Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.

Return to Horror Hotel is an anthology feature with 4 segments. One is about giant a bedbugs, one is about a magical charm that turns girls beautiful, one is about a WWII sailor who hasn't aged and one is about a terrorizing severed hand.

I slutningen af Cocoon forlod en gruppe pensionister jorden for at rejse til et bedre sted, hvor der ikke findes alderdomstræthed eller smerte. Men som tiden går, bliver savnet ulideligt for dem, og de drager endnu en gang ud i universet med kursen hjem! Tilbage på jorden efter 5 års problemløs tilværelse, glædes de over gensynet med deres kære. Men tilbage på moder jord genoplever de pludselig også alderens begrænsninger og sorger. Så de må genfinde den humor og det ukuelige sammenhold, der engang var det eneste, der holdt dem i gang.

The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.

A girl is at school. Suddenly it's as if she can't breathe. As she runs down the stairs we follow her into her mind. It takes us deep into dark woods.

Chandru's friends make fun of him as he does not have a girlfriend. He points out at a girl claiming that she is his girlfriend, due to which a number of unfortunate events take place in her life.

Den unge soldat Aljosja bliver hædret for tapperhed, men beder i stedet om et par dages orlov for at besøge sin mor. Men på vejen hjem, bliver han hele tiden distraheret af mennesker, som behøver hans hjælp. En etbenet mand skal møde sin kone, og en unge pige skal følges hjem til sin tante. Blandt mange andre priser vandt filmen en Bodil for bedste europæiske film.

I en lille landsby, i årene efter den spanske borgerkrig, bliver den følsomme syv-årige Ana traumatiseret, da en omrejsende projektionist viser byen Frankenstein. Hun bliver besat af livets dybe spørgsmål, om liv og død. Da en soldat på flugt gemmer sig i laden, krydser Ana fra virkeligheden og ind i hendes egen fantasi.

Da den respekterede professor Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) dræber en mand i selvforsvar, skiller han sig af med liget af frygt for, at episoden skal skade hans omdømme. Men den forhastede plan, han lægger sammen med den smukke Alice (Joan Bennett), viser sig snart at være barnemad for både politi og pengeafpressere.

A tale of terror. Cathy Reed has been institutionalized most of her life because of Schizophrenia, as a child her parents thought she was possessed by demons and had her exercised by priests. Medical science saw different. Now decades later Cathy is freed, relocated to her own flat and given a chance to be independent. Once alone things are not what they all seem and when her nightmares turn real she questions her state of mind before she is left to face her demons.

Brasilianske Francisco Manoel da Silva, også kendt som barfodsbanditten Cobra Verde. Han er opsynsmand i en sukkerplantage, men bliver uvenner med ejeren og som straf bliver han sendt til Vestafrika, for at sætte gang i slavehandlen med Brasilien i begyndelsen af 1800-tallet. Dette er både livsfarligt og en umulig opgave, men Cobra Verde gør det umulige; han tilraner sig magten og begynder at sende slaver hjem. Han bliver både rig og mægtig, men begynder snart at indse, at han bare er en brik i et farligt spil.

Ho og Kit - de to overlevende makkere fra den første film - bliver igen rodet ud i et gangster-blodbad af groteske dimensioner. Ho sidder i fængsel, mens Kit nyder en position som velanset politimand. Ho lukkes ud af fængsel for at infiltrere den kriminelle Lungs organisation. Han siger ja, men kun for at beskytte Kit, som er romantisk involveret i Lungs datter i hans eget forsøg på at infiltrere organisationen. Chow Yun-Fat vender tilbage som tvilling til den afdøde Mark.

The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.

A director and a screenwriter write a screenplay together about a globally spreading epidemic. Unbeknownst to them, an outbreak develops around them in the real world.

An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.

Ludovic is waiting for a miracle. With six-year-old certainty, she believes she was meant to be a little girl -- and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where she expects the miraculous, Ludo finds only rejection, isolation and guilt -- as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away every innocent lace and bauble. As suburban prejudices close around them, family loves and loyalties are tested in the ever-escalating dramatic turns of Alain Berliner's critically acclaimed first feature. Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and a favorite at festivals around the world, this unique film experience delivers magic of the rarest sort through a story of difference, rejection, and childlike faith in miracles.

I centrum står den underskønne og livskloge Garance, som er omsværmet af den drømmende mimiker Baptiste, den ambitiøse skuespiller Frederick og forbryderen Lacenaire. Både Baptiste og Frederick arbejder ved Funambules teater, hvor de håber på det store gennembrud, mens teaterdirektørens datter, Nathalie står i kulissen og er hemmeligt forelsket i den sværmeriske Baptiste. 'Paradisets børn' regnes af mange kritikere for verdens bedste film nogensinde.

As the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. Into this cruel existence is born the Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's nemesis. As the blood-thirsty beasts capture the tyrant's daughter in a brutal coup, the Overfiend must awaken to an apocalyptic battle of the Gods.

Chow returns to play Ko Chun, a skilled gambler who now lives in retirement in France. Wu Xingguo plays an evil gangster who forces Ko out of retirement by killing his pregnant wife. Ko is forced to team up with a variety of other people to win out in the end. Wu Chien-lien plays Chow's romantic interest, Chingmy Yau plays a Taiwanese femme fatale, and Tony Leung provides much of the laughs.