En filminstruktør (Marcello Mastroianni) kæmper for at finde den kreativitet, det kræver, for at han kan færdiggøre sin næste film, men han bliver konstant forstyrret af producenter, sin kone og sin elskerinde. For at flygte fra sine plageånder trækker instruktøren sig tilbage i en verden af minder, drømme og fantasier. Resultatet er en række fantastiske temaer og drømme, der gør 8½ til den ultimative Fellini-film. Den afspejler også Fellinis egne problemer, før han fik dette filmprojekt sat i gang.
Denne Richard Linklater animationsfilm er nærmest aggressivt anti-mainstream. Der er som sådan ikke noget lineært plot, vi følger en række forskellige karakterer, der filosoferer over livet og deres indbyrdes forhold. Filmen er lavet ved først at optage rigtige levende skuespiller og derefter tegne oven på billederne og derved skabe en realistisk verden i tegnefilmens univers.
Filminstruktøren Michael Moore går igen i kødet på magthaverne i USA. Denne gang i en film om det amerikanske sundhedssystem, der ikke ser for godt ud i forhold til lande som England, Frankrig og Cuba. Flere end 900 lobbyister får deres navn i både tabloidaviser og den meget velrenommerede ’The Washington Post i forbindelsen med premieren. Og det er ikke for det gode deres navn bliver nævnt. Instruktøren Michael Moore inviterer de registrerede lobbyister til gratis at se hans seneste film ’SiCKO’, der er et angreb på netop deres arbejde. Moore risikerer, at SiCKO bliver forbudt i USA - fordi en lille del af den, er optaget på Cuba, hvilket af nogen opfattes som en overtrædelse af den amerikanske embargo mod øen.
Jieho Lees debutfilm er delt op i fire historier, der er baseret på et gammelt kinesisk ordsprog om livets grundlæggende følelser. En forretningsmand (Forest Whitaker) sætter sit liv ind som væddemål på travbanen. Brendan Fraser spiller en fyr, der kan se ind i fremtiden. Sarah Michelle Gellar er en popstjerne, hvis kontrakt sælges til en gangster. Og Kevin Bacon er en læge, som desperat prøver at redde sin elskede, der er blevet bidt af en slange.
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
For fire veninder i Beirut er den lokal skønhedssalon et velkomment fristed fra hverdagens trummerum. Her bliver der uden omsvøb diskuteret mænd, sex, overgangsalder og andre emner, som ikke er problemfrie for kvinder i et mandsdomineret, traditionspræget samfund.
A young East German woman leaves her husband and business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.
Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.
An original satire about women of the 90s in search of the men of their dreams. Franzy believes she's through with men, but desperately needs new amorous story lines for the comic strip she writes for a newspaper. So she observes her friend Maischa struggling to satisfy her need for love -- and someone who knows how to install her new shelf. Since joiner Klaus demands too much attention, she sets her eyes on the good-looking footballer Rene.
What is the purpose of our existence ? What is the soul ? Which are the power of mind, of conscience ? What is our link to nature ? Pondering these existential questions, this movie invites us to find out an universal wisdom, meeting shamans, healers, yogis, but also philosophers and doctors. From Mongolia plains to the Amazonian forest, it leads us far than we expected at first.
Documentary examining the politics, music, and life of Tupac Shakur.
An animator finds himself trying to explain his (lack of) artistic vision to his creations, who just aren't impressed.
Two girls from different backgrounds, one an immigrant from Turkey and the other a girl who needs to get out of her father's shadow, apply to the police academy, where they become close friends.
A grounded child must pass his school test or he will be punished by his father forever
In a studio setting, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
It is a significant day for 80 year old Antonio. After an absence of many years, his estranged son is coming to visit. All must be perfect. There will be a toast with a very special champagne an embrace; warm words that may finally bridge the gap between them-- But before, Antonio must wait. Bedridden, he looks out his window at the Patagonian landscape and sees light and life, the past and the pr
After the loss of their mother, a dysfunctional family is pressed to re-examine their lives. As father and children come to terms with their own existence, this journey turns into a tender and subtle meditation on grief.
After a close friends suicide; Will, a Punk and Post-Punk musician living in the US is struggling with doubts about his relationship, his identity and ultimately what he wants to do in life. Will becomes isolated, reliant on substances and is sent down a path of pain, suffering and existential terror.
The Racket Boys is a modern comedy about two men and a woman driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco for individual reasons, but the same goal -- finding happiness and a reason for it all. A simple story of friends on the road, searching for meaning in an indifferent existence