Nawiedzany tragiczną przeszłością były żołnierz marine, Tony Conlin, powraca do rodzinnego Pittsburgha. Zabiegając o wsparcie ojca Paddy'ego, byłego alkoholika i trenera, postanawia wziąć udział w turnieju mieszanych sztuk walki (MMA). Są to zawody wysokiego ryzyka, których nagrodą jest największa suma pieniędzy w dziejach sportu. Podczas gdy Tony przeciera sobie szlak do wygranej, jego brat Brendan, były wojownik MMA, a obecnie nauczyciel w szkole, ledwo wiąże koniec z końcem. Gdy Brendan zostaje zawieszony w pracy - powraca na amatorski ring by zapewnić byt rodzinie. Niestety, mimo, że minęło kilka lat, jego stosunki z Tonym i ojcem są nadal napięte. Nieoczekiwanie, drogi dwojga braci krzyżują się na ringu..
Czterech policjantów wypadło z gry: dwóch nie żyje, dwóch kolejnych prawdopodobnie zginęło. Nalot grupy ds. narkotyków nie udał się i detektyw Ray Tierney staje na czele grupy dochodzeniowej. Jest bezpośrednio związany z tą sprawą. Jego brat był dowódcą wciągniętych w zasadzkę oficerów. Jego szwagier, oficer, często był ich partnerem. Im więcej Ray odkrywa, tym bardziej poddawane są próbie więzy rodzinne. A braterskie powinności coraz częściej doprowadzają do sporów.
Wstrząsająca ekranizacja pamiętników Christiane F. 12-letnia Christiane, dorastająca w blokowiskach Berlina, nie ma żadnych zainteresowań. Wraz z koleżanką trafia do lokalu, gdzie kwitnie handel narkotykami. Tam poznaje niewiele starszego Detlefa, który jest uzależniony od heroiny. Dziewczyna zaczyna od wdychania białego proszku, z czasem sięga po strzykawkę. Coraz głębiej grzęźnie w nałogu, a gdy zaczyna brakować jej pieniędzy, zostaje prostytutką.
A three-part anthology film about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; and a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.
A stunning and provocative look at Mark Kerr's career from late '99 through the 2000 Pride Grand Prix, fighting with his own personal demons that rival the men he encounters in the ring.
Luźna ekranizacja "Lat nauki Wilhelma Meistra" Goethego, z akcją przeniesioną w realia współczesnych Niemiec. Sześć dni z życia Wilhelma, wyobcowanego i niezbyt utalentowanego młodego mężczyzny z artystycznymi aspiracjami. Postanawia on zostać pisarzem. W tym celu udaje się w podróż do Bonn. W drodze poznaje starego mistrza olimpijskiego, nastolatkę - akrobatkę i młodą aktorkę. Razem kontynuują podróż, próbując pozbyć się dojmującego uczucia samotności...
Ferdinand Weitel, a forklift driver, is desperate: Insurance agent Arno von Mehling, a true sales talent, has had contracts signed in record amounts. Now Weitel is wandering through the corridors of the insurance company trying to save what can still be saved - on Shrove Tuesday of all days. The department for customer service and complaints is in a colorful mood and has no ear for Weitel's worries. Finally, secretary Annerose Waguscheit takes heart and tells him about the evening carnival ball "Traum-Police", where he can safely find Mr. Mehling.
Thomas, the son of a prison warden, falls for Martin, one of the prison inmates. After Martin is released, they try to build a relationship and a life together but, no one will leave them alone.
Based on a popular 1931 play, the film tells the fate of a naive young woman named Marianne, who breaks off her reluctant engagement with Oskar the butcher after falling in love with a fop named Alfred who, however, has no serious interest in returning her love. For this error, she must pay bitterly.
A film about a pair of sisters, whose parents are divorcing after their father leaves their mother for a younger woman, and who plot together to try to repair their fractured family.
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
The year is 1997, and World Peace seems to have come, with most classic weapons of mass destruction having been abandoned. However, orbiting the Earth there is the European/American space station FLORIDA ARKLAB, capable of controlling the weather at any location on the planet underneath. A civil project by nature, it might be abused as an offensive weapon, since it could deliver devastation to any potential adversary simply by creating natural disasters such as storms and floods. No wonder the space station soon becomes the central point in rising political tensions between East and West, next stop World War 3 (as indicated by the tagline "The end of our future has already begun"). We follow the main protagonist Billy Hayes, an astronaut aboard the station, as he wades through a plot of secrecy and sabotage trying to tell friend from foe in the process.
Young Tina has a big dream, she wants to become a successful pop singer. That's why she tries her luck in the music show 'Formel Eins'. There she meets all kinds of stars like Falco, Meat Loaf, Die Toten Hosen and Pia Zadora and of course the presenter Ingolf Lück. The result is a colorful mix-up and the question arises as to whether Tina can make her dream come true.
The pert Tina is sick of school and the muff in her Bavarian village. She wants to go with Tino - attendant of a visiting auto-scooter - who has to leave the place for dubious reasons. However he lets her down and leaves alone. Now Tina persuades fellow student Robby, who has a crush on her, to take her on a random trip with his motor-scooter. It seems only to be a matter of time until he realizes that she's just using him to follow her boyfriend - or will the shy Robby manage to win her heart on their chaotic journey?
The former waiter Ernst Held believes himself to be called higher and seeks self-realization as a poet. When he recites poems to his wife's beautician in an ambiguous situation, his wife puts him out the door. Completely destitute, the thwarted poet must therefore return to the lowlands of life and become the head in the Munich pub "Goldener Löffel".
The grim realities of daily life in post-Communist Romania are described in this dark drama, which was filmed on-location in the poorer areas of Bucharest. Pepe & Fifi are brother and sister. Pepe is a struggling boxer, and Fifi is a barfly addicted to Bucharest's sleazy night life. This movie chronicles their daily lives while commenting upon the political and economic situation in Romania.
A young man seeks freedom and eventually gets conformed. To escape society, he wanders south. After some adventures he returns to his lover, where he expects a civil career.
A long time ago, a young Russian general chose to sacrifice hundreds of birds to burn Moscow and save his motherland from the troops of Napoleon. For this feat, he was hailed as a hero by the people of Russia but regarded an executioner by the winged creatures. Now fifty years older the aging general leads a drab life. To make matters worse, the descendants of the sacrificed birds keep attacking him. One day however a meets an engaging little dog who soon becomes his faithful companion. Both friends decide to break the curse plaguing the general's life : they start militating for all the caged birds of Russia to be set free.