Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.

Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he meets Lilith Arthur, a charming young woman suffering from schizophrenia, whose fragile beauty captivates all who meet her.

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated households. Can the old folks take matters into their own hands?

Børsmægleren James Shannon finder pludselig ud af, at han - hvis han bliver gift inden kl. 19.00 på sin 27-års fødselsdag - arver syv millioner dollars fra et excentrisk familiemedlem. Men James har pludselig travlt med at finde en kone, da hans 27-års fødselsdag er i dag!

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.

Denne opfindsomme komedie fra Ealing studiernes glansperiode regnes for en af de allerbedste, britisk film har frembragt. Instrueret af Charles Crichton og med Alec Guinness og Stanley Holloway i to herlige hovedroller beretter filmen om en sikkerhedsvagt, der igennem 20 år har passet sit job med at beskytte bankens guldtransporter med stor nidkærhed og pligtfølelse. Bag facaden ligger imidlertid lige så mange års grundige forberedelser til det perfekte kup!

A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.

Marks far var psykolog og filmede ham gennem hans barndom som forsøgskanin i en række eksperimenter om frygt. Nu er Mark en ung enspænder, der arbejder som kameramand for et filmstudie. Han lokker unge håbefulde skuespillerinder til en ’screen-test’ , hvor han myrder dem, mens de bliver filmet, så han siden kan iagttage deres frygt i mødet med døden. Da naboen Helen forsøger at indlede et venskab med Mark, begynder hans verden at bryde sammen.

Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

Balletimpressario Boris Lermontov engagerer den lovende ballerina Victoria Page og den talentfulde komponist Julian Craster til at arbejde for sig på en ny ballet, lavet over H.C. Andersens "De røde sko". Balletten bliver en stor succes, og Victoria og Julian forelsker sig. Men Boris er jaloux og gør, hvad han kan, for at ødelægge deres lykke.

C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.

María, a girl from Colonia Dignidad, in Chile —a kind of sectarian community, tyrannically mastered by the ruthless Paul Schäfer, a German madman, religious fanatic and child predator, who would end up turning the place into a torture center at the service of the military dictatorship ruled by Augusto Pinochet—, is punished for having lost three pigs, so she decides to run away and take refuge in an abandoned house hidden in the forest.

Forfatteren Don Birman er alkoholiker, men har været tørlagt i ti dage på grund af bror Wick og kæresten Helens. Wick har planer om at tage en tur på landet, men han er bekymret over at overlade sin bror til sig selv. Don forsikrer ham om, at han vil udnytte tiden til at skrive i. Efter at Wick er rejst, drikker Don al alkohol i lejligheden og fortsætter sin eskapade på en bar. Filmen er instrueret af den fabelagtige Billy Wilder og blev belønnet med adskillige Oscars.