Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bankroll is thin and the luck is against him. He is arrested because of $150 he owes somebody for horse food, but suddenly a planned fraud by somebody else seems to offer him a chance...

Nassim, in his early thirties, lives in Abu Dhabi with his American fiancée, Elisabeth. After several years of absence, he returns with her to Bollene, a town in the South of France where he grew up. But Nassim must face his past: a dead city now governed by the far right party, a complex relationship with his family, and a father, he no longer speaks to.

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.

Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from ugly duckling to uninhibited swan and even contemplates having an affair with a man she meets during a trip to Paris.

As all the world knows, Vienna is a city on the Danube.Day after day, the metropolis and its inhabitants consume roughly 370,000 cubic metres of water – hardly unusual for a city as big.It may come as a surprise that not one drop of this water is abstracted from the Danube.All water drunk, used for cooking, showering and flushing or drawn from wells, all water that enters sewers and treatment plants originates in the Alps.Crystal-clear drinking water adds glamour and brilliance to the city.How this valuable resource travels to Vienna, changing itself and the city in the process before ending up in the river, is the stuff of stories. This is the story of Vienna’s water.

Director Ronald Saland gives viewers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Peter Yates's Oscar-winning 1968 detective thriller, starring the incomparable Steve McQueen in one of his most beloved and iconic roles. Filmed on location in San Francisco, Saland shadows the cast and crew as they shoot one of the best car chase scenes ever captured on film. The documentary features McQueen and his Bullitt co-stars, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Vaughn.

In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, uncouth, self-taught painter Jang Seung-up explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.

Kina, 1926. Jake Holman bliver tildelt posten som maskiningeniør på en amerikansk kanonbåd, der patruljerer på Yangtze-floden. Jake blander sig ikke i politik og har ikke nogen mening om amerikanernes tilstedeværelse i det uroplagede land.

A documentary that follows the former Tonight Show host. Filmed during Conan’s ”Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” comedy tour, after his departure from the Tonight Show, taking viewers on an intimate journey of O’Brien’s life.

Politimanden Frank Bullitt er under hårdt pres. Han har fået til opgave at beskytte et hovedvidne, som er en kendt gangster, der har stjålet flere millioner fra mafiaen. Da vidnet bliver dræbt, øges presset på Bullitt, som nu også har politikerne på nakken. Bullitt har nu 24 timer til at opklare mordet, inden han selv bliver likvideret af mafiaen.

Mestertyven Doc McCoy ved, at hans kone har været i seng med den lokale politichef for at få ham løsladt fra fængslet. Men han kan ikke vide, at en lang række af bedrag vil gøre livet surt for ham, når først han er ude - og i gang med at begå røveriet over alle.

Selvom man er identiske, betyder det ikke at tvillinger altid kan lide hinanden. To tvillinge-søstre mødes til den obligatoriske før-julefrokost, et år efter deres mors død. Begge kvinder er frustrerede over deres liv, samtidig med at de er misundelige på hinanden. Så hvorfor ikke udnytte at være tvillinger? De beslutter sig for, at bytte hinandens liv indtil juledag. Ved at gøre det, opdager begge kvinder den sande mening af deres liv og får et større perspektktiv på, og glæde over, det de allerede har.

Da et uvurderligt Monet-billede forsvinder fra et af verdens fineste kunstmuseer, og forsikringseksperten Catherine Banning skal finde gerningsmanden, får hun færten af et stort bytte: Mangemillionæren Thomas Crown. Begge elsker de udfordringer, spænding og seriøst modspil, og så kører ellers spillet - et spil for to deltagere, hvor kun én kan vinde.

Dagen er begyndt dårligt for den tidligere marinesoldat Michael, men da han træder ind i en bar i lillebyen Red Rock West, synes heldet at skifte. Manden bag disken tilbyder ham 10.000 dollars for at myrde hans hustru. Hun er dog ikke så let at have med at gøre. Og endnu mere vanskelig er den virkelige lejemorder, der senere på dagen kommer til byen.

Den unge pokerspiller Eric Stoner, "The Cincinnati Kid", som forsøger at slå igennem i spillebyen New Orleans ved at udfordre Lancey "The Man" Howard, en af de største mestre udi kortspillets ædle kunst, til pokerduel. Ikke alene er der rigtig mange knaster på højkant, men for The Cincinnati Kid er dysten samtidig en gylden lejlighed til at vippe "The Man" af pokertronen. Lidet aner han, at den betroede, neutrale dealer er blevet afpresset til at "fikse" spillet...

Den unge Mick O'Brien (Sean Penn) bliver dømt for drab, og han bliver sendt i fængsel. Fyren, han har slået ihjel, er lillebror til hans værste fjende Paco (Esai Morales). Paco vil hævne drabet på sin bror, og for at ydmyge Mick, hævner han sig ved at voldtage Micks kæreste. Paco bliver fanget og anbragt i det samme fængsel som Mick. Nu fortsætter rivaliseringen inden for fængslets vægge, og det kommer ikke til at gå stille for sig.

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.

Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.