Night on Earth e o colecție de cinci episoade (scrise în opt zile) al căror punct comun îl reprezintă relația temporară ce se stabilește între taximetrist și pasager în cinci orașe diferite: Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Roma și Helsinki.

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

A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.

This shortcut repeats the structure of Coffee and Cigarettes. This time, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits meet in a bar. But, again, we don't know why they agreed to do that in the first place, because they don't seem to know each other very well and they don't have much to talk about, so the conversation wanders idly and hilariously as they sip their coffee and smoke cigarettes.

A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.

Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.

A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

Drumul improbabil al boxerului „irlandez” Micky Ward către titlul mondial la categoria welter ușoară. Ascensiunea lui asemănătoare cu a lui Rocky a fost condusă de fratele vitreg Dicky, un boxer devenit antrenor care a revenit în viață după ce aproape că a fost aruncat la podea de droguri și infracțiuni.

Stephane si Maxime sunt proprietarii unui foarte select atelier parizian de construit si reparat viori. Intr-o seara, Maxime ii marturiseste partenerului sau de afaceri dragostea sa pentru Camille, o tanara si foarte talentata violonista. Inca de la prima lor intalnire, Stephane si Camille se simt puternic atrasi unul catre celalalt, doar ca, in vreme ce barbatul reuseste sa-si reprime sentimentele, atractia lui Camille pentru el se transforma intr-o adevarata obsesie...

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.

The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.

O familie este gata să se destrame atunci când mici eșecuri duc la minciuni, totul într-o tentativă de a lupta împotriva sorții, acoperind adevărul. Ca să evite greutățile și responsabilitățile care, de altfel, ar fi greu de îndurat, familia alege să ignore adevărul, să nu vorbească despre el, să se facă a nu-l observa ori auzi, ca în parabola chinezească a celor trei maimuțe.

The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.

In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few characters along the way.

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.

When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.