Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

På sit dødsleje udtaler rigmanden og mediemogulen Charles Foster Kane ordene 'Rosebud'. Journalisten Jerry Thompson bliver sendt ud for at finde ud af, hvad de sidste ord fra den store mand betyder. Thompson interviewer venner, familie og forretningsforbindelser og et fantastisk og tragisk liv rulles op.

Da Mahatma Gandhi i 1948 bliver skudt ned af en attentatmand, mister det forrige århundrede en af sine største personligheder. Livet igennem kæmper Gandhi mod undertrykkelse og for Indiens selvstændighed, og hans kampmidler er utraditionelle og frem for alt uvoldelige. 'Gandhi' blev belønnet med hele otte Oscars - bl.a. som årets bedste film. Ben Kingsley modtog en statuette for sin præstation som Gandhi.

A group of teenagers who, in an attempt to rescue their friend from an evil corporation, end up releasing a horde of blood thirsty zombies.

A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his wife. It's the first "no-fault" divorce in France and a media circus erupts, dredging up Antoine's past. Indecisive about his new love with a store clerk, he impulsively takes off with an old flame.

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.

Filmen er baseret på den cubanske digter Reinaldo Arenas' chokerende memoirer. Han vokser op på landet under ekstremt fattige kår, men som teenager tændes håbet, da han får kontakt med revolutionshæren, der som en flodbølge fejer hen over landet. Jubeldagene efter Castros magtovertagelse er hurtigt overstået. Snart mærker han på egen krop, at det nye kommunistiske regime ingen tolerance har over for afvigere og anderledes tænkende.

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

En DJ, en alfons og en italiensk turist er blevet fængslet i New Orleans. På trods af uenigheder og had mellem dem, lægger de en plan for at slippe ud.

The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.

Efter et sammenbrud indlogerer den fremtrædende komponist Gustav von Aschenbach sig på et luksushotel på Lidoen ud for Venedig. Her møder han den guddommelige, blonde Tadzio, der med sin på én gang engleagtigt rene og sensuelle udstråling synes at rumme et håb om frelse og forløsning. Aschenbach giver sig til at følge efter den unge mand i en stadigt stigende smertefuld betagelse.

Den charmerende og dovne svindler, Joe Thanks - også kaldet Nobody, rejser fra by til by og optræder som en anden gøgler med mere eller mindre realistiske revolverdueller. En dag beslutter han sig for at kaste sig ud i det helt store svindelnummer, der ikke alene skal gøre ham rig, men også gøre kål på det æreløse amerikanske kavaleri og dermed hjælpe nogle flinke og groft udnyttede indianere til at genvinde det land, regeringen har stjålet fra dem.

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

Den unge Abby stikker af sammen med bartenderen Ray. Ray arbejder på Abby's mands bar, og da manden opdager, at Abby har en affære, hyrer han den lurvede detektiv Visser til at myrde dem begge. Det sætter gang i en kaotisk og blodig kæde af misforståelser, løgne og drab.

Forretningsmanden Peter Egerman betror sine drømme om at slå sin kone Katarina ihjel til sin ven og psykiater Mogens Jensen, men myrder i stedet en prostitueret.

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which would drastically change his lifestyle. They form an uneasy friendship until Matsunaga's old boss Okada returns from prison.

Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the adolescent Valentina.

Corey forlader fængslet med en plan til et dristigt juvelkup. Efter et opgør med sine tidligere kammerater møder han Vogel, der er på flugt fra politiet. Men kuppet kan kun udføres, hvis de to kan finde en skarpskytte, der vil medvirke. Imens benytter den utrættelige politimand Mattei alle kanaler og metoder for at opspore Vogel.

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.