In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
Shubei Hirayama és un vidu que viu amb la seva filla de 24 anys, Michiko. Se sent vell i acabat, però arriba a la conclusió que la noia ha de viure la seva vida, sense tenir l’obligació de cuidar-lo permanentment. Malgrat la resistència de Michiko a abandonar el seu pare, Shubei decideix que s’ha de casar amb Miura, un jove pel qual se sent atreta. Però Miura ja està compromès.
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
The life of a married Munich technical draftsman with a son.
Cole Thornton, un pistoler a sou, uneix forces amb un vell amic, el xèrif JP Hara. Juntament amb un vell lluitador indi i jugador, ajuden un ranxer i la seva família lluitar contra un ranxer rival que està tractant de robar la seva aigua.
In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were around when she died) also learn about it. Thus several people arrive in Leningrad trying to find the treasure, each one for himself/herself. What's worse - the only information they have is that the treasure is under a lion - and it's in Leningrad, a city known by its numerous statues of lions. The story gets even more interesting when the soviet militia (police) learns about the whole thing and send an undercover agent...
The last of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales. Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy?
A San Francisco, un cèlebre mafiós, Rica, és indultat per falta de proves. Tot seguit, quan entrava a casa seva en companyia del seu advocat, el mata un motorista de la policia. L'inspector Callahan, que ha estat tret de la brigada criminal pels seus mètodes brutals, hi fica el nas juntament amb el seu col·lega Early Smith. El tinent Briggs els fa fora sense miraments. L'endemà, novament, un motorista de la policia tira una bomba a la piscina de la casa d'un mafiós i metralla tots els que hi havia. Les execucions continuen i Harry, que sospita que hi ha una organització secreta en el si de la policia, pot tornar a la brigada criminal.
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
Un grup de dones passen la major part del dia entre salons de bellesa i botigues de roba, sempre murmurant, amb xafarderies i rumors. De cop, una descobreix que el seu marit es veu d'amagat amb una dependenta. Aquesta situació provoca un escàndol entre les seves amigues, produint diverses situacions de gelosia, enveges i rumors.
A la Guerra de Secessió, l’exèrcit de la Unió passa per moments difícils: els confederats presenten resistència a Vicksburg i amenacen el destí del conflicte. El regiment del coronel Marlowe rep l’encàrrec d’endinsar-se més de cinc-cents quilòmetres al front enemic per tallar-ne el proveïment. El perill palès de la missió fa que l’alt comandament assigni una unitat mèdica al regiment, encapçalada pel comandant Kendall. Els tarannàs oposats de Marlowe i Kendall faran aflorar les tensions. Alhora, en el transcurs de la missió es veuran obligats a vigilar la senyora Hunter, una dama sudista que voldrà frustrar els seus plans
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
During the Algerian war for independence from France, a young Frenchman living in Geneva who belongs to a right-wing terrorist group and a young woman who belongs to a left-wing terrorist group meet and fall in love. Complications ensue when the man is suspected by the members of his terrorist group of being a double agent.
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Five years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive.
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.