FBI-agenten Wilson jagter nazi-forbrydere på flugt for den internationale krigsforbryderdomstol. Han er på sporet af den højtstående nazist Franz Kindler, som efter krigen har levet under en ny identitet. Sporet fører Wilson til en lille by i New England, USA. Her lever Kindler under navnet Charles Rankin, er professor og på vej til at blive gift med datteren af en højesteretsdommer. Hvor langt vil Kindler gå for at beskytte sit nye liv, og hvor langt vil Wilson gå for at afsløre ham?

Det er historien om forsikringssælgeren Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), som tryllebindes af mødet med en blond femme fatale, Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck). Sammen planlægger de at skaffe hendes mand af vejen. Mordet planlægges og udføres omhyggeligt Walters overordnede (Edward G. Robinson) er sikker på, at noget ikke er, som det skal være; den afdøde har netop tegnet en livsforsikring med en såkaldt "double indemnity" klausul - og sandsynligheden for så efterfølgende at dø i et ulykkestilfælde, der dækkes af policen - er uendelig lille. Han mistænker ikke umiddelbart sin trofaste medarbejder, men da undersøgelserne i ubehagelig grad nærmer sig sandheden, erfarer Walter, at han måske slet ikke står foran en ny tilværelse med en smuk, ung kvinde - men at hun i virkeligheden har helt andre planer.

Efter at have reddet den smukke Rosalie fra et overfald bliver sømanden Michael O’Hara hyret til en yacht, der tilhører hendes rige, men delvis invalide mand, Arthur Banister. Under turen fra New York til San Francisco bliver O’Hara forelsket i Rosalie. Samtidig får han et usædvanligt tilbud af Bannisters kompagnon George Grisby, men bliver snart anklaget for mord og befinder sig midt i et dødeligt og kompliceret drama af svindel og bedrag.

Professor Marcus har planer om at røve to armerede pengetransporter ved hjælp af en bande småkriminelle. De kender ikke hinanden, men slår sig sammen for at udføre det aktuelle kup. De udarbejder strategien for kuppet på første sal i en herskabsvilla, der ejes af Mrs. Louisa Wilberforce - en temmelig excentrisk ældre dame, som tror, at Professor Marcus og hans "venner" er medlemmer af et orkester og samles dagligt for at øve sig.

England i starten af 1400-tallet. Kong Henry IV er skuffet over sin søn, kronprins Hal, der mest går op i at drikke og more sig med den storpralende svirebror John Falstaff. Da tronen trues af et oprør, beslutter Hal at genvinde sin fars tillid ved at bevise sit værd i kamp. Men for at blive konge må Hal også slå hånden af sine gamle venner - deriblandt Falstaff.

A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.

After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.

Johnny McQueen er leder af en nordirsk undergrundsorganisation. Under et røveri såres han alvorligt og må skjule sig tilfældige steder i Belfast. Imens jager politiet ham intensivt.

Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

An outrageous erotic poem focusing on the daydreams of a beautiful boy prostitute who, from the seclusion of his ultra-kitsch apartment, conceives a series of interlinked narcissistic fantasies populated by matadors, dancing boys, slaves, and leather-clad bikers.

Marlon Brando fanger den helt utrolige selvmodsigelse og kompleksitet, der ligger i, at hæderlig mand vælger at blive nazi-soldat. De unge løver fortæller historien om anden verdenskrig - set fra begge sider. Den amerikanske side er repræsenteret af Montgomery Clift og Dean Martin, og den tyske spilles tragisk og levende af Marlon Brando.

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.

On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori. Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community - and how to kill. With the birth of a new baby brother weighing on his mind, Alexander begins to question Gregori’s overpowering influence on the children and their training to become assassins. Threatened by his increasing unwillingness to fall in line, Gregori’s behavior turns erratic and adversarial toward the child he once considered a son. With the two set dangerously at odds and the commune’s way of life disintegrating, the residents fear a violent resolution is at hand.

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.

Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel, lesbian exercise classes and a dizzying variety of pills get him through the day, but don't quite solve his problem. His writing partner tries everything to get him back to normal, but it's not until Hudson meets Sara that he finds a real motivation to get better and to actually start feeling again. From the writer of Deuce Bigalow, comes NUMB, a romantic comedy following an unusual man looking for strange love.

Krølhårede Joe Collins er den skrappe, men enfoldige forbryder, som kæmper en hård daglig kamp blandt medindsatte og fangevogtere i det overfyldte Westgate fængsel. Joe hader især den ondskabsfulde Munsey, der styrer fængslet som en enevældig diktator. Efter lidt for mange sadistiske overgreb på den hårde kerne af indsatte udtænker Joe og hans medfanger en flugtplan, der har alle chancer for at ende i et blodbad.

In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.