Movies and TvShows featuring "act-of-desperation" theme.

An ex-convict turned waiter finds himself locked inside a house with a building contractor and a physiotherapist after a series of events involving stolen jewelry and a stolen painting. As tensions rise, secrets are revealed and a love triangle emerges, leading to an act of desperation with fatal consequences.

No Highway is a gripping movie about a brilliant but absent-minded aeronautical engineer who discovers a flaw in a new passenger aircraft that could lead to a catastrophic crash. With the clock ticking, he embarks on a journey to convince the airline industry of his theory and prevent a tragedy from occurring. Along the way, he forms a bond with an actress and her young daughter. Will he succeed in his mission and save innocent lives?

When a renowned film actress receives a video message from a missing young girl, she embarks on a journey to a rural village, facing obstacles and gossip along the way. As she investigates, she discovers the girl's desperation and finds herself questioning societal traditions and seeking empowerment.

During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a teenage girl named Xiu Xiu is sent to a remote mountain village for re-education and forced labor. She experiences loneliness, exploitation, and despair in the desolate rural setting. The film explores themes of corruption, degradation, and the loss of innocence. Xiu Xiu's desperation leads her to contemplate suicide as she faces the harsh realities of the oppressive regime.

American Fable is a drama thriller set in the Reagan era American Midwest. A young girl finds herself facing foreclosure on her family farm and desperate to help her parents, she stumbles upon a dark secret involving a mysterious woman and a violent teenager. As she tries to navigate the dangerous situation, she is forced to make a moral dilemma while hiding and eavesdropping. This film explores themes of economic crisis, desperation, and the innocence of childhood.

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of them landing on the ground and then we go back to the room where the drunk is now trying to kill himself.

Darkness Falls follows the story of a desperate man who is held hostage by a kidnapper. As the man struggles to escape captivity, he is forced to confront his own inner darkness and make difficult choices. The movie explores themes of adultery, deceit, and the depths of despair.