Set in the early 1920s after the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Nikita returns to his hometown to see his partner Lyuba, both of whom are scarred by the trauma of the Russian Empire of yesteryear.

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.

A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.

The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa Akira and starring Mifune Toshiro as the famed swordsman who must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member. Told mostly in flashback as the avengers await the arrival of their quarry, this film displays true heroism in the face of fear as most of the combatants, while of the samurai class are not skilled swordsmen. They contrast sharply with the true warriors involved in this battle. Araki Mataemon (Mifune), who was not only a direct student of Yagyu Munenori, but the founder of his own sword style under the Yagyu name is a powerful force ready to assist his brother-in-law against the murderer's allies that include not only another noted sword teacher, but the deadly spear of Katsumi no Hanbei.

Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.

A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.

The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast only to soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

Filmen börjar 1944 med att John Christie mördar en bekant som heter Muriel Eady. Han lockar henne till sin lägenhet på Rillington Place 10 genom att lova att bota hennes bronkit med en "speciell blandning". , då förlamar han henne, kväver henne med ett rep och har (indirekt) samlag med hennes lik. Han begravde henne i den gemensamma trädgården, där en hund upptäcker ett av hans tidigare offer.

I juli 1943 flyr den japanska armén. En pluton i Burma sjunger för att hålla moralen uppe. Inspirationen får de från den självlärde lutaspelaren, Mizushima. Vid krigets slut skickas Mizushima för att övertala ett japanskt förband som gömt sig uppe i bergen att ge upp. Han misslyckas, britterna anfaller, och de flesta dör. Mizushima överlever och förklär sig till munk. På väg tillbaka till sin pluton blir han överväldigad av synen av alla döda japanska soldater och arbetar länge med att begrava dem, alltmedan hans vänner söker efter honom.

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.

Thomas Jerome Newton är en humanoid alien som kommer till jorden för att skaffa vatten. Han startar ett högteknologskt företag för att skaffa de miljarder som krävs för att bygga ett rymdskepp för hemresan. Så träffar han Mary-Lou, en flicka som blir kär i honom.

Viridiana är en novis nunna som förförs av sin morbror. Hon flyttar in hos honom och börjar bedriva välgörenhet, men de fattiga verkar inte så tacksamma som hon tycker att de borde vara.

Tom Cody, en snygg och modig äventyrare, återvänder till sina gamla trakter för att rädda sin ex-flickvän, rockstjärnan Ellen Aim, ur klorna på ett illasinnat MC-gäng som kidnappat henne. Ihop med Ellens manager Billy Fish och hans ölpimplande kompanjon McCoy ger sig Cody in i en tidlös värld av rök, rockmusik, neonljus, regntyngda gator, snabba bilar och livsfarliga fiender för att föra tillbaka henne.Hårt stiliserade storstadsmiljöer och tät, tuff rockmusik utmärker filmen.

I Nürnberg står fyra tyska domare åtalade för brott mot mänskligheten under andra världskriget. Den amerikanske åklagaren har en besvärlig uppgift, inte bara på grund av det starka försvaret. Han måste också kämpa mot amerikanska politiker och militärer som kräver en mild dom, eftersom USA behöver ha sina forna fiender som allierade i kampen mot Sovjet.