French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
Fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both his music and the girl Winslow wants to sing it, Phoenix, for the grand opening of his new rock palace, the Paradise. After Swan has Winslow sent to prison for trespassing, Winslow endures a freak accident that leaves him disfigured and seeking revenge.
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
En un país centreeuropeu, el tren Transcontinental Express pateix un gran retard degut al mal temps. Els passatgers pernocten en un petit hotel, on l'Iris Henderson conversa amb una vella institutriu anglesa, la senyora Froy. Poc després de reprendre el viatge, l'Iris s'adona de la desaparició de l'anciana, però els altres passatgers afirmen que la seva amiga no existeix i que ha sofert una al·lucinació.
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
Els germans Pontipee són set rudes llenyataires, tots solters, que viuen en una cabana a les muntanyes. La seva vida canvia radicalment quan Adam, el germà gran, troba núvia al poble i se la porta a viure a la cabana. Els altres germans decideixen, aleshores, fer el mateix i van a la ciutat a la recerca de núvia. Tan entestats estan a casar-se que no dubten a segrestar set noies i se les porten a viure amb ells.
La Marnie és una dona emocionalment traumatitzada que roba a les empreses on treballa i menteix compulsivament. Canvia d'aspecte i d'identitat en cada nova ocupació per no ser descoberta. Quan es presenta a una entrevista de treball, l'empresari Mark Rutland la reconeix perquè un dels seus clients ha estat l'última víctima. Tot i saber com és la noia, la contracta i cada cop s'hi sent més atret. En Mark tractarà d'esbrinar les raons d'aquest comportament obsessiu i farà que s'enfronti al passat per guarir-la.
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."
Un estudiant de literatura lliura al seu professor, un conegut escriptor, el manuscrit de la seva primera novel·la. Desesperat per aconseguir un nou èxit, el famós novel·lista planeja assassinar el jove i apropiar-se de la seva obra.
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
An American WWI vet undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is not the only one who has changed.
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
Nathaniel Williamsen is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes, who also takes a liking to Sophie. When Sophie is kidnapped by slave trader Ben Pease "Nate" teams with Hayes in order to find her.
Teddy Pierce ho té aparentment tot: una bona dona, fills, amics i un bon lloc de treball en una agència de publicitat. Un dia es creua amb una dona que vesteix un vestit provocatiu de seda vermell. Teddy descobreix que la noia és la model seleccionada per la seva agència per a una nova campanya publicitària. A partir d'aquest moment, el somni de Teddy serà tenir-hi una aventura.
Quan Lady Ginebra contreu matrimoni amb el rei Artús, ho fa moguda per dues raons: el respecte i l'admiració que sent per ell i la necessitat de protegir el seu regne, Leonesse. Però el destí fa que s'encreui el seu camí amb el del cavaller Lancelot, nouvingut a Camelot. Sorgeix immediatament l'amor entre ells, col·locant Ginebra en la situació d'escollir entre el rei o Lancelot.
In Mansfield Park, poverty-stricken Fanny Price is sent away to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors, learning about the sexual politics of high society along the way.
Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic murders matching those in his pulp novels, which are soon discovered to be the work of Stark himself. Looking like a maniacal version of his counterpart, Stark is not so willing to quit the writing game – even if it means coming after Thad's wife and their baby.
When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge and hides with a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and ends up teaching the young teen how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" in her high school.