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- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsJames CaanPaul SorvinoLauren HuttonLiterature professor Axel Freed is a gambling addict. When he has lost his money, he borrows from his girlfriend Billie, then his mother Naomi, and finally some criminals that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsJim BrownLee Van CleefPatrick O'NealThe El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsNathalie BayeGérard LanvinFlore FitzgeraldLaurence, French teacher at a Lyon secondary school, simply can't take any more. Her doctor prescribes a week off. Whilst her partner Pierre has no idea how to help her, she decides to get away and take stock of her life, both personal and professional.
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsRicardo DarínFederico SilvaCristian De AsísAn ambulance chaser/carancho falls for an ER/ambulance doctor, he meets one night "at work" in Buenos Aires.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsDahong NiNi YanShenyang XiaoThe owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsJack LemmonLee RemickCharles BickfordAn alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together.
- DirectorJean-Pierre BekoloStarsAdèle AdoDorylia CalmelEmile Abossolo M'boIn Jean-Pierre Bekolo's barbed political satire, an infectious hybrid of horror and science fiction, vampiric femmes fatales emasculate high-ranking Cameroonian officials through ancient rituals of Mevoungou.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRod SteigerJames CoburnRomolo ValliA low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.
- DirectorGiulio PetroniStarsLee Van CleefJohn Phillip LawMario BregaA young gunfighter forms a tenuous alliance with an aging ex-outlaw to track down and eliminate the bandits who killed his family, till the surprising end.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsGlenn FordLee RemickStefanie PowersA man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
- DirectorIsaac JulienStarsColin SalmonHalima DaoudNoirin Ni DubhgaillExplores the life and work of the psychoanalytic theorist and activist Frantz Fanon who was born in Martinique, educated in Paris and worked in Algeria. Examines Fanon's theories of identity and race, and traces his involvement in the anti-colonial struggle in Algeria and throughout the world.
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsRicardo DarínJérémie RenierMartina GusmánWhile working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aires shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
- DirectorJacques PerrinJacques CluzaudMichel DebatsStarsJacques PerrinPhilippe LabroDocumentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.
- DirectorOlivier DahanStarsNils HugonRaphaël Fuchs-WilligWilliam TouilPoucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. There, the brothers try to find their way out making fantastic encounters. This film is based on the French fairy tale "Le petit poucet" by Charles Perrault.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsCharlton HestonLizabeth ScottViveca LindforsGamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsRaj KapoorNargisPrithviraj KapoorA poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. But when he falls in love with Rita, he decides to reform himself for her.
- DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsTakeshi KitanoRyûhei MatsudaShinji TakedaThe new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsMartina GusmánGuadalupe RéboraFrancisco MarquezAn incarcerated woman struggles to raise her son from prison.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretJean RochefortJacques DenisA Watchmaker finds out one day that his son has become a murderer. He tries to understand for whom and why.
- DirectorZeinabu irene DavisStarsJohn Earl JelksMichelle A. BanksNirvana CobbThe life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the 1990s.
- DirectorMichel OcelotStarsRomann BerruxAwa Sene SarrSabine PakoraOnce again, Kirikou's noble Grandfather tell us more of his grandson's untold adventures.
- DirectorPeter SellersStarsPeter SellersNadia GrayHerbert LomA poor but proud French teacher gets fired after refusing to modify the grades of a rich student. As this could be the opportunity to exploit his honesty, Castel Benac hires Topaze as a managing director for a shady business.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsNinetto DavoliFranco CittiFranco MerliIn ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories: love, travel and the whims of destiny.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretSabine AzémaPascale VignalIntense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past.
- DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnDrew Bundini BrownShaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.