Depressionen har lagt sin tunge skygge over hele USA. For den håbefulde bokser Jim Braddock ligger tilværelsen yderligere i ruiner, fordi en skade har ødelagt hans karriere. Han mister sin licens til at bokse professionelt og må forsørge sin kone og sine tre børn som daglejer på havnen. Hans gamle manager Joe Gould får ondt af ham og skaffer ham en sidste kamp og det er en chance, Braddock ikke kan lade gå fra sig. Ikke blot holder han ud mod favoritten – det lykkes ham at vinde.

Jamie er en hårdtarbejdende enlig mor, der er fast besluttet på at give sin ordblinde datter den bedst tænkelige uddannelse. Men den lokale folkeskole er håbløst ineffektiv. Jamie slår sig sammen med Nona, en utilfreds lærerinde. De vil reformere skolesystemet og give forældrene mere at skulle have sagt. Skolebestyrelsen og lærerforeningen lægger mange hindringer i vejen, men Jamie giver ikke så let op.

Hampstead, 1818. Egentlig bryder 18-årige Fanny Brawne sig langt mere om kjoler end poesi. Men wannabe-digteren John Keats, der har lejet sig ind hos naboen, åbner pigens øjne for lyrikkens skønhed. Parrets altopslugende, men ufuldbyrdede kærlighed besværes dog af, at fattigfrynsen Keats regnes for et upassende parti, og da han må flytte til Italien med sin tuberkulose, bryder Fannys verden sammen.

Mariano has been married for 10 years with Miranda, a woman way out of his league. Their small-town life is disrupted by womanizing photographer Andrea, who — struck by her good looks — offers Miranda a one-time modelling job. Albeit hesitant, the couple eventually accepts his invitation to the Seychelles...

From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

Mandrake and his new friends still continue to bet (and lose a lot of money) on horse races. What will they invent for cheating money?

On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.

Klara, devoted to her work as a tax inspector, becomes infatuated with the dashing but irresponsible and cynical Marian who is about to be charged with tax evasion.

Alex, Antoine and Manu meet Jean, a loner who ignores the pleasures of friendship. Little by little, they learn to know each other, to appreciate each other. Jean is moved by the complicity and affection that fuels the relationship with his new friends.

Filmen er et eventyr om kærligheden mellem en ambulancefører og en sygeplejerske under første verdenskrig. Handlingen foregår i Italien, og de to elskende kan ikke få nok af hinanden. End ikke krigens rædsler kan skille dem ad. Filmen er baseret på en historie af Ernest Hemingway og beskriver også hans holdning til krig. Den fantastiske film er fotograferet af Charles Lang, der vandt en Oscar for filmen, og Gary Cooper og Helen Hayes er sublime som de to elskende.

The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.

These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…

An inspirational story about the power of hope in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, and an object lesson in what it really means to be a winner in life.

Filmen handler om Jeanne Valois` liv. Hendes far bliver dræbt, fordi han er kritisk over for monarkiet og dermed mister familien også deres hjem. Jeanne vælger derefter at kæmpe for at få sit barndomshjem tilbage. I denne kamp bliver et kostbart halssmykke en vigtig del.

Hun er fanget i cockpittet på en 747. Piloterne er blevet dræbt. Udenfor raser en voldsom storm, som ville kræve det yderste af en trænet pilot. Hun har aldrig fløjet et fly før. I kabinen bag hende holder en bevæbnet og nådesløs dræber samtlige passagerer som gidsler og han har tænkt sig at lade flyet gå ned i flammer med alle ombord.

Revolvermanden John Mason (Christian Slater) søger hævn, efter at hans far er blevet myrdet af maskerede banditter. Med skarpladte seksløbere drager John ud for at finde morderne og falder undervejs for en en smuk kvinde (Jill Hennessy), som også hans bedste ven har et godt øje til. Selv om John er parat til at drage til verdens ende for at fuldføre sin mission, er det ikke faldet ham ind, at drabsmanden måske befinder sig i hans eget hus.

Luokkakokous is a story about three men that travel back to their hometown to attend their high school class reunion.

Den gamle gnavne Red Bovie (Robert Duvall) bliver tvunget til at forlade sin ranch - det er tanken, at han skal flytte ind i en trailer park med an masse andre gamle gubber, men dén ide er han ikke med på! Han ræser afsted mod horisonten i sin røde Cadillac, med sit barnebarn på slæb - der netop er dukket op for at blive genforenet med sin bedstefar. Det starter som en road-trip, men ender med livsfarligt drama og et møde med nogle meget skumle mænd.

A young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny.