A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.

Pepe Soriano plays a Madrid shopkeeper who is kidnapped by henchmen of Franco in this political comedy. After his kidnapping, he is forced to become the dictator's double for many official ceremonies. Due to his long and unexplained absence, Pepe's wife believes her husband has been abducted and killed, so she tries to reach her husband through spiritualism. After Pepe surprises her with a nocturnal visit, he tells her he will touch his ear to signal it is he and not Franco in public appearances.

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.

Zhu Tong, a primary school student who loves fantasy, suddenly discovers that everything on campus changes into what he imagines, when his bizarre fantasy intertwines with the distress of school life.

The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tremendous personal hardship, the women persevere in their tasks, devoted to their work and their country's cause.

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.

Pressens adfærd i efterkrigstidens amerikaniserede japanske samfund er så relevant i dag som dengang. En ung maler mødes under et ferieophold tilfældigt med en populær sangerinde. Da han kører hende tilbage til hotellet, hvor de begge bor, bliver de fotograferet af en nærgående paparazzi. Snart beretter en sladderavis om deres "hede romance", og Ichiro må gå rettens vej for at genvinde sin ære.

En japansk general og hans mænd forklæder sig som munke, for at passere fjendens grænse.

Spændingsdramaet Key Largo er måske ikke John Hustons bedste film, men tæt på. Edward G. Robinson er tilbage i en af sine rendyrkede gangsterkarakter-roller som den usympatiske Johnny Rocco, der holder en gruppe rejsende som gidsler på et hotel på sydspidsen af Florida under en tropisk storm. Humphrey Bogart spiller en krigsveteran, der ikke har tænkt sig at finde sig i noget. Claire Trevor vandt en Oscar som skurkens alkoholiserede veninde.

Cirkusfolkene Rand og Shileds kidnapper Boy og tager ham med til New York. Tarzan og Jane må derfor forlade junglen og opsøge storbyen for at få deres dreng tilbage, hvilket giver anledning til en del forviklinger og problemer for abernes konge, der ikke helt kan begå sig blandt civiliserede mennesker. Men finde sin søns kidnappere og stille dem til regnskab; dét kan han.

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

Authorized biopic of Brazilian evangelical bishop Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and owner of Record TV network. Based on a book trilogy of the same name, the movie tells the story of the self-made man who faced several moments of turbulence while pursuing his conviction.

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.

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.

In late 60s Tokyo, Eddie, a young drag queen, is the favourite of Gonda, the owner of the bar where she works. This relationship provokes the jealousy of Gonda's mistress, Leda, the bar's matron. Eddie and Gonda decide to get rid of her...

FBI har et godt øje til skurken Cody Jarret, der til sidst tilstår et mindre røveri for at give sig alibi i forbindelse med et større. Senere bryder Cody ud af fængslet sammen med cellekammeraten Hank, og de to samler Codys gamle bande for at planlægge et røveri mod en pengetransport. Men Hank viser sig ikke at være den forhærdede forbryder, han giver sig ud for.

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.