Films with lots of different storylines

Will_BennettsWill_Bennetts Posts: 3,054
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I'm not sure what the correct movie term for these are but some of my favourites are

Crash

Disconnected

Powder blue

21 grams

Crossing over.

Does anybody else have a particular favourite ?

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,832
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    I'm not sure what the correct movie term for these are

    Hyperlink cinema: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink_cinema

    Syriana was a good one.
  • Will_BennettsWill_Bennetts Posts: 3,054
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    afx237vi wrote: »
    Hyperlink cinema: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink_cinema

    Syriana was a good one.
    Thanks for that pretty interesting . To be honest I never really thought of pulp fiction and snatch :eek: but I guess they are examples too.
  • SillyBillyGoatSillyBillyGoat Posts: 22,266
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    Trick r Treat?

    It's a Halloween anthology film. There are a few different plots, but they intertwine here and there. They're all set on Halloween night around the same neighbourhood.

    Actually, that reminds me of Love Actually. I've not seen it in a while but I'm sure that's about different sub-plots that cross over now and again.
  • Ancient IDTVAncient IDTV Posts: 10,124
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    The Longest Day might qualify (or maybe not!). It's about the Allied invasion of Europe, and has loads of big name movie stars in small roles.
  • timebugtimebug Posts: 18,320
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    Cloud Atlas for certain!
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Magnolia is one of those types of films
  • treefr0gtreefr0g Posts: 23,596
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    Two of my favourites

    California Suite
    Parenthood


    Make that three

    Love Actually
  • kendogukkendoguk Posts: 13,800
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    Pulp fiction?
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,193
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    Boogie Nights. Practically ever character has a genuine story arc.
  • CBFreakCBFreak Posts: 28,602
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    The Big Lebowski sort of
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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  • BeatsDuJourBeatsDuJour Posts: 179
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    Twenty Bucks
    Magnolia
    Chicago Cab
    Go
    200 Cigarettes
    Short Cuts
    Happy Endings
    Pulp Fiction
    21 Grams
    Crash
    Paris, je t'aime
    Night on Earth
    The Ten
    11:14
    Happiness
    Gosford Park
    The Air I Breathe
  • Chief_WahooChief_Wahoo Posts: 1,454
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    Slacker is a pretty amazing movie.There are about twenty scenes,connected only by one person from the previous scene who then moves on.It sounds bizarre and random,and it is.But there are some great and thoughtful scenes along the way.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102943/?ref_=nv_sr_2
  • Johnny ClayJohnny Clay Posts: 5,315
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    Hyperlink? Nah, not buying it.

    Multi-thread, multi-strand, multi-narrative will all suffice.

    btw - in the past, films that moved from one complete narrative to the next (usually within a wraparound narrative) were called 'portmanteau' films.

    Horror did well out of this - Tales From the Crypt, Asylum, Creepshow etc, and there's still afew being knocked out these days.
  • RevengaRevenga Posts: 11,321
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    To Rome With Love
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    I've just watched Warhorse and that is kind of like several stories in one.
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    Hyperlink? Nah, not buying it.

    Multi-thread, multi-strand, multi-narrative will all suffice.

    I agree. Right, off my head:

    Tokyo.Sora (Tokyo.Sky)
    Three Times
    Infernal Affairs
    Mystery Train (U.S.)
    Survive Style 5+ (I can't even describe this)
    Chungking Express
    House of Quilt
    Tampopo (Dandelion)
    Trivial Matters
    Kurosawa's Dreams
    R246 Story
    Liberate Me (follows the lives of fire fighters) [Correct title: Libera Me, and I've confused the plots of Libera Me and Lifeline. Lifeline is the one that revolve around fire fighters..:o]
    Rampo Noir (a.k.a. Black Lizard and More Tales)
    Jigoku (Hell) (a.k.a. The Sinners of Hell)
    The Joy Luck Club (U.S.)
    Winged Kings (a.k.a. Kings of the Skies) (follows the lives of airline pilots through their jobs and their messy personal lives)
    Sunny
    Kuroi Ame (Black Rain)
    I'd better stop here.
    Horror did well out of this - Tales From the Crypt, Asylum, Creepshow etc, and there's still afew being knocked out these days.

    I certainly agree with that. Particularly popular in Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. My god, Japan is certainly addicted to watching horror anthologies during summers. :o:D
  • spiney2spiney2 Posts: 27,058
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    mash
    nashville
    gideons day
  • JurassicMarkJurassicMark Posts: 12,797
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    Babel
  • Peter VenkmanPeter Venkman Posts: 1,769
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    Amores Perros
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