A jaded prima ballerina reminisces about her first love affair after she is unexpectedly sent her lover's old diary.
Den succesrige, midaldrende forretningsmand Richard Forst fortæller en morgen uden varsel sin unge hustru Maria, at han vil skilles. Årsagerne er dunkle, men måske har et møde dagen før med den letlevende Jeannie udløst det brutale udsagn, der får uventede følger
After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.
Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.
A jilted husband takes his revenge by filming his wife and her lover and showing the result at the local cinema. This was one of Starewicz' first animated films, and stars a cast of animated beetles.
Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds, a traumatized but courageous man who will experience, in the years to come, the pain of misfortune but also the happiness of success and hope and love for other human beings.
Martin Scorsese bevæger sig for en gangs skyld uden for New York Citys vold-somheder for at give et rørende og bittersødt portræt af en midaldrende enke, Alice (Ellen Burstyn i en Oscar-vindende rolle), som rejser fra New Mexico til California i håb om at opnå en karriere som sangerinde. Undervejs møder hun en ubehagelig psykopat (Harvey Keitel), men senere også en velmenende fyr (Kris Kristofferson), som må kæmpe for at opnå hendes tillid.
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched the servant leave and begins to skulk. When the lady of the house sees him outside as he discovers the key, she's terrified and desperately phones her husband, who's at work in town. He jumps into a car that's idling in front of his office and races toward home, the car's owner, and police, in hot pursuit.
Småforbryderne Rico og hans ven Joe tager til Chicago for at få gang i deres karrierer. Rico vil være en stor kanon indenfor underverdenen, mens Joe vil prøve lykken som professionel danser. Rico bliver en del af mafialederen Sam Vettoris slæng og stiger hurtigt i graderne. Rico er ambitiøs og er villig til at gå langt for at komme helt til tops. Til gengæld vil Joe gerne lægge sine fortid bag sig, men det passer ikke ind i Ricos planer.
Susie secretly loves her neighbor, William Jenkins, but neither, it seems, can confess their feelings for each other.
Macho-Harry får hjælp af en kvindelig makker Kate til at opklare kidnapningen af byens borgmester. Harry går under cover og deler flade ud i store mængder, mens Kate hjælper til fra stationen. Makkerparret opdager, at borgmesteren bliver holdt fanget på Alcatraz, og så er det tid til at finde det tunge stykts frem.
Onkel Boonmee er dødeligt syg og har valgt at tilbringe sine sidste dage på landet omgivet af sine nærmeste. Til alles overraskelse dukker Boonmees afdøde hustrus genfærd op for at tage sig af ham, og hans forsvundne søn vender hjem i en ikke-menneskelig form. Boonmee overvejer de mulige årsager til sin sygdom og vandrer med sin familie gennem junglen til en mystisk bjerggrotte – fødestedet for hans første liv...
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad (Brandon Hammond) to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.
Denne storfilm om den amerikanske borgerkrig raffinerede og revolutionerede filmkunsten: Her krydsklippes mellem op til fire handlingstråde, arbejdes med crescendo-klipning og dramatisk klimaks. D.W. Griffith fik for filmen prædikatet ’Hollywood-filmens fader’ – for en heroisk besyngelse af Ku Klux Klan, komplet med en vakkelvorn teori om kostumernes udspring!
Two young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events resulting in an Indian attack on the town.
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town.
A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice cream social, she meets a young man you seems interested in her. However, unknown to her, he is a burglar who is only interested in breaking into her father's house. One night she is awakened by a noise.
On his way home from school, an unhappy, lonely eight-year-old boy takes his frustration out on a stake in the woods. One day he suddenly sees another child doing the exact same thing. The two boys become friends: they run through the hills and play war together. But because of his miserable existence this friendship is ill fated.