After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
Four middle-aged friends in Florence organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, "gypsy shenanigans") in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life.
To dusørjægere slår sig sammen for at fange Indio, der med sin bande gør klar til at røve banken i El Paso. De to dusørjægere har forskellige grunde til at være efter Indio, men kan de overhovedet stole på hinanden?
I den 16. århundredes Japan narre krigsherre Shingen Takeda fjenden ved at bruge tyven Kagemusha som dobbeltgænger. Alligvel bliver Shingen myrdet, men for at undgå kaos og nederlag bliver Kagemusha tvunget til at overtage den døde krigsherre identitet og ansvar.
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.
Denne sorte komedie af Peter Greenaway fra 1988 er virkelig sort og er gjort med en undertone af herlig, pirrende fryd. Hele tre kvinder af samme familie, en mor, hendes datter og hendes niece, alle med samme navn, er højst utilfredse med deres ægtemænd og drukner dem på skift. Den lokale bedemand drages hver gang modvilligt med ind i mordplanerne. Historien fortælles i tal, fra 1 til 100 – i sandhed en original og anderledes film.
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son. Bruno, 20, and Sonia, 18, live off the young girl's allowance and the petty thefts committed by him and his gang. Sonia has just given birth to Jimmy, their child. The carefree Bruno, who until then had only cared about the here and now, must now learn to become a father.
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.
When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and meet new people, the marriage of Gabe and Judy gets more and more strained, and they begin to find themselves being attracted to other people.
A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.
Da et rumvæsen styrter ned på jorden, antager det skikkelse af Jennys afdøde mand for ikke at vække opsigt. Jenny bliver dog noget overrumplet, og synes i starten ikke så godt om manden fra stjernerne. Men efterhånden bliver de rigtig gode venner og Jenny beslutter at hjælpe væsnet med at komme hjem.
The film tells a story speaks of "Yusuf ", a plumbing Man, who is exposed to many pranks by his friends.
The world's greatest criminal and the world greatest loser share the same face... now they'll share the same life!
Knapt er Paul Kersey flyttet til Los Angeles, før hans spanske kok bliver dræbt og hans datter bliver voldtaget endnu en gang. Igen ser den ellers rolige arkitekt fuldstændig rødt og begynder at lade sin vrede går ud over voldelige bandemedlemmer, hvor end han finder dem.
På et nedlagt sindssygehospital knokler et hold asbestfjernere med at blive færdige til tiden. Det, som ligner en forholdsvis nem opgave, kompliceres af det spændte forhold mellem dem. Hank kommer sammen med Phils ekskæreste, og Gordon har problemer med sit nyfødte barn. Følelsen af ubehag vokser, men ikke kun på grund af det. Den næres også af, at bygningen gemmer på mange historier. Mike lytter som besat til gamle båndoptagelser af en patient med personlighedsspaltning, og da Hank pludselig forsvinder sporløst, bliver de andre lammet af rædsel. Den sidste historie fra sindssygehospitalet viser sig at blive den mest skræmmende af alle...
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. But fate has other ideas...