Tillfälligheter för samman tre olika historier i staden Memphis. Ett japanskt par som är besatta av amerikanskt 50-tal har rest dit, eftersom den manliga halvan av paret försöker efterlikna rockartisten Carl Perkins. En kvinna på väg hem till Italien med sin makes likkista tvingas mellanlanda i staden och några lokalbor rånar en spritbutik.

In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.

DJ Zack och hallicken Jack hamnar i fängelse eftersom de är för slöa för att försöka undvika att bli haffade för brott de inte begått... De får dela cell med den excentriske optimisten Roberto, vars begränsade kunskaper i det engelska språket är både underhållande och irriterande. Desto mer användbart är det faktum att Roberto känner till en rymningsväg. Tredje delen i en trilogi om amerikansk pop/trashkultur sett genom en utomståendes ögon.

Ett antal berättelser om människor som på olika sätt diskuterar sina liv över kaffe och cigarretter. Detta är en film som bygger på ett antal korta berättelser filmade vid olika tillfällen. Det börjar med "Coffee and Cigarettes I" (1986), med bl a Roberto Benigni. "Coffee and Cigarettes II: Memphis Version" (1989), här kallad "Twins". Med bl a Steve Buscemi. "Coffee and Cigarettes III: Somewhere in California". Vann Guldpalmen för kortfilm i Cannes 1993, med Tom Waits och Iggy Pop. Resten är en mix av nyinspelat material med tanke på att göra en långfilm.

William Blake blir genom en händelse laglös i Västerns utmarker. På sin resa genom vildmarken lämnar han ett spår av kroppar efter sig...

Jacob (Mads Mikkelsen) är exildansk i Indien, där han arbetar på ett barnhem. Då barnhemmet hotas med nedläggning, på grund av ekonomiska problem, kontaktas han av Jörgen (Rolf Lassgård) - en rik svensk finansman i Köpenhamn - som erbjuder honom en stor donation. För första gången på 20 år måste Jacob återvända till Danmark. Väl där kommer det förflutna att hinna ikapp honom och livet kommer att, för alla inblandade, förändras för alltid.

Zenia is an industrious Ukrainian migrant worker in Poland who makes house calls as a masseur to the needy and aspirational residents of a middle-class gated community near Warsaw. He is privy to all of their problems, anxieties and secrets – and something of an unwitting guru figure. Zenia’s grounded spirituality, apparent healing powers and broad shoulders make him an object of lust for many of the lost souls in the community.

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.

Två ligister terroriserar passagerarna på ett nattligt tunnelbanetåg i New York

Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.

30-minute short subject film that would become Stranger Than Paradise. This short was released as a standalone film in 1982, and shown as "Stranger Than Paradise" at the 1983 International Film Festival Rotterdam. When it was later expanded into a three-act feature, that name was appropriated for the feature itself, and the initial segment was renamed "The New World".

33 regissörer fick i uppdrag av filmfestivalen i Cannes att göra en 3 minuters kortfilm om sin syn på film, detta för att fira att festivalen fyller 60 år.

After a chaotic heist, Lupin and Jigen find themselves becoming caretakers of a baby boy, while a young sky pirate called Yutika is after their loot. Yutika is an inhabitant of the city-state of Shahalta, which has recently fallen to a shady minister. Soon, Lupin's gang and Yutika join forces to uncover one of Shahalta's greatest treasures, facing off against both Shahaltan authorities and Zenigata.

The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted Portuguese nurse took a journey only to find herself lost in abstract drama.

Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.

The first Russian emo-movie, Closed Spaces is a story about the newest generation of Russians. Having grown up in Russia's crazy 1990s, an era filled with constant and drastic change, these teenagers have no solid ground beneath their feet. They are trapped in a strange world in which their money-obsessed parents lead senseless lives and even kill each other. Vika is twenty years old. She has black fingernail polish, wears pink dresses, and is constantly depressed. While working at a pizza place, she gets an order for a pizza delivery from Venya, a strange twenty year old boy who lives all alone in a deserted apartment in the middle of Moscow. Venya suffers from agarophobia, the fear of open space. When Vika arrives Venya lets her in and locks the door behind her.

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.

A group of former high school pals see their friendship put to test amid their struggles with love, marriage and careers.

A well-off young woman decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners. Through their program, she meets a woman named Thérèse who refuses any help because she says she was innocent of the crime she was convicted for. After being released from prison, Thérèse murders the actual perpetrator of the crime and comes to seek sanctuary in the convent.