Ramji Rao Speaking (1989)

A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.

　アメリカ中北部の田舎町を舞台に、偽装誘拐が引き起こす惨劇とそれに関わる人々の奇妙な姿を描いたユニークな犯罪ドラマ。 　ミネソタ州ミネアポリスに住むカー・ディーラーのジェリー・ランディガード（Ｗ・Ｈ・メイシー）は借金返済のために自分の妻ジーンを誘拐し、会社のオーナーでもある義父から身代金をいただこうと考えた。誘拐を実行するのは、前科者の従業員から紹介された妙な二人組、カール（Ｓ・ブシェミ）とグリムスラッド（Ｐ・ストーメア）。だがジーンを自宅から誘拐した二人は、隣町ブレイナードまで逃げたところで、停車を命じた警官と目撃者を射殺してしまう。ブレイナードの女性警察署長マージ・ガンダーソン（Ｆ・マクドーマンド）は事件を追ってミネアポリスに赴くが、その間にも狂い始めた誘拐計画は次々と犠牲者を産んでいく……。 　コーエン兄弟はその特異な作風で知られる、８０～９０年代アメリカ・インディペンデント映画界の雄だが、この作品はその真価がもっとも発揮された一編と言っていいだろう。実話を基にしているとはいえ、ほとんどは創作だというストーリー自体の面白さももちろんだが、個々のキャラクターのおかしさとさりげなくも効果的な台詞の数々は、ドラマの完成度を極限まで高めている。雪に覆われた白い町で起こる血みどろの物語。まさに“白のフィルム・ノワール”と呼んでもいい。カンヌ映画祭で監督賞に輝いただけでなく、アカデミーでは主演女優賞と脚本賞も獲得した逸品。

若い男と中年男の2人は、綿密な計画のもとに富豪の娘を誘拐する。彼女の名はアリス・クリード。囚われたアリスは、恐怖のどん底に陥りながらも生き抜く希望を捨てない。首謀者らしき中年男が外出中に反撃を試みたアリスだったが、誘拐犯の若い男が驚愕の告白をする。その瞬間から、誘拐犯とアリスの関係はねじれ、3人の力関係が幾たびも逆転していく。200万ポンドを手に入れるための用意周到な誘拐計画が、一転、3人の生き残りをかけた闘いへと突き進む。

昼はホームセンターの従業員。夜は世の悪人を葬る仕事請負人。二つの顔を合せ持ち、19秒で世の不正を抹消するイコライザーことロバート・マッコールが帰ってきた。日米でスマッシュヒットとなった前作『イコライザー』から4年、昼はタクシードライバーとして働く今作でも、彼の仕事の流儀は変わらない。世の不正を裁くのに必要な時間は19秒。身の回りのモノを武器に変えて完全抹消。報酬はなし。 しかし、無双の戦闘スキルで仕事を完遂してきたイコライザーに、その流儀さえも脅かす最大の難関が訪れる。何故ならば、今度の敵は自分と同じ特殊訓練を受けた《イコライザー》だった―。

クリスマス・イブの夜、LAのハイテクビルを最新兵器で武装した謎のテロリスト集団が襲う。彼らの要求を拒んだ重役達は即座に射殺。なすすべも無く怯える人質たち。ビルの中にいた非番警官ジョン・マクレーンは外部との連絡が一切遮断された中、ただ一人命をかけた闘いを挑んだ！

When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

好調なうちに裏社会から足を洗おうと決意した名もなき麻薬ディーラー（ダニエル・クレイグ）。ある日、彼は裏社会の大御所エディ（マイケル・ガンボン）の麻薬中毒の娘を捜し出すよう命令される。さらに、あるギャングが手に入れた100万錠のエクスタシーを売りさばくことになった彼は、この2つの仕事を最後に引退しようとするが……。

It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

18世紀のパリの悪臭の中で生まれたジャン・バティスト・グルヌイユは、優れた嗅覚を身につけ、それを使って世界最高の香水を作り上げる。しかし、究極の香水を求めて香りを保存しようとする彼の仕事は暗転していく。

A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 bullets in his body. Against all the odds, he doesn't die...

When her boyfriend dumps Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, she persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. When these two very different women are trapped on this wild journey, their bond as mother and daughter is tested and strengthened while they attempt to navigate the jungle and escape.

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

ヒュー・ジャックマン主演、ジェイク・ギレンホールら共演によるクライムサスペンス。工務店を営むケラーの娘が友だちと出掛けたまま行方不明に。警察はある青年を拘束するも2日後に釈放され、ケラーは自らの手で娘の居場所を聞き出そうとするが…。

男は元軍人。依頼は拉致された少女の救出。だが、何かがおかしい?? 元軍人のジョーは行方不明者の捜索を請け負うスペシャリスト。ある時、彼の元に舞い込んできた依頼は、いつもと何かが違っていた。依頼主は州上院議員。愛用のハンマーを使い、ある組織に囚われた議員の娘・ニーナを救い出すが、彼女はあらゆる感情が欠落しているかのように無反応なままだ。そして二人はニュースで、依頼主である父親が飛び降り自殺したことを知る──。

ベン・アフレックの長編監督デビュー作は、弟ケイシー・アフレックを主演に迎えたサスペンス・アクションだ。小さな町で少女誘拐事件が発生。捜索を依頼された私立探偵は、やがて衝撃の真実に気付くが……。

無職で気ままに暮らす“デュード”こと、ジャフ・リボウスキ。彼の家に突然、２人のチンピラがやって来る。女房の借金を返せと怒鳴るチンピラに、全く身に覚えがなく呆然とするリボウスキ。その後彼は、同姓同名の大金持ちと間違えられたと気づく。

A demonic leprechaun terrorizes a group of young people whom he believes stole his gold.

