Here we go.

Good night!

We're fine.

You both seem to be acting funny.

We're terrific, just terrific. Thanks for asking.

Okay. Good night.

Good night. Good night.

What am I gonna do? What happened?

There aren't any tissues left in the bathroom and I had to touch the toilet handle.

There's something on my hand though. Okay. Let me see.

You can't see it but I can feel it!

Tyler, Tyler. It's disgusting. Nothing's Nothing's coming off! Let me have a look.

I can feel it. There's no tissues left, Becca.

Tyler, there are tissues underneath the sink.

Where? What? It's okay.

It's too late.

No, it's not gonna come off. I think it is.

Rubbing it isn't gonna make it come off!

It's okay. It's all right.

I can feel it though.

I'm definitely getting at it. Look.

It's definitely coming off.

You sure? There.

Just look next time, all right?

I didn't know they were there. It's okay.

BECCA; (WHISPERS) Stay in bed.

Mom will be home late this afternoon.

We're ending this trip tonight.

We stay away from them unless I say.

Pack your bags.

I still need them to give Mom the elixir Becca, what's the elixir?

Just pretend like you're playing.

Is everything all right?

We're just playing.

Uh, do you wanna do the interview?

What? What are you doing?

I thought we were staying away from them, Becca.

You're gonna interview him?

Mom told me you worked in the coal industry for a longtime.

I did work in a factory.

Worked at night.

Saw a white thing running around.

Awhite thing?

Yeah, it used to run around the factory at night.

Only I saw it.

I started to tell people about it and they didn't believe me.

Had yellow eyes.

Then they fired me.

And nobody talked to me.

Mom didn't tell me that.

Oh, she doesn't know. Happened after she left.

Pop Pop, you seem down.

Well, it's just, uh...

The end of your trip.

I know it's all coming to an end.

Why don't you just ask Mom if you can visit?

Are you really still angry?

She can't get over this. She still thinks you're mad at her.

That whole "white thing" story, the hairs on my arm stood up.

It's definitely some sort of late onset schizophrenia.

They're both in bad shape.

Great. Our Pop Pop has schizophrenia, and our Nana becomes Michael Myers when the sun goes down.

That's Stacey.

...ride in my car.

Okay, stop. What did you do...

What? Why is she angry?

She must be telling them that they need to get help.

Just come to the back here.

I don't want you to touch me.

Come to the back.

I got it all off.

I didn't see Stacey leave.

Nana said okay.

Thanks for doing this. We're leaving soon, Nana.

I'm sad it's all over.

This is the last time I'll get to ask you questions.

It's like the big end to my film, and like you said, you're the star.

Tell me anything. Whatever you want to talk about.

I know a story. It's about water.

There is a pond that has little creatures in it.

These creatures are from another planet but no one realizes it.

These creatures spit into the water all day long.

Their spit can make you sleep, but not die.

When people go underwater in the pond, they go into a deep sleep.

A really beautiful sleep.

The creatures from another planet have many people at the bottom of the pond, storing them up.

They are going to take them back to their planet of Sinmorfitellia one day.

That's just a made-up story.

It's not real.

Wow, that's some story.

And the creatures have antennas, but they are invisible antennas.

Can we talk about Mom?

You don't ever want to see her?

On the day she left, she must have done something.

Okay, okay.

Let's pretend we're telling another story.

And the story concerns a young girl who thinks she's in love with an older man, and they decide to run off together.

Now, the parents of the girl warn her that this won't work.

And they refuse to let her go.

And then one day, the girl gets into a horrible fight with them and leaves forever.

Now, the parents in this story don't know it, but she misses them a lot.

And she suffers greatly.

And then the worst thing happens.

The man, he breaks the girl's heart and leaves forever.

And leave their two small children behind. so, Nana, Nana, in this story, what do you hope will happen to the girl?

In this story, is she very sad?

She's inconsolable at times. She tries everything to be happy.

Medications and goes to therapy for four years but still remains a little sad.

I don't like this story.

Nana, what do you think the parents in this story should do if they saw the girl again?

Nana, pretend you were in this story and she was your daughter, and she left.

What would you say when you finally saw her again?

I would tell her,

"l forgive you, little girl."

"l forgive you, little girl. "

That's the elixir.

This is how children play, okay?

Hey, Mom should be home.

Let's go and Skype with her while they're in the back.

This will be the denouement.

Hey, kiddos!

Did you get my videos? I know, I look like an apple.

Trip was great.

Miguel and I had a little fight this morning.

He wanted to get short stack pancakes, I told him he was gaining a little weight.

Can you believe it? Things don't work out for me.

Mom, you need to come and get us right now.

What? What happened?

Mom, get in the car and come right now.

Do you know how long that would take by car, Rebecca?

Mom, trust me, there is something wrong with Nana and Pop Pop.

I'm telling you, you need to come and pick us up tonight.

Becca, you're scaring me. My heart is in my throat.

We're okay now. Just come.

Where are they now?

Uh, they're outside by the chicken coops.

They won't see you.

They've been acting so strange, Mom. We've been recording them.

Yeah, I kept telling Becca something was wrong, didn't I?

Becca, Tyler. ..

And Nana walks around at night with a knife.

And Pop Pop had a gun in his mouth. Rebecca, Tyler...

I think he was trying to hurt himself.

Becca, Ty/en babies, I need you to listen to me very carefully.

Becca, Tyler; just listen to me.

Those aren't your grandparents.

What are you talking about, Mom?

Where are Nana and Pop Pop?

You've been staying with those people the who/e time?

Masonvi//e Police Department.

Come on, come on.

What are you guys doing?

We'll be right in, Sweethearts.

This is the Masonville County Police Department.

Our officer, Jerry, is currently out on dispatch.

P/9889 leave 8 ITIGSSEQG...

Police aren't answering. Damn it! Stupid hick town.

Okay. I'm gonna keep calling from the can I promise.

Get you and your brother out. Okay.

Try to get to a neighbor.

Just stay calm, T. I'm coming.

We're in a house with...

After we clear up, I have a fantastic idea.

We should play a board game! Families play board games.

It's our last night together.

You'll help me clean up, right?

You can record it with your camera.

Maybe we should go outside and film some evening shots of the house.

Okay, sounds good, sister.

Could you clean the oven for me, Becca?

Get all the way inside.

Mmm, Becca?

She's done it before.

We really should film something outside.

Do this first.

I'll be quick.

Oh, this will just take a second.

I can clean those.

Nana, please open the door.

Oh, that's okay.

Please Open it.

There she is.

So, what was the big fuss?

Let's make it...

...a perfect family night.

Your Pop Pop is very competitive with board games.

If you want to move that over here, that's fine.

If we use this table, there's not room for the cookies.

T-Diamond Stylus and I are gonna do one last interview outside and be right back.

You can sit over there.

Figure out what the teams are.

Go, go, go. Hurry. Brought a coat. I'm coming.

Okay, open it.

Picked teams. It's young versus old.

Stop rolling all the dice on every roll!

You're losing the game for us!

No, I'm not.

We don't have to keep score.

I'm a Yahtzee master.

Doesn't everyone in the cafeteria call me the Yahtzee master?

What cafeteria?

You wanna win at Yahtzee, listen to me.

You're not a Yahtzee master. That takes 10 years.

See? He's using strategy! A Milton Bradley-approved strategy.

I don't know what I'm doing.

This game is made by Hasbro, Pop Pop.

That's a lie.

It used to be made by Milton Bradley.

Who cares, Becca?

I'm having so much fun.

Wow, my battery's running low. I'll be right back.

You keep playing with them, T.

Just keep playing.

I'll be right back.

Katy Perry.

What time is it, Nana?

Isn't it getting late?

I'm going down into the basement.

I think they have my grandparents here.

Nana? Are you down here?

Things are not working out tonight.

It's half past nine.

I have to get your Nana to her room. You wait here.

BECCAZ (WHISPERING) Nana?

"Maple Shade Psychiatric Hospital"?

Should the three of us finish the game?

My name is Becca Jamison. If you find this footage...

My name is Mitchel.

They kept telling us you were so great.

How you're gonna visit, how you're gonna be a family.

That was a bad thing they did.

They knew Claire had put her two children in those suitcases in the pond.

She deserved this week as a grandma.

Claire's kids are on Sinmorfitellia.

You're gonna join them!

The only way to Sinmorfitellia from here is through the well.

Wasn't it a perfect week?

I promised her it would be.

The white thing with yellow eyes is real.

