チャップリンがアドルフ・ヒトラーの独裁政治を批判した作品で、ヒトラーとナチズムに対して非常に大胆に非難と風刺をしつつ、ヨーロッパにおけるユダヤ人の苦況をコミカルながらも生々しく描き、ニューヨーク映画批評家協会賞で主演男優賞を受賞した。
またこの作品は、チャップリン映画初の完全トーキー作品でもある。
1918年の第一次大戦末期、トメニアのユダヤ人一兵卒チャーリーは飛行機事故で記憶を失い入院する。それから数年後のトメニアは独裁者アデノイド・ヒンケルの天下で、ユダヤ人掃討の真っ最中。そんな折、退院したチャーリーは生まれ育ったユダヤ人街で元の床屋の職に戻る。親衛隊の傍若無人ぶり、特にそれが恋人ハンナに及ぶに至り、彼は勇猛果敢かつ抱腹絶倒のレジスタンスを開始。それがどういうわけかヒンケル総統の替え玉を演じさせられることになり……。
ジョージ6世(コリン・ファース)は、幼い頃から吃音というコンプレックスを抱えていたため、英国王ジョージ5世(マイケル・ガンボン)の次男という華々しい生い立ちでありながら、人前に出ることを嫌う内気な性格となり、いつも自分に自信が持てないでいた。厳格な父はそんな息子を許さず、様々な式典のスピーチを容赦なく命じる。ジョージは妻のエリザベス(ヘレナ・ボナム＝カーター)に付き添われて、何人もの言語聴覚士を訪ねるが一向に改善しない。
将来有望な若手政治家デヴィッドは、ある日エリースという美しいバレリーナと‘運命的’に出逢い、一目惚れする。しかし次の瞬間、突如現れた「アジャストメント・ビューロー（運命調整局）」と呼ばれる男たちによってデヴィッドは拉致されてしまう。彼らの目的は、本来‘恋に落ちる予定ではなかったデヴィッドとエリースを引き離し「運命の書」に記述された運命に従わせることだった。
With his best friend Luca away at school, Alberto is enjoying his new life in Portorosso working alongside Massimo – the imposing, tattooed, one-armed fisherman of few words – who's quite possibly the coolest human in the entire world as far as Alberto is concerned. He wants more than anything to impress his mentor, but it's easier said than done.
エイブラハム・リンカーンが、大統領に再選された1865年。アメリカを内戦状態に追い込んだ南北戦争は4年目に突入したが、彼は奴隷制度を永遠に葬り去る合衆国憲法修正第13条を下院議会で批准させるまでは戦いを終わらせないという強い決意があった。そのためにも、国務長官ウィリアム・スワードらと共に憲法修正に必要な票を獲得するための議会工作に乗り出す。そんな中、学生だった長男ロバートが北軍へと入隊し……。＜スティーヴン・スピルバーグによる、第16代アメリカ合衆国大統領エイブラハム・リンカーンの伝記ドラマ。奴隷制の廃止と禁止を強固なものにし、泥沼化した南北戦争を終結させるため、憲法の修正に挑むリンカーンの戦いを重厚なタッチで映し出していく。ダニエル・デイ=ルイスがリンカーンにふんし、国と人民の未来をめぐる理想と現実に苦悩する彼の胸中を見事に体現。ジョセフ・ゴードン=レヴィットら、脇を固める実力派の妙演も見逃せない。＞
郊外の住宅地、長屋のように複数の家族が隣り合って暮らしている。林家の息子実（設楽幸嗣）と勇（島津雅彦）はテレビがほしいと両親にねだるが、聞き入れてもらえない。子供たちは、要求を聞き入れてもらえるまで口を利かないというストライキをして、最終的に買ってもらうのだった。
英語を知らない女性は、家族や社会から不安を感じさせられます。そんな状況の中で、彼女はこの不安を克服し、英語をマスターして、自信に満ちた女性になるためのレッスンを世界に向けて発信していきます。
1944年、連合軍が攻勢、自信をなくし鬱状態のヒトラー。かつてのカリスマ性を取り戻すべく、かつての名優、今は収容所にいるユダヤ人が演説指導を命じられる。
Pierre is a clumsy, overly serious math teacher at an all-girls high school. His life is thrown into chaos after encountering a beautiful British actress and the paparazzi that follow her around.
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.
Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.
Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president of the parent company and arrives at his old plant on an inspection tour. Acme president McKinley is so nervous not even his beautiful secretary Harriet can calm him. McKinley's wife Lucille becomes infatuated with Hodges. Many further complications ensue.
This documentary tells the story of the man who overcame his own failings for the sake of his nation. When his older brother, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, nervous-mannered successor George "Bertie" VI was plagued with shyness and a speech impediment when speaking to his subjects. An introvert as well as a humble man, events and circumstances resulted in him becoming an inspiration for the British nation during its war with Germany.
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.
About the fear of public speaking and chronicles several characters as they prepare for the World Championships of Public Speaking. One leaves behind a job and his wife and 6 kids on his quest to be the best. Another spends 6 weeks writing and rewriting his speech only to write it once more 72 hours before the contest. For another, it is a fight for life that gives her the strength to speak and tell her story while she still has time. They all want to share with the world their very personal stories of triumph over adversity. But only one will be named the World's Best Speaker.
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be replaced in doing his campaign speech by the troupe crooner, Eric Land, his political backers decide that they want him to run for Governor in the Judge's place. Romance, music, political corruption and the election results follow.
Jean-Luc Godard's acceptance video for the 2015 'Prix d’honneur'.
Andy Gump is a clueless yokel that decides that he can run for President.
A documentary that invites the viewer to immerse themselves in a intimate and thoughtful walk through Poblenou Cemetery in Barcelona, better know as "El Santet", to see what is happening at its surrounding areas and, especially, inside: work, buildings, people watching over those who are no longer here, cemetery workers... A trip through a space that is closer than we think.
