A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Filmen basert på den sanne historien om Boston Globes avsløringer av en massiv skandale i den katolske kirken, som hadde forsøkt å dekke over en rekke overgrep mot barn utført av prester. En av årets store Oscar-favoritter, blant annet med nominasjon for beste film. I 2001 begynte Boston Globe å etterforske en nyhetssak om at flere prester i den katolske kirken hadde foregrepet seg på barn. Etterhvert som avisens Spotlight-redaksjon gravde dypere, skulle sannheten vise seg å være langt mer omfattende og skremmende enn de hadde sett for seg. Filmen tar for seg det enestående arbeidet redaksjonen gjorde for å rette søkelyset mot fakta som mektige krefter iherdig forsøkte å dysse ned.
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Captain Phillips er et psykologisk drama som skildrer hendelsene da det amerikanske lasteskipet Maersk Alabama ble kapret av somaliske pirater i 2009. Filmen er basert på en sann historie og skildrer spenningene når skipets kaptein Richard Phillips blir tatt til fange av den somaliske lederen Muse. Etter at Muse og mannskapet hans har gått til væpnet angrep på Phillips’ skip, slippes det løs krefter ingen av dem aner rekkevidden av.
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
Historien om den Amerikanske piloten Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, som landet et passasjerfly i Hudson River da det fikk problemer. Men, stormen kom i etterkant. En storm som kunne ødelegge livet til en helt.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
New York-gutten Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) krysser landet for å prøve lykken i LA. Det er 1930-årene, Hollywoods gullalder og Bobbys onkel er en vellykket agent for alle de største skuespillerne. Det er tilsynelatende et liv i sus og dus og en evig strøm av champagne, men en ulykkelig forelskelse driver Bobby hjem igjen til New York. Her bruker han erfaring og kontaktnett til å slå seg opp som nattklubbeier for den fasjonable sosieteten. Woody Allen maner her frem en herlig, fasjonabel og dypt romantisk fortelling om drømmer som aldri dør. Café Society åpnet den prestisjefylte filmfestivalen i Cannes i mai 2016.
Sofie møter den Store Vennlige Kjempe, som til tross for hans litt skumle utseende, viser seg å være en godhjertet figur. Store Vennlige Kjempen er utstøtt av de andre kjempene fordi han i motsetning til dem, ikke liker å å spise små, søte barn.