It waits for us. I saw it out in the field.

It was laughing at us.

They're murderers, Tyler!

Get out of here, dummy! Run!

We're all dying today, Becca.

You have a magic spell on you.

I never liked you.

I'll tell you a story.

I have to go to the train to go to the costume party.

It's a company party.

That's not now.

I know that!

You have a problem with germs, don't you?

I don't like you.

You are blind. You are blind.

I am the exposer. I am a seer.

I see the veiny...

...deformed. .

...face of the world.

We can all be saved tonight.

Your magic spell will be lifted.

Have you been watching me?

Run, Tyler, run!

Eyes on the runner!

Watch his hips! Watch his hips!

Wrap the arms! Wrap the arms!

BECCA; (soBBING) Tyler?

Any other crazy bitch-ass fucking people here?

Come on out! Come on out!

Becca, Tyler!

Stand by. I've arrived on site.

Oh, my God!

I'm here. I'm here.

Is this everybody? Come over here.

Let's go! Move, come on.

We need an ambulance! Hurry up! Over here.

Yo, Jimmy, watch that front door. Go around the back.

Come here, come here, come here.

Mom, honestly, you know you don't have to do this.

I used to sing.

My mother used to say that she wasn't listening, but I know she was hiding behind this big clock down the hall, the kitchen towel over her mouth to hide her smile.

She thought I had a better voice than Olivia Newton-John.

Olivia Newton-John was like, her Elvis.

My father was a gentle man.

We'd take these long walks together, we'd never say a word.

I used to wake up early when I was a child. Work on some project.

My father thought that meant I was gonna do great things.

Anyway, as I said before, the day I...

The day I left turned really badly.

My parents cursed at me.

I moved to the door to leave and my mom stepped in front of me.

I hit my mother.

And then my dad hit me, and then we kind of stood there in shock, and then I left.

They reached out to me soon after.

I refused to take their calls.

I know you were trying to get me forgiveness, Becca.

You didn't have to do that, honey.

It was there whenever I wanted it.

Don't hold onto anger, Becca.

Happy birthday to you Blow them out!

Okay, okay!

I may be 13, may not live in the hood May not carry no chrome, may not be allowed a cell phone at dinner But I'm young and can do 18 pushups and I speak the truth My sister tried to make a film about old people feeling dismay But it didn't turn out that way She had to scream and kill and got vomit in her face Chunks in her hair from a stew But she washed them out with Herbal Essence Body Envy Shampoo So here's a few things T-Diamond learned from visiting elders Adult diapers come in many a name There's Attends and Depends and Medline and Prevail But they all the same They keep your mess from spilling out and they keep it contained So here's the truth I got messed up with a killer who's truly insane I will try not to refrain Try to overcome my pain 'cause one day it will get me my fame Like 50 Cent getting shot and being lame, you see I got a diaper shoved in my face for half an hour I thought it was over I thought I'd be under the ground growing four-leaf clovers Some dude going over me with a mower But that's not what happened you see, 'cause I went all mental I was like Mel Gibson at the end of a Lethal Weapon rental I'm straight now, I'm not gonna lie For three weeks that diaper left me like a basket case I had to use two who/e Dove bars on my face And one last thing and I don't mean to sicken But the truth is shit doesn't taste like chicken Oh, Shania Twain, bitches!

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• Oct 10, 2015
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M. Night Shyamalan had his heyday almost 20 years ago. He leapt out of the gate with such confidence he became a champion instantly. And then…something went awry. He became embarrassingly self-serious, his films drowning in pretension and strained allegories. His famous twists felt like a director attempting to re-create the triumph of “ The Sixth Sense ,” where the twist of the film was so successfully withheld from audiences that people went back to see the film again and again. But now, here comes “ The Visit ,” a film so purely entertaining that you almost forget how scary it is. With all its terror, “The Visit” is an extremely funny film. 

There are too many horror cliches to even list (“gotcha” scares, dark basements, frightened children, mysterious sounds at night, no cellphone reception), but the main cliche is that it is a “found footage” film, a style already wrung dry. But Shyamalan injects adrenaline into it, as well as a frank admission that, yes, it is a cliche, and yes, it is absurd that one would keep filming in moments of such terror, but he uses the main strength of found footage: we are trapped by the perspective of the person holding the camera. Withhold visual information, lull the audience into safety, then turn the camera, and OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT? 

“The Visit” starts quietly, with Mom ( Kathryn Hahn ) talking to the camera about running away from home when she was 19: her parents disapproved of her boyfriend. She had two kids with this man who recently left them all for someone new. Mom has a brave demeanor, and funny, too, referring to her kids as “brats” but with mama-bear affection. Her parents cut ties with her, but now they have reached out  from their snowy isolated farm and want to know their grandchildren. Mom packs the two kids off on a train for a visit.

Shyamalan breaks up the found footage with still shots of snowy ranks of trees, blazing sunsets, sunrise falling on a stack of logs. There are gigantic blood-red chapter markers: “TUESDAY MORNING”, etc. These choices launch us into the overblown operatic horror style while commenting on it at the same time. It ratchets up the dread.

Becca ( Olivia DeJonge ) and Tyler ( Ed Oxenbould ) want to make a film about their mother’s lost childhood home, a place they know well from all of her stories. Becca has done her homework about film-making, and instructs her younger brother about “frames” and “mise-en-scène.” Tyler, an appealing gregarious kid, keeps stealing the camera to film the inside of his mouth and his improvised raps. Becca sternly reminds him to focus. 

The kids are happy to meet their grandparents. They are worried about the effect their grandparents’ rejection had on their mother (similar to Cole’s worry about his mother’s unfinished business with her own parent in “The Sixth Sense”). Becca uses a fairy-tale word to explain what she wants their film to do — it will be an “elixir” to bring home to Mom. 

Nana ( Deanna Dunagan ), at first glance, is a Grandma out of a storybook, with a grey bun, an apron, and muffins coming out of the oven every hour. Pop Pop ( Peter McRobbie ) is a taciturn farmer who reminds the kids constantly that he and Nana are “old.” 

But almost immediately, things get crazy. What is Pop Pop doing out in the barn all the time? Why does Nana ask Becca to clean the oven, insisting that she crawl all the way in ? What are those weird sounds at night from outside their bedroom door? They have a couple of Skype calls with Mom, and she reassures them their grandparents are “weird” but they’re also old, and old people are sometimes cranky, sometimes paranoid. 

As the weirdness intensifies, Becca and Tyler’s film evolves from an origin-story documentary to a mystery-solving investigation. They sneak the camera into the barn, underneath the house, they place it on a cabinet in the living room overnight, hoping to get a glimpse of what happens downstairs after they go to bed. What they see is more than they (and we) bargained for.

Dunagan and McRobbie play their roles with a melodramatic relish, entering into the fairy-tale world of the film. And the kids are great, funny and distinct. Tyler informs his sister that he wants to stop swearing so much, and instead will say the names of female pop singers. The joke is one that never gets old. He falls, and screams, “Sarah McLachlan!” When terrified, he whispers to himself, “ Katy Perry … ” Tyler, filming his sister, asks her why she never looks in the mirror. “Your sweater is on backwards.” As he grills her, he zooms in on her, keeping her face off-center, blurry grey-trunked trees filling most of the screen. The blur is the mystery around them. Cinematographer Maryse Alberti creates the illusion that the film is being made by kids, but also avoids the nauseating hand-held stuff that dogs the found-footage style.

When the twist comes, and you knew it was coming because Shyamalan is the director, it legitimately shocks. Maybe not as much as “The Sixth Sense” twist, but it is damn close. (The audience I saw it with gasped and some people screamed in terror.) There are references to “ Halloween “, “Psycho” (Nana in a rocking chair seen from behind), and, of course, “ Paranormal Activity “; the kids have seen a lot of movies, understand the tropes and try to recreate them themselves. 

“The Visit” represents Shyamalan cutting loose, lightening up, reveling in the improvisational behavior of the kids, their jokes, their bickering, their closeness. Horror is very close to comedy. Screams of terror often dissolve into hysterical laughter, and he uses that emotional dovetail, its tension and catharsis, in almost every scene. The film is ridiculous  on so many levels, the story playing out like the most monstrous version of Hansel & Gretel imaginable, and in that context, “ridiculous” is the highest possible praise.

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The Visit is a 2015 American found footage horror film written, produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, and Kathryn Hahn. The film was released in North America on September 11, 2015 by Universal Pictures.

