When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
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.
Løytnant John Dunbar er overført til en avsidesliggende utpost i den amerikanske Vesten i 1860-årene. Han frykter sioux-indianerne i nærheten og venter å måtte sloss mot dem. I stedet blir han deres venn, og havner i klemme i den tragiske konflikten mellom urinnvånerne og den amerikanske nasjonens ubønnhørlige ekspansjon. Kevin Costner spiller Dunbar og gjør en av Hollywoods beste regissørdebuter noensinne med denne vinneren av sju Oscar-priser, inkludert prisene for beste film og beste regissør. Slag raser, skjebner kolliderer og bisonflokker tordner over prærien i dette mektige, heroiske og storslåtte dramaet.
I COLD MOUNTAIN følger vi de sammenflettede historiene til tre personer som alle har mistet sine røtter som følge av krigen. Tre personer hvis fysiske og sjelelige overlevelse viser seg helt avhengig av hverandre. Først møter vi sørstatssoldaten Inman (Jude Law), som krigsskadet kjemper seg over landjorden til en nasjon i krig med seg selv og hjem til kvinnen han elsker. Drevet av minner på sin ferd mot sin elskede Ada (Nicole Kidman), støter Inman på slaver og opprørere, han styrer unna soldater og dusørjegere og finner uventede venner og farlige fiender hvor han enn snur og vender seg. Samtidig må Ada, preget av tro og nyfunnet mot, gå en vei som slett ikke er noe enklere.
A group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.
I de siste desperate øyeblikkene av andre verdenskrig kjemper en ung tysk soldat for overlevelse. Vi befinner oss bak fronten inne i det tredje rike. Etter å ha blitt jaget som desertør, finner soldaten ved et lykketreff en forlatt bil i det postapokalyptiske landskapet. I bilen finner Herold en uniform som skal komme til å gi ham en helt ny status. Med kapteinsuniformen følger en autoritet og makt med, som Herold ikke visste at han hadde smak for før den blir satt i spill. Han påtar seg denne kapteinens identitet, og dermed også regimet han prøvde å flykte fra sitt stempel.
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.
Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas and are forced off the road by a motorcycle gang. The passengers then take refuge in an abandoned scrap yard. When their defense against the gang weakens and their numbers dwindle they must do the unthinkable go on the offense.
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
A veritable master of the trade, con man Mordecai Jones has taken part in his fair share of scams. When he happens upon a young army deserter, Curley, Jones decides to pass on his knowledge of swindling to the likable novice. As the two blaze through the rural South, Curley meets Bonnie Lee Packard, a girl of privilege, who helps the two crooks evade the local sheriff. But Curley soon questions his newfound profession.
Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow away on a ship which takes them into the war zone. While AWOL, the rivals for Mary's affections accidently destroy an ammunition dump.
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man—Cucuruz Doan.