Topic: Friendship

Direction Frank Darabont

Cast Tim Robbins · Morgan Freeman · Bob Gunton · James Whitmore

Synopsis The Shawshank Redemption (1994) follows Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongly convicted of murder, as he adapts to life in Shawshank Prison. Over the years, he forms a deep friendship with fellow inmate Red, while navigating the harsh realities of incarceration....

Direction Shin Won-ho

Cast Park Bo-gum · Lee Hyeri · Ryu Jun-yeol · Go Kyung-pyo

Synopsis It is a family drama set in the year 1988, about five families living in the same neighborhood of Ssangmun-dong, Dobong District, Northern Seoul.

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Maksim Munzuk · Yuriy Solomin · Svetlana Danilchenko · Vladimir Kremena

Synopsis Dersu Uzala (1975) follows the journey of a Russian explorer, Captain Arseniev, and his team as they map the uncharted wilderness of Siberia. During their expedition, they encounter Dersu Uzala, a nomadic Nanai hunter with profound survival skills and deep...

Direction Sergio Leone

Cast Robert De Niro · James Woods · Elizabeth McGovern · Tuesday Weld

Synopsis Once Upon a Time in America (1984) is an epic crime drama spanning decades, following the lives of Jewish gangsters in New York City. The story intertwines past and present, exploring themes of friendship, betrayal, and the consequences of ambition....

Direction Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast Gérard Depardieu · Robert De Niro · Dominique Sanda · Stefania Sandrelli

Synopsis In 1901, in the north of Italy, the same day Giuseppe Verdi died, the sons of a landlord and a farm worker are born. They will be inseparable friends, although his relationship will be pushed to its limits due to...

Direction David Crane · Marta Kauffman · Gary Halvorson · Kevin Bright

Cast Jennifer Aniston · Courteney Cox · Lisa Kudrow · Matt LeBlanc

Synopsis TV Series (1994-2004). 10 Seasons. 236 Episodes. The series focuses on the friendship of three men and three women who frequently gather at each other’s apartments and share sofa space at Greenwich Village’s “Central Perk” coffeehouse. They are Rachel (Jennifer...

Direction Erich von Stroheim

Cast Gibson Gowland · ZaSu Pitts · Jean Hersholt · Chester Conklin

Synopsis Miner-turned-dentist McTeague wins young Trina Sieppe away from her cousin Marcus, McTeague's friend. When Trina wins five thousand dollars in a lottery, Marcus accuses McTeague of marrying her for her money. Trina becomes more and more obsessed with money, refusing...

Direction Clint Eastwood

Cast Clint Eastwood · Christopher Carley · Bee Vang · Ahney Her

Synopsis Gran Torino (2008) follows Walt Kowalski, a gruff, retired Korean War veteran living in a changing neighborhood. Walt, recently widowed, finds himself isolated and bitter, clashing with his Hmong immigrant neighbors. When a young boy, Thao, attempts to steal Walt's...

Direction Carol Reed

Cast Joseph Cotten · Alida Valli · Trevor Howard · Orson Welles

Synopsis The Third Man (1949) follows Holly Martins, an American writer who arrives in post-war Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a mysterious accident. Skeptical of the official story, Martins...

Direction Victor Fleming

Cast Spencer Tracy · Freddie Bartholomew · Lionel Barrymore · Melvyn Douglas

Synopsis Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bartholomew) is a wealthy, spoiled 12-year-old who falls overboard on his way to Europe. When he regains consciousness on a Gloucester fishing boat, the ship’s captain (Lionel Barrymore) puts him to work next to his own son...

Direction Masaki Kobayashi

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Michiyo Aratama · Kei Sato · Minoru Chiaki

Synopsis Second World War. Forced to join the japanese army, Kaji is sent to Manchuria. There, he becomes friends with a soldier who sympathizes with communism. After a visit from his wife, Kaji is sent to the battlefield, from which many...

Direction Adam Elliot

Synopsis Mary and Max (2009) is a heartfelt animated film about an unlikely friendship between Mary, a lonely 8-year-old girl from Australia, and Max, a 44-year-old man with Asperger's syndrome living in New York. The two begin exchanging letters after Mary...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Barry Fitzgerald · Ward Bond

Synopsis John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree, the bucolic Irish village of his birth. He purchases his birthplace from its current owner, enraging the wealthy and...

Direction Michael Cimino

Cast Robert De Niro · Christopher Walken · Meryl Streep · John Savage

Synopsis The Deer Hunter (1978) follows three steelworker friends from a small Pennsylvania town—Michael, Steven, and Nick—whose lives are forever changed by the Vietnam War. Before enlisting, they share a deer hunting trip, symbolizing their bond and innocence. Deployed to Vietnam,...

Direction Michael Tolajian

Cast Vlade Divac

Synopsis 30 for 30: Once Brothers (TV) (2010) explores the poignant story of Dražen Petrović and Vlade Divac, two basketball stars whose friendship was shattered by the Yugoslav Wars. Once teammates and close friends on the Yugoslav national team, their bond...

Direction Olivier Nakache · Eric Toledano

Cast François Cluzet · Omar Sy · Anne Le Ny · Audrey Fleurot

Synopsis The Intouchables (2011) tells the heartwarming story of an unlikely friendship between Philippe, a wealthy quadriplegic, and Driss, a young man from a disadvantaged background. When Philippe hires Driss as his live-in caregiver, their contrasting worlds collide, leading to moments...

Direction Hiroshi Hamazaki · Takuya Sato

Synopsis TV Series (2011). 24 Episodes + 1 OVA. The story of Steins;Gate takes place in Akihabara and is about a group of friends who have managed to customize their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the...

Direction John Huston

Cast Sean Connery · Michael Caine · Christopher Plummer · Saeed Jaffrey

Synopsis The film begins with author Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) working in his office, his privacy is broken by the arrival of a dishevelled old acquaintance and fellow Freemason, Peachy Carnahan (Michael Caine), Peachy begins to recount the incredible adventures of...

Direction William Wyler

Cast Charlton Heston · Jack Hawkins · Stephen Boyd · Haya Harareet

Synopsis In Ben-Hur (1959), Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince, is betrayed by his Roman friend Messala and sentenced to slavery. After years of hardship, he survives and returns to Jerusalem seeking vengeance. Along the way, his path crosses with Jesus...

Direction Pete Docter · Bob Peterson

Synopsis In Up (2009), a heartwarming adventure follows Carl Fredricksen, a widowed elderly man who fulfills his lifelong dream by tying thousands of balloons to his house, lifting it into the sky. His plan to escape to South America takes an...