The Kidnapping of the President (1980)

Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

This is the story of a little robot known as Pinocchio 3000 whose greatest wish is to become a real boy. The year is 3000. Geppetto, with the help of his faithful assistant, Spencer the cyber penguin, and by the holographic fairy Cyberina, creates Pinocchio, a prototype superrobot equipped for emotions. But before he can be given a heart and become a real boy, Cyberina insists that Pinocchio learn the difference between right and wrong.

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

チェコアニメ界が生んだ世界的映像作家、カレル・ゼマンがジュール・ヴェルヌの原作を映画化した空想科学冒険活劇。偉大な発明家・ロック教授とその助手・ハルトは、教授が発明した爆弾を狙う大富豪・ダルティガス伯爵の企みによって誘拐されてしまう。

A financially desperate salaryman teams up with his friend to kidnap a rich girl to make a quick buck. But then he gets a call and learns that his own daughter has been kidnapped as well.

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car accident. A flurry of lies and media speculation surrounds the incident. Gradually, Ulrik unearths a ruthless conspiracy involving the incumbent prime minister.

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - the take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale.

Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.

ナショナル・シューズの権藤専務は、自分の息子と間違えられて運転手の息子が誘拐され、身代金3千万円を要求される。苦悩の末、権藤は運転手のために全財産を投げ出して3千万円を用意する。無事子どもは取り戻したが、犯人は巧みに金を奪い逃走してしまい、権藤自身は会社を追われてしまう……。

A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.

Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his mates set out to rescue her and bring her back to Australia.

In the early 1960s, teenager Adam Stafford (Cameron Bright) becomes obsessed with his new neighbor, Catherine Caswell (Gretchen Mol), a divorcée and free spirit. Stafford spies on Caswell as she meets with strange men, and, despite the warnings of his conservative parents, he begins working for her as a gardener. Amid rumors of her affair with President Kennedy, the two become close, but political intrigue surrounding her acquaintances soon infringes on their friendship.

ケヴィン・スペイシーが製作と主演を二役をこなしたシニカルなブラック・コメディ。アメリカの映画界を舞台に、映画会社の重役の下で散々にこき使われながらも成功を信じて働く主人公・ガイを描く。

Maria seeks revenge on the killers of her husband. She enlists the help of her husband's best friend, Manual, a reluctant, but skilled, gunfighter.

Subhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.

人気ロック歌手のエレン・エイムが地元で凱旋ライブ中にストリートギャング“ボンバーズ”に拉致される。ダイナーを営む彼女のファンのリーヴァは、かつて地元で鳴らしたワルで、今は流れ者の弟トムに助けを求める。トムは、陸軍あがりの女兵士マッコイを相棒に、ボンバーズのアジトを急襲しエレンを救い出す。 実は二人はかつて恋仲だったが、エレンが歌手を目指すために心ならずも別れていた。しかし今回の救出をきっかけにトムとエレンの間にふたたび愛の炎が燃え上がる。一方、エレンを連れ去られたボンバーズのボス、レイヴェンはボンバーズを率いて街を襲撃しようとしていた。レイヴェンはトムに一騎打ちを申し出、トムも受けて立つ。