The film received positive reviews, with praise towards the performance from the child actors, script and atmosphere, while others had mixed reaction with the inconsistent tone, finding conflict between horror and comedy. Despite that, the movie was a box-office success and is seen as a possible comeback for Shyamalan.

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The Visit is a 2015 horror film from M. Night Shyamalan . Two children staying with their grandparents while their mother is on vacation realize that something is horribly wrong with Nana and Pop Pop when strange things start happening after 9:30 pm.

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This movie provides examples of:

• Subverted when she realizes that her children have been staying with strangers and not their real grandparents. She immediately calls the police and sets out to save them, telling them to escape to the neighbors as soon as possible.
• All There in the Script : The credits gives the names of the grandparents as Marja and Fredrick Jamison (the grandparents) and Claire and Mitchel (the imposters).
• Alone with the Psycho : The entire movie is the children stuck in the house with the two deranged "grandparents".
• An Aesop : Don't hold on to anger so much that you can't forgive/reconcile with someone, especially if they're your loved ones. Or they might end up killed and replaced by escaped mental patients before you get the chance.
• Ate His Gun : Becca walks in on the grandfather seemingly about to do this.
• Arbitrary Skepticism : Becca is adamant that there's nothing abnormal about grandma, even when they see her crawling on the floor and scratching the walls like an animal.
• Ax-Crazy : The grandparents, especially the grandma.
• Bittersweet Ending : Tyler and Becca kill "Nana" and "Pop Pop", but are initially traumatized by what they endured and what they had to do , though the final scene shows they largely grew out of the trauma and they seem better than ever. In addition, their real grandparents are dead and Loretta never got a chance to reconcile with them. She urges Tyler and Becca not to hate their father like she hated her parents.
• Bludgeoned to Death : Tyler kills "Pop Pop" by repeatedly slamming the fridge door on his head until he dies from it.
• Brick Joke : Becca scoffs at Tyler's request for him to rap at the end of the documentary, saying no documentary would dare do it. Not only does Tyler himself rap, but another rap song by East Coast Connection is played over the credits.
• Cassandra Truth : Tyler is the only one convinced in the beginning that something is wrong with the grandparents. Both Becca and their mother insist that "they're just old," and Becca doesn't come around until she finds her nana laughing at nothing in a rocking chair.
• Chekhov's Skill : Tyler's interest in football. Midway through the film, he confesses the reason why he thinks his father left: he froze in the middle of an important peewee league football game, allowing the other team to win. In the end, after freezing up when the grandfather assaults him, he takes the old man down after he threatens Becca, first by tackling him into the kitchen drawers, then slamming the fridge door into his head repeatedly.
• Deadpan Snarker : Becca. Becca: ( after Tyler spits a rap for her documentary ) Yes, 'cause that's exactly what an Oscar-winning documentary has over the end credits. A song about misogyny.
• Disappeared Dad : Becca and Tyler's father ran off with another woman prior to the events of the movie. They both have a lot of pent-up anger towards him because of it.
• Evil Old Folks : Something is most definitely wrong with Nana and Pop Pop.
• Excrement Statement : The fake Pop Pop smears Tyler's face with a used adult diaper.
• Fairytale Motifs : From the trailer and the poster, this seems to be something of a Hansel and Gretel tale. And the ultimate explanation for why everything happens is straight out of Little Red Riding Hood .
• Fan Disservice : The grandmother, oh so much. First flashing a pale, wrinkly naked buttcheek at the children as she turns away, then later scratching at a door like an animal while completely in the nude.
• Foreshadowing : The mundane explanations for the figure under the porch and what is in the woodshed predicts the non-supernatural twist at the end of the film.
• Found Footage Films : The kids are recording their trip and this footage seems to make up most of the film. Surprisingly for this genre, the footage is gorgeously shot, with Becca even setting up camera angles that provide full views of rooms — both resulting in longer, steadier takes than this genre is known for.
• Genre Savvy : Both of the kids, Becca for being an aspiring filmmaker and Tyler being... a 13-year-old, are pretty savvy in regards to what to do when dealing with horror-esque situations.
• Harmful to Minors : The protagonists are two kids who end up getting exposed to appalling violence, including finding the bodies of their murdered grandparents, and having to kill the unstable old couple they're staying with themselves.
• Irony : Becca catches all of the crazy on her cameras and still doesn't notice what is going on right in front of her.
• Insane Equals Violent : Nana's sundowning. She claws at walls and tries stabbing children in their sleep. Downplayed with Pop Pop who only gets violent once he's been exposed.
• Kick the Dog : In the climax, as he's getting ready to kill the boy, "Pop Pop" tells him, "You know what? I never liked you."
• Kill and Replace : The real Nana and Pop Pop were replaced by two of their own patients who were jealous of them and their perfect lives.
• Lampshade Hanging : Becca uses cinematography terms often and describes a scene's actual importance to the plot right after it happens.
• Done intentionally at the end of the climax when the mother's favorite song, a sappy classical string piece, blares as the children soaked in blood and crap flee into their mother's arms.
• Never Got to Say Goodbye : Overlaps with Parting-Words Regret . The mom's parents have been killed, and she never got the chance to reconcile with them.
• Offing the Offspring : Claire is revealed to have killed her own children during a schizophrenic episode, and the visit with the "grandchildren" was meant to be a way to make her feel like a mother again.
• Potty Failure : Pop Pop suffers from incontinence and has to excuse himself during the family game night after an embarrassing and very audible bowel movement.
• Precision F-Strike : Tyler lets one out after killing "Pop Pop" (and subsequently working through his greatest fear) .
• Red Herring : The Shed and the well are ominous and creepy, but they're ultimately irrelevant to the actual plot.
• The Reveal : "Nana" and "Pop Pop" are actually escaped mental patients that killed the real grandparents and stole their identities.
• Running Gag : Tyler decides to substitute curse words with the names of female pop stars.

• Deanna Dunagan's performance as Nana really drives this home. The "hide and seek" sequence is a perfect example of how much of a masterful Mood Whiplash the film can be.
• Snow Means Death : It's winter at the house, and the bleak landscape adds to the creepiness.
• Supernatural-Proof Father : Given a Gender Flip . Mom doesn't believe anything's wrong. At first .
• Too Dumb to Live : Stacey, you know these people are the escaped mental patients. You know that the people living at the house you're visiting haven't been seen for days. You're actively confronting said mental patients. Why are you going to follow them behind the house instead of getting help?
• Wham Line : "Those aren't your grandparents."
• "What Do They Fear?" Episode : Becca is afraid of mirrors and Tyler is afraid of germs. Becca irrationally believes her father left because he didn't think she was his pretty girl anymore. Tyler is obsessed with cleanliness as a method of controlling his life. Both of these get used against them, and they manage to conquer both of them .
• Would Hurt a Child : The "grandparents", big time.
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Every Character M. Night Shyamalan Played In His Own Movies

The first "found footage" movie came 38 years before the blair witch project, how many m. night shyamalan movies really have twists.

• "The Visit" is a twist-filled thriller that earned its scares through a plausible story and clever use of found footage genre.
• Despite being eerily plausible, "The Visit" is actually a work of pure fiction and not based on a true story.
• The film explores themes of aging, fear, and generational trauma, while also highlighting the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation.

M. Night Shyamalan's twist-filled thriller The Visit kept viewers guessing all the way up to the shocking conclusion, but is the found footage horror hit based on a true story? Released in 2015, The Visit follows teen siblings Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) as they are sent to spend a week with their estranged grandparents. Naturally, strange things are afoot, and the teens must learn the shocking truth about their relatives. As with all of Shyamalan's horror movies, The Visit built up to a shocking twist that many didn't see coming, but it cleverly incorporated humor in a way that left many perplexed by its tone.

Despite a largely mixed critical reaction (via Rotten Tomatoes ), The Visit was a bona fide financial success (via Box Office Mojo ) and it stands as one of M. Night Shyamalan's highest-grossing movies . Unlike many of Shyamalan's other films which incorporate fantastical elements, The Visit earned its scares by being an entirely plausible story. Visually speaking, Shyamalan used the found footage genre deftly to convey a deeper meaning, and he got genuinely creepy moments from what could have easily been goofy. The compelling mix of plausibility and realism had many wondering whether The Visit was actually based on a true story.

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has played characters in 11 of his movies, ranging from starring roles to the smallest of cameos.