Pavan is a boy who reached Kerala after he lost everything in the Gujarat earthquake on the Republic Day. Operator Madhavan happens to meet the boy among the beggars. Initially he dislikes the boy but soon he becomes a part of Madhavan's family. But soon they must part with him as the Govt. decides to send him back to Gujarat. Can the family bear that?

An emotional thriller based on a road trip from Kochi to Palakkad. Inspired from the real events that happened in Chennai.

4 unemployed men who are in Harihar Nagar tries to impress a newly came girl next door.The story goes to the next level when a mysterious man comes and asks for a missing box.

Sreekrishnan unknowingly falls in love with the woman his best friend, Manikyan, loves. Though Sreekrishnan tries his best to woo her, she resists, leading to a battle that ensues between the friends.

Raghavan, a farmer, raises his brother, Vijayakumar, and gives him an education. However, when he grows up and gets married to a rich woman, Vijayakumaran conveniently forgets about his brother.

Best Actor is a movie about an ordinary school teacher who never gives up on his dream of becoming an actor.

Amaram is the story of Achootty (Mammootty), a fisherman and his daughter, Radha (Maadhu). The uneducated Achootty wants his daughter to be educated and also want her to become a doctor. His dreams get shattered when she falls in love with her childhood friend.

Bellary Raja is disowned by his stepfather in his childhood. Years later, his stepfather calls him to resolve the disputes between his children and makes him the caretaker of his properties.

Chanthu, a poor orphan and Aromal are cousins and belong to the Chekavar clan, a warrior clan who hire themselves out as duellers to settle disputes among the rich and powerful. Aromal, jealous of the much more talented Chanthu, makes life miserable for him and Chanthu decides to leave and live with Aringodar, a rival chekavan, as his pupil. When the two sons of a local landlord have a property dispute and decide to hire Aromal and Aringodar to duel it out, Chanthu has to decide where his loyalty lies - with the family of the uncle who brought him up or with Aringodar who provided him with sanctuary.

The story revolves around the college graduate class of 1992. In 2006, working in different corners of the world, the friends get together for a class reunion to revive the joy and laughter of their student days. Shockingly, on the night of the reunion, one of the classmates is almost murdered and goes into a coma.

Unni (Dileep) has many debts and no way to repay them. He decides to commit suicide so that his parents can use the insurance money to repay the debts, but he is saved by a fisherman named Gangadharan (Cochin Haneefa) and his employee Ramanan (Harisree Ashokan). When they notice Unni drowning, Unni pretends to be deaf and mute so that he can fake his death and the insurance money reaches his family. Gangadharan however has a debt of his own, to a Punjabi family of money lenders who have settled in Kerala. He is forced to make Unni and Ramanan to work at their home until he can repay it. A series of interesting events follow after Unni meets Pooja (Mohini) at the house, who is deaf and mute.

A few political goons, disguised as Muslims, cause trouble at the temple and kill Raghuraman's family. Later, Raghuraman joins an extremist group and decides to avenge his family's death.

Six months after the events of the prequel (Nadodikattu), C.I.D. officers Ramdas and Vijayan are called to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. The two incompetent and clueless men find themselves facing a dangerous crime syndicate that deals in drug trafficking. In addition, Anandan Nambiar, the man they put behind bars six months before, escapes from jail.

A young woman is dumped by her boyfriend just before the wedding as she will not be inheriting any wealth from her father. When the girl's father pays her a visit, she hires a man to act like her husband.

The story of Anjooran, and his four sons Balaraman, Swaminathan, Premachandran and Ramabhadran are in severe enmity with the Anappara family.

Rajiv, a chronic bachelor and a business tycoon, decides to have a child. Annie, who has financial needs, agrees to help him and give birth to Rajiv's child through artificial insemination.

Against his wishes, 'Cuba' Mukundan goes to Dubai to make good his father's alleged misappropriation of funds from the local cooperative bank. It is there that he learns the true meaning of the term 'working class' and realizes the irrelevance of the Communist movement back home.

Sam Alex, an ex-police officer, resorts to alcohol to ease the pain of his family loss. His life turns around when he is called to investigate a series of murders executed in a similar fashion.

Kochu Thresia, is a rich widow, who craves to 'live' life, but is alienated by her children who are caught in the rat race for making money. At this juncture, she meets the young, down-to-earth Reji (Jayaram) in whom she finds a companion. Reji eagerly fulfils all her wishes. From savouring the mouth-watering 'but forbidden' beef to riding on the elephant, they enjoy all the moments spent together. They even get arrested by the police for gambling. Meanwhile, in his efforts to control his alcoholic father Chacko (Innocent), from causing public nuisance, Reji takes over the fatherly role.

Balamani is the housemaid looking after Unni Amma. There are three more housemaids in the house but it is Balamani's duty to look after them too. Balamani is a devotee of Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor). But she could never visit the Guruvayoor temple, though her house is very near to the temple. Unni Amma's grandson Manu comes to spend a couple of weeks with Unni Amma before he goes to USA. Manu and Balamani fall in love but the whole family is against their union. Will Balamani's friend Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor) come to their help..?