Handlingen i Stanley Kubricks kultklassiker er lagt til "The Overlook Hotel", hvor forfatterspiren Jack Torrance blir ansatt som vaktmester for å passe på hotellet over vinteren. Han blir fortalt at det er vanlig at hotellet snør inne i løpet av vinteren, så han og familien må regne med å være totalt isolert i flere måneder. Dette er akkurat hva Jack tror han trenger for å finne inspirasjon og ro til å skrive en ny bok. Sammen med sin kone og sitt barn drar han opp til hotellet like før vinterstengingen for å inntre i jobben. Men etterhvert som tiden går blir han hjemsøkt av fortidens spøkelser og drives etterhvert fullstendig fra vettet.
Året er 1947, og John Nash har ankommet Princeton for å studere matematikk. Det mystiske geniet fra vest-Virginia har intet medlemskap i gutteklubben fra grunnskolen, heller ei har han gamle penger eller fine familiebånd å slå i bordet med. Sosial intelligens er ikke Johns sterkeste side, og han ser ingen vits i å følge undervisningen. Han er besatt av en eneste ting; å finne den ekte, sanne og originale idé.
When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son and wife. In their search, the two intercept a man carrying vital information about his family.
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
Historielæreren Adam Bell ser en film han har blitt anbefalt av en kollega. I den ser han sin dobbeltgjenger, Anthony Clair, og bestemmer seg for å oppsøke ham. De identiske mennene treffes og deres liv blandes på en merkelig og ugjenkallelig måte. Gyllenhaal er fengslende både som Adam og Anthony, og skaper på samme tid både medfølelse og avsky som de to distinkt ulike personlighetene.
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.
A head injury causes a woman to develop an extraordinary amount of confidence and believe she's drop dead gorgeous.
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
A mysterious circus excites a small Hungarian town into a rebellion when a promised act doesn't perform.
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
A woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.
A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn't belong in, but is committed to fighting when he changes into a vigilante super-hero of his own making, Defendor. With no power other than courage Defendor takes to the streets to protect the city's innocents.
Ten years after a Valentine's Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen sweethearts gearing up for another party.
Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he's experiencing may be hallucinations.
After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda, wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.
Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.