In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well.
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
After suffering terrible headaches and stomach cramps, Mr. Lăzărescu, a lonely 63 year-old man, calls for an ambulance, beginning one man’s hellish journey through Bucharest hospitals in search of proper medical care. As the night unfolds, his health starts to deteriorate fast.
Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When their parents begin to suspect that their increasingly intense and obsessive bond is becoming unhealthy, the girls hatch a dark plan for those who threaten to keep them apart.
Penki vaikystės draugai visada svajojo būti kambariokais. Ir vos tik pasitaikius progai jie visi persikelia gyventi drauge. Juolab, kad kompanijos siela Samuelis pasiūlo sumokėti pusę nuomos mokesčio. Bet vos tik atsikrausčius, Samueliui iškyla problemų su pinigais. Jis nusprendžia kitiems nieko nesakyti ir pradeda pardavinėti narkotikus, kad sumokėtų savo dalį. Tačiau narkotikų dilerio kasdienybė ne visiems. Greitai papuolęs į bėdą, Samuelis neturi kito pasirinkimo, kaip tik kreiptis pagalbos į savo vienintelius draugus.
Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which he provides first aid, Sissi wonders if he may be the man of her dreams. But when she finds him weeks later she is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future.
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.
The socialist mayor of a small village in France dreams of building an arts center but he runs up against some opposition.
An insurance agent and his new secretary become locked in the grip of romance and competition as they train together for a speed-typing contest.
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Vienas Niujorko leidėjas nori gauti dvi retas knygas ir yra pasiruošęs pakloti už jas krūvą pinigų. Jis kreipiasi į Diną Korsą – retų, antikvarinių, kartais beveik neįkainojamų leidinių specialistą. Šis pasiruošęs ieškoti knygų, kad ir kiek jos kainuotų, kad ir į kokį pasaulio kampelį paieškos nuvestų...
Plėsdami imperijos ribas, šlovingosios Romos legionieriai išsiruošia galutinai užkariauti nepalaužiamas šiaurinėse britų salose gyvenančias laukines gentis. Keliaudami svetimomis žemėmis Devintojo legiono kariai patenka į spąstus. Kad išsigelbėtų, likusiems gyviems legionieriams teks pasikliauti vien savo jėgomis ir žygio metu išlaisvinto centuriono Kvinto Dijaso nuovoka...
Two obsessive-compulsives, a chef and an anorexic writer, are neighbors in an apartment building. The chef (301) tries to entice her neighbor to eat with fabulous meals. The writer (302) refuses to eat, and this refusal begins a turbulent relationship that forces both women to delve into their pasts of torment.
Sam and Gray are such a well-matched pair that it is difficult to believe they are brother and sister rather than husband and wife. They both share a love of 1940s movies and dancing, and when they meet Charlie, they have something else in common: They both fall in love with her. Sam must deal with unexpected feelings of jealousy, while Gray struggles to come to terms with her sexual orientation.
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
Pamiršusi nerūpestingas vaikystės svajones Margo Fler savo gyvenime neturi laiko niekam, išskyrus darbą. Tačiau vieną dieną sėkminga verslininkė gauna... savo pačios laišką, parašytą vaikystėje.
Ambitious Emma Eckhert successfully makes her way into a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. She quickly becomes popular with small savers, but leads a scandalous life that will cost her.
When her inability to commit leads to a breakup with her girlfriend, opera-loving writer Allegra winds up in the bed of amiable professor Philip. He is so smitten with Allegra that he dumps his lover, Grace, and convinces Allegra to continue their affair. When Allegra meets Grace, sparks fly, and she begins a parallel romance, unaware that her new lover is the woman Philip left to be with her.
A group of surfers arrives in a remote spot off the Australian coast, and the isolation and pressure push one person over the edge, leading to a violent outburst and a fight for survival.