Movies and TvShows featuring "lunch-counter" theme.

Days of Being Wild follows a handsome man in 1960s Hong Kong who becomes obsessed with a woman. His obsession leads him into a series of relationships and encounters, including with a prostitute and an older woman. Through a journey of seduction and unrequited love, the man confronts his own existential loneliness and learns the truth about his biological mother.

In Lilies of the Field, a wandering construction worker offers his services to a group of nuns who are hoping to build a chapel in the Arizona desert. Despite their initial doubts, the worker's perseverance and the nuns' determination bring them together to fulfill their shared goal. The film explores themes of faith, resilience, and the power of community.

The Whole Wide World is a biographical drama that tells the story of a courtship between a teacher and a writer set in 1930s Texas. The movie explores their star-crossed lovers' relationship against a backdrop of rural setting and mental illness.

A group of teenage performers from a small town head to New York City to pursue their dreams of stardom. Along the way, they encounter various challenges and opportunities for love and friendship. Will they be able to achieve their goals and find happiness in the big city?

Wacky Frenchman Alphonse (Snub Pollard) competes in an American boxing match.

Bud and Lou head to Hollywood where they try to break into the movie business. Along the way, they get mixed up in a murder mystery and encounter various hilarious situations.

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.

In Heat Lightning, a woman in the American Southwest faces isolation and danger after a botched robbery. She must navigate the desert landscape and confront her past while trying to protect herself and her loved ones.

Jan Horak is a middle-aged railroad dispatcher stationed at a forsaken spot in the desert, within driving distance of the nearest town. A widower, he has saved his money and goes to town to buy a dog, meets Betty, a flashy blonde who gains his confidence and marries him to acquire his $7,000 "fortune."

Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of social connections. In lieu of the cash, Dan gets Reggie to introduce him to the swells of high society. They go to the opera and, after hearing Yvonne Malloy sing, Dan falls in love with her. Reggie introduces them, but the introduction is to Yvonne's double and stand-in, Toots. This leads to many complications for all concerned.

Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.

Tim takes a job as a lowly chipper because he has been afraid to go high ever since a bad fall in which he was injured and another workman was killed.

Tim returns from prison after being framed for murder to clear his name and retrieve the ranch taken from his uncle with a forged will.

Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

Mr. Flip flirts with every woman he sees, and ends up with a pie, shaving cream, and seltzer in his face.

A black man walks into a bar. Or at least a white man with blackface on, and hilarity occurs.

When the owner of a department store is about to go on vacation, he tells his children that any idiot could run the store. So they put Joe Cook in charge.

An aspiring writer chases after a pair of crooks when her handbag is taken.