On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.
A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band — despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.
Vittorio is looking for a woman who matches his ideal. Through a classified ad he meets Sonia, a sweet, pleasant, intelligent girl. However, she weighs 125 pounds -- which according to Vittorio is way too much. A goldsmith by trade, Vittorio is obsessed with the desire to shape Sonia's body and mind as does a fire with gold. Almost imperceptibly Sonia becomes a passive participant and the relationship grows into a reciprocal masochistic game. When the two lovers isolate themselves in a country house in the Veneto hills, they dangerously lose touch with reality and the rest of the world.
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
In a crime-plagued area of Rio de Janeiro, a team of honest cops, including a determined rookie, fights corruption and mistrust on all sides.
The true story of Andrea and Franco Antonello, a father and autistic son who traveled by motorbike for three months between the United States and South America.
Recognized as Uganda’s first action film, Who Killed Captain Alex? is about the aftermath of a police raid in Kampala in which a police captain is killed.
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his mother's battle with a serious illness faces a series of setbacks that force him to assume more responsibility. With the pressure on him mounting, James must find new reserves of strength or risk imploding completely.
Inspirada al relat homònim d'Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). Segle XIX. Philip Winthrop, un jove molt apostat, es presenta a la ombrívola mansió dels Usher per demanar la mà de la seva estimada Madeline, però Roderick Usher (Vincent Price), el germà d'ella, s'oposa al matrimoni al·legant que Madeline pateix una estranya malaltia que acabarà aviat amb la vida. Aquella mateixa nit, fets esglaiadors comencen a passar a la misteriosa i sinistra casa.
A Camorra boss fakes his own death in order to start a new life elsewhere with his family, but a nurse happens to see him alive and well after the funeral. A hitman is promptly sent to get rid of her, only to find out that she's his first and unforgotten love. He decides to protect her, becoming himself a target.
Enmig de la crisi, un pare de família rep un encàrrec ben estrany a la barra d’un bar i el que comença com a joc acaba en deliri violent.
John "Jack" Sommersby abandona la seva plantació a Tennessee per lluitar al bàndol sudista de la Guerra de Secessió. Un cop passats sis anys sense tenir-ne cap més notícia, gairebé tots el consideren mort. La Laurel, la seva presumpta vídua, no el troba pas a faltar perquè era un individu desagradable i egoista. De sobte, en Jack torna inesperadament per a sorpresa de tothom. Però no queda res d'aquella persona menyspreable que la Laurel recordava, fins al punt que arriba a estimar-lo com mai no s'havia imaginat. És de debò en Jack o és un impostor?
Les tres joves que van participar en els infames assassinats de Manson van ser condemnades a pena de mort en primera instància, però després de la supressió de la pena capital, la sentència va passar a ser de cadena perpètua. Dècades després dels brutals crims, una jove estudiant rep l’encàrrec de mostrar-los la crua realitat dels seus actes.
A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.
A quartet of Parisians embark upon a guided hike in Corsica and end up working through the sometimes comical chaos of their individual lives.
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
A small town news team discovers a box of videotapes wherein a faceless figure, dressed in a dark suit, haunts and torments a family...slowly driving them insane. Soon after, they realize that the 'Operator' has begun to stalk them as well.