When Viktor meets Gizella one day beside the lake, he takes an interest in her and begins to call on her regularly. The one passion in the life of Gizella, who is unable to speak, is dancing. When Viktor deceives her and she finds him with another woman, she moves away and begins a career as a ballerina. Later, as she is on tour performing “The Dying Swan”, the artist Glinskiy attends her performance. Glinskiy, whose own obsession is to depict death in his art, becomes fascinated by Gizella, and he is determined to use her as a model for a special project.
Beautiful manicurist Hallie Hobart sets her sights on handsome David Stone, the son of wealthy wheat farmer Ezra Stone. Professing to hate men, Hallie is only interested in luring David in for a lucrative business deal. David easily falls in love, but older brother Mark brands Hallie a gold-digger. To get even with the straight-laced Stone family, Hallie accepts David's marriage proposal.
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
Rebecca er baseret på Daphne du Mauriers roman af samme navn og handler om en ung pige (Joan Fontaine), der bliver gift med den stolte Lord Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier) og flytter med ham til godset Manderley. Maxims afdøde kone Rebecca er dog stadig vældig meget til stede på det store gods, og den ny Lady de Winter har sit hyr med især tjenestefolkene, der forgudede Rebecca. Samtidig truer en mørk hemmelighed fra hendes mands fortid med at tilintetgøre dem begge. Filmen er forlængst blevet en klassiker og er et must i enhver seriøs samling.
En politiefterforsker forelsker sig i kvinden, hvis mord han efterforsker.
Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.
Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.
A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.
Elisabeth and her brother Paul live isolated from much of the world after Paul is injured in a snowball fight. As a coping mechanism, the two conjure up a hermetic dream of their own making. Their relationship, however, isn't exactly wholesome. Jealousy and a malevolent undercurrent intrude on their fantasy when Elisabeth invites the strange Agathe to stay with them -- and Paul is immediately attracted to her.
A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
Hitchcocks thriller om dobbeltheden i mennesket, personificeret af den psykopatiske Bruno (Robert Walker) og den "gode" Guy (Farley Granger), regnes for en af hans bedste film. De to mødes i et tog, Bruno hader sin far, Guy er nyforelsket og træt af sin utro kone. Bruno foreslår, at han og Guy skal "bytte" mord, således at de hver for sig har et alibi. Guy slår Brunos forslag hen som en spøg, men Bruno går ufortrødent i gang med sin del af den foreslåede plan!
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
Pitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love-hate-relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her death bed, Kauko reminisces his years spent as a sailor, prisoner, smuggler, and a soldier in the Second World War, while Osmi manages to evolve from prostitution to a seemingly happy family life with someone else.
Gregory Peck indtager rollen som hvalfangerbåden Pequods notoriske kaptajn Ahab, hvis træben minder ham om hans drabelige sammenstød med Moby Dick – den enorme hvide hval, som "giver indblik i universets hjerteløse tomhed". Besat af hævntørst risikerer Ahab sit eget og besætningens liv i den vanvittige jagt på sin fjende. En jagt der bringer alle implicerede på en rejse ind i den mørkeste krog af menneskets sjæl.
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...
A high-school music teacher is the victim of a student who writes indecent notes and assaults women.
In North Africa, an anguished husband tests the character of the doctor he believes is responsible for his wife’s death.
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Kriminalbetjent Scottie Fergusson er ikke bare bange for højder, han er rædselsslagen. Da han som følge af sin fobi ikke er i stand til at redde en kollega, der efterfølgende styrter i døden, må Scottie opsige sin jo med store psykiske problemer. En gammel kollega hyrer Scottie til at stygge hans kone, som han mistænker for at have en affære. Scottie følger hende rundt i San Francisco og bliver draget ind i et mere end almindelig speget plot, og det hjælper heller på situationen at han langsomt er ved at blive forelsket i kvinden.
En avissælger i Cairo oplever, at hans fantasier gradvist bliver til en farlig besættelse af en limonadesælger, mens en seriemorder begynder at hjemsøge byen.