A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Den charmerende levemand Oskar Schindler ankommer til Polen i hælene på den sejrrige tyske hær. Han gør sig hurtigt venner med indflydelsesrige tyske officerer og benytter sine kontakter til at opbygge en succesrig forretning – baseret på tvangsudskrevne jødiske arbejdere. Midt i den brændende krig slår han pludselig øjnene op for alle grusomhederne og – den mindst sandsynlige person af alle – anvender hele sin formue, alle sine kontakter og sætter sit eget liv i fare for at frikøbe sine jødiske arbejdere og dermed redde 1100 menneskeliv fra gaskammeret...
På samme dag på det berlinske Grand Hotel, attrår juveltyven baron Felix von Geigern både ballerinaen Grusinskayas juveler og den smukke Flaemmchen, elskerinde for Preysing, chefen for den uhelbredeligt syge Otto Kringelein. Blot 24 timer vil forandre disse menneskers liv for evigt i denne Hollywood-klassiker.
Den geniale videnskabsmand Seth Brundle bliver ved et uheld delvist sammensmeltet med en flue og dør. Han når dog inden at gøre sin kæreste gravid, og hun føder drengen Martin med fluegener. Drengen vokser op i et laboratorium, hvor onde forskere har djævelske planer. Selvom Martin kun er fem år, ser han voksen ud og har en række superkræfter. Da han møder den dejlige Beth og safterne stiger, begynder forvandlingen for alvor.
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
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 året 1535 opfinder en alkymist en usædvanlig mekanisme, som han placerer i en lille guldkapsel. Opfindelsen, som er beregnet på at give sin ejermand evigt liv, dukker i nyere tid op hos en antikvitetshandler, der bliver så fascineret af den mystiske kapsel, at han ikke bemærker, at andre også er ude efter den. Ved udsigten til et evigt liv vil den syge og gamle Mr. La Guardia med hjælp fra sin nevø gøre hvad som helst for at få fingrene i den.
Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film chronicles the obstacles he meets, his subsequent rise and the huge backlash he receives when it is revealed that he used unethical means to rise in the business circuit.
Mel Brooks går ikke af vejen for at parodiere selv de største mestre, som nu f.eks. Alfred Hitchcock i High Anxiety. Titlen antyder noget med højdeskræk og rigtig nok: historien tager sit udgangspunkt i Vertigo og beretter om en direktør for en "psykonerurotisk" anstalt, der svimler, blot han stiller sig op på en taburet. Men der er også masser af skægge hentydninger til berømte scener fra andre Hitchcock-film.
Unge Ann Hamilton bemærker hurtigt at der er noget lurvent ved hendes unge, succesrige husbond, Alan. For den charmerende forretningsmand, der slog benene væk under sin unge, jordbundne brud, har en del skeletter i skabet. Et net af hemmeligheder, centreret om den tilsyneladende forsvundne bror, Michael. Der løber en understrøm af fare og bedrag under brudeparrets overfladiske lykke og Anns nysgerrige natur fører hende længere og længere ind i Alans dystre bagland.
La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
A mid-level automotive company employee is summoned to the mountain villa of owner Giovanni Nosferatu, only to discover a glossy netherworld where capitalism is the new vampirism, and escape may be impossible.
After his business' bankrupcy, Giorgos Alexiou decides to commit suicide. Rosa, his cousin's wife who stand to benefit form his death, hires a private detective to keep an eye on him in case he changes his mind. Minas, Giorgos' employee, becomes Giorgos' guardian angel preventing the suicide at the last minute.
Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff Robertson).
Jean Bonnard, clean-cut industrialist and the only son of a widow, goes to visit his mother in the small village where she lives. However, early in the morning the police arrive to arrest him, accusing the man of having murdered the old banker who'd made advances towards his girlfriend. Jean's mother is eager to aid her son, whom she believes is innocent. Said Epstein of his film: "I shot small landscapes in Livilliers which seemed to me-- in their reality, I mean-- very large".
Sentimental events of a rich industrialist which turn to the criminal case.
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.