Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Beautiful young European girl, Carol, is possessed by the spirit of Ayesha – “She, who must be obeyed” – and led to the lost city of Kuma, where she is destined to become queen.

In Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become his mistress.

A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.

Der hersker almindelig uenighed om, hvilken præstation der rent faktisk var Greta Garbos bedste. Ernst Lubitsch fik hende i sin vidunderlige komedie Ninotchka til at folde sit ellers tillukkede væsen ud i en grad, som ingen anden før, så dette var i hvert fald hendes mest sympatiske og charmerende præstation. Datidens storcharmør, Melvyn Douglas, som senere udviklede sig til en formidabel karakterskuespiller, er også i top i denne tidløse klassiker.

An ambitious Hollywood hustler becomes involved with a reclusive female star, whom he tries to lure out of retirement.

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.

TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

Warner Brothers' opfindsomme, livsbekræftende musicals fra 30'erne, ofte med Busby Berkeleys koreografi og med sange af Harry Warren og Al Dubin, er blandt de bedste inden for genren, og 42nd Street fra 1933 er måske den allerbedste, de lavede. Det er en såkaldt backstage musical – en musical om det at lave en musical – og den blev i sin tid så stor en succes, at den reddede filmselskabet fra at gå fallit. Filmen er en evigt ung og frisk fest for øjet og øret.

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the led him to the killing.

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

Den elegante Don Diego vender hjem til sin barndomsby efter en militærkarriere i Madrid og finder omgivelserne meget forandret. Hans fader der tidligere var borgmester i Los Angeles er blevet afsat og erstattet af et korrupt bystyre, ledet af Pasquale der styrer borgerne med hård hånd. Det varer ikke længe før den unge adelsmand må afgøre om han vil samarbejde med undertrykkerne eller kæmpe side om side med de almindelige borgere.

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

Du må tage en blodig hævn - dette er de sidste ord, som Yukis mor presser over sine læber, inden hun udånder. Under hele sin opvækst lærer den unge pige Yuki, at meningen med livet er at søge hævn over de forbrydere, der myrdede hendes far og bror, og som forbrød sig mod hendes mor. Fængslet på livstid for mordet på en af banditterne beslutter moderen Sayo sig for at lære sin datter, hvordan hun skal realisere ønsket om hævn! Yuki må derfor lære sig alt om, hvordan man håndterer et sværd, hvordan man dræber sin modstander, og at man aldrig under nogen omstændigheder udviser nogen form for barmhjertighed. Oplært som lejemorder er Yuki klar til at udleve sin mors drøm i skikkelse af den hævnende engel Lady Snowblood!!!

The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.

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.

I det feudale Japan, under en blodig krig mellem klaner, støder to kujonagtige og grådige bønder, soldater fra en besejret hær, på en mystisk mand, der fører dem til en fæstning skjult i bjergene.