Kevin Lomax is a hotshot southern lawyer who knows how to play the game. He gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is offered a job with a law firm that promises many opportunities. He takes his wife to the Big Apple in hopes of a better life and a good job. He only finds himself on the receiving end of trouble when his boss is the Devil himself and has some treacherous plans up his sleeve for Kevin.
A pair of comic book painters named Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) and Banky Edwards (Jason Lee), who live in New Jersey, are best friends for about 20 years. They spend their time working in their studio, and in the evenings they are going out. But their friendship is about to be disputed for the first time in their life, when a beautiful young lesbian woman named Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams) enter their life and Holden fall in love with her. Now Holden has to deal with Banky's jealous, and with his new girlfriend's very rich pass.
Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), a 44-year old flight attendant, used to augment her modest income by smuggling - until the day she was caught right at the airport. Under the threat of being sent to jail she agrees to help the agents to trap the gun dealer Ordell (Samuel L. Jackson). Eventually, the witty lady comes up with an almost impeccable plan to play off the struggling forces - the cops and the criminals - against each other and misappropriate a half million dollar. So will Jackie be able to outfox everybody?
In this thought-provoking science-fiction drama, student math whiz Joan Leaven (Nicole deBoer), ex-con Rennes (Wayne Robson), former cop Quentin (Maurice Dean-Wint), office worker David Worth (David Hewlett), free clinic doctor Helen Holloway (Nicky Guadagni), and autistic man Kazan (Andrew Miller) have nothing in common with each other. But they suddenly find themselves embayed in a seemingly endless labyrinth of interlocking cube-like cells. They have neither water nor food and thus they don't have long to live. None of them knows how and why they were imprisoned but they come to realize that they are pawns in someone's diabolical game where their imprudent actions may cost lives. Some time later they discover that each of them has a unique skill that may aid in their escape. What they must do is to learn to cooperate and coordinate their actions with each other so that they can find a way out.
Extraterrestrial beings are here: Earth is the common place for ETs to dwell. Illegal immigrants, intergalactic offenders and various monsters are living in NY being disguised as usual people. Man In Black is a terrestrian top-secret organization which is to control and to confine the variety of aliens. Will Smith's hero pursues a very fast-running offender when this criminal turns out to be a undoubtly extraterrestrian, a cefalopoid! Later the smart and fast cop gets enlisted to MIB, becomes agent J and helps this organization to stop the evil alien Beetle with the help of Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones). The beetle is in search for the Galaxy which is hidden directly on the earth.
Ivan Tretiak, Russian Mafia boss who wants to create an oil crisis in Moscow and seize power as a result sends Simon Templar, great international criminal, to England to get a secret formula for cold fusion from U.S. scientist Emma Russell. That formula will give Tretiak a source of cheap energy and a lot of money as result. Templar falls in love with Emma and they try to outwit Tretiak and his guerrillas, hiding from them in Moscow.
The United States is trying to help the New Russia in the war against organized crime in that country. Presently, they are after Terek Murad, a deadly crime boss. When they raid one of his establishments, Murad's brother is killed. Murad seeks revenge against the ones who killed his brother, FBI agent Carter Preston and Russian Major Valentina Koslova, but most of all, he wants to send a message to the Americans about interfering in matters that don't concern them, so he hires an international assassin to kill the head of the FBI. When the assassin advises Murad to go into hiding until the job is done, he does. Desperate to know what Murad is doing, Preston allows the Russians to abduct Murad's errand boy and torture him to find out, and he utters the word "Jackal" which Preston recognizes as the name of an international assassin. They have to find him but unfortunatly, there is noone who knows who he is except for one person, whom they have to find and the only person who knows where that person is, is Declan Mulqueen, an IRA man, who is in prison, they offer to reduce his sentence is he helps them but refuses because all he wants is to be freed, so they decide to leave but he tells them that he knows who the Jackal is. So they release him and together they try to find the Jackal before he makes his move which won't be easy because he is very wily.
When a crusading chairperson of the military budget committee pressures the would be Navy secretary to begin full gender integration of the service, he offers the chance for a test case for a female trainee in the elite Navy SEALS commando force. Lt. Jordan O'Niel is given the assignment, but no one expects her to succeed in an inhumanly punishing regime that has a standard 60% dropout rate for men. However, O'Niel is determined to prove everyone wrong.
The formidable, cold-hearted Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his seductive, deadly toxic accomplice, Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman), are bent on encasing Gotham City in ice. Only the crime-fighting duo of Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris O'Donnell) can thwart the nefarious scheme of the new abominable villains. Besides, they have a new secret weapon – the strong, agile and plucky Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone).
