La mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea. Kristina și Karl-Oskar locuiesc în sudul Suediei, într-o comunitate mică din Småland. Ei dețin o proprietate mică, dar solul este aproape steril. Vremurile sunt oricum grele: vremea rea duce la recolte proaste și foamete. În perioada premergătoare Crăciunului din 1849, a avut loc un incident important când Anna, primul copil, chinuit de foame, a ciugulit în secret crupele de orz care fuseseră puse deoparte să se răcească și care erau destinate sărbătorii și a mâncat atât de mult încât a murit. Acum Kristina este convinsă de planurile lui Karl-Oskar de a emigra în SUA. Împreună cu alții care s-au hotărât să facă călătoria - inclusiv un cuplu care fuge de persecuția religioasă și un bărbat care încearcă să scape de căsnicia lui - se îmbarcă pe o navă cu pânze.
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
A foundling, raised in the circus, Sam Lion becomes a businessman after a trapeze accident. However, when he reaches fifty and becomes tired of his responsibilities and of his son Jean-Philippe, he decides to disappear at sea. However, he runs into Albert Duvivier, one of his former employees. He comes to realise that he has ignored the important things in his life.
A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand Ole Opry.
Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.
În secolul al XV-lea, Franța este o națiune învinsă și ruinată după Războiul de o sută de ani împotriva Angliei. Fata de paisprezece ani Ioana d'Arc pretinde că aude voci din Rai care îi cer să conducă Armata lui Dumnezeu împotriva Orleansului și îl încoronează pe Carol al VII-lea ca rege al Franței. Ioana d'Arc adună oamenii cu credința ei, formează o armată și cucerește Orleans.
Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself locked into routine. She keeps hoping for something else, something more. A party held by students on the adjoining property accelerates this latent crisis and Brigitte impulsively sets off for Paris under the guise of a doctor’s appointment. The city immediately invigorates her, and when she meets a charming Danish gentleman, she impulsively allows herself to be flattered by his attentions…
In this direct-to-video sequel, Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Daniel.
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
On his deathbed, a powerful Mafia boss names his estranged son heir to his criminal empire: however, his men discover too late that the son at issue is an idiotic manchild.
Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.
A fresh-faced deputy must choose between her duty and her feelings when the town bandit takes interest in her.
In five different countries will find five different types instead of coitus. It's like an international karaoke interpretation of the same "Grand Prix D'Amour" love song.