The Joker (1961)

A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity of a worker while the young woman becomes a waitress in a restaurant.

When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue. Originally created as an educational film, this somewhat surrealist short has a serious message at its core. This won't be a lesson you'll forget in a hurry.

An Iranian filmmaker and his son travel to Haifa, Israel to investigate a religion that originated a hundred and seventy years ago. Youth from all over come to Haifa to join this religion, and those who serve in the gardens that surround the holy places develop peace-loving attitudes through their interactions with nature. The filmmaker shares with his son the idea that if the Iranian people had adopted a peaceful religion, Iran would not be preparing a nuclear attack on Israel, but the son believes that all religions tend to bring about destruction. As a result of these arguments, father and son separate from one another and pursue their own paths.

Hanpei es un joven samurái gentil que ama las flores. Un día, es testigo del rápido desenvainado de la espada de un anciano. Está tan impresionado que se convierte en alumno del anciano. Pronto, la habilidad con la espada de Hanpei llamó la atención de su señor. El señor le ordena asesinar a un hombre...

Tras salvar a una joven de ser violada una noche, un hombre se obsesiona con las pocas medidas de seguridad que ponen en sus casas las mujeres que viven solas. Harto de trabajar rodeado de gente durante el día, por las noches va merodeando por las habitaciones en que sensuales jóvenes duermen solas y da rienda suelta a sus deseos.

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

This first true Czech avant-garde film turns away from a purely celebratory approach to the city. The camera follows a detached protagonist on his wanderings, as his highly subjective journey becomes a fragmented visualization of urban landscapes.

Un joven que juega a los dados está obsesionado por la imagen de dos mujeres rubias, de pelo corto, y que parecen hermanas. Cada una de sus tiradas trae consigo una nueva imagen, una nueva escena, que describe la posibilidad de una historia. En un país lejano, los estudiantes practican juegos imaginarios y peligrosos. Una de ellas, Eva, descubre una cuadro azul y blanco que representa una casa tunecina... "N. a pris les dés..." es en realidad un anagrama del título original de la primera película, "L'éden et après", pero cuenta la historia desde el punto de vista del protagonista masculino, el enigmático N., que deconstruye el orden de los acontecimientos y el destino de los personajes que giran alrededor de Violette, personaje protagónico de "L'éden et après".

A lawyer is fascinated by an advertisement with two models, Lam and Man. He arranges a rape plan against Man. He kills her and plots to make the next a suicide. Lam realizes Man is tortured to death, she uses her body to allure him into a trap.

Hard trata sobre un asesino en serie gay y el detective gay que se ve obligado a ir tras él. Tiene una historia interesante: el detective gay encerrado es forzado abruptamente a salir del armario después de que el asesino lo esposó a su cama y se fue con su placa. Entonces él mismo se convierte en sospechoso ... y todo eso.

Una niña tiene que decidir con quién casarse: un pobre campesino o un rico propietario de un club nocturno.

Moody, atmospheric ghost story starring Mason as a retired tradesman who purchases an old mansion that has been vacant for 40 years because it is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a young woman who had died there. Unaware of the mansion's reputation, Mason and his wife Mullen move in and hire a young woman, Lockwood, to keep house. Soon after Lockwood's arrival, strange things begin to happen in the household, and it becomes apparent that she is possessed by the spirit of the dead girl, though Mason scoffs at the idea. On death's door and bedridden, Lockwood asks for the same doctor who treated the woman who died 40 years ago. He arrives and treats her. The next morning Lockwood is cured, and it is revealed by the police that the doctor's dead body was found in his carriage hours before the time Mason claims he arrived to see Lockwood. Convinced that not only the ghost of the girl but that of the doctor as well entered his home, Mason finally believes in the supernatural.

El Dr. Orloff, gravemente enfermo, comunica a su discípulo el Dr. Jeckill, la fórmula para hacer caminar a los robots mediante impulsos electromagnéticos. Antes, éste había enloquecido debido a los celos, cuando se entera de que su mujer y su hermano son amantes. La venganza y su locura le llevan a límites extremos asesinando a personas a distancia, y sembrando el pánico en la ciudad...

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

Abel Hradscheck, the owner of an inn in the Oderbruch country, faces financial ruin. For this state of affairs, Ursula, his wife and former actress, is by no means free of blame. She is a "newcomer" to the area and even after eleven years in the area, still a "stranger". A Cracow company announces that a money-collector is on his way to the innkeeper. Mr. Szulski arrives and the debts are settled - with money supposedly stemming from an inheritance. The next day, Szulski departs but according to the maid and the stable-boy, behaves in a very strange manner. Soon afterwards, his carriage is discovered in the Oder River, but there is no trace of the drowned man. Hradscheck's neighbor starts casting suspicion on the innkeeper. The Counselor of Justice, who heads the investigations has the spot under the pear tree dug out. A dead body is exhumed...

Un cirujano que ha perdido a su novia en el quirófano enloquece y decide asesinar a todos los estudiantes de medicina que pretenden especializarse en cirugía. No contento con ello, amputará igualmente las manos de sus víctimas, para que así no puedan dañar a su amada, a quien, en su delirio, cree con vida.

A loving couple struggle to fend for themselves in modern day Los Angeles, One a loner and down and out, the other a lonely but hardworking secretary. Eventually, as cracks form in their passionate relationship, they resort to robbing an aging actress for money.

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

An alcoholic doctor accidentally kills someone and manages to make the death look like an accident. The episode triggers a sense of confidence and he resolves to correct the miseries of his life.

The story of the Dassau family, a family of artists: Frau Dassau is a composer, her husband is a writer, and their children are equally gifted as painters, poets and musicians. But unfortunately, no one wants to invest money in their art. The family is about to starve when Nicole comes up with a marvelous idea: She is going to write the "most scandalous book", the sex memoirs of a teenager. For this, she hides under the pseudonym of Eva. The book becomes an enormous success indeed, but Nicole's parents are decent people, and the public interest in their sluttish daughter begins to bother them. Things begin to get even more unpleasant when Nicole falls in love with an American publisher who'd prefer a virgin…