The Visit Is Not Based On A True Story

Despite being eerily plausible, The Visit was actually a work of pure fiction and had no connection to real life. The script was penned by M. Night Shyamalan himself, with many of the movie's more positive reviews calling it a return to his former glory. Nearly all the writer/director's films have been works of his own imagination and in an interview with Geeks of Doom he said " That is the primal thing of it, that we are scared of getting old. Playing on that is a powerful conceit ". The director would return to that theme a few years later in 2021's Old but to a less effective extent.

The Grandparents Twist Explained

Throughout the film, Becca and Tyler are unsure about the behavior of their Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie) and Nana (Deana Dunagan), who have seemingly grown worse as the story progresses. Obviously, something wasn't right about the elderly couple, but the pieces finally clicked when Becca discovered the remains of her real grandparents stashed away in the basement. It is revealed that Pop Pop and Nana are actually escaped patients from the local mental health facility and that they have killed Becca and Tyler's grandparents to assume their lives. It is unclear whether the two escapees would have posed a threat to the kids if they hadn't nosed around.

If there is one thing that the multi-talented Shyamalan is best known for it is his films' abundant use of shocking twists towards the end of his stories. Nearly every M. Night Shyamalan twist has kept audiences guessing, and The Visit was unique because it truly earned its shocking climax. Unlike earlier films which stuck a twist in just to fulfill the obligation, The Visit naturally built towards the twist, and it was a crucial part of the plot, unlike so many throw-away gimmick twists of the past.

Why The Visit Is A Found Footage Movie

Thanks to blockbuster horror hits like Paranormal Activity , the found footage genre started to expand in earnest at the beginning of the 2010s. However, by 2015 and the release of The Visit , the style had largely fallen out of favor. Despite this downturn in popularity, The Visit nevertheless opted for an approach that innovated the found footage tropes by injecting a bit of humor and eschewing the self-serious tone. From a story perspective, The Visit is a found footage movie because it is about Becca's quest to chronicle her family for a documentary, but the choice actually goes deeper.

Unlike other directors who chose found footage as a cheap way to save on the movie's budget, Shyamalan intellectualized the style by making it crucial to the plot. In the same Geeks of Doom interview, the director mentioned " The camera is an extension of those characters...It is manifesting in literal cinematography in this particular movie ". Additionally, Becca's abundant camera usage actually factors into the plot, such as when she shows the footage to her mother, which further integrates it into the fabric of the film.

The Blair Witch Project was key in the history of the found-footage technique, but the very first movie to use this style was released in 1961.

The Significance Of Tyler’s Phobias

Horror movies are all about exploiting common phobias , and The Visit used Tyler's irrational fears as a chance to spook viewers and say something about the themes as well. Tyler is shown to be a bit of a germaphobe, and he also has a fear of freezing to death. While both have rational elements and point back to the omnipresent fear of death from which all phobias stem, Tyler's fears also speak to the idea that the elderly are frightening because they are reminders of death. The slow degradation of the body through aging is a lot like freezing to death, and it is clear that Tyler sees his elderly grandparents as unclean which activates his germ phobia.

The hilariously gruesome scene in which Pop Pop rubs his dirty adult diaper in Tyler's face forces the younger man to confront his fears, and it empowers him later when he finally dispatches the imposter grandpa. It is likely not a coincidence that Tyler kills Pop Pop by slamming his head in the refrigerator, as the ice box is an extension of Tyler's fear of freezing. He literally kills his tormentor with a symbol of the thing that mentally torments him.

How Loretta’s Past Affected The Kids

At the beginning of the film, Becca and Tyler's mom Loretta (Kathryn Hahn) explains that she hasn't spoken to her parents in 15 years because she eloped with one of her high school teachers when she was only a teenager. Instead of facing her problems like an adult, Loretta instead allowed her kids to act as a bridge between the generations, inadvertently sending them to live with two violent escapees from the local mental health ward. Loretta would later reveal that Nana and Pop Pop aren't her parents in one of Shyamalan's most terrifying scares , but she was away on a cruise and couldn't come to their aid.

This forces her kids to mature faster than she ever could, and they go on the offense as they are tasked with escaping from the murderous impostors occupying their grandparent's home. At the end of the film, Loretta explains her last interaction with her parents turned violent, which sheds a bit of light on why she couldn't just face up to the past. In some ways, Loretta's choices as a teenager eventually led to the precarious situation that Becca and Tyler ended up in, and she passed a bit of generational trauma on to them.

Why Becca Puts Her Father In The Documentary

Having survived the harrowing ordeal, Becca's documentary finally begins to take shape at the very end of The Visit . She is given the chance to cut in footage of her estranged father, and though Loretta informs her she doesn't have to, Becca opts to put him in. This choice shows that Becca has matured significantly since the titular visit, and she has come to the realization that forgiveness really is the best path. Loretta could never forgive her parents, and it robbed her of a chance for reconciliation. By putting her dad in the documentary, Becca left that door open for her future self and maybe her own children too.

M. Night Shyamalan is famous for his signature twist endings but when put under a more discerning lens, not all of his films have an authentic twist.

The Real Meaning Of The Visit’s Ending

From a horror perspective, the ending of The Visit is all about the fear of death as personified by the elderly. Nana and Pop Pop are terrifying embodiments of the eventual degradation of the body, though they also fill the role of the conventional horror antagonist. However, from a more thematic side, The Visit is also about forgiveness and reconciliation, as the harboring of deep-seated pain can eventually lead to a bad outcome. Even if it isn't literally an encounter with escaped murderers, it is at least a path of nothing but pain and loss.

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12 Years A Slave

Written By: John Ridley (screenplay), based on the book by Solomon Northup

Synopsis : In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

crime, drama

12 angry men.

Written By: Reginald Rose

Synopsis : A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.

Written By: Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy (screenplay), based on the book by Aron Ralston

Synopsis : A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

horror, thriller

Written By:   Matt Greenberg and Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (screenplay), based on the short story by Stephen King

Synopsis : A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

Written By: Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Synopsis : April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.

sci-fi, Drama

2001: a space odyssey.

Written By: Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke 

Synopsis : After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.

comedy, Action

21 jump street.

Written By: Michael Bacall

Synopsis : A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

Action, War

Written By: Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon (screenplay), based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller & Lynn Varley

Synopsis : King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

comedy, romance

The 40 year-old virgin.

Written By:  Judd Apatow, Steve Carell 

Synopsis : Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.

romance, comedy

(500) days of summer.

Written By: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

Synopsis : An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

drama, musical

Written By:  Scott Silver 

Synopsis : A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.

sci-fi, thriller

Written By: James Gray & Ethan Gross

Synopsis : Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.

drama, comedy

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Written By: Charlie Kaufman (screenplay), based on the book by Susan Orlean 

Synopsis : A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

comedy, fantasy

The addams family.

Written By: Charles Addams & Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson

Synopsis : Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.

animation, action

The adventures of tintin.

Written By: Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish (screenplay), based on "The Adventures of Tintin" by Hergé 

Synopsis : Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.

sci-fi, horror

Written By: Dan O'Bannon

Synopsis : After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.

comedy, drama

Almost famous.

Written By: Cameron Crowe

Synopsis : A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.

American Beauty

Written By: Alan Ball 

Synopsis : A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

drama, crime

American history x.

Written By: David McKenna

Synopsis : A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

American Pie

Written By: Adam Herz

Synopsis : Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.

American Psycho

Written By: Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner (screenplay), based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis

Synopsis : A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.

Written By: Will Ferrell & Adam McKay

Synopsis : Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top-rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the 1970s, but that's all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor.

Written By: Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman

Synopsis : Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.

animation, romance

Written By: Charlie Kaufman

Synopsis : A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.

The Apartment

Written By: Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond

Synopsis : A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Written By: Eric Heisserer (screenplay), based on the novel by Ted Chiang

Synopsis : A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.

sci-fi, action

Written By: James Cameron

Synopsis : A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

action, sci-fi

The avengers.

Written By: Joss Whedon

Synopsis : Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.

Avengers: Endgame

Written By: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely

Synopsis : After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.

action, crime

Baby driver.

Written By: Edgar Wright

Synopsis : After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Back to the Future

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Written By: Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale

Synopsis : Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.

The Babadook

Written By: Jennifer Kent 

Synopsis : A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

comedy, crime, drama, tv

Barry (pilot).

Written By: Alec Berg & Bill Hader

Synopsis : A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.

action, fantasy

Batman begins.

Written By: Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer (screenplay), based on the comics by Bob Kane

Synopsis : After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption.

Being John Malkovich

Synopsis : A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

romance, fantasy

Beauty and the beast.

