Synopsis's will always be in our lives. Guess this one correctly, you will win nothing, then provide a new one.

"A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting"

The Karate Kid.

When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines.

THE GENERAL

(wow...I guessed that completely on a hunch...I just knew it was some old silent film, wasn't sure if it was Chaplin or Marx or Keaton though)

A prince is tricked into believing that he is responsible for his father's death, so he hastily flees the kingdom out of fear. After years of exile and estrangement from his true his true identity, the prince returns to reclaim his throne by defeating his corrupt uncle who assumed the throne in his absence.

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The Lion King...very well written, I must say.



A seemingly ordinary couple in an anonymous suburban neighborhood discover their marriage and rosy lives are slowly unraveling.

American Beauty?
(if so, clever usage of the word 'rosy' there )
Love that movie ("Its just a couch!")



Two robbers mistake a generic slacker for a much wealther local man of the same name, and suddenly the slacker finds himself in the middle of an elaborate kidnapping scheme.

Yes, American Beauty, and thanks for noting my intentional pun.

The Big Lebowski.



One activist hires two quirky detectives to investigate three coincidences that may just hold the key to life, but along the way, four other people complicate things.

I Heart Huckabees.

A writer is imprisoned in an insane asylum, where he befriends the priest who runs the asylum and a laundress who works there. The writer's books get secretly published and after a tyrannic new doctor is sent to oversee the asylum, things start to go terribly wrong.

I love this movie but I don't have another synopsis springing to mind and I've been hogging the game, so I'll just leave it for y'all.

Quills


Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home

Sweet Sixteen.

"An innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love."

Amelie

His pension not enough, an old man and his dog search for a means to pay rent.

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My god this is a film student site

Umberto D.

Now let's really class it up.

"Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications. To the police it looks like suicide, but Brian knows better so he skates off to investigate the murder himself."

Hahahaha, Gleaming the Cube. Classy indeed.

I'll try to open this up to a more general audience.

"A man attempts to fight insomnia and demasculinization with the help of a charismatic new friend."

Took me awhile...but FIGHT CLUB
Very cleverly worded there


A random business commuter is endlessly harassed by an unknown, mysterious driver in a larger vehicle.

Duel.


An unemployed government worker treks through central LA, leaving a path of destruction, to try to get home for his daughters birthday.

Falling down.

A middle aged marine biologist recruits his long lost son on a mission to discover a rare fish.

The Life Aquatic!

"A beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman"

Punch-Drunk Love!

A newly single shoe salesman and father of two boys panics when he meets a captivating and lonely artist, while his sons explore love and sex through pride contests and the internet.

Me and You and Everyone We Know.


A man and a woman meet on a train in Europe, and spend their only night together in Vienna walking around.

Before Sunrise - even I got that!

"A bartender gets a shot at film-making success only to alienate everyone around him."

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