Three stories based on O. Henry novels.

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.

Based on the events that took place in Odessa in 1910, when, on the instructions of the Foreign Bureau of the RSDLP, a prominent Bolshevik underground worker arrived in the city under the guise of a French timber merchant, who was to organize the delivery of illegal literature to Russia through the Odessa port. The task can be completed. In Odessa, a variety show theater was created, which, having gained fame, toured Russia and received "theater props" from France...

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

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.

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which would drastically change his lifestyle. They form an uneasy friendship until Matsunaga's old boss Okada returns from prison.

Den charmerende og dovne svindler, Joe Thanks - også kaldet Nobody, rejser fra by til by og optræder som en anden gøgler med mere eller mindre realistiske revolverdueller. En dag beslutter han sig for at kaste sig ud i det helt store svindelnummer, der ikke alene skal gøre ham rig, men også gøre kål på det æreløse amerikanske kavaleri og dermed hjælpe nogle flinke og groft udnyttede indianere til at genvinde det land, regeringen har stjålet fra dem.

Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his wife. It's the first "no-fault" divorce in France and a media circus erupts, dredging up Antoine's past. Indecisive about his new love with a store clerk, he impulsively takes off with an old flame.

In a small town in occupied France in 1941, the German officer, Werner Von Ebrennac is billeted in the house of the uncle and his niece. The uncle and niece refuse to speak to him, but each evening the officer warms himself by the fire and talks of his country, his music, and his idealistic views of the relationship between France and Germany. That is, until he visits Paris and discovers what is really going on...

Jacques Lantier, en plaget jernbanemand, vender tilbage med toget til den franske havneby Le Havre og møder ved et tilfælde den impulsive stationsforstander Roubard og Séverine, hans kone.

Den ufatteligt glemsomme professor Ned Brainard opfinder et fantastisk stof, der kan ophæve tyngdekraften - hans forlovede Betsy Carlisle er ikke synderligt imponeret, men det er den lumske Alonzo Hawk imidlertid. Han vil gøre alt for at få fingre i professorens hemmelige formel, der kan gøre ham ufatteligt rig. Professor Brainard er dog ikke tabt bag en vogn, og det varer ikke længe, førend det magiske hoppegummi, kaldet 'flubber', sætter byen på den anden ende.

A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.

Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.

Joker, Animal Mother, Gomer, Eightball, Cowboy og de andre havner i et helvede af en træningslejr, hvor de bliver tværet flade af den skrigende eksercits-instruktør, der betragter de vordende dræbermaskiner som padder, mider eller noget endnu lavere. Handlingen er grum, historien er nådesløs, dialogen er krydret med ætsende humor. Fra basistræningens helvede til mareridtet i Hue i Vietnam står Full Metal Jacket som et filmhistorisk hovedværk.

Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.

The story of Dutch commando Marco Kroon, who, after becoming the first recipient of his country's highest military award in over five decades, finds himself in the crosshairs of the law for alleged drugs and weapons violations.

Filmen er baseret på den cubanske digter Reinaldo Arenas' chokerende memoirer. Han vokser op på landet under ekstremt fattige kår, men som teenager tændes håbet, da han får kontakt med revolutionshæren, der som en flodbølge fejer hen over landet. Jubeldagene efter Castros magtovertagelse er hurtigt overstået. Snart mærker han på egen krop, at det nye kommunistiske regime ingen tolerance har over for afvigere og anderledes tænkende.

Da Mahatma Gandhi i 1948 bliver skudt ned af en attentatmand, mister det forrige århundrede en af sine største personligheder. Livet igennem kæmper Gandhi mod undertrykkelse og for Indiens selvstændighed, og hans kampmidler er utraditionelle og frem for alt uvoldelige. 'Gandhi' blev belønnet med hele otte Oscars - bl.a. som årets bedste film. Ben Kingsley modtog en statuette for sin præstation som Gandhi.