Маленькі Форэст жыве разам са сваёй маці ў мястэчку Грынбоў, штат Алабама. У яго адхіленні ў развіцці, ды акрамя гэтага, хлопчык валодае выдатнымі інтэлектуальнымі здольнасцямі, таму яго маці прыходзіцца прыкласці нямала намаганняў, каб яе сына ўзялі ў звычайную школу.Там з Форэста пастаянна здзекваюцца аднагодкі, але гэта дапамагае яму навучыцца вельмі хутка бегаць, што ў будучыні дае шанец хлопцу стаць студэнтам, і ўвайсці ў лік лепшых спартсменаў-аматараў краіны. Пасля заканчэння універсітэта Форэст ідзе ў войска, і трапляе на распачатую вайну ў В'етнаме. Апынуўшыся на поле бою, Гамп здзяйсняе вельмі адважны ўчынак, за што атрымлівае самую высокую ваенную ўзнагароду. У хуткім часе ў Форэста атрымоўваецца стаць вельмі паспяховым бізнэсмэнам. На працягу ўсяго свайго жыцця Форэст Гамп не раз станавіўся знакамітым, але пры гэтым ён заўсёды заставаўся вельмі добрым, спагадным чалавекам з вялікім сэрцам.
Апошнія дні Другой Сусветнай вайны. Амерыканская авіяцыя бамбуе безабаронныя японскія гарады. У вір штодзённага чалавечага кашмару трапляюць 14-гадовы Сэйта і ягоная сястрычка Сэцука. Перажыўшы страту блізкіх, яны засталіся зусім адны. Юны хлопчык раптоўна становіцца дарослым, сутыкнуўшыся з жорсткасцю свету. Ён усведамляе, што ад яго залежыць жыццё ягонай маленькай сястры.
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
In the year 180, the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals, as well as a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is sentenced to execution. He escapes but is captured by slave traders. Renamed "Spaniard" and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.