Movies and TvShows featuring "soap-opera-in-plot" theme.

Yavarum Nalam (2009) is a horror movie that revolves around a vengeful ghost seeking revenge on a family. The movie follows a murder investigation and the paranormal phenomena surrounding the incidents. With a mix of supernatural powers, violence, and suspense, the story takes unexpected twists, leading to a surprise ending.

Passion Fish is a drama movie set in Louisiana. The story revolves around a woman who becomes paralyzed after an accident and is forced to use a wheelchair. She struggles with her new reality and the limitations it brings. However, with the help of her home care nurse and physical therapy, she gradually begins to regain her independence. Along the way, she forms unexpected relationships and finds solace in the beauty of the bayou. Through photography and her interactions with others, she rediscovers her passion for life and becomes determined to live it to the fullest.

Teresa is a soap-opera actress. Meeting again an old passion brings her back apparently lost memories, leading her to question not only her love life but also her career options. In the studio, the daily work is spiced by the frenzy group of younger actors. After all, they all ask the same question: where does happiness lies?

A young working class girl falls in love with an upper class boy who is part of the plot to assassinate General Schneider, head of the Chilean Army.

Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York city, telling the mysterious and often hilarious story of an aged street-person named Austin, a comically compulsive assassin, as he joins up with a young rock critic and philosophy student named Israel Williams. In the course of their adventures, Austin pursues his object of desire - a Mexican soap opera star - and along the way engages a host of TV characters and bit players, whose repartee range from gangsterish insults to the question of God's existence.