Selvom Leonard Shelby med sit dyre tøj, sin jaguar og sine mange kontanter ligner en succesrig forretningsmand, har han kun et formål med sit liv: at finde den mand, der voldtog og myrdede hans kone! Men Shelby lider af en sjælden form for hukommelsestab. Efter blot et kvarter kan han ikke huske, hvor han er, hvor han skal hen og hvorfor. Derfor må Shelby sammenstykke sit liv ved at tage billeder og bruge sin krop som notesblok. Men en ting glemmer han aldrig: Hævnen...
Thomas Crown - millionær, forretningsmand, sportsmand - arrangerer det perfekte kup og stjæler $2,6 million fra en bank i Boston, mest fordi han keder sig. Vicki Anderson er den uafhængige efterforsker for et forsikringsselskab, der bliver hyret til at undersøge kuppet. Hun får snart øje på Thomas Crown og er ikke et sekund i tvivl om at han er den skyldige. Vicki gør det klart, at hun ved han er skyldig og har til hensigt at bevise det, men alligevel indleder de to en hed affære. Men hvem snyder hvem, når det hele skal gøres op?
I en nær fremtid regeres verden af et totalitært Big Brother-styre. Folk kan kun komme ind og ud af byerne via kontrollerede checkpoints, og kun hvis de besidder de særlige identifikationspapirer, kaldet "papelles". Uden for byerne er der ørken overalt, og her bor kun retsløse mennesker. William (Tim Robbins) er en regeringsagent, som sendes til Shanghai for at opklare en sag om falske "papelles". En smuk ung kvinde ved navn Maria viser sig at stå bag.
Den sjoveste forretningsrejse nogensinde bliver endnu vildere med flere hysteriske optagelser, flere afsindige narrestreger og meget mere sjov! Ed Helms (The Hangover 1 og 2) og John C. Reilly (Step Brothers) står i spidsen for et stjernespækket cast i komedien, som viser , hvad der kan ske, når forsikringsmænd går amok! Generte og naive Tim Lippe (Helms) tager til en kongres i "storbyen" Cedar Rapids, og ender med at møde den ultimative festabe (Reilly). Inden længe tager Tim til fester, selvom han ikke er inviteret, han bader nøgen i hotellets pool og bliver forført af en sexet fodbold-mor. Hvis Tim kan overleve den her weekend, så kan han ændre sit liv for evigt!
A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Polish woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it on monkeys, he tries with a first human patient, Alain Durieux. This is great success, everybody's happy except may be Alain's wife, Jeanne, who's worrying about the changes in Alain's personality. Other patients use the treatment with similar successes, and Valois's happy about it. But the monkeys are changing: non-cured ones are made mad by the over-stability and stereotyped behaviour of the cured ones. So are the humans. When Valois realises he can't stop the process, he decides to "flash" himself.
Running on Empty (German: Der Lebensversicherer) is a 2006 German drama film directed by Bülent Akinci. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where Jens Harzer won the award for Best Actor.
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.
The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that Hellmann's villa was monitored, the tapes also contain information about the explosion. He uses them for blackmail.
Ferdinand Weitel, a forklift driver, is desperate: Insurance agent Arno von Mehling, a true sales talent, has had contracts signed in record amounts. Now Weitel is wandering through the corridors of the insurance company trying to save what can still be saved - on Shrove Tuesday of all days. The department for customer service and complaints is in a colorful mood and has no ear for Weitel's worries. Finally, secretary Annerose Waguscheit takes heart and tells him about the evening carnival ball "Traum-Police", where he can safely find Mr. Mehling.
A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.
Miyako is a frustrated insurance saleswoman stuck in a major dry spell. She tries every trick in the book, including aggressive flirting, which gets her plenty of gropers but no buyers. One day while venturing down a narrow stairwell, she injures her ankle and happens upon Mitsuru who works for some mysterious foreign company. Decked out in high goth style -- complete with long inky black hair and mascaraed eyes -- Mitsuru cuts quite an odd figure, yet his seductive though menacing ways make him difficult for Miyako to resist. Escorting her to his office to treat her ankle, Miyako notices that his all-female staff seem more glassy-eyed and soul-deadened than the average office workers. In fact, they seem almost like zombies. Later, weird things start happening. Mitsuko finds vomit on her doorstep, she seems to be tailed by a shadowy woman in a red dress, and most strikingly, she finds herself utterly powerless against Mitsuru's advances.
After losing his job at a publishing firm, Immanuel, joins a private insurance company, where he struggles to meet targets. Soon he is exposed to the ruthless inner workings of his new company, which follows various unethical practices and denies several of his clients' claims on flimsy grounds.
Daffy Duck is a life insurance peddler, who arrives uninvited at Porky Pig's door to persuade Porky to purchase an insurance policy, on the pretext that Porky's home is loaded with hazards. When Porky rejects Daffy's claim that accidents in the home are "waiting" to happen, Daffy rigs some.
A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive), who combined strikingly futuristic experimentalism with gentle nostalgia. Includes narration taken directly from Ives's own writings, and reminiscence from those who knew him.