James Bond hjælper den russiske general Koskov med at hoppe af til vesten, og da han er i sikkerhed, fortæller han, at russerne har genoplivet det hemmelige program "Smiert Spionam", hvis formål er at dræbe udenlandske spioner. Kort efter bliver Koskov bortført fra det landsted, hvor MI6 opbevarer ham, og for at finde Koskov igen, opsøger James Bond Koskov's kæreste, den smukke og hemmelighedsfulde cellist Kara Milovy. Det starter en kæde af begivenheder, der leder James Bond på sporet af en frygtelig våbenkonspiration, som har forbindelser til den øverste ledelse af den sovjetiske hær.
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
England, 1932. Sirl William McCOrdle og Lady Sylvia har inviteret en række venner til jagtselskab på deres landsted. Det er en alsidig forsamling med blandt andet en grevinde, en krigsveteran, et matineidol og en amerikansk filmproducent, samt deres personlige tjenestefolk. Under den pæne og festlige overflade viser der sig at være en række hemmeligheder, og pludselig står selskabet midt i et mordmysterium.
I '4.50 fra Paddington' overværer Miss Marple et mord gennem vinduet af et forbipasserende tog. Da politiet affærdiger hende som en halvskør ældre dame, der vist læser for mange krimiromaner i sin fritid, beslutter hun ufortrødent at tage sagen i egen hånd. Som en sand blodhund sporer hun hurtigt blodsporet til et palæ nær togskinnerne. Under dække som den nye stuepige infiltrerer Miss Marple listigt det store palæ med de mange hemmeligheder.
Med sin næsten timelange balscene fik Luchino Viscontis Leoparden sin plads blandt filmhistoriens absolutte mesterværker. Dette er den pragtfulde skildring af et smuldrende adelsdynasti i 1860'ernes Sicilien, hvor Hollywood-stjernen Burt Lancaster helt uventet fik hovedrollen. Filmen blev en af sin tids dyreste produktioner, vandt Guldpalmen i Cannes og har inspireret filmskabere i et halvt århundrede. Francis Ford Coppolas bryllupsscene i The Godfather er som et direkte ekko fra Viscontis Leoparden, som her præsenteres i den remasterede originalversion.
Da en livlig ung kvinde, Fanny Price, bliver sendt væk for at bo på den store landejendom af sine rige fætre, er det meningen, at hun skal lære et ordentligt samfunds veje. Men mens Fanny lærer 'deres' måder at kende, oplyser hun dem også med vid og gnistre.
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.
A writer returns home to his estate after service in World War I. He has developed a very bad case of depression due to a war wound concerning his genitalia. He contemplates suicide, but recovers after becoming interested in his caretaker's 12 year-old war orphan niece, who now lives in the manor.
To unge herrer, der bor i England fra 1890'erne, bruger det samme pseudonym ("Ernest") på lur, hvilket er fint, indtil de begge forelsker sig i kvinder, der bruger dette navn, hvilket fører til en komedie med forkerte identiteter ...
Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.
Jodie Foster er gadepigen Casey Brown, som slår sig sammen med en svindler (Leo McKern) for at bedrage den velhavende Lady St.Edmund (Helen Hayes) for en formue i skjulte mønter. Casey udgiver sig for den ældre dames barnebarn og kommer til at bo i et fornemt palæ - en tilværelse, som ikke er helt, som hun havde forestillet sig. I en række forskellige roller ses den altid elegante David Niven.
A wealthy landlord lives a decadent life with his wife and son. His passion – his wife would calls it his addiction – is music, and he spends a great deal of his fortune on concerts held for the locals in his magnificent music room. He feels threatened by his neighbour, a commoner who has attained riches through business dealings. His passion for music and quest for social respect are his undoing, as he sacrifices his family and wealth trying to retain it.
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever. Moreover, the Earl's nephew might cause the family some major damage by getting married to a terribly unsuitable chorus girl. An adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's novel of the same name.
Among the Gruber family, the rumor spreads like wildfire that their wealthy American relative, Menyhért Gruber, is visiting Hungary with his daughter, Mary. Various plans are devised to exploit the rich relative. The boldest of them all is the plan of Bálint Koltay, who directly pursues Mary's hand. However, the young ones fall in love with each other so deeply that Bálint stands by Mary even when the "wealthy" Gruber informs him that he's bankrupt. At this point, the only thing left to arrange is for Bálint, who poses as a landowner, to actually present a noble castle to his future father-in-law.
In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate threatening letters from the mysterious 'Eye.'
A young woman leaving the city for the countryside encounters the concept of voluntary work - new to her. She eventually does good, and charms the employer at the same time.
Helena, a beautiful school teacher in a countryside hamlet is just going to marry her childhood friend Erkki, but a day before the wedding her first love Jari arrives to the scene.