Movies and TvShows featuring "oil-derrick" theme.
In 1898, Daniel Plainview, a prospector in New Mexico, mines a potentially precious ore vein from a pit mine. In 1902, he discovers oil near Los Angeles and establishes a drilling company. He adopts an orphaned boy and presents him as his business partner. In 1911, Daniel attempts to buy a farm with oil deposits, but faces resistance from the pastor who demands a large sum of money. Daniel's oil production begins, but disasters occur, leading to conflicts with the pastor. Over the years, Daniel's greed and violence escalate, leading to the downfall of those around him, including his adopted son. In 1927, Daniel is a recluse, wealthy but suffering from alcoholism. When his adopted son wants to dissolve their partnership, Daniel reacts brutally and reveals his son's true origins. Daniel's final act of violence is against the pastor who betrayed him. Daniel is left with a sense of despair and emptiness.
In 'The Boy Behind The Door,' two young boys, Bobby and Kevin, are kidnapped and taken to a mysterious house. Kevin manages to escape, but Bobby is left behind. Determined to save his friend, Kevin faces numerous challenges and dangers as he tries to rescue Bobby and find a way to escape the horrifying house.
A commercial artist is caught in a mix-up with a gang of criminals who stole a bag of money. He becomes a prime suspect and goes on the run to clear his name and find the real culprits.
The Scarecrow follows the comedic adventures of a scarecrow on a farm. There are weddings, chases, and mistaken identities involving the scarecrow and the farmers' daughter. With slapstick comedy and clever pranks, the scarecrow creates chaos and hilarity on the farm.
In 1913 Oklahoma, Lena Doyle, a tough, independent woman, discovers huge quantities of crude oil on her land and battles to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.
When a farmer discovers his water is being contaminated by a powerful oil corporation, he takes the company to court in a David vs. Goliath battle for justice.
Follow ocean legend Sylvia Earle, renowned underwater National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, writer Max Kennedy and their crew of teenage aquanauts on a year-long quest to deploy science and photography to inspire President Obama to establish new Blue Parks to protect essential habitats across an unseen American Wilderness.
In this silent comedy, a bumbling coward is mistaken for a brave outlaw and falls for a beautiful woman. He must disguise himself as a Native American to protect her from a sleazy businessman and an oil magnate.
A retired cop and a scientist investigate a series of kidnappings connected to a drug dealer and uncover a conspiracy involving international intrigue, espionage, and corporate greed.
Tulsa is a gripping drama that takes place in the 1920s during the oil boom in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The story follows a strong female protagonist who finds herself caught in a romantic rivalry between two oil barons. As the oil industry thrives, she must navigate the greed, ambition, and betrayal that surround her. Along the way, she encounters native American land owners, environmental impacts, and a race against time to save the town from a devastating oil field fire.
Manufactured Landscapes is a documentary that explores the environmental consequences of industrialization and consumerism through the lens of landscape photography. The film follows photographer Edward Burtynsky as he travels to China to capture the vast and surreal landscapes created by massive factories, waste dumps, and industrial developments. Through stunning visuals and interviews with workers and residents, the film highlights the scale of industrial production, the impact on local communities, and the global consequences of our consumer-driven society.
Blowing Wild is a thrilling western film that takes place in the oil fields of South America. It follows the story of a group of bandits, oil workers, and a femme fatale as they navigate the dangerous world of oil exploration and face betrayal and danger at every turn.
The Happy Hooker, now an advice columnist, is invited to testify before Congress. Chaos and hilarity ensue as she navigates political scandals, sexual innuendo, and a sex orgy.
A respected but struggling interior decorator from a wealthy background moves in with some of her clients in order to meet their specific needs. In the process, she tends to become friends with the families and get drawn into their personal problems. In the pilot episode, she's hired by an oil tycoon to lavishly decorate a house on his property for his daughter and future son-in-law, secretly hoping that the obvious expense will cause the fiancé' to back out of the wedding.
In Flowing Gold, a female hairdresser falls in love with a roughneck working in the Texas oil fields. Their romance is complicated by dangerous road accidents, fire fighting, and a false murder charge. The story revolves around their relationship and the challenges they face in the dangerous world of oil drilling.
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything goes-quality one rarely sees in Mr. Roach's output. It stars Snub Pollard who is initially introduced as a baby left on a doorstep before we see him fully grown about 20 or so years later still in that basket! From there, he gets bumped car to car crossing the street prior to getting literally thrown through a window as an auction is taking place! Also appearing is James Finlayson as a man who's items accidentally get sold.
The last Chilly Willy release has him and the polar bear in an environmentalist fight between a man on an icebreaker who wants to drill an oil well in the arctic.
When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well.
The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a business card identifying him as the bouncer of the "Bucket of Blood Cafe."