Os 26 do Expresso Postal (1967)
Who says crime doesn't pay? 3 Million pounds says it does!
Gênero : Crime, Thriller
Runtime : 1H 55M
Director : Peter Yates
Escritor : Edward Boyd, Peter Yates
Sinopse
Um grupo de criminosos britânicos planeja o roubo do trem Royal Mail na rota Glasgow-Londres. Uma dramatização do Grande Assalto ao Trem. Embora não seja um "como", é muito minucioso nos detalhes, mostrando o cuidado e planejamento que teve lugar para realizá-lo. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
História real de duas vidas, duas prisões. A primeira é do simpático Ed, que junto com seu irmão Jack espera por seu terrível destino. A outra é Kate, que além de conviver com as grades da prisão, também vive com as grades de sua própria vida. O amor entre eles transforma-se em poder para romper as barreiras da prisão — e surge uma esperança ruma à liberdade.
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer’s pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?
O filho de um agente britânico é sequestrado e é pedido um resgate de diamantes. O agente descobre que não pode nem contar com as pessoas que ele achava que estavam do seu lado para ajudá-lo, então decide rastrear os sequestradores. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Londres. Todo o horror da II Guerra Mundial é transformado, em uma grande aventura, pela sensibilidade e imaginação de um garoto de nove anos de idade. A mudança para a casa da avó, no interior, causada pela destruição de sua casa durante um dos bombardeios alemães, o levará a desenvolver uma perspectiva completamente nova sobre a vida. Um projeto semi-autobiográfico de John Boorman. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
John Lennon é um jovem que não aceita bem as regras impostas na escola e dentro de casa. Abandonado pela mãe quando tinha cinco anos, ele vive com seus tios George e Mimi. Quando George morre, Lennon é obrigado a viver com Mimi, extremamente austera e sisuda. No funeral do tio, ele vê sua mãe, que se mantém afastada. Seu primo consegue o endereço dela, o que faz com que Lennon resolva visitá-la. O reencontro do o filho é a realização de um sonho para Julia, que passa cada vez mais seu tempo com ele. Animada e um tanto quanto inconsequente, ela apresenta ao filho o rock’n’roll. Logo, desperta nele a vontade de montar uma banda de rock.
After being arrested, a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's sister. But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body and shows them some polaroids. Based on the true story of Henry Lee Lucas.
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.
It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. However Tony Blair is also beginning to appear more likely as he will appeal to Southern voters who would be turned off by Brown. Blair rings Brown to arrange a meeting to discuss which will go for the job. The film flashbacks to the start of their relationship, sharing an office in Westminster on their first seats.
A rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.
After Tom Hurndall is shot in the head in Gaza, his parents Anthony and Jocelyn arrive in Israel wanting to know how it could have happened. They expect sympathy and cooperation from the Israeli authorities, but are instead met with an official explanation that fails to tally with any eye-witness accounts, and a wall of silence. When an Israeli army report attempts to whitewash the incident, the Hurndalls decide the only way to establish the truth is to launch their own investigation into the shooting, a process which brings them face to face with both the Open-Fire regulations of the Israeli army in Gaza, and the soldier who pulled the trigger.
Um bilionário solitário, apreensivo em viver na casa de seu falecido pai, recebe a ajuda de um adolescente.
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.
Ao explorar um cânion remoto em Utah, o alpinista e aventureiro Aron Ralston fica preso em uma fenda quando uma pedra cai. Nos cinco dias seguintes, Ralston examina sua vida e considera suas opções, as quais o levam a uma situação angustiante. Aron precisa tomar uma atitude para que possa se libertar e tentar voltar para a civilização.
Rose (Emily Blunt) é uma encantadora golpista que se envolve com um assassino internacional chamado Victor (Bill Nighy). Mas quando Victor poupa a vida de Rose, seu coração solitário deflagra uma inusitada cadeia de eventos que vira o mundo de ambos de ponta-cabeça. Seguido pelo aprendiz de atirador (Rupert Grint), o improvável trio se une para frustrar as intenções homicidas do insatisfeito cliente de Victor.
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as providing a vital service to these harmless pervs and when finally the house is busted and the case comes to court, it's fair to say that the presiding judge isn't unfamiliar with her work.
Eslováquia, na véspera da deflagração da Segunda Guerra Mundial. A família do jovem judeu Martin Friedmann se reúne para celebrar seu bar mitzvah e fazer uma promessa solene de que todos eles se encontrarão novamente um ano depois em torno da mesma mesa, mas as tempestades de guerra e o fanatismo anti-semita conduzirão cada um deles por caminhos muito diferentes.
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.
When Sally moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela and Dee and discovers the world of the carefree bachelor girl in Swinging London. Over one weekend - filled with parties, blossoming friendships, and romantic encounters with Keith and Nikko (Klaus Kinski) - the vivacious girls learn about life's pleasures and pains.