Written By: Stephen Chbosky & Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay), based on the 1991 animated film "Beauty and the Beast" animation screenplay by Linda Woolverton

Synopsis : A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.

The Big Bang Theory (S2 EP4)

Written By: Stephen Engel & Tim Doyle (teleplay), based on the story by Bill Prady & Chuck Lorre 

Synopsis : The guys struggle to cope with Raj's arrogance after he is featured in a People magazine article.

drama, fantasy

Written By: John August (screenplay), based on the novel by Daniel Wallace

Synopsis : A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

comedy, crime

The big lebowski.

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Written By: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Synopsis : Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

The Big Sick

Written By:  Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani

Synopsis : Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

crime, comedy, drama

The big short.

Written By: Charles Randolph & Adam McKay (screenplay), based on the book by Michael Lewis

Synopsis : In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Written By: Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Nicolás Giacobone & Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo

Synopsis : A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

Black Panther

Written By: Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole (screenplay), based on the comics by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby

Synopsis : T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

BlacKkKlansman

Written By: Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz & Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee (screenpaly), based on the book by Ron Stallworth

Synopsis : Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.

Blade Runner

Written By: Hampton Fancher & David Webb Peoples (screenplay), based on the novel by Philip K. Dick

Synopsis : A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Blade Runner 2049

Written By: Hampton Fancher & Michael Green (screenplay), based on the novel by Philip K. Dick

Synopsis : Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

action, thriller

The bourne ultimatum.

Written By: Tony Gilroy and Scott Z. Burns & George Nolfi (screenplay), based on the novel by Robert Ludlum

Synopsis : Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

The Breakfast Club

Written By: John Hughes

Synopsis : Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

DRAMA, tv, crime

Breaking bad - pilot (s1e1).

Written By: Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin & Moira Walley-Beckett

Synopsis :  Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth.

drama, tv, crime

Breaking bad - the fly (s3e10).

Written By: Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin & Moira Walley-Beckett 

Synopsis : There is a fly loose in the lab. Walt and Jesse must do whatever they can to kill it before it contaminates the meth.

COMEDY, romance

Bridesmaids.

Written By: Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo 

Synopsis : Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

crime, western

Butch cassidy and the sundance kid.

Written By: William Goldman 

Synopsis : Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution - escape to Bolivia.

romance, drama

Call me by your name.

Written By: James Ivory (screenplay), based on the novel by André Aciman

Synopsis : In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.

Written By: Lawrence D. Cohen (screenplay by), based on the novel by Stephen King

Synopsis : Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

romance, war

Written By:  Julius J. Epstein & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch 

Synopsis : A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.

Catch Me If You Can

Written By:  Jeff Nathanson (screenplay), based on the book by Frank Abagnale Jr & Stan Redding

Synopsis : Barely 21 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl, becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

Written By:  William Broyles Jr.

Synopsis : A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.

Citizen Kane

Written By:  Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles

Synopsis : Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.

Chernobyl (Episode 1)

Written By:  Craig Mazin

Synopsis : In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

Written By:  Robert Towne 

Synopsis : A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

A Chrismas Story

Written By:  Jean Shepherd & Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

Synopsis : In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

A Clockwork Orange

Written By:  Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), based on the novel by Anthony Burgess

Synopsis : In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

Written By: Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich

Synopsis : Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.

thriller, crime

Written By:  Stuart Beattie

Synopsis : A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Written By:  Charlie Kaufman (screenplay), based on the novel by Chuck Barris 

Synopsis : An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.

The Conjuring

Written By:  Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes

Synopsis : Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

Crazy Rich Azians  

Written By:  Peter Chiarelli & Adele Lim (screenplay), based on the novel by Kevin Kwan

Synopsis : This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.

Written By:  Ryan Coogler & Aaron Covington

Synopsis : The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Written By:  Juel Taylor & Sylvester Stallone 

Synopsis : Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Written By:  Hui-Ling Wang and James Schamus & Kuo Jung Tsai (screenplay), based on the book by Du Lu Wang

Synopsis : A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

thriller, romance

The crying game.

Written By:  Neil Jordan

Synopsis : A British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.

CSI (S4EP15)

Written By:  Anthony E. Zuiker & Carol Mendelsohn (teleplay), based on the story by Elizabeth Devine

Synopsis : Two masked men show up at a house and kill the husband and wife execution-style with two bullets at the back of the head.

action, THRILLER

The dark knight.

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Written By: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer (screenplay), based on the original comics by Bob Kane

Synopsis : When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

The Dark Knight Rises

Written By: Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan (screenplay), based on the story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, based on the characters by Bob Kane

Synopsis : Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane.

action, comedy

Written By: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick 

Synopsis : A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal but ugly, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.

western, tv

Deadwood (s1 e5).

Written By:  David Milch & John Belluso

Synopsis : Swearengen transforms the Gem into a courtroom as Deadwood is forced to make its own laws to try a cowardly murderer. With Calamity Jane off on a bender, Trixie is enlisted by Swearengen to help Alma with the orphaned child and to keep her pliable to his purposes. Fearing Andy's illness might threaten his business, Cy banishes him to the woods, where he is discovered by Jane.

The Departed

Written By:  William Monahan (screenplay), based on the movie Infernal Affairs  by Alan Mak & Felix Chong

Synopsis : An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

The Detectorists (S1. E2.)

Written By:  Mackenzie Crook

Synopsis : The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.

Dexter (Pilot)

Written By:  James Manos Jr. (teleplay), based on the novel by Jeff Lindsay

Synopsis : By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers.

Written By:  Jeb Stuart & Steven E. de Souza (screenplay), based on the novel by Roderick Thorp

Synopsis : An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

western, action

Django unchained.

Written By:  Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis : With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Dog Day Afternoon

Written By:  Frank Pierson 

Synopsis : Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.

sci-fi, fantasy

Donnie darko.

Written By:  Richard Kelly 

Synopsis : After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Written By:  John Patrick Shanley

Synopsis : A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.

comedy, war

Dr. strangelove.

Written By:  Stanley Kubrick & Terry Southern and Peter George

Synopsis : An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Written By:  Alex Garland (screenplay), based on the characters by   John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra

Synopsis : In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.

Written By:  Hossein Amini (screenplay), based on the book by   James Sallis

Synopsis :  An action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlighting as a getaway driver finding himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.

action, war

Written By:  Christopher Nolan

Synopsis : Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

fantasy, romance

Edward scissorhands.

Written By:  Caroline Thompson (screenplay),  based on the story by Tim Burton & Caroline Thompson

Synopsis : An artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world.

ROMANCE, sci-fi

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

Written By:  Charlie Kaufman

Synopsis : When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.

Written By:  Alex Garland

Synopsis : A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.

The Exorcist

Written By:  William Peter Blatty 

Synopsis : When a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her.

Euphoria (Pilot)

Written By:  Sam Levinson (teleplay), based on the Israeli Series from HOT that was created by Ron Leshem & Daphna Levin

Synopsis : A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.

action, sci-fi, comedy

Everything everywhere all at once.

Written By:  Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

Synopsis : An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, in which she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.

The Favorite

Written By:  Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara 

Synopsis : In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.

crime, thriller

Written By:  Ethan Coen & Joel Coen 

Synopsis : Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

The Farewell

Written By:  Lulu Wang 

Synopsis : A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.

Written By:  August Wilson 

Synopsis : A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Written By:  John Hughes 

Synopsis : A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.

thriller, drama

Written By: Jim Uhls (screenplay), based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk

Synopsis : An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soapmaker form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

horror, sci-fi

Written By: Charles Edward Pogue & David Cronenberg (screenplay), based on the short story by George Langelaan 

Synopsis : A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

The Fifth Element

Written By: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen 

Synopsis : In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.

Written By:  Christopher Nolan 

Synopsis :  A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.

Ford v Ferrari

Written By: Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller 

Synopsis : American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.

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Forrest Gump

Written By:  Eric Roth (screenplay), based on the novel Winston Groom

Synopsis : The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

animation, musical

Written By:  Jennifer Lee (screenplay), based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen

Synopsis : When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.

Friends S1E8

Written By:  Marta Kauffman & David Crane

Synopsis : Monica and Ross mourn the loss of their grandmother. Chandler is shocked to find that people think he is gay.

Game of Thrones (Pilot)

Written By:  David Benioff & D.B. Weiss (screenplay), based on the book by George Martin

Synopsis : Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

horror, THRILLER

Written By:  Jordan Peele 

Synopsis : A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.

thriller, mystery

The girl on the train.

Written By:  Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay), based on the novel by Paula Hawkins

Synopsis : A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.

