Louis Mazzini er en del af den aristokratiske familie D’Ascoyne, men da hans mor løber bort med en operasanger, bliver de begge udstødt af D’Ascoyne-familien. Nogle år senere beslutter Louis sig for at tage hævn, for han vil have sin eftertragtede titel tilbage.

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison.

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...

After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.

Mens Valerie Somers sørger over mordet på sin datter, mistænker hun sin mand John for at have en affære. Og da Valerie forsvinder på mystisk vis, forsøger detektiven Leon Zat at løse mysteriet. Et indviklet spind af kærlighed, sex og bedrag kommer nu for dagens lys, og det involverer fire par der hver især er mistænksomme overfor de andre. Og mens sagen bliver trævlet op, og der kommer flere og flere komplekse forhold til syne, synes filmen at vise hvordan bedrag og tvivl, kan have ødelæggende virkninger på mennesker, og deres indbyrdes forhold....

An escort who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.

A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it easy on him and his buddy Louie tries to make him go astray again. His brother Joe, quite the opposite of Billy, is a good runner and determined to win a track scholarship. He suggests Billy to join his school's track team, which pits the two brothers against each other.

Debord directed his first film, "Hurlements en faveur de Sade" in 1952 with the voices of Michele Bernstein and Gil Holman. The film has no actual images; instead, it shows bright white when there is speaking and black when there is not. Long silences separate speaking parts. The film ends with 24 minutes of black silence.

Efterkrigstidens boligkrise tvinger et ungt par ud i en kaotisk boligsituation, hvor de skal bo med deres gifte vennepar, en flirtende logerende, en barnepige og en hund.

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'

I Jacques Tatis charmerende første film før Hulot, spiller han Francois, et tilfreds og glad postbud i en lille, uforstyrret fransk landsby. Francois har det godt med sit job og udfører afslappet sine pligter, mens han smyger sig afsted på sine runder på sin elskede cykel. Det hele bliver lidt mere hektisk når et omrejsende karneval ankommer til byen. En af attraktionerne ved karnevallet er en film, der skildrer det amerikanske postvæsens hurtige og effektive postleveringssystem. Fortælleren i filmen formaner: "Rapidité, rapidité." Francois tager imod opfordringen og forsøger at amerikanisere sin arbejdsstil.

A day in the life of Azucena, who is running out of time to keep herself and her family from being evicted; Rafael, a lawyer who sets out to reunite a mother with her daughter; and Teodora, a sick old woman who searches for her long-lost son before it is too late.

Professor Marcus har planer om at røve to armerede pengetransporter ved hjælp af en bande småkriminelle. De kender ikke hinanden, men slår sig sammen for at udføre det aktuelle kup. De udarbejder strategien for kuppet på første sal i en herskabsvilla, der ejes af Mrs. Louisa Wilberforce - en temmelig excentrisk ældre dame, som tror, at Professor Marcus og hans "venner" er medlemmer af et orkester og samles dagligt for at øve sig.

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

Joe Banks hader sit job og sin chef men synes rimelig godt om sekretæren DeDe, selvom han ikke rigtig kan få det sagt. Da en læge fortæller Joe, at han vil dø inden for fem måneder beslutter papirnusseren at leve livet. Han siger sit job op, scorer DeDe og accepterer et tilbud om at lade sig kaste ned i en aktiv vulkan.

Henry Higgins er en snobbet sprogprofessor og Eliza Doolittle en forhutlet og beskidt blomstersælger med cockney accent. De mødes tilfældigt på gaden, og Higgins indgår et væddemål med sin kollega om, at han på seks måneder kan forvandle gadetøsen til en rigtig dame.

En ung kvinde gifter sig med en charmerende mand, og flytter ind i det hus, hvor hendes tante blev myrdet. Snart begynder mystiske ting at ske, og hun begynder at tvivle på sin egen forstand, men er hun vitterligt ved at blive sindsyg, eller er der noget mørkere på spil.

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.

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.