În primii ani ai secolului 20-lea, Mohandas K. Gandhi, avocat pregătit de britanici, a părăsit toate posesiunile lumii pentru a prelua cauza independenței indiene. Confruntat cu rezistența armată din partea guvernului britanic, Gandhi adoptă o politică de „rezistență pasivă”, încercând să câștige libertatea pentru poporul său fără a recurge la vărsare de sânge.

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.

Antoine is now 30, working as a proofreader and getting divorced from his wife. It's the first "no-fault" divorce in France and a media circus erupts, dredging up Antoine's past. Indecisive about his new love with a store clerk, he impulsively takes off with an old flame.

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…

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.

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

În timpul celui de-al II-lea război mondial, Cesira și fiica ei de 13 ani, Rosetta, părăsesc Roma de teama bombardamentelor aliaților. În drum spre satul natal al Cesirei, ele sunt violate de către un grup de soldați marocani. După ce își revin din această traumatizantă experiență, cele două sunt conduse la Roma de un șofer de camion aparent prietenos, dar care nu se sfiește să cumpere cu o pereche de ciorapi, favorurile Rosettei. Aflarea adevărului de către Cesira compromite grav relația mamă-fiică.

Cetățeanul Kane este o satiră a primului magnat de presă cu o carieră de neegalat din acest secol. Personajul principal este Charles Foster Kane, care s-a născut pentru a fi un om mare. A început ca o persoană simplă, dar cu puțin noroc, a recunoscut mereu oportunitățile din mediul său și a putut să le folosească în avantajul său. Avea ziare, posturi de radio și era un om cu influență al opiniei publice. Povestea lui Kane, care s-a ridicat de jos și a „uitat” acest lucru, a pierdut totul dintr-o lovitură. A murit singur – chiar dacă părea nemuritor – și odată cu el bogăția, puterea și gloria.

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

În Italia, la începutul anilor 1970, șeful brigăzii criminale este pe cale să fie promovat la funcția de director al secției. Convins că îndatoririle lui îl pun mai presus de lege, îi tăie gâtul amantei sale, Augusta Terzi, în timpul unei partide amoroase. Cu un calm desăvârșit, face totul pentru a dovedi că nimeni nu va avea inteligența, nici măcar îndrăzneala, să-l bănuiască și să tulbure astfel buna ierarhie socială. El reușește să semene dovezi copleșitoare, relansând ancheta atunci când aceasta se oprește...

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.