I det feudale Japan, under en blodig krig mellem klaner, støder to kujonagtige og grådige bønder, soldater fra en besejret hær, på en mystisk mand, der fører dem til en fæstning skjult i bjergene.

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.

Det er en historie om en sydstatsfamilie. Sygdom, alkohol og jalousi har ødelagt familien, kærlighed og had ligger ikke langt fra hinanden. På en varm og trykkende sommeraften kommer fortvivlelsen op til overfladen, og der opstår en dramatisk konflikt.

Da en gæst på hotellet pludselig dør, overtager den udbrændte journalist David Locke (Jack Nicholson) hans identitet. Med den afdøde mands aftalekalender som guide rejser Locke rundt i Europa og Afrika og holder møder med farlige våbenhandlere og bliver forelsket i en forførende ung kvinde (Maria Schneider). Men hans spændende og nyfundne frihed er ikke uden omkostninger, og Locke indser lidt efter lidt, at han er ude på meget dybt vand. Jack Nicholson leverer en imponerende præstation. The Passenger vandt en Bodil i 1976 for Bedste europæiske film.

China, year 1457. The Minister of Defense is executed, and his children are sentenced to exile by order of the tyrannical Tsao. Fearful of future revenge from the young people, Tsao sends cruel soldiers to murder them, but a brave group of swordsmen can change the course of the battle at the Dragon Inn.

The story of two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, who are on the decline and lead strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer whose success ends after a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury.

In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

Sundar, a waiter, is in love with Radha but does not have the courage to tell her. When he becomes a successful comedian, he confesses his feelings to her, only to find that she loves someone else.

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

De to erfarne karriereofficerer, uden så meget gang i karrieren, Buddusky (Nicholson) og Mulhall (Otis Young), får til opgave at føre en ung sømand, Meadows (Randy Quaid), fra flådebasen i Virginia til et fængsel i New Hampshire, hvor han skal tilbringe otte år for en mindre forseelse. Buddusky og Mulhall begynder at synes helt godt om Meadows og beslutter sig for at give ham nogle uforglemmelige oplevelser på deres rejse mod nord. Deres udskejelser begynder i Washington, hvor de lige nøjagtig undgår et enormt barslagsmål, hvorefter de drikker deres hjerner ud på hotellet. I New York kommer de i klammeri med nogle soldater, og i Boston tager Buddusky Meadows med på et bordel, så han kan blive en rigtig mand. Til sidst skal Buddusky og Mulhall, meget mod deres vilje, aflevere Meadows, og da indser de, at de er ligeså meget fanger i deres verden, som Meadows er i sin.

Skuespillerinden Nikki har fået en rolle i et remake af en gammel polsk film og overhører sin kvindelige nabos advarsler mod at indspille filmen. Det skulle hun nok ikke have gjort, for efterhånden bliver det sværere og sværere for Nikki at skelne mellem sig selv og sin filmkarakter. Og det viser sig at den polske udgave af filmen faktisk aldrig blev færdigspillet, da filmens kvindelige stjerne blev brutalt myrdet.

In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…

In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide—and the impact is both exotic and explosive.

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

Fra vikingernes oplevelser med fluesvampen til de sydamerikanske indianers oplevelse med kokaplanten. Siden tidernes morgen har mennesket eksperimenteret med sind og sjæl, og da den unge fysiolog Dr. Jessop under en rejse til Mexico finder en meskalinholdig svamp, starter han et frygtindgydende forsøg med sig selv. En dag forvandler en af hans forsøg ham til et slags abemenneske, og kun hans kone, antropologen Emily, kan redde ham.

I 1939 bliver Edward Wilson rekrutteret til det hemmelige broderskab Skull and Bones, grobunden for fremtidige verdensledere. Wilsons skarpe intellekt, pletfrie ry og oprigtige tro på amerikanske værdier gør ham til spidskandidat til en karriere inden for efterretning, og han bliver hurtigt rekrutteret til at arbejde for OSS (forløberen for CIA) under 2. verdenskrig. I løbet af sin lange karriere i CIA bliver Edwards idealisme langsomt nedbrudt af en voksende mistænksomhed, der afspejler den kolde krigs paranoia. Efterhånden indføres Edwards metoder som standardprocedurer i CIA, og hans troskab til fædrelandet betyder, at han er villig til at ofre alt, selv sit familieliv.

A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.

Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance...that is until a stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father, meanwhile, ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be "overrated."

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.