Written By:  Kenya Barris & Tracy Oliver 

Synopsis : When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling, and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.

comedy, sci-fi

Ghostbusters.

Written By:  Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis

Synopsis : Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

The Godfather

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Written By:  Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola 

Synopsis : The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Written By:  Gillian Flynn

Synopsis : With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Written By:  Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese

Synopsis : The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

Good Will Hunting

Written By:  Matt Damon & Ben Affleck

Synopsis : Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

The Goonies

Written By:  Chris Columbus (screenplay), based on the story by Steven Spielberg

Synopsis : A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.

romance, comedy, drama

The graduate.

Written By:  Calder Willingham & Buck Henry

Synopsis : A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Written By:  Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón

Synopsis : Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.

The Green Mile

Written By:  Frank Darabont (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King

Synopsis : The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

romance, comedy, fantasy

Groundhog day.

Written By:  Danny Rubin & Harold Ramis

Synopsis : A weatherman finds himself inexplicably living the same day over and over again.

Grown Ups 3

Written By:  Tom Scharpling

Synopsis : Five years after the events of Grown Ups 2 , Lenny, Kurt, Eric and Marcus  reunite with their old friend Rob at a nightclub.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Written By:  James Gunn

Synopsis : The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father the ambitious celestial being Ego.

The Hangover

Written By:  Jon Lucas & Scott Moore

Synopsis : Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.

Hannibal S1E7

Written By: Jennifer Schuur &   Bryan Fuller (teleplay), based on characters from the book "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris 

Synopsis : Lecter's patient Franklin Froideveaux worries that his friend Tobias may be a psychopath, but Franklin's growing obsession with Lecter is what concerns the latter more. 

Written By:  John Carpenter & Debra Hill 

Synopsis : Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

western, crime

The hateful eight.

Synopsis : In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Written By:  Steve Kloves (screenplay), based on the novel by J.K. Rowling

Synopsis : An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.

Written By:  John Hughes

Synopsis : An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

animation, fantasy

How to train your dragon 3.

Written By:  Dean DeBlois

Synopsis : When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.

comedy, action

Written By:  Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg 

Synopsis : A skilled London police officer is transferred to a small town with a dark secret.

romance, sci-fi

Written By:  Spike Jonze

Synopsis : In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

horror, drama

Written By:  Ari Aster

Synopsis : A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

Human Nature

Written By:  Charlie Kaufman 

Synopsis : A woman is in love with a man in love with another woman, and all three have designs on a young man raised as an ape.

crime, comedy

Written By:  Martin McDonagh

Synopsis : Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.

Synopsis : A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.

The Incredibles

Written By:  Brad Bird 

Synopsis : A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Raider of the Lost Ark

Written By:  Lawrence Kasdan

Synopsis : In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

Inherent Vice

Written By:  Paul Thomas Anderson (screenplay), based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon 

Synopsis : In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

animation, comedy

Written By:  Pete Docter & Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley

Synopsis : After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.

crime, Drama

The irishman.

Written By:  Steven Zaillian (screenplay), based on the book by Charles Brandt

Synopsis : An aging hitman recalls his time with the mob and the intersecting events with his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s.

Action, sci-fi

Written By:  Mark Furgus & Hawk Otsby & Art Marcum & Matt Holloway 

Synopsis : After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Written By:  Steven Rogers 

Synopsis : Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Inglourious Basterds

Synopsis : In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

The Insider

Written By:  Eric Roth & Michael Mann 

Synopsis : A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Written By:  Hillary Seitz (screenplay), based on the 1997 screenplay by Nikolaj Frobenius & Erik Skjoldbjærg

Synopsis : Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

sci-fi, action, drama

Interstellar.

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Written By:  Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan 

Synopsis : A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

Written By:  David Robert Mitchell 

Synopsis : When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

Jerry Maguire

Written By:  Cameron Crowe 

Jojo Rabbit

Written By:  Taika Waititi (screenplay), based on the novel by Christine Leunens

Synopsis : A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Written By:  Todd Phillips & Scott Silver

Synopsis : In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker.

Written By:  Derek Kolstad 

Synopsis : An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.

Written By:  Diablo Cody 

Synopsis : Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Jurassic Park

Written By:  Michael Crichton & David Koepp (screenplay), based on the novel by Michael Crichton 

Synopsis : A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Written By: Rian Johnson

Synopsis : A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.

ACTION, crime

Kill bill vol. 1.

Written By:  Quentin Tarantino 

Synopsis : After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Synopsis : The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Written By: Shane Black (screenplay),   based on the novel by   Brett Halliday

Synopsis : A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.

fantasy, musical

Written By:  Terry Jones

Synopsis : Sixteen-year-old Sarah is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother Toby when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth.

L.A. Confidential

Written By:  Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson

Synopsis : As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

romance, musical

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Written By:  Damien Chazelle 

Synopsis : While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

Last Action Hero

Written By:  Shane Black & David Arnott (screenplay), based on the story by Zak Penn & Adam Leff 

Synopsis : With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.

The Last Boy Scout

Written By:  Shane Black (screenplay), based on the story by Shane Black & Greg Hicks

Synopsis : A private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.

Legally Blonde

Written By:  Karen McCullah & Kirsten Smith (screenplay), based on the novel by Amanda Brown

Synopsis : Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), a fashionable sorority queen is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, while she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.

Lethal Weapon

Written By:  Shane Black 

Synopsis : Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.

Lethal Weapon II

Written By:  Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), based on the story by Shane Black & Warren Murphy 

Synopsis : Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

The Lobster

Written By:  Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou 

Synopsis : In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Written By:  Luke Davies (screenplay), based on the novel by Saroo Brierley

Synopsis : A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

drama, horror

The lighthouse.

Written By:  Robert Eggers & Max Eggers

Synopsis : Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Written By:  Irene Mecchi and Jonathan Roberts & Linda Woolverton 

Synopsis : After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

Little Miss Sunshine

Written By:  Michael Arndt 

Synopsis : A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Little Women

Written By:  Greta Gerwig (screenplay by), based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott 

Synopsis : Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.

Written By:  Scott Frank and James Mangold & Michael Green

Synopsis : In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Written By:  Shane Black

Synopsis : Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.

Written By:  Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio (screenplay), based on the book by Dr. Seuss

Synopsis : A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

FANTASY, action

Lotr: the fellowship of the ring.

Written By: Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson (screenplay), based on the novel by   J.R.R. Tolkien

Synopsis : A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

fantasy, action

Lotr: the two towers.

Written By:  Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson (screenplay), based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien

Synopsis : While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

LOTR: Return of the King

Synopsis : Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Lost in Translation

Written By:  Sofia Coppola

Synopsis : A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.

Love Actually

Written By:  Richard Curtis 

Synopsis : Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Written By:  Todd Louiso and Jacob Koskoff & Michael Lesslie (screenplay), based on the play by William Shakespeare

Synopsis : Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Mad Men (Pilot)

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Written By:  Matthew Weiner 

Synopsis : A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

Manchester By The Sea

Written By:  Kenneth Lonergan 

Synopsis : A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

The Martian

Written By:  Drew Goddard (screenplay), based on the novel by Andy Weir

Synopsis : An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

drama, romance

Marriage story.

Written By:  Noah Baumbach

Synopsis : Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.

Written By:  Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski 

Synopsis : A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

Written By:  Tina Fey (screenplay), based on the book by Rosalind Wiseman

Synopsis : Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

Midnight in Paris

Written By:  Woody Allen 

Synopsis : While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.

Written By:  Ari Aster 

Synopsis : A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

Written By:  Lee Isaac Chung 

Synopsis : A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.

Written By:  William Goldman (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King 

Synopsis : After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

Written By:  Frank Darabont (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King 

Synopsis : A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Mission: Impossible

Written By:  David Koepp & Robert Towne (screenplay), based on the story by David Koepp & Steven Zaillian

Synopsis : An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

Written By:  Christopher Nolan (screenplay), based on the short story "Memento Mori' by Jonathan Nolan

Synopsis :  A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

horror, fantasy

Monster squad.

Written By:  Shane Black & Fred Dekker

Synopsis : A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.

Modern Family

Written By:  Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd 

Synopsis : Three different but related families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.

Written By:  Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney 

Synopsis : A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Synopsis : The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

Written By:  Paddy Chayefsky 

Synopsis : A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.

The Nice Guys

Written By:  Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi 

Synopsis : In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

Nightcrawler

Written By:  Dan Gilroy 

Synopsis : When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Night of the Living Dead

Written By:  John A. Russo & George A. Romero 

Synopsis :  A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the East Coast of the United States.

