Taipei, 1960. Un student de 14 ani, Chang Chen, cunoscut de toată lumea sub numele de Xiao Si'r („Micul Patru”, deoarece este al patrulea din cinci copii), primise o notă proastă la o materie anul trecut. Deși la toate celelalte materii a avut succes și este de fapt un elev bun, a trebuit să treacă de la „școala de zi” la „școala serală”. Tatăl său, un funcționar guvernamental din clasa de mijloc, este nemulțumit pentru că școlile serale au o reputație proastă. La școala, care se caracterizează prin strictețe militară, profesorii se adresează adesea elevilor doar cu numerele atribuite. Preocupările tatălui nu sunt neîntemeiate: ciocniri brutale izbucnesc în mod repetat între Micii Băieți Din Park și Cei 217, două bande de tineri.
Giovanni Pontano, un scriitor de succes, vizitează împreună cu soția sa, Lidia, un prieten aflat în spital. Apoi cei doi se îndreaptă spre locația unei petreceri organizate cu ocazia lansării noii cărți a lui Giovanni Pontano. Lidia părăsește petrecerea și începe să rătăcească pe străzile din Milano, astfel ajungând în cartierul în care a locuit odată, împreună cu soțul ei. Noaptea, cei doi soți iau parte la o petrecere dată de un milionar ce vrea ca Giovanni Pontano să scrie o carte despre istoria companiei sale. În timpul nopții, scriitorul flirtează cu fata gazdei, Valentina, iar Lidia pleacă de la petrecere însoțită de un tânăr.
Kindergarten teacher Evgeniy Ivanovich Troshkin is reluctantly sent undercover to take the place of an imprisoned thief who stole Alexander the Great's helmet. Evgeniy uses his striking resemblance to the thief to infiltrate his gang and learn the location of the stolen artifact. He finds the gangsters are unexpectedly similar to his students- they also need love and care.
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
În Primul Război Mondial, căpitanul grosolan al unei bărci est-africane șubrezite și un misionar puritan vor să înfrunte o canonieră germană.
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.
This live concert recording captures the sold-out Radio City Music Hall performance of former Black Sabbath rockers Ronnie James Dio, Vinny Appice, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, who reunited under the name "Heaven & Hell" in 2006.
A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
The story of a German singer named Willie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
An all-female rock group finds fame, love, and drama when they move to LA in order to claim the lead singer’s inheritance.
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel dinner with his in-laws. The guest couple announces their in-vitro is a success. Then Richard's wife learns he cheated her with Sofie. Meanwhile ugly hag Anita trades drugs to afford a taser to use on her ex Olof and his former physiotherapist. Workaholic builder Anders is disgusted by his grieve-deranged client Knut's plan and decides to spend time on his family, not just money.
Novica is a mathematics champion in a Belgrade high school. In an attempt to overcome the ‘geek’ status at school, Novica becomes attracted to the world of skinheads by his school friend Relja. Novica is exposed to violence, hooliganism and racism; embracing the ideology and climbing up the ladder in the gang hierarchy.
The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and kills her. Several years later he remarries, with the intention of using the blood of his new bride to bring his first wife's rotting corpse back to life.
A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.
Samuel tocmai a aflat că mult mai tânăra lui soție este însărcinată și începe să clacheze pe măsură ce nașterea se apropie.
A crime family becomes entangled in a vicious gang war while a serial killer cuts a swath through Tokyo.
The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he's found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It's at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may protect him. Franz takes the amulet and sets out ahead of his brother, arriving at the castle first. There he finds a countess who invites him to dine. Later that night, Karl arrives. Coincidently, it's the Night of the Virgin Moon, a night that falls every fifty years and draws five virgins from the surrounding village to the castle not be heard from again. Can Karl protect his brother, find the ring, and rescue any of the women?
Julia is a hard-working girl with two jobs and a boyfriend, Istvan, who is a rock musician and always in trouble. When cocaine dealers threaten to kill him over a debt, she tries to help him come up with the money. This starts an unfortunate chain of events at her daytime job at the hotel, and brings her and the hotel manager, O'Ryan, closer together, or so it seems. Then, in his unrequited love for Julia, O'Ryan goes a step too far, way too far, and from there, things get very ugly!