Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.

This romantic drama by Michelangelo Antonioni follows the love life of Vittoria, a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.

Den ensomme, midaldrende rengøringskone Emmi Kurowski forelsker sig i Ali, en væsentligt yngre marokkansk gæstearbejder. Da de to indleder et forhold, udløser det kolde skuldre fra omgivelserne. Emmis fordomsfulde kollegaer begynder at ignorere hende, og børnene vil slet ikke kendes ved deres mor. Emmi og Alis forhold må stå sin prøve overfor den moderne verdens intolerance.

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.

Overpolitibetjent Bannion er ved at efterforske en korrupt betjents formodede selvmord, da han pludselig får ordre om at stoppe. Bannion er opsat på at løse mysteriet og fortsætter med at grave i sagen, indtil en eksplosion, der var rettet mod ham, dræber hans kone. Han trækker sig tilbage fra politiet og finder hurtigt ud af, at det er den magtfulde gangsterboss Mike Lagana og hans koldblodige håndlanger Vince Stone, der står bag. Til slut står Bannion og Stone over for hinanden i et opgør på liv eller død.

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.

In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.

Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.

In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.

A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Genaro, in Napoli.

Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.

On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.

Mesterlige Francois Truffauts anden film Skyd på pianisten er en rørende og underskøn film om en mand, Charlie (Charles Aznavour), der engang var en berømt koncertpianist, men som nu ernærer sig ved at spille baggrundsklaver i et andenrangs værtshus. Servitricen er forelsket i ham, men han hæger stadig om minderne om sin ekskones utroskab. En dag dukker hans bror op med to gangstere, som har et uafklaret mellemværende med Charlie.

Denne sorte komedie af Peter Greenaway fra 1988 er virkelig sort og er gjort med en undertone af herlig, pirrende fryd. Hele tre kvinder af samme familie, en mor, hendes datter og hendes niece, alle med samme navn, er højst utilfredse med deres ægtemænd og drukner dem på skift. Den lokale bedemand drages hver gang modvilligt med ind i mordplanerne. Historien fortælles i tal, fra 1 til 100 – i sandhed en original og anderledes film.

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Gangsterdatteren Grace rejser med sin far og en lille gruppe gangstere gennem USA, da de i en afkrog af Alabama kommer forbi godset Manderlay. Selvom slaveriet for længst er ophævet, lever beboerne her i et brutalt system, der fastholder dem som herrer og slaver. Grace ser det som sin pligt at befri Manderlay. Ved hjælp af gangsternes rå våbenmagt går hun i gang med at overbevise de skeptiske beboere om demokratiets velsignelser...

A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.

Vampires are among us! But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts.