Indbyggerne i den lille australske by Kiewarra er afhængige af regn, men har de sidste to år levet i tørke. En dag bukker Luke Hadler, en af de lokale bønder, tilsyneladende under for presset og skyder sin familie og sig selv.
Omstændighederne omkring familien Hadlers død viser sig at være mere mystiske end som så. Da politibetjenten Aaron Falk vender tilbage til barndomsbyen for at deltage i begravelsen, drages han ind i efterforskningen. Og i en gammel sag fra fortiden.
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
I kolonitidens Indien betaler de indiske bønder skat til de britiske koloniherrer. Et år bliver skatten fordoblet, samtidig med at tørken sætter ind, og de fattige bønder har ingen mulighed for at betale skatten og samtidig overleve. De indgår nu en handel med den britiske kommandant. Der skal spilles en cricketkamp mellem briter og indere. Vinder briterne tredobles skatten. Vinder inderne fritages hele provinsen for skat i tre år. Problemet er bare, at de indiske bønder aldrig har prøvet at spille cricket før.
In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.
I en forarmet by i Texas i hjertet af USA's støvbælte tager en ung landmand imod en bankrøver på flugt og tilbyder hende ly og hjælp til at slippe væk.
i den nærmeste fremtid, kollapser samfundet og vand bliver knappe. Når en grådig vand baron begynder voldsomt rydde ud overlevende, Kendal, en 17-årig teenager, kæmper baronens håndlanger til at holde et godt åbne
A drought has brought the town of South Park to the brink of disaster.
3:10 To Yuma , der er en af de bedste, af de klassiske westerns fra 1950'erne, har Glenn Ford i hovedrollen, som den lovløse Ben Wade, og Felicia Farr som barpigen, der forelsker sig i ham. Efter et røveri og drab bliver Wade og hans bande fanget. Wades mænd flygter fra fængslet, og nu venter de på en chance til at redde ham. Autoriteterne har mistanke om, at et flugtforsøg er under opsejling, så de prøver at finde en vagt, der kan føre Wade med toget til Yuma, hvor han skal for retten. Marshallen udlover en dusør, og Dan Evans (Van Heflin), en fattig gårdejer, der er blevet hårdt ramt af tørken, påtager sig opgaven. Hans kone bønfalder ham om at redde sit liv ved at lade Wade gå, men for Evans er det et spørgsmål om både principper og penge. Han henter Wade og påbegynder den farefulde tur til stationen.
Cartman locks horns with his mom in a battle of wills while an epic conflict unfolds that threatens South Park’s very existence.
'Young Ones' foregår i fremtiden, hvor der ikke er meget vand tilbage på Jorden. Teenageren Jerome Holm bestemmer sig for at beskytte sin familie og overleve den svære tilstand, som Jorden er i.
Bat Masterson cleans up Liberal, Kansas.
In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.
A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
A Hispanic family find hope in their extraordinary son named Sailboat when a personal gesture awakens a global desire. Armed with a "little guitar", Sailboat leads an offbeat cast into the miraculous story of the greatest secret never told.
During WWII, a member of Mao Zedong's communist army is sent to a rural area of China to collect the region's folk songs for propagandistic purposes.
In the nuclear ravaged wasteland of Earth 2087 water is as precious as life itself. The isolated Lost Wells outpost survived the holocaust and the inhabitants guard the source of their existence. Now an evil cult of renegades want control of their valuable water supply. And the villagers are no match for such brute military force. Only one man can help the stricken community - a mercenary living in a distance cannibal city. But even he, and his strange henchmen, may not be able to survive in the world gone wild.
After Dan collapses at a train station, he enlists Maxie to watch his beloved dog, Molly. Maxie develops a soft spot for her new furry companion - a dog which has a unique ability to sing in tune.
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.