Written By:  Bob Nelson 

Synopsis : An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.

No Country for Old Men

Written By:  Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (screenplay), based on the novel by  Cormac McCarthy 

Synopsis : Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Ocean's Eleven

Written By:  Ted Griffin

Synopsis : Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.

The Office (Pilot)

Written By:  Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant 

Synopsis : A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.

biopic, drama

Oppenheimer.

Written By:  Christopher Nolan (screenplay), based on the book by Kai Bird Martin Sherwin

Synopsis : The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

On the Waterfront

Written By:  Budd Schulberg 

Synopsis : An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

war, action

The patriot.

Written By:  Robert Rodat

Synopsis : Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.

The Parasite

Written By:  Bong Joon Ho & Jin Won Han 

Synopsis : Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Peaky Blinders (S1 E1)

Written By:  Steven Knight 

Synopsis : A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England; centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.

Pet Sematary

Written By:  Stephen King (screenplay), based on the book by Stephen King

Synopsis : After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Written By:  Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert (screeplay),

Synopsis : Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Written By:  Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope (screenplay), based on the book by  Martin Sixsmith 

Synopsis : A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

The Postman

Written By:  Eric Roth & Brian Helgeland (screenplay), based on the novel by David Brin

Synopsis : A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.

The Princess Bride

Written By:  William Goldman 

Synopsis : While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.

The Predator

Written By:   Fred Dekker & Shane Black (screnplay), based on the characters by Jim Thomas & John Thomas 

Synopsis : When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

The Prestige

Written By:   Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan (screenplay), based on the novel by Christopher Priest

Synopsis : After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

The Producers

Written By:  Mel Brooks

Synopsis : A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

Pulp Fiction

Written By:  Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary

Synopsis : The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

A Quiet Place

Written By:  Bryan Woods and Scott Beck & John Krasinski

Synopsis : In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.

Written By: Ronald Bass & Barry Morrow (screenplay), based on the short story by Barry Morrow

Synopsis : Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

Ratatouille

Written By:  Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava & Jim Capobianco

Synopsis : A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.

Rear Window

Written By:  John Michael Hayes (screenplay), based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich

Synopsis : A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.

Written By: Scott Z. Burns 

Synopsis : Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.

Reservoir Dogs

Synopsis : When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Rick and Morty (S1. E5.)

Written By:  Justin Roiland & Dan Harmon

Synopsis : An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.

Road To Perdition

Written By:  David Self (screenplay), based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner

Synopsis : A mob enforcer's son witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.

musical, drama

Written By:  Lee Hall

Synopsis : A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

Written By:  Sylvester Stallone

Synopsis : A small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight a heavy-weight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

Rosemary's Baby

Written By:  Roman Polanski (screenplay), based onthe novel by Ira Levin 

Synopsis : A young couple trying for a baby move into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, but find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

comedy, romance, drama

Written By:  Tommy Wiseau

Synopsis : Johnny is a successful bank executive who lives quietly in a San Francisco townhouse with his future wife, Lisa. One day, putting aside any scruple, she seduces Johnny's best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.

The Royal Tenenbaums

Written By:  Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson 

Synopsis : The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.

Saving Private Ryan

Written By:  Robert Rodat 

Synopsis : Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Crime, drama

Written By:  Oliver Stone 

Synopsis : In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

School of Rock

Written By:  Mike White

Synopsis : After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.

comedy, action, romance

Scott pilgrim vs the world.

Written By:  Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright (screenplay), based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley 

Synopsis : In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.

Written By:  Kevin Williamson

Synopsis : A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.

thriller, horror

Secret window.

Written By:  David Koepp (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King

Synopsis : A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.

Seinfeld (S.6 E.11)

Written By:  Bruce Kirschbaum & Sam Kass 

Synopsis : The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.

Written By:  Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio & Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman (screenplay), based on the book Willaim Steig 

Synopsis : A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.

Written By:  Andrew Adamson and Joe Stillman & J. David Stem & and David N. Weiss (screenplay), based on the book  William Steig 

Synopsis : Shrek and Fiona travel to the Kingdom of Far Far Away, where Fiona's parents are King and Queen, to celebrate their marriage. When they arrive, they find they are not as welcome as they thought they would be.

Written By:  Taylor Sheridan 

Synopsis : An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Silence of the Lambs

Written By:  Ted Tally (screenplay), based on the novel by Thomas Harris 

Synopsis : A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

The Simpsons S8E2

Written By:  John Swartzwelder (written by), based on the characters by James L. Brooks & Matt Groening & Sam Simon  

Synopsis : After moving to another town for a new job, Homer must decide whether or not to stay when the family have a hard time with the transfer.

The Sixth Sense

Written By:  M. Night Shyamalan 

Synopsis : A boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

The Shape of Water

Written By:  Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor 

Synopsis : At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

Shawshank Redemption

Written By:  Frank Darabont (screenplay), based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King 

Synopsis : Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

horror, comedy

Shaun of the dead.

Written By:  Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright 

Synopsis : A man's uneventful life is disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.

The Shining

Written By:  Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King 

Synopsis : A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

The Sopranos (Pilot)

Written By:  David Chase 

Synopsis : New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Written By:  Pete Docter & Mike Jones & Kemp Powers 

Synopsis : After landing the gig of a lifetime, a New York jazz pianist suddenly finds himself trapped in a strange land between Earth and the afterlife.

The Spectacular Now

Written By:  Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber (screenplay), based on the novel Tim Tharp 

Synopsis : A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."

Written By:  Graham Yost 

Synopsis : A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.

Written By:  David Koepp (screenplay), based on the comics by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko 

Synopsis : When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.

ACTION, FANTASY

Spider man 2.

Written By:  Alfred Gough (screenplay), based on the comics by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko

Synopsis : Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius.

ANIMATION, ACTION, FANTASY

Spider-man: into the spider-verse.

Written By:  Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman 

Synopsis : Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.

fantasy, horror

Sleepy hollow.

Written By:  Andrew Kevin Walker 

Synopsis : Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people, with the culprit being the legendary apparition, The Headless Horseman.

action, drama

Stand by me.

Written By:  Raynold Gideon & Bruce A. Evans (screenplay), based on the novel by Stephen King

Synopsis : After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

Star Wars: A New Hope

Written By:  George Lucas

Synopsis : Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

ACTION, SCI-FI

Star wars: the empire strikes back.

Written By:  Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan & George Lucas 

Synopsis : After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader and a bounty hunter named Boba Fett all over the galaxy.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Written By:  Lawrence Kasdan and J.J. Abrams & Michael Arndt

Synopsis : As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Written By:  George Lucas 

Synopsis : Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their old glory.

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Synopsis : Three years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi Council and Palpatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy.

Step Brothers

Written By:  Will Ferrell & Adam McKay (screenplay), based on the story by John C. Reilly

Synopsis : Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.

Straight Outta Compton

Written By:  Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff & S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus & Andrea Berloff

Synopsis : The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

drama, tv, sci-fi

Stranger things (pilot).

Written By:  Matt Duffer & Ross Duffer 

Synopsis : When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief and his friends must confront terrifying supernatural forces in order to get him back.

Written By:  Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg

Synopsis : Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

noir, drama

Sunset boulevard.

Written By:  Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder & D.M. Marshman Jr. 

Synopsis : A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Synecdoche, New York

Synopsis : A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Taxi Driver

Written By:  Paul Schrader 

Synopsis : A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute.

Training Day

Written By:  David Ayer 

Synopsis : A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.

The Terminator

Written By:  James Cameron & William Wisher 

Synopsis : A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Synopsis : A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Synopsis : Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Written By:  James Cameron 

Synopsis : A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

There Will Be Blood

Written By:  Paul Thomas Anderson (screenplay), based on the novel by Upton Sinclair

Synopsis : A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Thor: Ragnarok

Written By:  Eric Pearson and Craig Kyle & Christopher L. Yost

Synopsis : Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Written By:  Martin McDonagh 

Synopsis : A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

Written By:  Kevin Jarre

Synopsis : A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.

Written By:  John Lasseter & Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton

Synopsis : A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

Toy Story 2

Synopsis : When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.

Toy Story 3

Written By:  John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich 

Synopsis : The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

Toy Story 4

Written By:  Andrew Stanton & Stephany Folsom  

Synopsis : When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.

western, drama

Written By:  Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (screenplay), based on the novel by Charles Portis

Synopsis : A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.

romance, crime

True romance.

