Der besonnene Detective Somerset ist ein Kriminologe der „alten Schule“. Zusammen mit seinem neuen Kollegen, dem Heißsporn Mills, wird er auf den ungewöhnlichsten und erschreckendsten Fall seiner Laufbahn angesetzt. Ein unbekannter Serienkiller versucht scheinbar, die Stadt von allen Sünden zu befreien. Er tut dies, indem er auf bestialische Weise für jede der sieben Todsünden einen symbolischen Ritualmord begeht.

Lieutenant Danny Roman ist in Chicago der beste Vermittler zwischen Geiselnehmer und Polizei. Gerade hat er wieder einen Fall erfolgreich abgeschlossen, da wird sein Partner Nathan erschossen, kurz nachdem dieser Danny in einen Fall von Korruption und Betrug eingeweiht hat. Es gibt nämlich Individuen in den eigenen Reihen, die sich aus dem Invaliditäts-Fond bedienen. Danny wird beschuldigt, Nathans Mörder zu sein und anscheinend will ihm niemand zuhören, offensichtlich will man ihm den Mord in die Schuhe schieben. Nathan sieht in der Eile und Panik keine andere Möglichkeit, er nimmt sich vier Geiseln, unter anderem den Leiter der Dienstaufsicht Terence Niebaum und dessen Sekretärin. Als Führer der Verhandlung fordert er den auswärtigen Spezialisten Chris Sabian an, denn er weiß, daß nur ein Außenstehender Licht in die Sache bringen kann und er nur einem Fremden trauen kann. Die zwei beginnen zu verhandeln …

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.

Der ehemals berühmte Countrysänger Cisco Pike (Kris Kristofferson) verdient seinen Lebensunterhalt als Dealer. Bis er aussteigen will, um wieder Musik zu machen. Doch Polizist Holland (Gene Hackman) zwingt ihn, 100 Kilo Marihuana, die er bei einer Razzia beiseite geschafft hat, für ihn zu verkaufen...

An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.

Atsuko and Akira are a husband and wife duo with a daughter and a son. Atsuko is in charge of the retirement finances. She saves from money given to her by her husband and also earns money herself by working part-time. She stretches every yen by leading a frugal life. yet, expenses come up. These include their daughter's upcoming wedding and the funeral expenses of the husband's father. Then, and at exactly the worst time, the couple finds itself unemployed.

Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away from retirement, is on the job, and who, when he suddenly dies, try to hide the fact so that his family can collect his full benefits.

Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still waiting, living with the pain of the death of his son.

Willi Winzig ist ein kleiner Finanzbeamter mit großem Herz. Die Steuerakten seiner zahlungsunfähigen Mitbürger lässt er schon mal im Luftschacht verschwinden. Doch kurz vor seiner Pensionierung ist der Schacht so voll gestopft, dass Willi die Akte eines mittellosen Steuerzahlers im Papierkorb entsorgen muss. Prompt fliegt der Schwindel auf und Willi droht eine saftige Strafe - ja sogar die unehrenhafte Entlassung aus dem Staatsdienst. Zum Glück weiß Freund und Kollege Felix Klein Rat.

A family from isolated village in Lika makes a good living out of American pension earned by their late granddad Djuradj and received by his widow Nedja. The very existence of a family is threatened when Nedja dies, but the head of the family comes up with a cunning plan.

The four stories that possibly or impossibly can be happened in the pension; The parents who lost their child go to the pension with poison where the killer stays with his family; The husband and wife on a trip who are growing tired of their married life and the wife’s hidden secret reveals when they reach the pension; A woman who demands to stay a night at a particular suite to save her kidnapped child; A man who is asked to manage the pension for a night, he organizes fantastic night with his girlfriend, but things go wrong…

Mussaddi Lal (Pankaj Kapoor), a retired school teacher goes on a pilgrimage for three months after his wife's death. When he returns, he finds his pension has been stopped and the pension office has declared him dead. What follows is his endless struggle against the petty corruption in the government office where the infamous gang of five -- Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay Mishra, Deven Bhojani, Hemant Pandey and Asawari Joshi -- are determined to fleece him till the very end.

The film’s story is based on the fate of the Floriculture Pavilion of the former Exhibition of Achievements of the People’s Economy, and its elderly employee Valentyna Voronina, who maintains this space, investing her own life into it, until suddenly changes come to her. After forty-five years of work, she is asked to retire. But Voronina does not agree with that, because she thinks that all the plants will die without her. Meanwhile, a group of mysterious radioesthesists find a channel of positive energy right in front of the entrance to the pavilion.