Da skolelæreren og hobby-entomologen Niki Junpei besøger afsidesliggende sandklitter for at samle ukendte insekter til sit arbejde, når han ikke den sidste bus hjem. En flok landsbybeboere guider ham ned ad en stige til en lille hytte i en sandgrav, hvor han kan overnatte. Men da han vågner, opdager han, at stigen er væk, og han må blive i sandgraven for at hjælpe kvinden, som bor i huset, med at skovle sand væk, før de begge to bliver begravet.

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

I løbet af nogle dage udspilles på et gods en handling, der afspejler tiden, dvs. slutningen af 30'erne. En gruppe aristokrater leger med kærligheden og livet på randen af afgrunden, og dette spil har sin parallel i et tilsvarende, omend mindre elegant spil blandt tjenerskabet. Ikke blot herskabet kritiseres, tjenerskabet er ligeså snobbet og konventionelt.

Fred Zinnemanns filmatisering af Robert Bolts historiske skuespil A Man for All Seasons er så vellykket, at den ud over de 6 Oscars, den vandt i 1966, scorede yderligere 14 internationale filmpriser samme år. Det er en moralsk fabel, der placerer den engelske Lord Chancellor, juristen og katolikken Sir Thomas Moore (Paul Scofield) i centrum, da han af samvittighedsmæssige grunde nægter at anerkende sin konge, Henry VIII's ønske om skilsmisse.

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

Eksdetektiven Harry Kilmer bliver hyret af sin ven til at finde vennens datter, der er blevet bortført af den japanske yakuza. I Japan opsøger Harry et tidligere yakuzamedlem, der står i æresgæld til ham. Sammen går de i aktion for at befri pigen, men situationen bliver hurtigt både kompliceret og blodig. Sidney Pollack's action-film fra 1974 var det første forsøg på at lave en amerikansk udgave af den specielle japanske "Yakuza"-filmgenre, hvor blod og tænder og afhuggede hænder og arme typisk flyver igennem luften. Pollack's version er knap så drastisk, men den er tydeligvis lavet på et stort budget.

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.

A former prostitute works to create a new life for herself in a small town, but a shocking discovery could threaten everything.

Lindsay Andersons film fra 1963 er en af de sidste af betydning fra perioden omkring "The British New Wave". Den foregår i Nordengland og følger en ung rugbyspiller (Richard Harris), hvis romantiske liv ikke helt er på højde med hans sportspræstationer. Kynisk går han efter at blive stjerne på det lokale hold, men samtidig forhindrer hans vrede natur ham i at komme tæt ind på livet af sin værtinde, som han egentlig gerne så som kvinden i sit liv.

The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.

Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.

During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.

London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his play Salome, banned by the authorities, in which Taylor himself and the peculiar inhabitants of the exclusive establishment will participate.

Der er mere stille end normalt i den lille kyst by i New Zealand. Alle beboerne er pludseligt forsvundet. Kan det passe, at de er blevet hakket i bitte små stykker? Ja, faktisk! En gruppe rumvæsener er nemlig dukket op, i en række små byen langs kysten, med det ene formål, at fange befolkningen og lave kødfars af dem. Bogstaveligt talt, altså! Senere skal kødet så sælges til en galaktisk fast food kæde! Men heldigvis er Alien Investigation of Defence Service (AIDS) på sporet af dem - svært bevæbnet med revolvere, marionetter og motorsave.

Summer 1943, Piedmont, Italy. Milton loves Fulvia who plays with his love: she only likes the depth of his thought and the letters he writes to her. One year later, Milton has joined the Resistance and fights beside other partisans. He learns during a conversation that Fulvia was secretly in love with his best friend Giorgio, a partisan like him. Milton decides to go find Giorgio in the Langhe region of Italy with all its misty hills...But Giorgio has just been arrested by the Fascists.

A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège when his van breaks down. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog then leads Marc to a shuttered inn.