Medtem ko divja druga svetovna vojna, se najstnik Mahito, ki ga preganja materina tragična smrt, iz Tokia preseli v mirno podeželsko hišo svoje nove mačehe Natsuko, ženske, ki je neverjetno podobna dečkovi materi. Medtem ko se skuša prilagoditi, postane ta nenavadni novi svet še bolj nenavaden, ko se pojavi vztrajna siva čaplja, ki Mahita zmoti in mu povzroča preglavice ter ga označi za "dolgo pričakovanega".
Skrivnostni in samotarski gospod Smith je sosed 13-letnemu Samu Clearyju. Deček Sam je prepričan, da gospod Smith ni to za kar se izdaja, ampak legendarni junak, ki je izginil pred 25. leti in se sedaj skriva vsem na očeh. Z naraščajočim kriminalom in mestom na robu kaosa si Sam zada nalogo, da svojega soseda prepriča v to, da preneha s skrivanjem in da reši mesto pred propadom.
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an accident, she discovers that the family business is ruined. Canada. Sarah, a successful lawyer, is about to be promoted to the head of her firm when she learns that she is ill. Three lives, three women, three continents. Three battles to fight. Although they don’t know each other, Smita, Giulia and Sarah are unknowingly linked by their most intimate and singular bond.
Tonya Harding, umetniška drsalka, ki se visoko vzpenja na ameriških turnirjih drsanja, zabrede v težave, ko se v njeno življenje vrne nekdanji soprog. Tonya se pripravlja na državno tekmovanje v umetnostnem drsanju. Z nekdanjim soprogom najameta nekoga, da bi zlomil nogo njeni nasprotnici Nancy Kerrigan. Ta poteza Tonyo omadežuje in ji uniči kariero.
Allison Janney je za stransko vlogo leta 2018 prejela zlati globus in oskarja.
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiancé.
A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.
Amerika v času gospodarske krize. Bill je vročekrven delavec, ki se nekega dne v tovarni v Chicagu spre z delodajalcem in ga ubije. Z dekletom Abby prebegneta na podeželje, kjer kot številni brezposelni delavci iščeta zaposlitev. Najdeta jo pri bogatem kmetu v času žetve. Da bi prikrila svoji identiteti, se pretvarjata, da sta brat in sestra. Kmet se zaljubi v Abby. Sčasoma se izkaže, da je na smrt bolan. Bill prepriča Abby, naj se s kmetom poroči, da bi po njegovi smrti pobrala vse njegovo premoženje. Večina filma posneta v času t. i. 'zlate ure', ko je nebo osvetljeno, vendar sonca ni več.
Po enem rednih tatinskih podvigov Osamu in njegov sin Šoto naletita na dekletce, zapuščeno v mrazu. Osamujeva žena je do deklice sprva zadržana, ko pa izve, kako težko je njeno življenje, jo vzame pod svojo streho. Čeprav je Osamujeva družina siromašna in se z drobnimi tatvinami komaj preživlja, so njeni člani srečni v skupnem bivanju. Nato pa nepričakovan dogodek razkrije skrivnost, ki tesne družinske vezi postavi pred resen preizkus.
Zlata palma v Cannesu 2018.
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials pursuing the boy for deportation.
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
Mladi afroameriški moški Bigger Thomas se zaposli za izjemno vplivno čikaško družino, odločitev, ki bo za vedno spremenila potek njegovega življenja.
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.