David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
Gena Rowlands tekee unohtumattoman roolin aviovaimona ja äitinä, jonka mielenterveys vähä vähältä murenee perheen keskellä.
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the killer.
Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.
A young bank teller, literally allergic to paper money, becomes the worst nightmare of his best customer, a wealthy butcher who manages his business unscrupulously.
Ermus Daglek, retired Empathtek engineer, commandeers a defunct factory where he creates androids based on persons from his past and recreates a dinner party where he lost the love of his life - until they malfunction and escape.
Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.
Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.
This is a story about a city guy Nikolai, who will have to go instead of his friend on a rural business trip. A series of funny events, meetings and the beauty of the Yakut village encourage Nikolai to make an important decision in his life…
Lewis Milestone (Länsirintamalta ei mitään uutta) ohjasi tämän värikylläisen spektaakkelin, joka sai seitsemän Oscar-ehdokkuutta, mukaan lukien parhaasta elokuvasta.Vangitseva kertomus keskittyy kahteen mieheen. Marlon Brando esittää yliperämies Fletcher Christiania – hienostelijaa, joka muuttuu toiminnan mieheksi. Trevor Howard on kapteeni William Bligh, järkkymätön komennoissaan ja julmuudessaan. Mutta hänen aseensa tulee kalliiksi: se ajaa miehet epätoivon partaalle ja kapinaan.
Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.
John Fordin hienon ratsuväki-trilogian toisessa osassa nähdään tavallista herkempi John Wayne. "Duke" on melankolisen länkkärin kapteeni Nathan Brittles, joka lähtee viimeiselle partioretkelleen. Vanhassa sotaratsussa tiivistyvät Fordin elokuvista tutut yksinäisyyden, kunnian ja kuolevaisuuden teemat. Oscarilla palkittu kuvaus haki vaikutteensa Frederic Remingtonin ja Charles M. Russellin kuuluisista 1800-luvun lännen maalauksista.
Draamakomedia yliopistokaveruksista, joiden ihmissuhteita ja koko kansakunnan muuttuvia asenteita seurataan aina kypsään keski-ikään asti.
Entinen lainsuojaton Link Jones (Gary Cooper) matkustaa Texasiin palkkaamaan kotikaupunkiinsa opettajaa. Juna joutuu ryöstön kohteeksi, ja pian Link on vasten tahtoaan kasvokkain entisten kumppaniensa kanssa. Ryhmän sadistinen johtaja Dock Tobin (Lee J. Cobb), joka oli kaksikymmentä vuotta sitten Linkille kuin isä, toivottaa tämän tervetulleeksi takaisin joukkoon. Selviytyäkseen hengissä Linkin on palattava vanhoihin tappajan maneereihinsa. Entisestä ”perheestä” on nyt tullut miehen maanpäällinen helvetti. Linkin seurana on kapakkatyttö Billie (Julie London), jota rosvot uhkaavat raiskauksella. Lopullinen välienselvittely sijoittuu vanhaan aavekaupunkiin.
A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.