Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.

A jaded prima ballerina reminisces about her first love affair after she is unexpectedly sent her lover's old diary.

Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.

A small Spanish town, Villar del Río, is alerted to the upcoming visit of American diplomats and its ruling townsmen begin preparations to impress the American visitors, in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting foreign officials would be more familiarized, the Castilian citizens don unfamiliar Andalusian costumes, hire a renowned flamenco performer, and re-decorate their town in Andalusian style, meantime waiting for their uncertain arrival.

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of the epic was stopped before the third part could be filmed, due to producer dissatisfaction with Eisenstein's introducing forbidden experimental filming techniques into the material, more evident in this part than the first part. As it was, this second part was banned from showings until after the deaths of both Eisenstein and Stalin, and a change of attitude by the subsequent heads of the Soviet government. In this part, as Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate him.

A poor Swedish piano teacher and her foster daughter’s lives are upended when the child’s biological mother arrives in their small town to reclaim her.

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.

Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.

After 15 years of marriage, David and Marianne have grown apart. David has had an affair with a patient of his and Marianne has got herself involved with her former lover Carl-Adam, who's also David's best friend. When she travels to Copenhagen to meet Carl-Adam, David takes the same train as she does, making it look coincidental. Spending time together remembering their past and talking about their future, they come to understand each other again, which leads to a reconciliation.

The path of the acclaimed icon of Italian ballet, Carla Fracci, a woman who managed to overcome professional and human challenges, building a brilliant career and a family.

Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

Leningrad, en sommer i begyndelsen af 80'erne. LP'er af Lou Reed og David Bowie smugles ind i landet i stor stil, undergrundens rockscene koger under Perestroika. Mayk kæmper for at promovere rockmusikken i et kontrolleret Sovjet. En dag møder han den unge Victor Tsoi, der har de musikalske evner til at skråle den sovjetiske befolkning op. Mayks kone Natalia bliver fascineret af denne nye stjerne, og det samme gør Mayk. Der udspiller sig ligeså stille et trekantsdrama.

Den vindtørre historieprofessor Raimund Gregorius redder en kvinde fra at springe ud fra en bro i Bern. I lommen på kvindens efterladte jakke finder Gregorius en portugisisk bog, hvis filosofiske indhold rører ham så meget, at han spontant tager et tog til Lissabon. Her opdager han, at bogens afdøde forfatter var involveret i et trekantsdrama i 1970'ernes portugisiske modstandsbevægelse.

Overklassefyren Charles Van Doren ved tilsyneladende alt. I Quiz Show efter Quiz Show muler han med imponerende paratviden og den ene nørdede fessertype efter den anden. Van Doren får efterhånden stjernestatus, men så begynder advokaten Dick Goodwin at efterforske sagen. Er der virkelig tale om intelligensens svar på supermand - eller stikker der noget andet under?

Den gamle professor, Isak Borg, er i sin bil på vej til Lund for at blive udnævnt til æresdoktor. Undervejs drømmer han sig tilbage til fortiden og genoplever både de mange jordbærsteder og de store skuffelser, han har mødt gennem sit lange liv. Han erkender, at hans liv på det menneskelige plan har været en fiasko. - I en af Bergmans bedste film ses Victor Sjöström, kendt instruktør fra stumfilmens guldalder, i en uforglemmelig rolle som den angrende professor.

Tvillingerne Maggie og Milo havde egentlig mistet kontakten, da en uventet genforening tvinger dem til at konfrontere hinanden med spørgsmålet om, hvad der egentlig gik galt imellem dem. Selv om de har ført temmelig forskellige tilværelser, føler de den samme desperation og afmagt ved gensynet.

Marina og Orlando er forlovede og planlægger deres fremtid sammen, da tragedien rammer. Orlando bliver syg og dør. Marina får ikke lov til at komme med til begravelsen. Hun er transkvinde, og for Orlandos familie er hendes kønsidentitet unaturlig. Politiet begynder endda at efterforske, om hun har noget med Orlandos død at gøre. Gennem hele sit liv har Marina kæmpet mod fordomme. Nu må hun igen kæmpe for retten til at være den kvinde, hun er. 'En fantastisk kvinde' modtog en Oscar for bedste ikke-engelsksprogede film foruden en lang række andre priser.

For seks år siden sendte NASA en sonde afsted for at undersøge muligheden for liv i rummet. Da den senere vendte tilbage bragte den nogle modbydelige fremmede væsner med sig. Nu er halvdelen af Mexico isoleret fra omverden i et desperat forsøg på at forhindre, at de fremmede væsner spreder sig yderligere. Fotografen Andrew får til opgave at eskortere kvinden Samantha gemmen den lukkede zone, over grænsen og ind i USA. Det bliver en livsfarlig rejse, der ændrer dem begge.

Midnight Cowboy blev belønnet med Oscars for bedste film, bedste instruktør og bedste manuskript, og kan desuden prale af, at Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voigt og Sylvia Miles alle blev Oscar-nomineret for deres præstationer. Dustin Hoffman er uforglemmelig som "Ratso" Rizzo, en snyltende, snusket, ubetydelig bondefanger med store drømme. Jon Voigt er fantastisk som Joe Buck, den smukke, naivt charmerende "cowboy" fra Texas, som er overbevist om, at han kan frelse New Yorks mange kærlighedshungrende kvinder. Disse to personer finder sammen i denne stærke og følelsesladede film om menneskeskæbner i storbyens jungle.