Brannigan er en hårdtslående politimand fra Chicago, som bliver sendt til London, for at hente en farlig gangster, men gangsteren bliver kidnappet. Sammen med det langt mindre aggressive engelske politi, må Brannigan på jagt, med lejemordere i hælen, i en by meget langt fra Amerika.

John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.

Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman's struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it--and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight.

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.

Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks solace from local preacher Lenox Thomas, who eventually impregnates her. When Leroy catches wind, he heads home for a showdown with Lenox.

Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

Den benhårde privatdetektiv Philip Marlowe bliver hyret at en døende general til at holde øje med hans datter, Carmen. Det viser sig hurtigt, at Carmen er kommet i dårligt selskab og er langt længere ude, end hvor hun kan bunde. Intriger og mord følger i tætte stimer, alt imens Marlowe bliver trukket ind i overklassens og underverdenens dekadente virkelighed. Men der skal mere til at slå verdens sejeste detektiv ud.

During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead. Can he save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas?

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Komedie er ikke noget at grine af for Oscarvinderne Sally Field og Tom Hanks, der står midt på scenen i kæmpesucceseen . Sally Field (Forrest Gump, Mrs. Doubtfire) spiller rollen som Lilah Krytsick, en mor til tre fra New Jersey, der desperat ønsker at slå igennem som komiker. Hele sit liv har hun fået at vide, at hun er sjov, og nu er der blevet vendt op og ned på hendes hjemmeliv, da hun tilbringer sine aftener på scenen i en af New Yorks komedieklubber, The Gas Station. Hanks (Cast Away, Saving Private Ryan) spiller Steven Gould, en selvoptaget Lenny Bruce type, der får al opmærksomheden på The Gas Station med sit ukuelige, naturlige komedietalent. De bliver tiltrukket af hinanden, og Steve hjælper den usikre Lilah med at forvandle sit nummer fra trivielt til fantastisk, mens hun hjælper ham med at få styr på hans forpinte tilværelse. Med Hanks og Fields kritikerroste præstationer er et fascinerende drama om komikernes barske verden.

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

Colonia Helena, Argentina. The mysterious Tomás Kóblic, a former Navy pilot, works as a fumigator while dealing with his dark past and the intrigues of the corrupt police commissioner…

The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.

I 1968, da USA var dybt involveret i Vietnamkrigen, men folk i verden udenfor var begyndt at se med mere nuancerede øjne på denne konflikt, virkede denne dybt énsidige film, mere eller mindre skabt af cowboyhelten John Wayne, som en våd klud i ansigtet på mange. Filmen er en rendyrket glorificering af de amerikanske specialtropper "De grønne baretter" og deres "heltemodige" fremfærd over for de "djævelske" Vietcong'er.

James Stewart og Walter Brennan spiller en enspænder og hans håndlanger, som planlægger at tjene hurtige penge ved at sælge kvæg. Historien udspiller sig i Dawson i det vilde vest, mens guldfeberen er på sit højeste. Det varer dog ikke længe, før de bliver viklet ind i en konflikt med den selvudnævnte sherif John McIntire og hans skydegale lejesvende. Da Brennan bliver dræbt, tvinges Stewart til at sætte en stopper for den udbredte lovløshed i et pistolrygende klimaks.

Forklædt som bøddel redder Mace Bishop sin bankrøver-bror Dee fra galgen. Sammen med den skønne Maria sætter brødrene kurs mod Mexico, skarpt forfulgt af sheriffen og hans posse. Da de to grupper bliver angrebet af mexicanske banditter, må brødrene og sheriffen slå pjalterne sammen for at overleve.

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.

Will Lockhart ankommer til Coronado, en afsidesliggende by i midten af ingenting. Snart bliver han viklet ind i komplicerede familiedramaer og gamle rivalrier, og ender i sigtekornet hos den lokale kvægbaron og hans farlige søn.

Den lille by Fort Ruby bliver overfaldet af en gruppe røvere, der plyndrer og myrder løs, heriblandt pastor Goodnight. Hans datter Eula overlever angrebet og slår sig sammen med den hensynsløse sherif Rooster Cogburn i jagten på sin fars mordere.

April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?