This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging success with the public and also monitored closely by the government.

Un bancher scorțos își asigură ajutorul extravagantei sale amante și a soțului ei lefter pentru un jaf elaborat, plănuind să plece apoi din țară.

A love triangle develops between three people who run a high tech chicken farm. It involves Anna (who owns the farm), her husband Marco (who kills prostitutes in his spare time) and Gabriella (the very beautiful secretary). Marco continues to kill as jealousy becomes more prevalent on the farm.

“Strip Search” împletește câteva povești paralele care examinează problema libertății personale versus securitatea națională, devenită foarte actuală după 11 septembrie. Principalele două intrigi implică o americană deținută în China și un arab reținut de poliție în New York.

1972, Milan. Just a few days before the general elections, a young girl from an esteemed family is raped and murdered. Bizanti, editor-in-chief of a conservative newspaper, tries to derail the official police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his boss to win the elections.

A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.

A painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive mansions on Istanbul's Princes' Islands. The woman in the photograph is the daughter of the owner of the mansion. The two meet on a rainy day.

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United States is being held captive on a secret international moon base called Vegan and that he has been replaced on Earth by a clone, the US Marshall Service immediately sends their 'best' man, Dix, on the mission.

Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises together, it is an allegory of corrupted power. Disturbing, claustrophobic settings are the background to a series of mysterious crimes.

A young restorer is commissioned to save a fresco representing the suffering of St. Sebastiano, which was painted on the wall of a local church by a mysterious, long-dead artist.

Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to a remote lake cottage for their honeymoon, where the promise of private romance awaits them. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night.

În Napoli, Adelina trebuie să vândă tutun de contrabandă pentru a-și întreține familia. Amenzile neplătite pentru desfășurarea acestei activități o fac să trăiască sub amenințarea constantă a închisorii. La Milano, bogata și volubilă Anna face o evadare cu noul ei iubit în Rolls-Royce al soțului ei. La Roma, Mara, o prostituată cu inimă bună, va face promisiune că va întoarce un tânăr seminarist captivant pe calea cea bună. Trei povești cu actrița Sophia Loren în rol principal care arată voința, decizia și caracterul practic al italiencei în fața slăbiciunii bărbaților din jurul ei.

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Giovanni Pontano, un scriitor de succes, vizitează împreună cu soția sa, Lidia, un prieten aflat în spital. Apoi cei doi se îndreaptă spre locația unei petreceri organizate cu ocazia lansării noii cărți a lui Giovanni Pontano. Lidia părăsește petrecerea și începe să rătăcească pe străzile din Milano, astfel ajungând în cartierul în care a locuit odată, împreună cu soțul ei. Noaptea, cei doi soți iau parte la o petrecere dată de un milionar ce vrea ca Giovanni Pontano să scrie o carte despre istoria companiei sale. În timpul nopții, scriitorul flirtează cu fata gazdei, Valentina, iar Lidia pleacă de la petrecere însoțită de un tânăr.

O actriță franceză și un arhitect japonez au o aventură scurtă și intensă după Hiroshima, fascinația lor reciprocă împingându-i să-și exorcizeze propriile amintiri cicatrizate despre iubire și suferință.

Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.