En gruppe professionelle forbrydere udfører et dramatisk kup, men en af dem stjæler udbyttet. Så går den vilde jagt på skurken - og på bagmændene, som har lokket gruppen i en fælde. Sømmet er i bund, og aftrækker-fingrene er på overarbejde.
Den cool-snakkende homeboy Jamal Walker har klart store planer for sit liv, men lige nu må han altså (midlertidigt) leve med et skodjob i et Middelalderinspireret legeland. En dag rammes han af en ret anderledes arbejdsulykke, der på uforklarlig vis kaster ham tilbage til det 14. århundredes England. Pludselig befinder han sig altså i et primitivt samfund, fyldt med riddere i skinnende rustninger, jomfruer i nød og en konge, der er mere Dong -end King. Men selv om der ikke lige er nogen street at være smart på, får middelalderen alligevel et instant kik ud af Jamal. -Der til gengæld lærer noget om living the Knight way!
William er tjener for en ridder der bliver dræbt. En fattig mand tilbyder tjeneren at forfalske et dokument, så han kan give sig ud for at være adelig, til gengæld for tøj og mad. Herefter går William i træningslejr med sine to kumpaner så han kan være klar til at gøre lykke i verdens største ridderturnering. Meget løst basert på en af Chaucers "Canterbury Tales".
I fremtiden er det ikke alle, som er, hvad de giver sig ud for at være! Året er 2079, og videnskabsmanden Spencer Oldham arbejder på højtryk for at udvikle et hemmeligt våben, der kan bruges i kampen mod de aliens, som er i færd med at invadere jorden. De fremmede kloner menneskelige væsener, som de derefter bruger som omvandrende, tidsindstillede bomber. Pludselig kommer Oldham selv under mistanke for at være spion for de fremmede, og selv hans egen kone, Maya, bliver i tvivl om hans sande identitet. Det er nu op til Oldham selv, at opklare komplottet mod ham, samtidig med at han nådesløst bliver jagtet af agenten Hathaway, der har til opgave at udslette klonerne.
Da en Nazi-ubåd, anført af en hensynsløs tysk officer (Eric Portman), lander i Canada i begyndelsen af Anden Verdenskrig, forsøger besætningen at komme over grænsen til det endnu neutrale USA. Filmen, hvis titel hentyder til den 49. breddegrad, som danner en stor del af grænsen mellem USA og Canada, er et spændende propagandastykke af Michael Powell og Emeric Pressburger. Med bl.a. Laurence Olivier, Anton Walbrook og Leslie Howard.
I 1987 bliver soldaten Latif Yahia kaldt tilbage fra det Irakiske militær af en barndomsven, der har brug for hjælp. Desværre er denne tidligere ven ingen ringere end Saddam Husseins psykotiske, ældste søn, Uday Hussein. Uday truer Latif med at dræbe hans familie, hvis han ikke antager rollen som Udays dobbeltgænger. Uday er bange for attentatforsøg, og de ligner hinanden på en prik, men deres karakter kunne ikke være mere forskellig.
A psychotic man schemes to drive his sister mad so that he can claim her inheritance, but a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins when an imposter intervenes.
Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small village in Ardeche until the conflict blows over. But their plan takes an unexpected turn when Father Etienne dies.
A group of friends awake one morning to find all electricity and power shut off and an immense alien aircraft hovering in the air above their heads. Suddenly this regular group of friends is battling to survive as the entire human race is threatened by the alien army hovering ominously above.
Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch the house due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.
A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph. Kismet (The will of Allah), is the story of a young Caliph who falls in love with the beautiful Marsinah poet's daughter, in ancient Baghdad. Origin : Stranger in Paradise is a popular English song. The melody is an adaptation of the Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor), popular in Russia.
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.
Den unge Hope Cassidy ankommer til Istanbul for at starte en ny tilværelse inden for computerverdenen. Her bliver hendes identitet stjålet, hendes kreditkort gjort ugyldige og hendes bankkonti tømt. Snart er Hope på flugt fra myndighederne, der hævder, at hun er skyld i mordet på en politibetjent og i at have røvet 14 millioner dollars.
Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.
An elaborate deception emerges when an American astronaut is lost on a mission to Mars. Space agency officials fearful of losing public support and government funding decide to cover up the accident by employing an exact double for the lost astronaut. The ruse begins to unravel when the wife of the lost astronaut realizes she is living with a different man. Although angered by the deception, the woman has fallen in love with the replacement and plans to keep the secret. They both have a change of heart and decide to reveal the secret when they discover a new Mars mission is underway.
Samantha has lived her whole life in different foster homes. Now living in a small town, she never feels like she quite fits in, even with her own current foster family who might adopt her, or the boy who follows her around doing her classwork. So, it’s perhaps natural that she doesn’t know what to do with a curious tagalong little sister named Olivia. One day, Sam callously ditches Olivia, who wanders off into the woods on her own and disappears.
Forbryderne i London ved, hvordan det fungerer. Ingen bærer våben, og ingen gør modstand mod politiet. Når der dukker en ny bande op, klæder de sig ud som politi og stjæler fra de lokale forbrydere. Dette forstyrrer den naturlige orden for det lokale politiet og kriminelle. Politiet og forbryderne slår sig sammen for at fange de udefrakommende forbrydere .
The story revolves around a massive inheritance from a rich man, whose nephew is plotting to seize the fortune from his daughter Fei Fei. He hires a petty thief, nicknamed "Tricky Star" to court Fei Fei in an attempt to steal all the money. But it turns out that Fei Fei is a fake who works for the rich man's evil son.
Ellen, a young American girl who married a European prince and moved to his country, is preparing to return to the US, after having paid off all the debts left by her now-deceased husband. However, when she returns early, no one recognizes her and even her aunt Kate mistakes her for the princess' dressmaker. Her ex-boyfriend Joe, who recognizes her immediately, suggests that Ellen continue with the charade and have some fun, but a series of misunderstandings causes trouble for her.
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.