9 films that show how important it is to get along well with your neighbors
Comfort of life depends not only on the home environment, but also on relationships with neighbors. The selection contains 9 films that confirm this fact.
Duplex
The plot of the American comedy with elements of black humor is a young married couple. Alex and Nancy finally found their dream home - duplex in New York. However, the move did not go as smoothly as the protagonists would like.
The fact is that the apartment also has a pensioner Miss Connelly. The latter has a lifetime right to occupy the second floor of the house and is extremely nasty. Sweet, at first glance, the old woman is gradually destroying the life of Alex and Nancy, which leads to the most unexpected consequences. It is noteworthy that even the killer could not cope with Miss Connelly.
Neighbors on the warpath
The comedy of Nicholas Stoller tells the story of a young couple who are moving to a new area. The family brings up a newborn child and is waiting for a second. The place of residence seems extremely sweet, until the main characters meet new neighbors.
The latter are participants in a riotous student movement, which is accompanied by constant drinking and noisy parties. Of course, this image interferes with Mack, Kelly and their child. However, multiple attempts to resolve the conflict turn into a real war, where each side of the confrontation is ready for anything, just to prove their case.
The Pokrovsky Gate
The cult Soviet two-part picture came out under the leadership of Mikhail Kozakov. The plot is based on the play of the same name by Leonid Zorin. Lyrical comedy takes place in the mid-50s, and the focus is on residents of a typical communal apartment.
The life of the inhabitants of the "birdhouse" is filled with a variety of events, both curious and dramatic. The usual course of life is diluted by Konstantin, a graduate student in the Faculty of History. He moves to aunt to complete his studies at the metropolitan university.
The young man immediately finds himself in the thick of the events of a communal apartment - he tries to convince the alcoholic to stop drinking, helps to establish the family life of other inhabitants and radically changes his own.
Nine yards
A criminal story tells about a neurotic dentist named Oz. The guy is in a very difficult emotional state - his wife and mother-in-law hate him, and the recently deceased father-in-law left him a debt of $ 10 million.
The situation is taking a new turn. Next to Oz, a certain Jimmy settles in. This man is a killer, who turned out to be at the center of an even more complicated mafia story, into which, by chance, a dental slut gets involved.
Fantastic love and where to find it
An extraordinary fantasy film tells about a girl named Bella Brown. She is considered an extremely eccentric personality and is often found in her own fictional fantasy world.
In the universe of the film, all events have an extremely close relationship - the flapping of the wings of a butterfly can cause a hurricane on the other side of the planet, and Bella’s somewhat strange actions diametrically change the lives of various people. A dreamy girl, without suspecting it, gives happiness and joy to others.
However, the heroine has problems with her personal life. She must have time to print a children's book, the plot of which she can’t come up with.At the same time, she is constantly pursued by an annoying neighbor, and most of the picture remains unclear whether he wants to help her or, conversely, harm her.
House at the end of the street
Unlike previous films, this tape is far from comedic. The horror thriller will tell about Sarah, who, after a divorce, moves with her daughter Elissa to another city. Later it becomes known that the former occupant of the house, on the contrary, killed her parents several years ago.
The daughter of the main character begins to be friends with the surviving son of a neighbor. They have a relationship, but soon Elissa will find out the terrifying secret that is hiding in the basement of the fateful house.
Community detective
The actions of the dramatic comedy of Olga Muzaleva take place in our time in Moscow. The metropolis has long been rid of remnants of communal apartments. However, there are still similar residences, in one of which the key events of the picture will take place.
Surprisingly, the life of the “communal apartment” remained almost the same as it was decades ago - the corridors are crowded with many things, the neighbors always curse, share the kitchen, bathroom and dream of their own housing.
History takes on a different color with the settlement of two new neighbors. The scene turns from a traditional communal apartment into a kind of detective agency.
Paranoia
The tape is a reinterpretation of "Windows into the Courtyard" by Alfred Hitchcock. The focus is on Cale. His life changes dramatically after a terrible car accident in which his father dies. The guy is in a difficult emotional state, which was aggravated by the ridiculous joke of one of Cale's school teachers. The reaction of the protagonist to the latter became the reason for his house arrest.
Now the key character is forced to constantly be with a bracelet, signaling a change in his dislocation. Gradually, he loses his mind, and the windows of his apartments become the only connection with the outside world. Cale begins to study in detail the lives of others, the family dramas of his neighbors and even suspects them of murder.
House arrest
The comedy series was developed by Comedy Club. The plot focuses on the mayor of the small provincial town of Sineoozersk. He is caught on taking a bribe and, according to a court decision, is placed under house arrest.
The place of punishment is the communal apartment in which Arkady is registered. There he meets an old acquaintance, the latter agrees to help the official return to a leadership position.
