England, first half of the 19th century. Edmund Kean is a celebrated theatre actor, notorious for his tumultuous private life. He is in love with the beautiful countess Koefeld, wife of the Danish ambassador, to the consternation of his friend, the Prince of Wales. He is also hounded by Anna Damby, who wants to become an actress to escape a marriage to Lord Mewill.

In 1972, Lou Reed's second solo album Transformer elevated him from a minor cult figure to one of the best known and most talked about artists in rock & roll, with its incisive portrait of the demimonde and the distinctive hit single "Walk on the Wild Side." Classic Albums: Lou Reed -- Transformer offers a look at the making of this landmark album, with Lou Reed and engineer Ken Scott offering an in-depth perspective on the recording sessions, and Herbie Flowers revealing how he came up with his memorable bass line for "Walk on the Wild Side."

Lech Kowalski travels the oldest highway in Poland, built by Hitler as an invasion route to the east. As the road literally crumbles into history he discovers that it is now a vital link to the west and encounters people and locations that connect it to the present. A hooker from Bulgaria under an umbrella scared her pimp may show up and see that business is horrible in the rain. A one legged man in a wheel chair selling mushrooms in the tornado like wake of speeding trucks describing the best way to cook what he sells. Destitute Ukrainians hiding on a former Warsaw Pact Nuclear air base serve tea to a former cop still patrolling the property. Young people escaping the glare of reality in underground bunkers built by the Nazis. Bombed out ruins still guarding stretches of the concrete road. Gypsies on a pilgrimage in Auschwitz twist the plot and suddenly we are in a candle lit hut, in a gypsy village listening to a man describe how he lost his father to the Holocaust.

A 16-year-old Sicilian becomes the target of a mafia hit man after refusing to go through with her prearranged marriage.

A beautiful film which is basically about a man, a piano player, who meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman, who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism! After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her…

3 episodes set in Monte Carlo. In the first one a priest is compelled to become the lover of a princess. In the second, a con woman tries to cheat an insurance man. In the third, a man has to deal with his wife's suicidal attempts.

The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century and their beginnings of their fight for better working conditions. Professor Sinigaglia is sent by (presumably) the Socialists to help them organize their strike and give form to their struggle

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.

The story of a gang of French female robbers disguised as men, who operated in the Avignon area in the mid-1980s.

15 years after the monumental "I mostri" which was a great example of Italian sketch comedy, 3 of the greatest Italian directors ever (Risi, Monicelli, Scola) the best Italian writers ever (Age, Scarpelli) the best Italian actors ever (Tognazzi, Gassmann, Sordi) one of the most beautiful woman in the world (Ornella Muti) participate to this great tribute.

Fantozzi is now retired but continues to go to the office where it is held up as a fine example of employees intending to do career.

A former policeman turns full-time robber and goes on a downward spiral of crime in 1970s Rome.

På tærsklen til et ødelæggende Cylon-angreb melder officeren Kendra Shaw sig til tjeneste på slagstjernen Pegasus. Da menneskehedens fremtid for altid ændres på den skæbnesvangre dag, bliver Kendra omformet til en "skraber" - et krigsredskab - under hensynsløs vejledning af sin kommandant, admiral Cain. Battlestar Galactica: Razor fortæller den ufortalte historie om Pegasus og giver skræmmende ledetråde til menneskehedens skæbne, mens de sidste kapitler af Battlestar Galactica-historien udfolder sig.

De tre amerikanske soldater Fred, Homer og Al vender hjem efter mange års krig. De står over for en række vanskeligheder ved at tilpasse sig samfundet og leve et almindeligt liv. Fred tjente som kaptajn i flyvevåbnet og er plaget af mareridt, og hans kone har mistet interessen, Homer var i flåden, hvor han mistede begge hænder, da hans hangarskib sank, og han frygter at ingen forstår hvad han går igennem, og Al var en sergent i infanteriet og kæmpede i Stillehavet, og må se i øjnene at livet er gået videre for hans kone og børn.

Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.

Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.

Sam Lowry er teknokrat i et futuristisk samfund præget at bureaukrati og stilstand. Mens han sidder i de endeløse rutiner drømmer han om at gro vinger og flyve sammen med den perfekte kvinde. I et spagfærdigt oprør mod systemet bestemmer Lowry sig for at omgøre arrestationen af en undergrunds-VVS-mand ved navn Harry Tuttle. Under arbejdet møder han rent faktisk sine drømmes kvinde, men nu har regeringen ham mistænkt for at stå bag en række bombninger i byen. Lowrys liv, der før var så sikkert, er pludselig i overhængende fare – men det er bestemt ikke kedeligt.

Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob er kendt som komedien, der trækker flest grin ud af sit publikum pr. minut, og betragtes af mange som Louis de Funès' bedste film. Denne holdning delte Golden Globe-juryen, da de nominerede filmen som "Bedste udenlandske film" - en ellers sjælden ære for en komedie. Legendariske Gérard Oury styrer med sikker hånd denne hysteriske historie, hvor vores spradebasse spiller den racistiske direktør Victor Pivert. På vej mod sin datters bryllup kidnappes han af en arabisk guerillaleder på flugt, og for ikke at blive dræbt må de stjæle tøj og identitet fra to berømte rabbinere. Jaget af terrorister, politi og de ægte rabbinere, skrues tempoet op i en grad, så mavemusklerne er sikre på at blive strammet op i latterkramper.

I 1984 har en atomkrig ændret verdens orden. Alle borgeres liv er under stram styring, og intet er overladt til tilfældigheder eller følelser. Winston Smith arbejder med at slette uønskede personer fra den officielle historie. I al hemmelighed skriver han en dagbog om det forfærdelige liv anno 1984. Da han desuden forelsker sig i Julia, begynder alt at gå rigtig galt.