Familien Fowler lever et ganske normalt liv i en lille by i staten Maine. Matt (Tom Wilkinson) er byens læge og ynder at fiske, hans hustru Ruth (Sissy Spacek) er skolens musiklærer, og deres søn Frank (Nick Stahl) er hjemme i sommerferien efter sit første år på college. Frank er forelsket i den noget ældre Natalie (Marisa Tomei), der ikke helt er blevet skilt fra sin ex-mand Richard, som er sygeligt jaloux over at se sin kone rende rundt med en anden mand. Snart rammer en grusom tragedie, der fuldstændig splitter den lille Fowler-kernehusholdning.

England, 1964. Servitricen Rose kommer i klemme, da hun bliver vidne til et bandemord. Den 17-årige bølle Pinkie, som er i færd med at kæmpe sig til tops i underverdenen, charmer sig ind på den bly Rose. Han vil være sikker på, at hun ikke kan identificere ham som gerningsmanden. Og skulle hun finde på at sladre til politiet, er det også Pinkies job at gøre hende tavs med sin trofaste springkniv.

In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.

Sammen med sin 16-årige datter, Rose (Camilla Belle), lever Jack (Daniel Day-Lewis) en isoleret tilværelse på en fjerntliggende, mindre ø. Jack, hvis liv har været præget af hans optagethed af miljøspørgsmål og alternative levemåder, har "beskyttet" Rose mod indflydelse fra verden udenfor, og han raser mod enhver, der ikke deler hans synspunkter. Da Jack inviterer en veninde og hendes to sønner til at bo hos sig i nogen tid, vender det op og ned på Rose's tilværelse.

Junior police constable Karl-Heinz has just been given a telling-off by his boss for allegedly botching a major operation against car thieves. Now he senses an opportunity to rehabilitate himself when a gang of high-flying highway speeders catch his eye during a traffic check. Karl-Heinz decides to go undercover with the gang and gets to know their colorful characters. He soon takes more pleasure in the illegal speeding than is good for his health and career.

An examination of the infamous thirty-year-old cold case of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The film focuses on Johnny’s mother, Noreen Gosch, and her relentless quest to find the truth about what happened to her son. Along the way there have been mysterious sightings, bizarre revelations, and a confrontation with a person who claims to have helped abduct Johnny.

A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem that tells the story of an unnamed book editor who, fifteen years after their break-up, is meeting his former love for a nostalgic lunch at Zanzotti's, the Soho restaurant they used to frequent.

A young woman named Future is sent from the year 2046 to the year 2011 in Hong Kong. Future was sent by the United Nations in order to get pregnant, where she can then extract her genes and repopulate the earth as 99% of males have become infertile in the future due to attacks from Planet Xucker. Two assassins from Xuckler are sent after her to stop her. Future meets three University students: Felix, Dan-san and Sing. The men are obsessed with female students next door: Chin-chin, Chen-chen and Sai-sai. The students agree to help Future find a mate at the university.

Martta and Otto are a pair of traveling tailors who claim to be bastard descendants of the Romanovs and wander from town to town in Finland seeking work, accompanied by their two half-witted adult sons, Hippo, Repe and equally silly son-in-law Ventti. The family occasionally turns to crime when they can't quite make ends meet, and the boys begin turning to violence with greater frequency when Otto weakens and Martta becomes the head of the family business. Their fortunes take an unexpected turn when the brothers assault and abduct a man they call Kaspar, who becomes the family's sidekick in their travels. Despite Kaspar's inability to speak, he attracts Martha's youngest daughter, an attractive young woman named Lara, but the family is in disarray when a long-lost half-brother, Laszlo, suddenly re-emerges and tries to wrest control of the clan away from his mother.

A black comedy version of the classic tale.

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

Adventurer, pilgrim, penitent but above all outstanding writer, Fernão Mendes Pinto left us an unparalleled romance, the living and human palpitation of one of the greatest historical adventures of man.

Ahmed falls in love with an American girl called Ashley whom he takes to Cairo for a family visit, causing many paradoxes due to the difference in customs and traditions. Ashley is surprised to learn that Ahmed wants to marry her and stay in Egypt, which she has not taken into account.

Velkommen til 1980'ernes Los Angeles, hvor overklassens rich kids horer, sniffer, poserer og har ondt af sig selv, mens de dekadente voksne fører lige så sjælløse liv. I galleriet ses blandt andet filmproduceren William, der forsømmer både konen og elskerinden; hans yuppiesøn Graham, der oplever sin bedste ven dø i et trafikuheld, og dørmanden Jack, der kapres af sin onkel til at udføre en kidnapning.

15-årige Trife er opvokset i et af Londons hårde kvarterer. Hverdagen er fyldt med misbrug, vold og kriminalitet, men Trife er træt af den usikre tilværelse og forsøger at finde en vej ud af det. Da en af hans skolekammerater begår selvmord, synes det for alvor at være tid til at tage livsstilen op til revision for alle i miljøet, men når stoffer, sex og våben er lige så tilgængelige som et glas vand, er det ikke så let at trække læsset og gå forrest i kampen for en sundere – og ikke mindst lovlig – livsførelse. For Trife er livet på gaden det eneste, han kender, og det kan være farligt at vende vennerne ryggen.

I efterkrigstidens Tyskland rammes teenageren Michael af skarlagensfeber. Da han bliver rask opsøger han sin sygeplejerske Hanna for at sige tak. Efter først at opfylde hendes glæde ved at få bøger læst højt, så indleder Michael en hemmelig affære med Hanna. En dag forsvinder hun pludselig og Michael ser først igen 10 år senere, da hun anklages for at have begået forbrydelser som nazist.

With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of their American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners. We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.

Mens de rejser i Paris, møder forfatteren Henry Miller og hans kone, June, Anais Nin, og de seksuelle gnister fyger, da Nin indleder en affære med den åbenlyst biseksuelle June. Da June bliver tvunget til at vende tilbage til USA, giver hun Nin sin velsignelse til at sove med sin mand. Så, når June vender tilbage til Frankrig, dannes en uventet og til tider omstridt trekant.

Nacho, a 13 year old boy, crosses the threshold of adolescence trying to find his place in life in all the wrong places: a dysfunctional family and a social setting that is corrupt and violent. Can the purity of first love survive the darkest aspects of our society?

Gerrison Keillor er vært og tovholder på det underholdende og populære radiovarieté-show, A Prairie Home Companion, der er blevet transmitteret i tre årtier, live fra Minnesota. Keillor er en levende legende i amerikansk showbizz, og har selv fiktionaliseret og omskrevet radioshowet til et filmmanus, som i Robert Altmans iscenesættelse er blevet en varm og underfundig komedie/musical om livet backstage. Filmens parodiske fremstilling af showet tager sin begyndelse en dag, hvor det annonceres, at F. Scott Fitzgerald-Teatret i Minnesota, hvorfra programmet transmitteres, er blevet opkøbt af en ejendomsspekulant fra Texas (Tommy Lee Jones), og skal lukkes til fordel for en parkeringsplads.