Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
El 6 de maig de 1938, Hitler visita Roma. És un dia de festa per a Itàlia feixista, que es consagra a la rebuda. En una casa de veïns només hi queden la portera, una mestressa de casa, Antonietta, i Gabriele, que tem la policia per algun motiu desconegut. Al marge de la celebració política, Antonietta i Gabriele estableixen una relació afectiva molt especial que els permet evadir-se durant unes hores de la tristesa i la monotonia de la vida quotidiana.
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.
Nick (Peter Falk), un home de la construcció, ha de carregar amb la responsabilitat de cuidar la seva dona (Gena Rowlands) que pateix inestabilitat emocional. Contínuament lluita per mantenir la normalitat davant del seu comportament estrany, fins que aquest afecta els seus fills i caldrà que prengui mesures.
A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
Dave Bannion és un policia honest que investiga el suïcidi d'un company. Bertha, la vídua, explica a Bannion que al seu marit li havien diagnosticat una greu malaltia. Però Lucy, l'amant del difunt, li explica que, en realitat, el policia havia descobert un complex entramat de corrupció al seu departament. Quan Lucy apareix brutalment assassinada, Bannion decideix acusar Lagana, el major mafiós de la ciutat. Al cap de poc temps, el cotxe de Bannion explota i mata la seva dona, fet que el portarà a iniciar una venjança salvatge.
El detectiu Philip Marlowe investiga què ha passat amb un cadàver que ha estat rescatat al moll Lido. La família que l'ha contractat per resoldre el cas té una filla molt atractiva de què Marlowe s'enamora sense remissió.
En Judah és un prestigiós oftalmòleg de Nova York. Gaudeix d'una respectable posició que trontolla quan la Dolores, la seva amant secreta des de fa dos anys, amenaça d'explicar-ho tot a l'esposa si no tramita la separació. En Judah s'enfonsa en la desesperació i només veu una sortida. Per la seva banda, en Cliff és un realitzador atrapat en un matrimoni infeliç que es veurà obligat a rodar un documental sobre el seu cunyat, un individu petulant a qui odia i amb un èxit immerescut en la seva carrera. Des d'actituds morals oposades, Judah i Cliff descobriran que la vida real no és com la de les pel·lícules.
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
Michael O’Hara, un mariner irlandès, salva d’ una agressió nocturna a Central Park la bella i misteriosa Elsa Bannister. El seu marit Arthur, un adinerat advocat d’èxit, decideix gratificar-lo oferint-li una feina en el seu iot. Durant el transcurs d’un creuer cap a San Francisco, en Michael es deixa captivar per l’encís de l’Elsa. Alhora, el soci d'en Bannister li proposa un pla que Michael accepta per fugir amb l’Elsa, sense sospitar que n’esdevindrà el cap de turc.
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan. On board the same train are two robbers, Link and Gauche, ready to make their move…
Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find an apartment.
Hubbell Gardiner (Redford) i Katie Morowsy (Streisand) són dos estudiants universitaris amb caràcters molt diferents. Hubbell és un atleta universitari famós, un gran conqueridor i un amant de la bona vida. Katie té una decidida vocació política i és conseqüent amb les idees. Tots dos s'enamoren i es casen, però la seva vida conjugal ensopega amb moltes dificultats.
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.
El ranxo familiar de Catherine Cat Balou (Jane Fonda) es veu amenaçat per la imminent arribada del ferrocarril. La jove mestra d'escola, entossudida a conservar les arrels, busca l'ajuda de Kid Shelleen (Lee Marvin), però descobreix que és el pistoler més borratxo de tot l'Oest. Quan el seu pare mor assassinat per matons a sou de la companyia del ferrocarril, ella jura venjar-se.
Willy, Giacomo, Lorenzo and Sandro are 4 young yuppies rampant in the "Milano da bere" of the 80s, who live in the myth of Lawyer Gianni Agnelli and Silvio Berlusconi; their only purpose in life is to appear rather than be. Giacomo is an advertiser, Lorenzo is a notary, Sandro is a dentist, and Willy is a car salesman.