It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa's return home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. He is late, and Ma and the grandparents hear on the radio a report of a bus accident that worries them. Oldest son John-Boy must step up to help grandfather cut down a Christmas tree, and upon learning the concern about Daddy sets out to find him.
In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta in court, facing a malicious lawsuit that could compromise his freedom of expression and the economic security of his extended family—including his son's, young Eduardo De Filippo.
Sommeren 1980 søker legen Barbara om utreisetillatelse fra Øst-Tyskland. Hun får avslag og sendes i stedet til et lite sykehus i et utkantstrøk. Kjæresten som allerede befinner seg i vest planlegger flukten hennes, men Barbara blir stadig mer involvert i arbeidet sitt. Når fluktdagen nærmer seg må hun foreta et livsviktig valg.
Etter en vond barndom overvinner den tyrkiske arabesksangeren Müslüm Gürses den mørke fortiden og blir et elsket ikon. Inspirert av virkelige hendelser.
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Fire menn raner på vågalt vis en bank midt på dagen, dumper pengene i en søppelbøtte og går hver til sitt. Thomas Crown, en vellykket, styrtrik forretningsmann, stanser med sin Rolls Royce og henter utbyttet. Vickie Anderson, en vakker forsikringsetterforsker, får i oppdrag å skaffe tilbake pengene. Hun begynner med å avhøre de som visste nok om banken til å kunne gjennomføre et ran, og kommer over Crown. Hun følger nøye med på hver eneste bevegelse han gjør, og begynner å treffe ham sosialt. Hvordan reagerer hjernen bak den perfekte forbrytelsen på press?
Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.
France, 1870s. Rosalie is a young woman unlike any other. She hides a secret: she was born with a face and body covered in hair. She’s concealed her peculiarity all her life to stay safe, shaving to fit in. Until Abel, an indebted bar owner unaware of her secret, marries Rosalie for her dowry. Will Abel be able to love Rosalie and see her as the woman she is, once he finds out the truth?
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Den unge kvinnen Frankie Paige uten sterk religiøs tro, begynner å oppleve rare og voldelige hendelser, som viser tegn på de sårene Jesus mottok da han ble korsfestet. Når Vatikanet blir oppmerksom på Frankies situasjon, ber en høytstående kardinal om at fader Andrew Kiernan undersøker saken. Snart innser Kiernan at svært ondskapsfulle krefter er i sving, og prøver å redde Frankie fra besettelsen som plager henne.
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
Six high school friends in their 40s who haven't seen each other in nearly 20 years rekindle their younger selves after a court cancels their diploma, forcing them to repeat the final high school exam.
Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis.
M is a work of art that explores the relationship between sexuality and death. These two appear to be at opposite poles, but in fact they merge in all of us, disguising the fear of death or the desire to die, the world of Eros. In M the character of Marilyn Monroe should be seen as a symbol of this interpenetration. The actress´s death is as famous as her sexuality and thus sets a perfect example of how the ancient bond between sex and death is being forever mystified and exploited by the popular culture. M attempts to explore this phenomenon in a much more personal level.