Movies and TvShows featuring "excuse" theme.

Carl Allen, a Los Angeles bank loan officer, has become withdrawn since his divorce. After attending a seminar that encourages saying "yes", Carl reluctantly agrees and starts seizing every opportunity that comes his way. As he begins to say yes constantly, his life takes a positive turn, including earning a promotion at work and finding love. However, when his commitment to saying yes is questioned, Carl's life starts to unravel. Ultimately, he realizes the importance of being true to himself and finds happiness.

In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister. George and Ken plan a jewel heist and bring in two Americans, Wanda and Otto, to help. The team plans to betray each other after the heist. Wanda seduces George's lawyer, Archie, to find out where the loot is. Chaos and comedy ensue as Wanda and Archie fall in love, Ken seeks revenge on Otto, and the diamonds are finally recovered.

Lonely Hearts (2006) is a crime thriller based on the true story of the notorious 'Lonely Hearts Killers'. It follows the police detective investigating the murder spree caused by a couple who lured their victims through lonely hearts ads. The detective goes undercover to catch the killers and uncovers a web of deception, seduction, and greed in the process.

Jo (1971) is a dark comedy where chaos ensues as a couple accidentally kill someone and try to dispose of the body. They face obstacles such as hiding the corpse, dealing with a nosy police inspector, and unraveling a web of secrets and lies.

A man seeks revenge after being fired from his job and embarks on a chaotic journey through Vienna, discovering unlikely friendships and facing the consequences of his actions. Along the way, he explores themes of love, marriage, and cultural differences.

A Foreign Affair is a comedy-drama film set in post-war Germany. It follows the story of an American captain who falls in love with a German cabaret singer while investigating the immoral activities of an American congressman. The captain must navigate the complexities of love and espionage in a war-torn country.

Violette Nozière is a provocative and intense crime drama that follows the true story of a teenage girl who turns to murder to escape her oppressive family life. Fueled by her insatiable desires and twisted moral compass, Violette embarks on a dangerous path of deception, manipulation, and violence. As her actions become increasingly daring and horrifying, the film explores themes of immorality, sexuality, and the destructive power of youth.

In Born to Be Bad, a seductive woman named Christabel helps her lover break off his engagement and manipulate other men, leading to a web of deceit, betrayal, and tragedy. Set in San Francisco, the film explores themes of greed, ambition, and the consequences of dangerous desires.

A manipulative therapist takes advantage of a recently released convict to carry out a revenge plot against a police officer. The therapist uses various manipulative tactics, including exploiting the convict's traumatic childhood, to control him. As the plot unfolds, secrets are revealed and lives are at stake.

Lola is an independent woman, a professional writer with 2 men on a string. Both men are married with children. When the men, and Lola, face having to make choices, Lola's comfortable life becomes less appealing.

After un accident that has caused the death of a young man, a man have to struggle with his guilty and some strange threatning messages push him and his wife to the unknow.

Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?

A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his dreams. Thelonius and Melanie meet each other on the shore of a nearby river late at night. Melanie's husband finds them, and attacks Thelonius. Melanie pulls out a pistol and fires 3 shots, knocking her husband's body into the icy river below. The nightmare has begun...

Lished a quarrel with his friend Aristos and a nonexistent uncle from America will become an opportunity to approach and seduce the poor and unemployed Babis beautiful and rich Ellie loves, without any hope to watch him otherwise.

Alibi Ike is a baseball player known for always having an excuse up his sleeve. His talent for creating alibis helps him out of sticky situations, especially when it comes to avoiding punishment for his mistakes. However, his constant use of alibis starts to affect his career and personal relationships. With the support of his teammates and the love of a good woman, Alibi Ike must learn to face his responsibilities and become a reliable player both on and off the field.

A film about the rise and fall of musician Roky Erickson, featuring interviews and footage that delve into his mental illness, drug addiction, and the challenges he faced in his career.

Hans Fallada tells in his published after the war novel "The drinker" the story of the agricultural wholesaler Erwin Sommer, who flees from his narrow bourgeois relations under the burdens of the new times in the kingdom of the king alcohol, whose liberty and independence promises prove a lie - the only truth of the alcohol. On behalf of the WDR television play Ulrich Plenzdorf has adapted Fallada's 1944/45 novel for a film adaptation by Tom Toelle with Harald Juhnke in the main role of Erwin Sommer.