Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it's merely a cover for the labor-intensive refurbishing of his country cottage. The reason for David's secrecy is that his childhood crush, Lise, lives nearby, and, although she's married, he still believes they'll get together. His devotion to the idea borders on mania, and, when Lise's husband is accidentally killed, he quickly spirals out of control.

Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...

To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.

Marc ejer en bar i Gibraltar, men han er i pengebekneb, så han lader sig overtale til at blive betalt meddeler for de franske toldmyndigheder. Marc skal give dem oplysninger om diverse skumle typer, der besøger hans bar, og snart er han fanget i et farligt spil mellem internationale narkosmuglere og uærlige toldembedsmænd.

Den anerkendte instruktør John Landis (The Blues Brothers) er manden bag denne vilde sammenblanding af midnats-tv, lavbudget sci-fi film og dåselatter sitcoms, som er spækket med tossede indfald, der garanterer latterkrampe. Satiren spidder nutiden og popkulturen gennem nogle af de mest tossede indslag, der nogensinde er udtænkt inden for underholdningsbranchen. Historien handler om en tv-station, som sender science-fiction, inspireret af 1950'erne ind imellem vilde tv-spots, skøre kortfilm og underlige specialprogrammer. En fuldstændig vanvittig skæv indfaldsvinkel til det bedste – af det værste – der vises på tv.

Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce. The strains on the men begin to show particularly in François and Paul's friendship and in Vincent's health. A younger man, Jack, becomes attractive to Lucie, François's wife. Another young friend, the boxer Jean, who's like a son to Vincent and whose girlfriend is pregnant, has taken a bout with a merciless slugger. Has happiness eluded this circle of friends?

Breaking Away foregår i Bloomington, Indiana, et sommerhedt hul i USA, hvor de lokale arbejdersønner keder sig og drømmer om uopnåelige collegepiger. Dave og hans tre bedste venner Mike, Cyril og Moocher er færdige med highschool og skal snart til at se voksentilværelsen i øjnene. De fordriver tiden med det rene ingenting, for de nægter at vaske de universitetsstuderendes biler. Til sin fars bekymring er Dave en drømmer, der brændende ønsker sig at være berømt italiensk cykelrytter, men hans mors indstilling til, at det hele nok skal gå, viser sig at være den rette. Dave får nemlig et par erfaringer eller to den sommer, der gør ham moden til at tage nogle fornuftige valg. Filmen handler selvfølgelig også om at stræbe op ad, at have mål og at ville gøre en indsats for at nå dem. Det er cykelløbet i slutningen er filmen det klareste eksempel på. Der vinder arbejderklassedrengene over universitetsfyrene. En morsom og seriøs film på samme tid.

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, and squat in houses with the African immigrants. One day they both fall in love with Mathilde a blond dancer and follow her to New York.

A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.

Den alkoholiserede kommissær Dave Robicheaux vender tilbage til sin hjemegn i Lousiana for at opklare mordet på en ung kvinde. Samtidig indspilles der en storfilm om den amerikanske borgerkrig i området og da Robicheaux opdager, at optagelserne finansieres af en personlighed fra den lokale mafia - Julie "Baby Feet" Balboni - får han mistanke om en sammenhæng. Men da filmens påståede synske stjerne Elrod Sykes fortæller om et lig i et sumpområde der relaterer til en 35 år gammel sag er der slående ligheder til denne sag og mysteriet tager pludselig en uventet drejning...

The youthful Vicky is torn between two men, Hao-Hao and Jack. At night she works as a PR person at a night club to support both of them. Hao-Hao keeps vigilance over her all the time, no matter she is on or off the job. He checks her charge accounts, telephone bills, mobile phone records, and even her body odor in an attempt to trace Vicky’s activities. She cannot stand him any longer; she runs away.

Anført af familieoverhovedet Vittorio Manalese planlægger en siciliansk gangsterklan et storslået juveltyveri fra Villa Borghese i Rom. På snedig vis lykkes det Manaleses sønner at befri den berygtede, professionelle forbryder Roger Sartet fra en fangetransport, og Sartets ekspertise er uundværlig i planlægningen af det store kup. Kriminalkommissæren Le Goff er imidlertid blot ét skridt efter forbryderne, så tingene bliver mere og mere komplicerede.

George is the scapegoat of his classmates. One day he cracks and shoots them. His best and only friend Blaise is accused in his place and sentenced to 7 years in a psychiatric hospital. At the day of his release, Blaise realizes he only has one family: his best friend George. But he does not want to hear about his childhood friend, as he tries to integrate with the “Chivers” a gang whose members wear red jackets and boots, drink milk, drive sport trucks and play an incomprehensible and violent game that mixes cricket and mental arithmetic.

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.

Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.

Den voldsomt uafhængige kunstner Nola Darling fra Brooklyn forsøger at være tro mod sig selv, mens hun har et forhold til tre vidt forskellige mænd.

Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. Then, after killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically.

En baby lampe finder en bold at lege med, og det hele er sjov og spil indtil bolden brister. Lige da den ældre Luxo mener hans barn vil falde til ro for en tid, finder Luxo Jr. en bold, der er ti gange større.

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

Da Caleb møder den smukke Mae, er han fortabt. Ukendte kræfter trækker i ham. - Og Mae har intet imod hans stormende følelser..... Hun besvarer dem med hede og voldsomme kys. Så hede, at Calebs hud brænder som Helvedes ild. Dermed er hans skæbne for evigt beseglet. Han har ikke længere sin frie vilje. Han er nu blot et lydigt redskab.