Filminstruktøren Vittorio De Sica indtager en vigtig plads i filmhistorien med sine neorealistiske hverdagsdramaer fra efterkrigstidens Italien. Han udtalte i sin tid, at hans idé var at afromantisere virkeligheden, og det lykkes ham til fulde i den mesterlige Cykeltyven fra 1948. Den arbejdsløse Antonio Ricci får endelig et job, men det kræver, at han har en cykel. Han anskaffer sig en sådan, men den bliver stjålet, og nu må han sammen med sin søn ud og skaffe sig den tilbage.

Filmen handler om den dæmoniske teltholder Dr. Caligari, der fremviser søvngængeren Cesare på markedspladser, og om, hvordan det afsløres, at han får Cesare til at myrde for sig. Dr. Caligari blev det igangsættende hovedværk i den tyske filmekspressionisme med sit tyran-tema og sine malede kulisser, grotesk forvrængede scenerier og stærkt stiliserede spil.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

I den 16. århundredes Japan narre krigsherre Shingen Takeda fjenden ved at bruge tyven Kagemusha som dobbeltgænger. Alligvel bliver Shingen myrdet, men for at undgå kaos og nederlag bliver Kagemusha tvunget til at overtage den døde krigsherre identitet og ansvar.

Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.

Den benhårde privatdetektiv Philip Marlowe bliver hyret af en døende general til at holde øje med hans datter, Carmen. Det viser sig hurtigt, at Carmen er kommet i dårligt selskab og er langt længere ude, end hvor hun kan bunde. Intriger og mord følger i tætte stimer, alt imens Marlowe bliver trukket ind i overklassens og underverdenens dekadente virkelighed. Men der skal mere til at slå verdens sejeste detektiv ud.

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.

Ferdinand Griffon lever et kedeligt liv i Paris, indtil han han møder den forføriske våbensmugler Marianne Renoir. De stikker af på en kærligheds- og dannelsesrejse igennem Frankrig - ned til et solbeskinnet Middelhav. Men kærligheden får katastrofale følger for både Ferdinand og Marianne.

Den berømte belgiske detektiv Hercule Poirot er på rejse på et luksusdampskib på Nilen, da en af de andre passagerer bliver myrdet. Den dræbte havde adskillige fjender, og Poirot må anvende en del af sine små grå hjerneceller på at opklare forbrydelsen.

Roy Earle slipper ud af fængsel, og bliver straks indviklet i et kommende røveri arrangeret af en gammel ven. Da det går galt må Earle flygte op i bjergene, med politiet i hælene.

Den europæiske krig var kun lige begyndt at bryde ud på tværs af landegrænser. Dens titular helten som, Johnny Jones, er en amerikansk forbrydelse reporter afsendt af hans New York udgiver for at sætte et nyt spin på den døsige forsendelser stammer fra udlandet, hans næse for en god historie omgående fører ham til forbrydelsen fascisme og Nazi-Tysklands designs på europæisk erobring i forsøget på at lære mere om en tilsyneladende ædel fredsbestræbelserne, Jones, der går ind i midten af ​​et attentat, afdækker en spion ring, og ikke helt tilfældigt, forelsker sig.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

Kødets lyst er en vittig, men alligevel hudløs historie om de to bofæller Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) og Sandy (Art Garfunkel), som ikke kunne være mere forskellige, når det gælder deres smag i kvinder. Den ene vælger at være gift, mens den anden nyder at være ledig på markedet. De betror sig til hinanden gennem årene og når endda at have en fælles kæreste, men som midaldrende kan de stadig ikke finde ud af, hvem der har det bedst.

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording Napoleon's memoirs, getting to know and learning to value the man behind the myth. Among seductions and affairs, expectations and fears, he will craft a precise portrait that nevertheless will not manage to hide a final, inevitable, disappointment.