Vincent is one of the last "natural" babies born into a sterile, genetically-enhanced world, where life expectancy and disease likelihood are ascertained at birth. Myopic and due to die at 30, he has no chance of a career in a society that now discriminates against your genes, instead of your gender, race or religion. Going underground, he assumes the identity of Jerome, crippled in an accident, and achieves prominence in the Gattaca Corporation, where he is selected for his lifelong desire: a manned mission to Saturn. Constantly passing gene tests by diligently using samples of Jerome's hair, skin, blood and urine, his now-perfect world is thrown into increasing desperation, his dream within reach, when the mission director is killed - and he carelessly loses an eyelash at the scene! Certain that they know the murderer's ID, but unable to track down the former Vincent, the police start to close in, with extra searches, and new gene tests. With the once-in-a-lifetime launch only days away, Vincent must avoid arousing suspicion, while passing the tests, evading the police, and not knowing whom he can trust...
At the beginning of World War II, Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt), a famous Austrian mountaineer, and his friend Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis) go to Tibet to climb one of the highest picks of the Himalayas. But they are captured by the Allied forces in the mountains and put into a prisoner-of-war camp. After the escape, they reach the Forbidden City where only a few Western people have been before. Young Dalai Lama (Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk), a Buddhist spiritual leader, gets quite curious about the strangers.
The truth shall set you free -- or get you into a heap of trouble! Fletcher Reede (Carrey) is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max (Justin Cooper) blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has just one wish -- that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish miraculously comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset -- his mouth -- has suddenly become his biggest liability! Havoc ensues as Fletcher tries to keep his practice afloat and his ex-wife Audrey (Maura Tierney) from taking their son and moving to Boston. Co-starring Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe and Cary Elwes.
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.
The movie follows the ancient Greek names, thus it is irrelevant to use the Roman name Ulysses. Generally, it was poorly written. Homer's classic epic poem about the hero, Odysseus, and his travels home after the infamous ten year battle of Troy, is brought to the silver screen. The gods seize the opportunity to make Odysseus and his crew the pawns in their games; forcing Odysseus to take unbelievable detours that add years to his journey home. These detours throw him into conflict with great mythological creatures like Circe, the Cyclops, and Poseidon, and ultimately bring him into Hades itself. Meanwhile, Odysseus' wife, Penelope, worries that her husband is dead and is forced to fight off suitors who want to claim his kingdom. Through all of this Odysseus must keep faith and fight to find his way back home, with only the aid of the goddess Athena.
Jeff and Amy Taylor are moving to California and must drive across the country. When they find themselves stranded in the middle of a desert with hardly anyone or anything around, their trip comes to a sudden halt. Amy had taken a ride with a friendly trucker to a small diner to call for help, but after a long time, Jeff becomes worried. He finds that no one in the diner has seen or heard from his wife. When he finds the trucker who gave Amy the ride, the trucker swears he has never seen her. Now Jeff must attempt to find his wife, who has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. But who can he trust?
Jemand ist mit seiner Liebe zu Fortsetzungen einen Schritt zu weit gegangen. (Somebody has taken his love for sequels one step too far.) (2 more taglines...)
In a two-year period the tragic events at Woodsboro seem to start being recreated by another psychotic guy. Sidney (Neve Campbell), who's been trying to rebuild her life as a student of Windsor College, is in danger again. When two college students get killed right in a cinema while watching the new film "Stab", based on what happened two years ago, Sidney (Neve Campbell) and her friends anticipate that this bloody story could be even more pervert this time...
Washington DC detective Dr. Alex Cross travels to North Carolina to investigate the apparent kidnapping of his niece. Aided by escaped kidnapee Kate McTiernan, Cross hunts down the kidnapper, who operates under the pseudonym "Casanova".
Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling towards the New World in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been captured, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing the Atlantic, Cinque, who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find help when they land. Instead, when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release.
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), an eccentric, sarcastic writer, suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder which shows itself in many different ways. For example, he avoids stepping on the crack in the sidewalk. Every time he wants to wash his hands, he takes a new bar of soap. Melvin brings a plastic spoon and fork in a hermetically sealed bag to the café where he eats every day. He generally hates people and the only person he befriends is Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt), a single-mother waitress. Melvin finally comes out of his shell when his neighbor, Simon Bishop (Greg Kinnear), ends up in hospital after being brutally beaten and left penniless by muggers. He is forced to look after Simon's dog that teaches him to be kind-hearted and devoted.
Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is a famous spy from 60's who is cryonically frozen and then brought back to life in the middle of 1990's. The world has changed dramatically, his mission still being the same: to stop the evil Dr. Evil, who was also frozen in the past. Having got back his wonderful belongings, such as "Swedish-made penis-enlarger pump", a receipt for a "Swedish-made penis-enlarger pump" and a book written by Austin entitled "Swedish-Made Penis Enlarger Pumps and Me (This Sort of Thing Is My Bag, Baby)", Austin teams up with lovely Miss Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), his ex-partner's daughter and they go to Vegas to face the dangerous adventure there. Unfortunately, the secret agent's free love credo taken from the 1960s doesn't seem to really work out with Vanessa...