I 'Brothers' spiller Tobey Maguire og Jake Gyllenhaal rollerne fra Susanne Biers 'Brødre' (2004).Sam er den perfekte bror, der altid har gjort alt efter bogen og er fulgt i sin fars fodspor som officer i marinekorpset.Tommy er den uduelige bror, der aldrig har taget ansvaret for noget, har været ude i kriminalitet og som først lige er kommet ud af fængsel.Da Sam meldes død under sin seneste mission til Afghanistan, viser Tommy sig fra en ny side. Han træder til som broderens kæreste Graces største støtte og hjælper hende med børnene og med alt det praktiske. Med Tommy i Sams ansvarsbevidste rolle, hvilken rolle er der så tilbage til Sam, da han mirakuløst bliver fundet i live, bærende på en frygtelig hemmelighed fra sin tid som fange hos Taleban?Det er den irske instruktør Jim Sheridan, der står for denne amerikanske genindspilning.
Lærerinden Blanche DuBois må forlade sin hjemby efter rygter om, at hun har forført en 17-årige elev. Hun rejser til New Orleans og opsøger sin gravide søster Stella og hendes mand Stanley. Men den forfinede Blache og hendes usofistikerede svoger kan slet ikke finde ud af det med hinanden, og samtidig er Blanches fortid ved at indhente hende.
Hr. Hulot er arbejdsløs og bruger det meste af dagen på at drive rundt, indtil han skal hente sin nevø og følge ham hjem. Nevøen bor hos sine forældre i et smart og højteknologisk hus, som den gammeldags Hulot bestemt ikke kommer godt ud af det med. Samtidig forsøger resten af familien at finde et job til den mærkværdige, sjove og uheldige dagdriver. Og det er ikke verdens nemmeste job.
Allison (Florence Pugh) må se alle sine drømme styrte i grus efter en forfærdelig ulykke. Et år senere er hun afhængig af smertestillende piller, og hendes liv er i ruiner. I den forbindelse møder hun Daniel (Morgan Freeman) og hans oprørske barnebarn Ryan (Celeste O’Connor), der også har afhængighedsproblemer. Måske kan disse ødelagte skæbner rent faktisk hjælpe hinanden med at blive hele igen?
Judah Rosendahl er en retskaffen og ærlig øjenlæge med en succesfuld praksis, en hengiven kone, børn og et dejligt hjem. Han har en affære med stewardessen Delores, og i et par uger føler han sig ung igen. Men da det går op for Delores, at han ikke vil forlade familien, begynder korthuset at falde fra hinanden. Hun bliver rasende og truer med at fortælle om affæren. I ren desperation klager han sin nød til sin bror, der har forbindelser til mafiaen.
I en famile med flere generationer af betjente fra the New York City Police Department opdager faderen, sønnerne og svogerne pludselig, at de står på forskellige sider i en beskidt sag om korruption indenfor politiets egne rækker.
Hilarious and outgoing, Brittany Forgler, is everybody’s best friend ― except her own. Her partying, underemployment and toxic relationships are catching up with her. She receives a startling wake-up call when a visit to the doctor reveals how unhealthy she is. Motivated to lose weight, but too broke for a gym and too proud to ask for help, Brit is at a loss, until her neighbor pushes her to run one sweaty block. Soon, she sets an almost unthinkable goal: the New York City Marathon.
Amerikanske Isabel rejser til Paris for at besøge sin gravide søster, der netop er blevet droppet af sin franske mand. I Paris indleder Isabel en affære med en ældre, gift franskmand, som tilfældigvis er hendes kommende ekssvogers onkel. Det skaber forviklinger - og efterhånden bliver det klart, at amerikanere og franskmænd har temmelig forskellige syn på emner som ægteskab, sex og utroskab. Isabel: Kate Hudson. Roxeanne: Naomi Watts. Margeeve: Stockard Channing. Instruktion: James Ivory.
Harry Hinkle er en heldig fyr! Da han uheldigvis bliver tromlet ned af en 110 kg tung halfback, slipper han med en let hjernerystelse. Men så kommer banditten Whiplash Willie på scenen! Han foreslår Harry at lade som om han har fået invaliderende kvæstelser. Så kan han få en millionerstatning, som de to så kan dele i porten.
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
Martha Stephens og Aaron Katz' kammeratkomedie Land Ho! følger tidligere svogre Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson) og Colin (Paul Eenhoorn), når de rejser gennem Island. De 70-årige har brug for et eventyr for at bryde ud af deres hjulspor, og snart har den udadvendte Mitch talt Colin ind på turen. Undervejs har de forskellige amorøse møder og forsøger at genvinde deres ungdoms ånd.
John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit.
With his marriage and career against the ropes, dejected author Jack Spencer travels with his wife, Amanda, to an isolated glamping retreat in search of a spark. When a surprise double booking finds their private retreat anything but private, Jack spins into a comedic exploration of love, lost dreams, small-town-wisdom, and friendship with a miniature donkey to get over himself before he loses all he holds dear.
It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned out the way they planned it. In other words, it's a movie for everyone, period. Set in suburban Long Island in the summer of 2002, with the psychic wounds of 9/11 still fresh, A Little Help is a story that takes a comic, searching and profoundly empathetic look at a few pivotal months in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer)-an ordinary woman whose life suddenly flies off the rails-and her heroic efforts to re-establish a sense of security and normalcy for herself and her son.
Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a typical British holiday camp. The staff are lazy and inefficient, preferring to laze by the pool rather than organise activities for the holiday campers. A new owner, Mr. Whitemonk, an ex-prison officer, takes over the camp and is determined to install discipline into the staff. He is on the verge of dismissing Timmy and Sidney; however, Sidney's suggestion of organising a beauty contest changes his mind.
Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a two-hour window to get his ill-got gain out of the hotel, he must misdirect and obstruct the inquiries of a Party auditor who suspects that all is not above board, and he must keep out of sight and out of trouble his interloping and troublesome young brother-in-law, who arrives unannounced with barrels of rotten herring.
John is a brilliant linguistic scientist with a loving wife and daughter but with a massive gap in his life. Eight years ago, he turned up out of nowhere, with no memories except a recurring dream. He is sent tumbling down the proverbial rabbit hole after meeting a man that shares a similar condition and learning that there are more like him, all amnesiacs with extraordinary abilities. He convinces his brother-in-law, private investigator Carl, to help him uncover his true identity before his past can rise up to destroy him and his family.
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a lazy anarchist organization. In order for the anarchists to be arrested, an act of terrorism must occur. So Verloc decides to set up bombs – which leads to tragedy – not only for himself but also for his family, including wife Winnie and brother-in-law, Stevie.
Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he know was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the place and spent all the money, and wants to find out all he can about her. Even more friction develops between the two while they are in the apartment together...
Akira's wife walks out on him, leaving him to confide in his gangster brother-in-law. Using only a cryptic note as a clue the two brothers go on a road trip to find his wife. After a series of violent encounters with strangers, Akira meets a prostitute. The pair start a relationship. After Akira finds his wife, he questions whether he still wants to be with her.