A group of disillusioned young Parisians look for satisfaction in political activism, religion, romance, music, and drugs.

Den franske modstandsaktivist Fontaine dømmes til døden af nazisterne og bruger al sin vågne tid på at planlægge sin flugt ud af fængslet. En dødsdømt flygter af Robert Bresson vandt instruktørprisen i Cannes. Hans minimalistiske og nervepirrende dramathriller er baseret på virkelige hændelser i nazifængslet i Lyon under Anden Verdenskrig.

Enken Jeanne har samme rutine hver dag: kartofler skrælles til aftensmad. Om eftermiddagen modtager hun mænd for at tjene ekstra til husholdningen, inden hendes søn kommer hjem. Pludseligt sker der noget uventet, og rutinen bryder sammen. Instruktøren Chantal Akerman var kun 25 år, da hun lavede denne feministiske milepæl.

The story of an introverted young girl just reaching adulthood who takes a liking to an older woman she meets at a party and determines to match her off with her father, despite the latter's already having a lover of his own.

Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle. In the moonlight, iron mines are brightly lit throughout the night. Workers who operate the drilling machines must stay awake. The fight is tortuous, against the machine and against themselves. Meanwhile, coal miners are busy filling trucks with coals. Wearing a coal-dust mask, they become ghostlike creatures. An endless line of trucks will transport all the coals and iron ores to the iron works. There traps another crowd of souls, being baked in hell. In the hospital, time hangs heavy on miners' hands. After decades of breathing coal dust, death is just around the corner. They are living the reality of purgatory, but there will be no paradise.

A composition of symbolic, surreal and almost mystic images.

In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera heiress Pat Neil—embark on a daring quest filled with intrigue and betrayal, challenging societal norms amidst political turmoil and the vibrant world of Peking Opera.

In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been keeping a terrible secret. Hitchhiking with two men, she was brutally raped in the woods. Although she has kept silent about what happened, she has not forgotten, and her son Órban serves as a living reminder.

Alice Tomaso gets out of jail, and goes looking for Léo and Julien, one of whom, it appears, is her father. On the way, she steals the wrong car - one belonging to the Russian mafia, and arrives at her destination with a gang of thugs out looking for her and the car.

When Nicole, a young copy-shop employee, is hired to translate an ancient Chinese manuscript, she soon finds that the document has strange powers that little by little begin to exert an eerie influence over her life.

Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?

Alice, a young translator, finds the real world slowly merging with her recurring nightmares as she tries to solve the puzzle of her recent memory loss. A postcard leads her to the island of Garma where the locals seems to know her. Is she who she thinks she is? And what significance does her dream of an astronaut abandoned on the moon have?

Charlie opdager ved sin fars død, at han ikke skal arve familieformuen. Overraskelsen bliver ikke mindre, da det viser sig, at arven går til en hidtil ukendt storebror, som oven i købet er autist. Charlie bortfører resolut sin autistiske bror for at få de penge, der tilkommer ham, men mødet med den ukendte bror bringer minder frem, og Charlie undergår en forvandling.

Efter kuppet i Rio er Dom, Brian og resten af deres slæng spredt for alle vinde. Selv om de hver især fik en god portion penge ud af missionen, har røveriet tvunget dem på flugt uden mulighed for at vende hjem til Los Angeles. Lige indtil Dom bliver kontaktet af sin gamle nemesis, agent Hobbs, der er på sporet af et netværk af dødbringende racerkørere med et kendt ansigt i spidsen. Dom og hans fartglade kompagnonger beslutter sig derfor for at hjælpe mod et løfte om den ultimative betaling: en total benådning, så de alle kan vende hjem til deres familier igen.

Two childhood best friends are asked to share a kiss for the purposes of a student short film. Soon, a lingering doubt sets in, confronting both men with their preferences, threatening the brotherhood of their social circle, and, eventually, changing their lives.

Onkel Boonmee er dødeligt syg og har valgt at tilbringe sine sidste dage på landet omgivet af sine nærmeste. Til alles overraskelse dukker Boonmees afdøde hustrus genfærd op for at tage sig af ham, og hans forsvundne søn vender hjem i en ikke-menneskelig form. Boonmee overvejer de mulige årsager til sin sygdom og vandrer med sin familie gennem junglen til en mystisk bjerggrotte – fødestedet for hans første liv...

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

The Grand Budapest Hotel fortæller historien om Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), en legendarisk concierge på et berømt hotel beliggende i en spaby i det europæiske land Zubrowka. Vi befinder os midt imellem de to verdenskrige, og mens fascismen ruller ind over Europa, holder Gustave H på de formelle og servicerende former og er noget af en darling hos de ældre damer på hotellet. Ikke mindst hos Madame Céline Villeneuve Desgoffe und Taxis, også kaldet Madame D (Tilda Swinton), der efter sin død efterlader Gustave H et dyrebart maleri. Og så har vi balladen, for ud over at have en enorm formue har Madame D også en enorm familie, og de – ikke mindst Dmitri (Adrien Brody) og håndlangeren Jopling (Willem Dafoe) – vil gå meget langt for at forhindre Gustave H i at få det dyrebare maleri.

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

I 60'ernes USA hyres den italiensk-amerikanske udsmider Tony Lip som chauffør for den sorte klavervirtuos Don Shirley. Don skal på koncertturné, og det umage par må gøre brug af en rejseguide til, hvilke restauranter og hoteller der tager imod afroamerikanere for at sikre, at han ikke nægtes servering. Undervejs bliver Tony og Don konfronteret med deres egne fordomme, og de får øjnene op for alt det, de har til fælles.