Synopsis : In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it.

drama, sci-fi

The truman show.

Written By:  Andrew Niccol 

Synopsis : An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.

Written By:  Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), based on the book by Stephenie Meyer 

Synopsis : Bella Swan moves to Forks and encounters Edward Cullen, a gorgeous boy with a secret.

The Two Popes

Written By:  Anthony McCarten 

Synopsis : Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.

Written By:  Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie

Synopsis : With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive.

Written By:  Pete Docter & Bob Peterson

Synopsis : 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.

Up in the Air

Written By:  Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner (screenplay), based on the novel by Walter Kirn

Synopsis : Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire.

Written By:  Jordan Peele

Synopsis : A family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.

The Usual Suspects

Written By:  Christopher McQuarrie

Synopsis : A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

Written By:  Alec Coppel & Samuel A. Taylo

Synopsis : A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.

Written By:  Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon (screenplay), based on the story by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter 

Synopsis : In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

War for the Planet of the Apes

Written By:  Mark Bomback & Matt Reeves (screenplay), based on the characters by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver 

Synopsis : After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.

Wedding Crashers

Written By:  Steve Faber & Bob Fisher

Synopsis : John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary.

The Wizard of Oz

Written By: Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson & Edgar Allan Woolf & Noel Langley (screenplay), based on the book by L. Frank Baum Synopsis: Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well.

ROMANCE, comedy

When harry met sally.

Written By:  Nora Ephron Synopsis : Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.

Synopsis : A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.

The World's End

Synopsis : Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.

Wreck-It Ralph

Written By:  Rich Moore and Phil Johnston & Jim Reardon & Phil Johnston & Jennifer Lee

Synopsis : A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.

Written By:  Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick 

Synopsis : A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.

Written By:  Jared Bush & Phil Johnston 

Synopsis : In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.

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None. BECCA: Just keep unpacking. No, don't-- don't look at the camera. There we go. This is so beautiful-- Stop looking at the ca-- Just unpack like you normally would. But I'm not here, okay? Just be-- be-- (chuckles) Be natural. Is this natural enough? BECCA: You're such an idiot. BECCA: These are the people in Nana and Pop Pop's life. You have to burn them a little. Not too much. Just a skosh. NANA: Here, chick-chick-chick. (chickens clucking) (Nana talking, indistinct) So where are they now? Outside, by the chicken coops. How are they? Don't answer that. I don't care. Are they being nice? Have they said anything nasty about me? Don't answer that. Ugh. This is like a divorce settlement. They get you for one week every 15 years, and we try to be civil. Mom, we talked about this. We made a decision. You go. We're having a great time. Yeah. You should go. Okay? You won't be so grumpy when you get back. Oh! (laughs) Jacques Cousteau over here wants to go buy swimsuits. We're headed for the dock in a few hours! Hey, Miguel. (muffled greeting) (sighs) I can't believe I'm doing this! A Walmart sales associate's gonna be on the world's largest cruise ship! I hate you spoiled brats. TOGETHER: We hate you too. (laughs) We're looking for visual tension. Things that pull the frame, things that force us to imagine what is beyond the frame. Record only what is happening to you as a participant, and we'll discuss what mise-en-scene is tomorrow. So, I'm, like, co-director now? "B" Camera Operator will be your official title. This is the first camera that Mom found in the damaged goods bin. Just try to be formal, as in classicism, moments that are-- (groaning) TYLER: Hi, Pop Pop! TYLER: Hi, Pop Pop. Pop Pop! What's in the shed, Becca? Okay. I've decided to use female pop singers' names instead of cursing from now on. Why? I think it would sound better. Like, if I stubbed my toe, I'd say, "Ah, Shakira!" (sighs) You're strange. (door opens) Is everything okay? Yeah. W-We're great, Pop Pop. I have not seen your nana this happy in years. (Becca chuckles) Becca, T-Diamond Stylus, we're old people. Bedtime here is 9: 30. Yeah. See you in the morning. 9: 30? 9: 30. Oh, my God. (laughs) 9: 30. Okay. This is gonna be fun. No Wi-Fi and 9: 30. (groans) (water running) BECCA: I want more cookies. She was right about the burnt walnuts. So go get some. Well, it's past 9:30. I don't wanna wake them. TYLER: Just be quiet. They're old. They-- They won't hear anything. BECCA: I've wanted to spend time with you for so long, Nana. TYLER: Seriously, that-- that makes me wanna cry. BECCA: You can teach me all of your cooking secrets. Are you consciously aware that that's my intention? I hate sappy movies. I find them torturous. That smells so good, Nana. I think it looks good. (chorus vocalizing) I've decided to use Mom's favorite musical soundtrack. It's so over the top. It'll be her presence in the documentary. Counterpoint to the quiet drama. (dramatic orchestral) This'll be ironic scoring. TYLER: You're gonna be alone your whole life, aren't you? Like Miss Porter, the gym teacher. Oh, and, um-- (man rapping) By the way, how is this helpful? Oh, snap! That's a little candy for the ladies. I can't sleep. I need Nana's cookies. I'm gonna turn a personal addiction into a positive cinematic moment. Mom, I'm retracing the steps of how you might have snuck out of your room and stole Nana's cookies. (shrieking, groaning) (groaning) (gasps) (vomiting continues) Tyler? (retching, moaning continue) Tyler, wake up. T-Diamond. Nana's sick. (retching, moaning continue) - And that's the camera. - Hmm. So, then you put the videos on the Internet. So I have four freestyle videos. One of them has 347 hits. You're both so talented. Do you know who Tyler, the Creator is? No. Well, I-- I got that kind of sound. Mmm. People say. Come, Becca, darling. Eat. (chuckles) (horse snorting) BECCA: Pop Pop. (grunting) (wood splitting) Pop Pop? (Becca gasps) You need me? (horse whinnies) Your grandmother is fine. She had a little bit of a stomach flu last night. Must have been a 24-hour thing. I-I knew it was something like that. She's an old lady, Becca. She gets sick sometimes. Yeah, of course. BECCA: Tyler! Pop Pop said he'd take us into town this afternoon to shoot some of Mom's old hangouts. Tyler! Raaar! (screams) You can play hide-and-seek down here. There's, um-- There's lots of visual tension. Mom's hide-and-seek place. You better hide, my ethnically confused friend. One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. Three Mississippi. Four Mississippi. Five Mississippi! Ready or not, here I come! I see you, you little pudge. I'll have to use strategy. He's faster, but I'm-- I'm smarter, by at least two standard deviations. Here I come! (screams) (Becca panting) (chuckles) Right past me. (panting) (panting) Becca? Becca? (growling) Here I come, Tyler. Here I come. (Tyler gasping) (Tyler screaming) (whispers): Tyler? Tyler? TYLER: Oh, my God-- Ohh! Oh! TYLER: Stop! Stop! (high-pitched giggling) (laughing) I'm gonna get you. I'm coming to get you, Becca! (gasps) (Tyler groans) (growls, laughing) (sighs) I'm making chicken pot pie. TYLER: What the hell was that? (gasps) (knocking) BECCA: Can I help you? Hi. Uh, I'm Doctor Sam. I work at the hospital where your grandparents counsel. You must be Becca. Are you making a movie? I used to be an actor back in my day. "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour--" Did you wanna talk to Nana and Pop Pop? Yes. Are they around? No, th-they're taking a walk, I think. You just missed them. Okay. Well, uh, tell 'em I stopped by. They were supposed to volunteer a few days ago. I tried calling. I just wanted to make sure everything was okay. I think the volunteer stuff is getting too stressful for them, although they won't admit it. Oh, they're fine. Well, glad to hear it. Tell them there's a lot of excitement down at the hospital. I, uh-- I can't wait to tell 'em. I know they love gossip. I'll tell them. Nice to meet you. 12: 15 PM. Tuesday. Tyler Jamison, known to most ladies as T-Diamond Stylus, investigates what is in the shed. This is an isolated farm. People sneaking around. Is it dead bodies? Is it dead bodies? Is it dead bodies? (lock slides) (hinge creaking) (door closes) (thumping) I'm gonna go to the shed. Ugh. Smells like ass in here. (flies buzzing) I'm-- I-I'm moving closer to the suspicious pile. (buzzing continues) Oh, sh*t! (groaning) Oh, goddamn it! (groaning continues) Ohh! Sarah McLachlan! Tyler. What the hell, Nana? Your Pop Pop has incontinence. He hides his accidents in the shed, Rate this script: 4.0 / 2 votes

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