A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wealthy villager. It's hate at first sight so far as the girl is concerned, but this will soon change.
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, under the name "Lightfoot."
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
Pedro is a young peasant who leaves home to join the Rebel Army, based in Sierra Maestra.
A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as a prized athlete.
A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.
A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.
Film distins cu Oscarul pentru cel mai bun rol masculin secundar, acordat actorului George Kennedy, si nominalizat la inca trei categorii importante. Ecranizarea romanului lui Donn Pearce, care si-a adaptat singur cartea pentru ecran. Luke Jackson e condamnat la doi ani de inchisoare pentru devastarea proprietatii publice, in stare de avansata ebrietate. Ajuns la locul de pedeapsa, rebelul Luke isi face o reputatie de dur si starneste ura lui Dragline, recunoscut ca sef al prizonierilor. Dupa o confruntare directa, cei doi se imprietenesc si se sustin reciproc in fata oficialitatilor, declansand o serie intreaga de acte de nesupunere si sfidare. A ramas de referinta scena in care toti prizonierii se amuza cand Luke pariaza ca poate manca 50 de oua fierte tari intr-o ora. Iata insa ca, dupa ce-l viziteaza o data la inchisoare, mama lui Luke moare, iar acesta evadeaza si este prins de doua ori. Un film ce pune problema revizuirii sistemului penitenciar american.
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.
Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …
Low-budget adventure starring former baseball star James Iglehart as Savage, who is kidnapped by South American rebels. After a time, he sees their position and is joined by a female commando squad in battling the repressive government officials.
Three old friends meet at a school reunion, and after trading the current details of their lives, the women come to realize how much they are dominated by their respective husbands’ needs and demands. Aching for a taste of freedom, the three decide to go off on a brief holiday spree together, away from jobs and families. 'Wives' is a delightful, ironic look at how a new generation of women was beginning to rebel against social conventions and gender expectations.
Han Solo se vede prins într-o misiune de salvare, strâmtorat fiind de o datorie către Jabba, binecunoscutul „mafiot”. În urma salvării prințesei Leia el este prins în hățișurile Rebeliunii și ajunge încet să o ajute în a distruge fabuloasa Stea a Morții. Leia este prințesă și spion de elită a Rebeliunii, ea fiind un personaj principal în întreaga trilogie. Tânărul Luke Skywalker este cel ce se dovedește a fi ceea ce Obi Wan Kenobi a căutat